Another action-packed fixture in J-League as Sanfrecce Hiroshima welcome Vegalta Sendai

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Competition: Japan J-League
Date: Sat 07.December
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: EDION Stadium (36906 seats)

It's advantage Sanfrecce Hiroshima so far with their 6th position in the J-League table, welcoming Vegalta Sendai who are placed 11th.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima are done competing for places this season; they will remain in 6th place whatever happens now. Vegalta Sendai is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima form and stats

Sanfrecce Hiroshima have collected 25 points from their J-League home games so far after 6-7-3. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 187 minutes ago. Leandro Pereira scored that one.

The fans are hoping that Sanfrecce Hiroshima will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the J-League game against Shonan Bellmare (placed 16th). The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Kashima Antlers.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 20 goals in 16 games. 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 11 from 16 matches.

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Vegalta Sendai form and stats

Vegalta Sendai have only collected 10 points from their away games in the J-League, after 3-1-12 (16 played). Vegalta Sendai seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Vegalta Sendai are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the J-League against Oita Trinita (placed 7th). Prior to that match, the Vegalta Sendai manager S. Watanabe faced defeat when travelling to Gamba Osaka and losing 0-2.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Vegalta Sendai as they have only managed to score 13 times from 16 away games in the league. Vegalta Sendai have conceded 25 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Vegalta Sendai - Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Sanfrecce Hiroshima-Vegalta Sendai H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sanfrecce Hiroshima 6 wins, Vegalta Sendai 3 wins, 1 draw. 5 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Sanfrecce HiroshimaY. Kashiwa
Y. Kashiwa
8 goals
Sanfrecce HiroshimaDouglas Vieira
Douglas Vieira
7 goals
Vegalta SendaiS. Nagasawa
S. Nagasawa
7 goals

Sanfrecce Hiroshima missing players

Vegalta Sendai missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Vegalta Sendai
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
14 6 3 Won W 0 3 12
10 7 2 Drew D 1 1 5
9 3 0 Lost L 4 12 16
44 20 11 Scored S 2 13 38
29 11 3 Conceded C 7 25 44
91% 81% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 94% 94%
58% 50% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 69% 79%
33% 19% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 38% 45%
18% 12% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 19% 21%
9% 12% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 3%
39% 38% 40% BTTS BTTS 40% 38% 45%
39% 44% 60% Clean Sheets C S 20% 19% 24%
30% 38% 20% Failed to Score F T 60% 50% 36%
 
4.2 4.9 5 Corners For (avg) C F 4.8 5.1 5.1
3.5 3.6 3.2 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.2 5.1 5.6
0.9 0.8 0.2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1 0.9
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 2 2
 
376 206 66 Total Shots T S 57 188 435
132 69 32 Shots on Target S O 11 58 147
33% 29% 34% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 22% 26%
Key stats in J-League this season:
  • Sanfrecce Hiroshima has the most matches under the total-line (22)
  • Vegalta Sendai has the fewest points (10) away
  • Vegalta Sendai has the the worst goal difference (-12) 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 Yokohama F. Marinos 33 21 4 8 65 38 16 11 3 2 34 14 17 10 1 6 31 24 27 67
2 Tokyo 33 19 7 7 46 26 17 12 2 3 29 13 16 7 5 4 17 13 20 64
3 Kashima Antlers 33 17 9 7 53 30 17 11 3 3 30 15 16 6 6 4 23 15 23 60
4 Kawasaki Frontale 33 15 12 6 55 33 17 5 9 3 21 17 16 10 3 3 34 16 22 57
5 Cerezo Osaka 33 17 5 11 37 25 17 9 3 5 21 11 16 8 2 6 16 14 12 56
6 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 33 14 10 9 44 29 16 6 7 3 20 11 17 8 3 6 24 18 15 52
7 Oita Trinita 33 12 11 10 35 33 16 7 3 6 18 14 17 5 8 4 17 19 2 47
8 Consadole Sapporo 33 13 7 13 53 47 16 7 4 5 29 20 17 6 3 8 24 27 6 46
9 Gamba Osaka 33 11 11 11 51 46 17 7 6 4 28 18 16 4 5 7 23 28 5 44
10 Vissel Kobe 33 13 5 15 57 58 16 7 3 6 29 25 17 6 2 9 28 33 -1 44
11 Vegalta Sendai 33 12 5 16 38 44 17 9 4 4 25 19 16 3 1 12 13 25 -6 41
12 Nagoya Grampus 33 9 10 14 45 49 16 7 3 6 22 17 17 2 7 8 23 32 -4 37
13 Urawa Reds 33 9 10 14 32 47 16 4 3 9 14 26 17 5 7 5 18 21 -15 37
14 Sagan Tosu 33 10 6 17 32 52 17 7 2 8 21 30 16 3 4 9 11 22 -20 36
15 Shimizu S-Pulse 33 10 6 17 44 69 16 6 1 9 20 40 17 4 5 8 24 29 -25 36
16 Shonan Bellmare 33 10 5 18 39 62 17 5 3 9 19 34 16 5 2 9 20 28 -23 35
17 Júbilo Iwata 33 8 7 18 28 47 17 2 5 10 16 28 16 6 2 8 12 19 -19 31
18 Matsumoto Yamaga 33 6 12 15 20 39 16 2 7 7 9 17 17 4 5 8 11 22 -19 30

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Yokohama F. Marinos 33 21 4 8 65 38 16 11 3 2 34 14 17 10 1 6 31 24 27 67
2 Tokyo 33 19 7 7 46 26 17 12 2 3 29 13 16 7 5 4 17 13 20 64
3 Kashima Antlers 33 17 9 7 53 30 17 11 3 3 30 15 16 6 6 4 23 15 23 60
4 Kawasaki Frontale 33 15 12 6 55 33 17 5 9 3 21 17 16 10 3 3 34 16 22 57
5 Cerezo Osaka 33 17 5 11 37 25 17 9 3 5 21 11 16 8 2 6 16 14 12 56
6 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 33 14 10 9 44 29 16 6 7 3 20 11 17 8 3 6 24 18 15 52
7 Oita Trinita 33 12 11 10 35 33 16 7 3 6 18 14 17 5 8 4 17 19 2 47
8 Consadole Sapporo 33 13 7 13 53 47 16 7 4 5 29 20 17 6 3 8 24 27 6 46
9 Gamba Osaka 33 11 11 11 51 46 17 7 6 4 28 18 16 4 5 7 23 28 5 44
10 Vissel Kobe 33 13 5 15 57 58 16 7 3 6 29 25 17 6 2 9 28 33 -1 44
11 Vegalta Sendai 33 12 5 16 38 44 17 9 4 4 25 19 16 3 1 12 13 25 -6 41
12 Nagoya Grampus 33 9 10 14 45 49 16 7 3 6 22 17 17 2 7 8 23 32 -4 37
13 Urawa Reds 33 9 10 14 32 47 16 4 3 9 14 26 17 5 7 5 18 21 -15 37
14 Sagan Tosu 33 10 6 17 32 52 17 7 2 8 21 30 16 3 4 9 11 22 -20 36
15 Shimizu S-Pulse 33 10 6 17 44 69 16 6 1 9 20 40 17 4 5 8 24 29 -25 36
16 Shonan Bellmare 33 10 5 18 39 62 17 5 3 9 19 34 16 5 2 9 20 28 -23 35
17 Júbilo Iwata 33 8 7 18 28 47 17 2 5 10 16 28 16 6 2 8 12 19 -19 31
18 Matsumoto Yamaga 33 6 12 15 20 39 16 2 7 7 9 17 17 4 5 8 11 22 -19 30

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