Sanfrecce Hiroshima have taken 8 of their 21 in total here at their home ground. How will they do against Tokushima Vortis?
- Tokushima Vortis haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Sanfrecce have less rest than Tokushima Vortis in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a J-League game only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Gamba Osaka.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima form and stats
Overall J-League stats at home this season for Sanfrecce Hiroshima are 2-2-2 (wins-draw-losses). Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Sanfrecce Hiroshima, their manager H. Jofuku and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
A good away victory last time out for Sanfrecce, who won 2-1 against Gamba Osaka (placed 18th). Defender Sho Sasaki got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.91/10. Sasaki scored one goal and won 8 of 11 duels.
Before that, Sanfrecce played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Sagan Tosu.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sanfrecce handle that role? We have found 18 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, eight draws and six defeats.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sanfrecce as they are travelling to their away game against Vegalta Sendai in the Nabisco Cup. That match is four days after this one.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima have scored 5 league goals here from 6 matches, not a lot. 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 6 matches.
Tokushima Vortis form and stats
There's been little loot from Tokushima Vortis's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 8 away games in the J-League. Tokushima Vortis only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw. It's looking increasingly bleak for Tokushima who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Cerezo Osaka was the last time a defeat was avoided.
Tokushima failed to get anything from their last game, a J-League home match vs Consadole Sapporo (placed 11th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Midfield player Cristian Battocchio was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.03/10. Battocchio hit six key passes and had 40 successful passes (of 50 total).
Before that, Tokushima travelled to Oita Trinita and returned home with a draw after the Nabisco Cup game finished 1-1.Tokushima are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, one draw and three defeats. From a total of four matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Vissel Kobe in just four days.
The attacking power of Tokushima when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 8 league matches away. Tokushima Vortis's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 13 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
As for the last six games between these two teams, there's six Sanfrecce Hiroshima victories, zero draws and zero Tokushima Vortis wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Miyashiro 5 goals |   Y. Asano 3 goals | Y. Kakita 3 goals |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima missing players
Tokushima Vortis missing players
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Tokushima Vortis | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 18 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 16 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 20 |
| 87% | 83% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 50% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 71% |
| 47% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 38% | 43% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 7% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 7% |
| 53% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 38% | 50% |
| 27% | 33% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 14% |
| 33% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 36% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.1 | 0.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.7 | 12.8 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 7.9 | 8.6 |
| 4.1 | 4.3 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
| 30% | 19% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 30% | 32% |
- Tokushima Vortis 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 | Kawasaki Frontale | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 29 | 42 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 32 |
| 3 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 27 |
| 4 | Sagan Tosu | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 27 |
| 5 | Vissel Kobe | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 23 |
| 6 | Avispa Fukuoka | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 22 |
| 7 | Kashima Antlers | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 21 |
| 8 | Cerezo Osaka | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 21 |
| 9 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 21 |
| 10 | Urawa Reds | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 20 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| 12 | Shonan Bellmare | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 15 |
| 13 | Tokyo | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 15 |
| 14 | Tokushima Vortis | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 14 |
| 15 | Kashiwa Reysol | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | -3 | 13 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -5 | 12 |
| 17 | Oita Trinita | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -11 | 8 |
| 18 | Gamba Osaka | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 7 |
| 19 | Vegalta Sendai | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -17 | 7 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 21 | -28 | 3 |