J-League: Shonan Bellmare - Sanfrecce Hiroshima pre-match thoughts and numbers

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Sun 07.November
Match begins: 06:00 (UTC)
Venue: Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka

Here's every single thing you need to know, and then some, before the Shonan Bellmare - Sanfrecce Hiroshima fixture!

Insights:
  • Shonan Bellmare have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in J-League
  • Sanfrecce Hiroshima have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Bellmare nor Sanfrecce Hiroshima as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

Relegation threatens Bellmare who should definitely be looking for some points here. For Sanfrecce most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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Shonan Bellmare form and stats

Shonan Bellmare have collected 18 points from their J-League home games so far after 3-9-5.

Bellmare shared the glory with Consadole Sapporo in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Taiyo Hiraoka was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Consadole Sapporo after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Midfielder Takuya Okamoto was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.12 (out of ten) in that game. Okamoto hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Ahead of that match, Bellmare won a home game hosting Yokohama (2-1).

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Shonan Bellmare here at Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (13 from 17 games). From these home matches, Bellmare have conceded only 14 goals.

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima form and stats

As the visiting team in J-League matches, Sanfrecce Hiroshima have produced an overall stat of 6-6-4 so far.

The manager H. Jofuku was unhappy after their last game, a J-League match played at their home ground EDION Stadium. Sanfrecce suffered a 1-4 loss to Kashima Antlers (placed 5th). The attacker Ezequiel got a match rating of 7.4 in that game. Ezequiel scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Vegalta Sendai's place.

Sanfrecce have scored 21 goals on their travels this season, from 16 away games in the league. Sanfrecce Hiroshima have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These opponents have met before this season: Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Bellmare 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Bellmare two wins, three draws and Sanfrecce Hiroshima five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sanfrecce HiroshimaJ. dos Santos Junior
J. dos Santos Junior
7 goals
Sanfrecce HiroshimaD. da Silva Vieira
D. da Silva Vieira
6 goals
BellmareN. Yamada
N. Yamada
5 goals

Shonan Bellmare missing players

Sanfrecce Hiroshima missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Shonan Bellmare Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
34 17 6 Played P 4 16 34
6 3 0 Won W 3 6 11
14 9 4 Drew D 0 6 12
14 5 2 Lost L 1 4 11
34 13 1 Scored S 9 21 39
40 14 3 Conceded C 3 16 37
82% 65% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 91%
68% 47% 17% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 65%
35% 24% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 44% 38%
18% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 12% 18%
9% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 9%
56% 41% 17% BTTS BTTS 25% 44% 50%
26% 41% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 31% 26%
35% 53% 83% Failed to Score F T 25% 38% 32%
 
4.4 4.9 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.4 4.9
4.8 4.5 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 1.2 4.4 4.2
0.9 1.2 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 0.6 0.7
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.3 8.5 8 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 10.1 10.9
3 2.8 1.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.8 4.2
34% 28% 9% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 35% 27%
 
