Balanced ball game between Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Vissel Kobe expected

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Sun 05.September
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)
Venue: EDION Stadium (36906 seats)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 12 points behind Vissel Kobe.

Insights:
  • Vissel Kobe have the most points from losing position (17) in J-League

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.

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima form and stats

Sanfrecce Hiroshima have collected 17 points from their J-League home games so far after 4-5-4.

The Sanfrecce supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Oita Trinita in J-League and win 4-1. Attacking player Ezequiel bested all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 8.32 out of 10. Ezequiel scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 4 of 6 times.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Urawa Reds (0-1).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Sanfrecce have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won six, drawn five and lost one.

Sanfrecce has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. From these home matches, Sanfrecce have conceded only 12 goals.

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Vissel Kobe form and stats

As the visiting team in J-League matches, Vissel Kobe have produced an overall stat of 7-4-2 so far. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Vissel, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Vissel Kobe failed to get anything from their last game, a J-League home match vs Tokyo (placed 8th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Ryo Hatsuse, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.61. Hatsuse hit three key passes and won 3 of 4 duels.

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Oita Trinita.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Vissel Kobe in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Vissel, four draws and six defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Vissel's attacking play in away games, having scored 21 goals in 13 league matches away. As opposed to that, Vissel have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The former head-to-head encounter ended Vissel Kobe - Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3-0, played this season. Last ten meetings featuring these crews: Sanfrecce won six, Vissel Kobe were winners in two and we saw two draws. seven games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SanfrecceJ. dos Santos Junior
J. dos Santos Junior
7 goals
Vissel KobeR. Kikuchi
R. Kikuchi
5 goals
Vissel KobeD. Chagas Matos
D. Chagas Matos
5 goals

Sanfrecce Hiroshima missing players

Vissel Kobe missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Vissel Kobe
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 2 Played P 6 13 26
8 4 0 Won W 4 7 13
11 5 2 Drew D 1 4 8
7 4 0 Lost L 1 2 5
30 14 2 Scored S 12 21 40
26 12 2 Conceded C 10 16 25
88% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
62% 54% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 77%
38% 31% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 46% 38%
15% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 23% 19%
8% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 15% 12%
54% 54% 100% BTTS BTTS 83% 69% 58%
23% 23% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 15% 27%
35% 31% 0% Failed to Score F T 17% 23% 19%
 
5.4 6.2 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 3.8 3.5
4 3.3 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.2 4.4
0.5 0.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 0.8 0.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.4 12.9 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 8.4 9
4.2 4.7 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.5 3.8
28% 23% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 55% 46% 41%
Key stats in J-League this season:
  • Vissel Kobe have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Vissel Kobe have the most points from losing position (17) in J-League

