The Yokohama F. Marinos & Sanfrecce Hiroshima managers Muscat and Skibbe are both afraid of and feeling excited about this vital fixture in the upper regions of the J-League positions.
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most scored goals (41) in J-League
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Yokohama F. Marinos and Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
Yokohama F. Marinos form and stats
Yokohama F. Marinos have been outstanding at home so far in the J-League with 7 wins, 2 draws and only 0 losses.
A strong away win for Yokohama against Shimizu S-Pulse the last match, as Nishimura, Ceará and Miyaichi were on target. A goal frenzy last time out for Yokohama F. Marinos, with a total of 8 goals in the match against Shimizu S-Pulse. Fun stuff to watch! What a game it was for Ceará when beating Shimizu S-Pulse, applying the finishing touch to three goals! Ceará, a natural forward, was the highest rated performer for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 9.81 (out of 10). Ceará scored three goals, served one assist and hit one key pass.
Ahead of that match, Yokohama F. Marinos won a home game hosting Kashiwa Reysol (4-0).This is expected to be a close game, with Yokohama F. Marinos perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Yokohama as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Yokohama F. Marinos has won 6 of these, drawn 1 and lost 1.
There will be little rest for Yokohama F. Marinos after this match as they are travelling to Cerezo Osaka for a J-League game in only four days.
The Yokohama manager Muscat has got the team scoring with 20 from 9 home games in the league. Yokohama F. Marinos have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their J-League travels is 2 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
The regulars enjoyed Sanfrecce Hiroshima's previous match versus Júbilo Iwata (placed 16th), a 3-0 win played at home. Sasaki was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.2. The defender Sasaki scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 6 of 8 duels.
A 0-2 defeat away at Gamba Osaka before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Sanfrecce Hiroshima in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Sanfrecce Hiroshima, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Shonan Bellmare in just four days.
Sanfrecce are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 8 games (in the league). Sanfrecce Hiroshima have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these teams get together this campaign, as the records show this recent game: Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Yokohama F. Marinos 2-0. Yokohama F. Marinos-Sanfrecce Hiroshima H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Yokohama five wins, Sanfrecce Hiroshima three wins, two draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  L. de Sousa Pereira 7 goals | T. Nishimura 7 goals | A. Lopes de Souza 7 goals |
Yokohama F. Marinos missing players
Sanfrecce Hiroshima missing players
| Yokohama F. Marinos | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 0 | 8 | 19 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 41 | 20 | 10 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 27 |
| 21 | 6 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 10 | 17 |
| 95% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 88% | 89% |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 74% |
| 58% | 56% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 47% |
| 37% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 21% |
| 21% | 11% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 53% | 44% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 62% | 47% |
| 37% | 56% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 42% |
| 16% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 21% |
| 5.3 | 5.2 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.2 | 4.9 |
| 4.3 | 5.6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2.9 | 3.9 |
| 0.9 | 0.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.2 | 16.1 | 16.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 15.6 | 14.1 |
| 5.9 | 7.3 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.5 | 5.1 |
| 36% | 30% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 23% | 28% |
| 10.4 | 8.3 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 10.6 | 8.5 |
| 3.9 | 2.7 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.2 | 3.4 |
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Yokohama F. Marinos have not yet lost a game at home.
- Yokohama F. Marinos have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most matches over the total-line (8) in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most points from losing position (11) in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most scored goals (20) at home in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most scored goals (41) in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most scored goals in the first half (17) in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most scored goals in the second half (24) in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the the best goal difference (+14) at home in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the the best goal difference (+20) 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 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 41 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 20 | 40 |
| 2 | Kashima Antlers | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 37 |
| 3 | Kawasaki Frontale | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 34 |
| 4 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 33 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 30 |
| 6 | Kashiwa Reysol | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 30 |
| 7 | Sagan Tosu | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 27 |
| 8 | Tokyo | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -3 | 26 |
| 9 | Kyoto Sanga | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 23 |
| 10 | Consadole Sapporo | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 24 | -14 | 23 |
| 11 | Urawa Reds | 19 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 22 |
| 12 | Nagoya Grampus | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -5 | 22 |
| 13 | Gamba Osaka | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 21 |
| 14 | Avispa Fukuoka | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -3 | 20 |
| 15 | Shonan Bellmare | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | -7 | 20 |
| 16 | Júbilo Iwata | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -8 | 19 |
| 17 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -9 | 17 |
| 18 | Vissel Kobe | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 14 |
