Tokushima Vortis vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima match preview

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Sat 04.December
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Pocari Sweat Stadium (17924 seats)

J-League: Tokushima Vortis are 10 points behind Sanfrecce Hiroshima, but are inspired to go all in. Let's start!

Insights:
  • Sanfrecce Hiroshima have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This looks to be an action-packed game with lots of action and energy as both participants are well revitalized since they last played a game. Let's start!

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

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Tokushima Vortis form and stats

Tokushima Vortis's struggle is real here at Pocari Sweat Stadium with only 17 points collected from 18 J-League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 4-5-9.

The Tokushima goalkeeper Naoto Kamifukumoto is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 213 minutes without conceding a goal in the J-League.

A strong away win for Tokushima against Shonan Bellmare the last match, as Takeru Kishimoto were on target. Defender Takeru Kishimoto got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.94/10. Kishimoto scored one goal and won 8 of 12 duels.

In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Tokyo.

Tokushima Vortis aren't scoring a lot here at Pocari Sweat Stadium in the league, with only 16 goals from 18 games. On the other hand, Tokushima Vortis have conceded 20 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima form and stats

6-7-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sanfrecce Hiroshima in their J-League matches away.

Home advantage was not enough for Sanfrecce Hiroshima in their previous game, as they lost their J-League-match, hosting Tokyo, 1-2. Tsukasa Shiotani got a match rating of 7.65 in that game, top player of the team. Shiotani scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

A 0-1 defeat away at Shimizu S-Pulse before that.

Sanfrecce find the net regularly in their away games. 21 goals from 18 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (17 so far).

Head 2 Head

Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Tokushima 0-1 was the score in these teams' latest h2h game, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: one - zero - six (Tokushima wins - draws - Sanfrecce Hiroshima wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Tokushima VortisY. Kakita
Y. Kakita
8 goals
TokushimaT. Miyashiro
T. Miyashiro
7 goals
Sanfrecce HiroshimaJ. dos Santos Junior
J. dos Santos Junior
7 goals

Tokushima Vortis missing players

Sanfrecce Hiroshima missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Tokushima Vortis Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 6 18 37
10 4 2 Won W 3 6 11
6 5 0 Drew D 1 7 13
21 9 4 Lost L 2 5 13
32 16 7 Scored S 9 21 40
51 20 7 Conceded C 4 17 40
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 83% 89%
59% 56% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 67% 62%
41% 39% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 39% 38%
11% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 11% 16%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 8%
38% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 17% 39% 49%
22% 17% 17% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 27%
43% 39% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 44% 35%
 
3.9 4.3 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.3 4.8
4.4 4.8 5 Corners against (avg) C A 2.2 4.4 4.1
1 1.3 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 0.7 0.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
8.1 9.1 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 9.6 10.6
2.8 3.3 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.4 3.9
31% 27% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 34% 27%
 