  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 27 20 6 1 58 17 13 11 2 0 27 10 14 9 4 1 31 7 41 66
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 27 19 5 3 60 23 15 11 3 1 35 9 12 8 2 2 25 14 37 62
3 Kashima Antlers 27 14 5 8 46 25 12 7 3 2 25 12 15 7 2 6 21 13 21 47
4 Vissel Kobe 26 13 8 5 40 25 13 6 4 3 19 9 13 7 4 2 21 16 15 47
5 Sagan Tosu 27 13 8 6 36 22 13 8 3 2 23 10 14 5 5 4 13 12 14 47
6 Nagoya Grampus 27 14 5 8 28 21 13 7 2 4 12 10 14 7 3 4 16 11 7 47
7 Urawa Reds 27 13 6 8 29 26 14 9 3 2 18 13 13 4 3 6 11 13 3 45
8 Tokyo 27 12 6 9 36 35 11 6 1 4 19 18 16 6 5 5 17 17 1 42
9 Avispa Fukuoka 27 11 6 10 30 30 14 8 1 5 18 13 13 3 5 5 12 17 0 39
10 Consadole Sapporo 26 10 6 10 33 36 14 7 2 5 23 20 12 3 4 5 10 16 -3 36
11 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 26 8 11 7 30 26 13 4 5 4 14 12 13 4 6 3 16 14 4 35
12 Cerezo Osaka 26 8 9 9 35 35 14 6 5 3 20 18 12 2 4 6 15 17 0 33
13 Gamba Osaka 27 8 6 13 19 27 13 3 3 7 10 16 14 5 3 6 9 11 -8 30
14 Kashiwa Reysol 27 9 3 15 28 37 14 5 1 8 17 22 13 4 2 7 11 15 -9 30
15 Shonan Bellmare 27 5 11 11 28 31 14 2 8 4 10 11 13 3 3 7 18 20 -3 26
16 Shimizu S-Pulse 27 5 11 11 26 39 13 2 5 6 10 21 14 3 6 5 16 18 -13 26
17 Tokushima Vortis 27 6 5 16 20 37 14 3 4 7 11 15 13 3 1 9 9 22 -17 23
18 Vegalta Sendai 27 3 10 14 19 44 14 2 5 7 9 18 13 1 5 7 10 26 -25 19
19 Yokohama 27 4 6 17 21 57 13 3 4 6 14 21 14 1 2 11 7 36 -36 18
20 Oita Trinita 27 4 5 18 18 47 14 3 5 6 10 18 13 1 0 12 8 29 -29 17

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 Kawasaki Frontale 27 20 6 1 58 17 13 11 2 0 27 10 14 9 4 1 31 7 41 66
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 27 19 5 3 60 23 15 11 3 1 35 9 12 8 2 2 25 14 37 62
3 Kashima Antlers 27 14 5 8 46 25 12 7 3 2 25 12 15 7 2 6 21 13 21 47
4 Vissel Kobe 26 13 8 5 40 25 13 6 4 3 19 9 13 7 4 2 21 16 15 47
5 Sagan Tosu 27 13 8 6 36 22 13 8 3 2 23 10 14 5 5 4 13 12 14 47
6 Nagoya Grampus 27 14 5 8 28 21 13 7 2 4 12 10 14 7 3 4 16 11 7 47
7 Urawa Reds 27 13 6 8 29 26 14 9 3 2 18 13 13 4 3 6 11 13 3 45
8 Tokyo 27 12 6 9 36 35 11 6 1 4 19 18 16 6 5 5 17 17 1 42
9 Avispa Fukuoka 27 11 6 10 30 30 14 8 1 5 18 13 13 3 5 5 12 17 0 39
10 Consadole Sapporo 26 10 6 10 33 36 14 7 2 5 23 20 12 3 4 5 10 16 -3 36
11 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 26 8 11 7 30 26 13 4 5 4 14 12 13 4 6 3 16 14 4 35
12 Cerezo Osaka 26 8 9 9 35 35 14 6 5 3 20 18 12 2 4 6 15 17 0 33
13 Gamba Osaka 27 8 6 13 19 27 13 3 3 7 10 16 14 5 3 6 9 11 -8 30
14 Kashiwa Reysol 27 9 3 15 28 37 14 5 1 8 17 22 13 4 2 7 11 15 -9 30
15 Shonan Bellmare 27 5 11 11 28 31 14 2 8 4 10 11 13 3 3 7 18 20 -3 26
16 Shimizu S-Pulse 27 5 11 11 26 39 13 2 5 6 10 21 14 3 6 5 16 18 -13 26
17 Tokushima Vortis 27 6 5 16 20 37 14 3 4 7 11 15 13 3 1 9 9 22 -17 23
18 Vegalta Sendai 27 3 10 14 19 44 14 2 5 7 9 18 13 1 5 7 10 26 -25 19
19 Yokohama 27 4 6 17 21 57 13 3 4 6 14 21 14 1 2 11 7 36 -36 18
20 Oita Trinita 27 4 5 18 18 47 14 3 5 6 10 18 13 1 0 12 8 29 -29 17

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