Only three points will be enough for the Sanfrecce Hiroshima club members in this EDION Stadium battle with Shonan Bellmare, as they enjoy a robust lead on the away team in the J-League table.
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in J-League
- Shonan Bellmare have the fewest clean sheets (0) in J-League
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Shonan Bellmare.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima form and stats
The overall J-League stats playing at home this season for Sanfrecce Hiroshima are 3-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
The fans are hoping that Sanfrecce will fight back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away defeat in the Nabisco Cup fixture against Yokohama.
Prior to that, an away loss at Nagoya Grampus in the J-League.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Sanfrecce Hiroshima's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 6 games, won 2 matches, drawn 1 and lost 3.
The manager Skibbe will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Urawa Reds in only four days.
Sanfrecce has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. Sanfrecce Hiroshima have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Shonan Bellmare form and stats
Shonan Bellmare have only collected 6 points from their away games in the J-League, after 1-3-2 (6 played). With the Shonan Bellmare losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
Two away games in a row for Shonan Bellmare, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 2-3 versus Shimizu S-Pulse in the Nabisco Cup.
A 0-2 loss hosting Cerezo Osaka before that.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Bellmare when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 5 matches with the visitors losing 2 times, drawing 1 and winning 2 games.
Take note! Both teams have scored in 10 of this club's latest 13 league matches.
Shonan Bellmare are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 6 away games so far. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Bellmare have conceded 10 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Sanfrecce Hiroshima victories, four draws and two Shonan Bellmare wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, nine matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Machino 7 goals |   D. da Silva Vieira 5 goals |  Y. Ohashi 3 goals |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima missing players
Shonan Bellmare missing players
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Shonan Bellmare | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 17 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 21 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | 24 |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 69% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 54% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 62% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 46% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 54% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 83% | 77% |
| 38% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 17% | 23% |
| 6.9 | 7.5 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 7.3 | 6.5 |
| 3.2 | 1.2 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 3.7 | 4.6 |
| 1.4 | 1 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17.8 | 16.2 | 20 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 13.8 | 13.6 |
| 6.3 | 6 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 6.3 | 5.2 |
| 21% | 19% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 29% | 31% |
| 7.7 | 6 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.5 | 13 | 13.9 |
| 3.3 | 2.3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 5.3 | 5.8 |
- All of Shonan Bellmare's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in J-League
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Shonan Bellmare have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Shonan Bellmare have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Shonan Bellmare have the fewest clean sheets (0) in J-League
- Shonan Bellmare have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in J-League
- Shonan Bellmare haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vissel Kobe | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 30 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 27 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| 4 | Kashima Antlers | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 23 |
| 5 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | Cerezo Osaka | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 23 |
| 7 | Consadole Sapporo | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 22 |
| 8 | Urawa Reds | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| 9 | Avispa Fukuoka | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 20 |
| 10 | Tokyo | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -2 | 19 |
| 11 | Kawasaki Frontale | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | -1 | 18 |
| 12 | Sagan Tosu | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 18 |
| 13 | Albirex Niigata | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 16 |
| 14 | Kyoto Sanga | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -6 | 13 |
| 15 | Kashiwa Reysol | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -8 | 12 |
| 16 | Yokohama | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -19 | 12 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | -3 | 11 |
| 18 | Gamba Osaka | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 20 | -17 | 7 |
