6th position in the J-League table for Sanfrecce Hiroshima right now, a great achievement. The home team followers hope for more fun as 9th-placed Kyoto Sanga visit EDION Stadium.
- Kyoto Sanga haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima form and stats
Sanfrecce Hiroshima have played 7 J-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Nothing to worry about in defence for Sanfrecce, as their goalkeeper Keisuke Osako has completely shut out the opponents for 183 minutes in the J-League.
The supporters are hoping that Sanfrecce Hiroshima will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Nabisco Cup fixture against Shimizu S-Pulse.
Before that, Sanfrecce Hiroshima played out a J-League draw 0-0 when visiting Urawa Reds.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sanfrecce as they are travelling to their away game against Gamba Osaka in the J-League. That match is four days after this one.
The Sanfrecce Hiroshima fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 7 matches. Sanfrecce Hiroshima are not conceding a lot of goals here at EDION Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 7 matches.
Kyoto Sanga form and stats
As the visiting team in J-League matches, Kyoto Sanga have produced an overall stat of 2-3-1 so far.
Kyoto aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 230 league minutes without a goal. Utaka was the last player to find the net.
Two travels in a row for Kyoto Sanga, whose coach Cho could celebrate last time after the Nabisco Cup win against Kashiwa Reysol.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Shimizu S-Pulse in the J-League.Kyoto Sanga have another match away from home in just four days, a J-League match against Yokohama F. Marinos. A back-breaking itinerary for them!
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Kyoto have scored 8 goals in 6 league games away. Kyoto Sanga are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's four Sanfrecce Hiroshima victories, two draws and one Kyoto Sanga win. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Utaka 8 goals |   T. Morishima 4 goals | Y. Kashiwa 3 goals |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima missing players
Kyoto Sanga missing players
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Kyoto Sanga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 15 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 85% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 69% | 71% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 62% |
| 38% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 46% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 54% |
| 46% | 57% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 17% | 23% |
| 23% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 31% |
| 5.1 | 5.3 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| 4.8 | 6.1 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 6.5 | 5.6 |
| 0.9 | 0.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.8 | 11.7 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 7.7 | 8.4 |
| 4.9 | 3.9 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.7 | 3.1 |
| 23% | 30% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 50% | 35% |
| 8.8 | 7.4 | 3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 10.7 | 10.5 |
| 3.6 | 3 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 4.9 |
- Kyoto Sanga haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kawasaki Frontale | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 29 |
| 2 | Kashima Antlers | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 28 |
| 3 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 25 |
| 4 | Kashiwa Reysol | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 |
| 5 | Sagan Tosu | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 19 |
| 6 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 7 | Tokyo | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 18 |
| 8 | Cerezo Osaka | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 17 |
| 9 | Kyoto Sanga | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
| 10 | Gamba Osaka | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 17 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 17 |
| 12 | Avispa Fukuoka | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| 13 | Nagoya Grampus | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 14 |
| 14 | Jubilo Iwata | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -4 | 14 |
| 15 | Urawa Reds | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 17 | Vissel Kobe | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -10 | 7 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -13 | 7 |
