Sanfrecce Hiroshima will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 10 points behind Nagoya Grampus.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima form and stats
6 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Sanfrecce Hiroshima have to build on here at EDION Stadium in the J-League.
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Urawa Reds in the J-League last time out and are looking for a win here. Preceding that game was the away draw at Vegalta Sendai that finished 0-0.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Yokohama are coming to town in three days.
A decent goal production from Sanfrecce in their home games so far, with 24 goals from 13 league matches. 16 goals have been conceded.
Nagoya Grampus form and stats
The visitors, who have the most clean sheets (12) in J-League, are W6-D3-L6 on the road this term. That's in the J-League.
Nagoya Grampus have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Mitchell James Langerak. It's been 280 minutes since they last conceded in J-League.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Sagan Tosu (placed 15th) in their previous outing. The J-League match ended in a draw 0-0. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Kashima Antlers.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Tokyo in just four days.
The visiting Nagoya Grampus have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 15 games. Grampus are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 14 times in 15 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Sanfrecce wins - draws - Nagoya Grampus wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Peruchena Pereira 12 goals | D. da Silva Vieira 7 goals |  M. dos Santos Castro 7 goals |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima missing players
Nagoya Grampus missing players
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Nagoya Grampus | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 27 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 39 | 24 | 8 | Scored | S | 5 | 16 | 39 |
| 30 | 16 | 9 | Conceded | C | 3 | 14 | 25 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 87% | 93% |
| 77% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 59% |
| 50% | 69% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 48% |
| 23% | 23% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 7% | 19% |
| 15% | 15% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 7% |
| 50% | 69% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 33% | 41% |
| 35% | 23% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 47% | 44% |
| 23% | 8% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 33% | 22% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 276 | 140 | 42 | Total Shots | T S | 27 | 135 | 224 |
| 112 | 61 | 22 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 49 | 94 |
| 33% | 36% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 33% | 34% |
- Nagoya Grampus has the most clean sheets (12) in J-League
- Nagoya Grampus has the most clean sheets (7) away in J-League
- Nagoya Grampus has the most matches under the total-line (16) in J-League
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima has the fewest points from losing position (2) in J-League
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 26 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 70 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 9 | 48 | 68 |
| 2 | Gamba Osaka | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 52 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 27 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 39 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 49 |
| 4 | Cerezo Osaka | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 38 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 49 |
| 5 | Kashima Antlers | 28 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 43 | 37 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 6 | 48 |
| 6 | Tokyo | 29 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 42 | 39 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 47 |
| 7 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 61 | 50 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 11 | 44 |
| 8 | Urawa Reds | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 38 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 21 | -1 | 42 |
| 9 | Kashiwa Reysol | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 49 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 41 |
| 10 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 39 |
| 11 | Vissel Kobe | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 49 | 52 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 25 | -3 | 36 |
| 12 | Oita Trinita | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 22 | -8 | 33 |
| 13 | Consadole Sapporo | 27 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 35 | 49 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 25 | -14 | 30 |
| 14 | Yokohama | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 30 | 50 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 26 | -20 | 24 |
| 15 | Sagan Tosu | 25 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 34 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -10 | 22 |
| 16 | Shonan Bellmare | 25 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 39 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 25 | -18 | 17 |
| 17 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 34 | 55 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 24 | 28 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 27 | -21 | 17 |
| 18 | Vegalta Sendai | 25 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 49 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 27 | -26 | 14 |