Shonan Bellmare hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 23 points and a 16th position in the J-League table. Visiting Sanfrecce Hiroshima holds 8th place with 46 pts.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Shonan Bellmare form and stats
When playing at home in the J-League, Shonan Bellmare, who have the fewest scored goals (25) in J-League, have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 14 games. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Shonan Bellmare after consecutive victories at their own ground.
The fans are hoping that Bellmare will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the J-League game against Nagoya Grampus (placed 2nd). In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Vissel Kobe.
Bellmare are traveling soon after this match as the J-League match at Shimizu S-Pulse awaits in four days.
Bellmare aren't scoring a lot here at Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka in the league, with only 9 goals from 14 games. 14 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their J-League travels is 6 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
Two travels in a row for Sanfrecce, whose manager H. Jofuku could celebrate last time after the J-League win against Cerezo Osaka. Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Yokohama.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Consadole Sapporo in just three days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Sanfrecce Hiroshima have scored 16 goals in 14 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Sanfrecce have conceded 14 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Bellmare 1-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Bellmare one win, four draws and Sanfrecce Hiroshima five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Peruchena Pereira 14 goals | D. da Silva Vieira 7 goals |  N. Ishihara 6 goals |
Shonan Bellmare missing players
Sanfrecce Hiroshima missing players
| Shonan Bellmare | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 29 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 17 | 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 25 | 9 | 7 | Scored | S | 7 | 16 | 43 |
| 42 | 14 | 6 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 31 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 60% | 86% | 93% |
| 50% | 29% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 57% | 76% |
| 43% | 21% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 29% | 45% |
| 32% | 14% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 21% | 21% |
| 18% | 14% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 14% | 14% |
| 39% | 21% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 29% | 48% |
| 25% | 36% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 80% | 50% | 38% |
| 43% | 57% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 36% | 21% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 1.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 0.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 186 | 96 | 37 | Total Shots | T S | 50 | 144 | 331 |
| 74 | 36 | 18 | Shots on Target | S O | 18 | 53 | 129 |
| 34% | 25% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 30% | 33% |
- Shonan Bellmare has the fewest matches over the total-line (11) in J-League
- Shonan Bellmare has the fewest scored goals (25) in J-League
- Shonan Bellmare has the fewest scored goals (9) at home in J-League
- Shonan Bellmare has the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) 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 | 29 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 74 | 25 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 11 | 49 | 72 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 43 | 28 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 55 |
| 3 | Gamba Osaka | 28 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 55 |
| 4 | Kashima Antlers | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 47 | 39 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 28 | 22 | 8 | 52 |
| 5 | Tokyo | 32 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 45 | 42 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 3 | 51 |
| 6 | Cerezo Osaka | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 39 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 6 | 49 |
| 7 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 33 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 68 | 56 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 42 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 12 | 47 |
| 8 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 29 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 43 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 46 |
| 9 | Urawa Reds | 29 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 41 | 45 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 27 | -4 | 45 |
| 10 | Kashiwa Reysol | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 50 | 40 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 41 |
| 11 | Oita Trinita | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 30 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 22 | -7 | 36 |
| 12 | Vissel Kobe | 33 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 50 | 58 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 28 | -8 | 36 |
| 13 | Consadole Sapporo | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 41 | 52 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 26 | -11 | 34 |
| 14 | Sagan Tosu | 28 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 30 | 36 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 20 | -6 | 29 |
| 15 | Yokohama | 28 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 33 | 52 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 27 | -19 | 28 |
| 16 | Shonan Bellmare | 28 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 25 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 28 | -17 | 23 |
| 17 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 28 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 38 | 61 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 27 | 29 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 32 | -23 | 20 |
| 18 | Vegalta Sendai | 29 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 30 | 57 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 27 | -27 | 18 |