9.5 8.5 7.3 Shots against (avg) S A 5.8 10.4 8.9
4 3.6 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.8 3.2
Key stats in J-League this season:
  • Sanfrecce Hiroshima have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Shonan Bellmare have the most dropped points from leading position (24) 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 34 26 7 1 71 22 18 15 3 0 35 13 16 11 4 1 36 9 49 85
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 34 22 6 6 70 32 17 12 3 2 37 11 17 10 3 4 33 21 38 72
3 Vissel Kobe 34 18 10 6 57 34 17 10 4 3 30 12 17 8 6 3 27 22 23 64
4 Nagoya Grampus 34 18 7 9 39 26 18 11 3 4 22 13 16 7 4 5 17 13 13 61
5 Kashima Antlers 34 18 5 11 59 36 16 8 3 5 30 20 18 10 2 6 29 16 23 59
6 Urawa Reds 34 17 8 9 43 35 17 11 4 2 26 15 17 6 4 7 17 20 8 59
7 Sagan Tosu 34 14 11 9 39 31 16 9 5 2 26 12 18 5 6 7 13 19 8 53
8 Avispa Fukuoka 34 14 8 12 39 34 17 10 1 6 23 15 17 4 7 6 16 19 5 50
9 Tokyo 34 14 7 13 47 42 17 8 2 7 30 24 17 6 5 6 17 18 5 49
10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 34 11 12 11 39 37 18 5 6 7 18 21 16 6 6 4 21 16 2 45
11 Cerezo Osaka 34 12 9 13 43 43 17 7 5 5 23 23 17 5 4 8 20 20 0 45
12 Consadole Sapporo 34 12 8 14 42 46 18 7 4 7 24 26 16 5 4 7 18 20 -4 44
13 Gamba Osaka 34 11 7 16 28 40 17 5 3 9 16 25 17 6 4 7 12 15 -12 40
14 Kashiwa Reysol 34 11 4 19 33 50 16 5 2 9 18 26 18 6 2 10 15 24 -17 37
15 Shonan Bellmare 34 6 14 14 34 40 17 3 9 5 13 14 17 3 5 9 21 26 -6 32
16 Shimizu S-Pulse 34 7 11 16 31 51 16 3 5 8 12 25 18 4 6 8 19 26 -20 32
17 Tokushima Vortis 34 8 6 20 29 50 18 4 5 9 16 20 16 4 1 11 13 30 -21 30
18 Oita Trinita 34 7 7 20 24 50 17 6 5 6 15 18 17 1 2 14 9 32 -26 28
19 Vegalta Sendai 34 5 11 18 28 56 16 3 5 8 11 19 18 2 6 10 17 37 -28 26
20 Yokohama 34 6 8 20 31 71 17 4 6 7 21 28 17 2 2 13 10 43 -40 26

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 34 26 7 1 71 22 18 15 3 0 35 13 16 11 4 1 36 9 49 85
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 34 22 6 6 70 32 17 12 3 2 37 11 17 10 3 4 33 21 38 72
3 Vissel Kobe 34 18 10 6 57 34 17 10 4 3 30 12 17 8 6 3 27 22 23 64
4 Nagoya Grampus 34 18 7 9 39 26 18 11 3 4 22 13 16 7 4 5 17 13 13 61
5 Kashima Antlers 34 18 5 11 59 36 16 8 3 5 30 20 18 10 2 6 29 16 23 59
6 Urawa Reds 34 17 8 9 43 35 17 11 4 2 26 15 17 6 4 7 17 20 8 59
7 Sagan Tosu 34 14 11 9 39 31 16 9 5 2 26 12 18 5 6 7 13 19 8 53
8 Avispa Fukuoka 34 14 8 12 39 34 17 10 1 6 23 15 17 4 7 6 16 19 5 50
9 Tokyo 34 14 7 13 47 42 17 8 2 7 30 24 17 6 5 6 17 18 5 49
10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 34 11 12 11 39 37 18 5 6 7 18 21 16 6 6 4 21 16 2 45
11 Cerezo Osaka 34 12 9 13 43 43 17 7 5 5 23 23 17 5 4 8 20 20 0 45
12 Consadole Sapporo 34 12 8 14 42 46 18 7 4 7 24 26 16 5 4 7 18 20 -4 44
13 Gamba Osaka 34 11 7 16 28 40 17 5 3 9 16 25 17 6 4 7 12 15 -12 40
14 Kashiwa Reysol 34 11 4 19 33 50 16 5 2 9 18 26 18 6 2 10 15 24 -17 37
15 Shonan Bellmare 34 6 14 14 34 40 17 3 9 5 13 14 17 3 5 9 21 26 -6 32
16 Shimizu S-Pulse 34 7 11 16 31 51 16 3 5 8 12 25 18 4 6 8 19 26 -20 32
17 Tokushima Vortis 34 8 6 20 29 50 18 4 5 9 16 20 16 4 1 11 13 30 -21 30
18 Oita Trinita 34 7 7 20 24 50 17 6 5 6 15 18 17 1 2 14 9 32 -26 28
19 Vegalta Sendai 34 5 11 18 28 56 16 3 5 8 11 19 18 2 6 10 17 37 -28 26
20 Yokohama 34 6 8 20 31 71 17 4 6 7 21 28 17 2 2 13 10 43 -40 26

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