9.5 9.5 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 10.2 11.3 9.4
3.3 3.6 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 3.9 3.3
Key stats in J-League this season:
  • Sanfrecce Hiroshima have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 37 28 7 2 80 27 19 16 3 0 39 14 18 12 4 2 41 13 53 91
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 37 24 6 7 81 34 18 13 3 2 45 11 19 11 3 5 36 23 47 78
3 Vissel Kobe 37 20 10 7 60 36 19 11 4 4 31 14 18 9 6 3 29 22 24 70
4 Kashima Antlers 37 20 6 11 61 36 19 10 4 5 32 20 18 10 2 6 29 16 25 66
5 Nagoya Grampus 37 19 8 10 44 30 18 11 3 4 22 13 19 8 5 6 22 17 14 65
6 Urawa Reds 37 18 8 11 45 38 19 12 4 3 28 17 18 6 4 8 17 21 7 62
7 Sagan Tosu 37 16 11 10 43 33 18 11 5 2 30 13 19 5 6 8 13 20 10 59
8 Avispa Fukuoka 37 14 11 12 42 37 19 10 3 6 26 18 18 4 8 6 16 19 5 53
9 Tokyo 37 15 7 15 49 53 18 8 2 8 30 26 19 7 5 7 19 27 -4 52
10 Consadole Sapporo 37 13 9 15 47 50 19 8 4 7 27 27 18 5 5 8 20 23 -3 48
11 Cerezo Osaka 37 13 9 15 46 49 19 8 5 6 26 28 18 5 4 9 20 21 -3 48
12 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 37 11 13 13 40 40 19 5 6 8 19 23 18 6 7 5 21 17 0 46
13 Gamba Osaka 37 12 7 18 33 49 18 5 3 10 17 28 19 7 4 8 16 21 -16 43
14 Kashiwa Reysol 37 12 5 20 35 53 18 6 3 9 19 26 19 6 2 11 16 27 -18 41
15 Shimizu S-Pulse 37 9 12 16 35 53 18 4 6 8 15 27 19 5 6 8 20 26 -18 39
16 Shonan Bellmare 37 7 15 15 36 41 19 3 10 6 13 15 18 4 5 9 23 26 -5 36
17 Tokushima Vortis 37 10 6 21 32 51 18 4 5 9 16 20 19 6 1 12 16 31 -19 36
18 Oita Trinita 37 8 8 21 28 53 19 7 5 7 19 21 18 1 3 14 9 32 -25 32
19 Vegalta Sendai 37 5 13 19 31 61 18 3 6 9 12 22 19 2 7 10 19 39 -30 28
20 Yokohama 37 6 9 22 32 76 18 4 6 8 21 30 19 2 3 14 11 46 -44 27

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 37 28 7 2 80 27 19 16 3 0 39 14 18 12 4 2 41 13 53 91
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 37 24 6 7 81 34 18 13 3 2 45 11 19 11 3 5 36 23 47 78
3 Vissel Kobe 37 20 10 7 60 36 19 11 4 4 31 14 18 9 6 3 29 22 24 70
4 Kashima Antlers 37 20 6 11 61 36 19 10 4 5 32 20 18 10 2 6 29 16 25 66
5 Nagoya Grampus 37 19 8 10 44 30 18 11 3 4 22 13 19 8 5 6 22 17 14 65
6 Urawa Reds 37 18 8 11 45 38 19 12 4 3 28 17 18 6 4 8 17 21 7 62
7 Sagan Tosu 37 16 11 10 43 33 18 11 5 2 30 13 19 5 6 8 13 20 10 59
8 Avispa Fukuoka 37 14 11 12 42 37 19 10 3 6 26 18 18 4 8 6 16 19 5 53
9 Tokyo 37 15 7 15 49 53 18 8 2 8 30 26 19 7 5 7 19 27 -4 52
10 Consadole Sapporo 37 13 9 15 47 50 19 8 4 7 27 27 18 5 5 8 20 23 -3 48
11 Cerezo Osaka 37 13 9 15 46 49 19 8 5 6 26 28 18 5 4 9 20 21 -3 48
12 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 37 11 13 13 40 40 19 5 6 8 19 23 18 6 7 5 21 17 0 46
13 Gamba Osaka 37 12 7 18 33 49 18 5 3 10 17 28 19 7 4 8 16 21 -16 43
14 Kashiwa Reysol 37 12 5 20 35 53 18 6 3 9 19 26 19 6 2 11 16 27 -18 41
15 Shimizu S-Pulse 37 9 12 16 35 53 18 4 6 8 15 27 19 5 6 8 20 26 -18 39
16 Shonan Bellmare 37 7 15 15 36 41 19 3 10 6 13 15 18 4 5 9 23 26 -5 36
17 Tokushima Vortis 37 10 6 21 32 51 18 4 5 9 16 20 19 6 1 12 16 31 -19 36
18 Oita Trinita 37 8 8 21 28 53 19 7 5 7 19 21 18 1 3 14 9 32 -25 32
19 Vegalta Sendai 37 5 13 19 31 61 18 3 6 9 12 22 19 2 7 10 19 39 -30 28
20 Yokohama 37 6 9 22 32 76 18 4 6 8 21 30 19 2 3 14 11 46 -44 27

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