FC Tōkyō vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima, J. League 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2023

FC Tōkyō

1 – 2

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Sat 28 Oct 2023 · 06:00 UTC Ajinomoto Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 48' Mutsuki Kato

Hayato Araki og 62' 1–1

1–2 75' Makoto Mitsuta

Henrique Trevisan 37' Y

Y 42' Shunki Higashi

Kei Koizumi 57' Y

Y 58' Douglas Vieira

Y 90' Nassim Ben Khalifa

Teruhito Nakagawa 90' R

Overview

Match Preview

FC Tōkyō vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima — J. League at Ajinomoto Stadium.

FC Tōkyō 18 games · 37 pts (2026/26)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 games · 30 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Vissel Kobe	18	35
2	Cerezo Osaka FC	18	31
3	Nagoya Grampus	18	31
4	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	18	30
5	Gamba Osaka	18	28
6	Fagiano Okayama FC	18	26
7	Shimizu S-Pulse	18	24
8	Kyoto Sanga FC	18	23
9	V-Varen Nagasaki	18	21
10	Avispa Fukuoka	18	21
11	Kashima Antlers	18	45
12	FC Tōkyō	18	37
13	FC Machida Zelvia	18	37
14	Kawasaki Frontale	18	28
15	Tokyo Verdy	18	28
16	Urawa Red Diamonds	18	25
17	Kashiwa Reysol	18	20
18	Yokohama F·Marinos	18	20
19	FC Mito Holly Hock	18	18
20	JEF United Ichihara Chiba	18	12

Head-to-Head

FC Tōkyō 18 games · Avg 2.7 goals Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Last 5 meetings

2023-10-28 FC Tōkyō 1–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2023-04-22 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–2 FC Tōkyō 2022-07-30 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–2 FC Tōkyō 2022-03-12 FC Tōkyō 2–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2021-11-27 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–2 FC Tōkyō

Recent Form

FC Tōkyō

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 Oct	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	H	1–2	L
21 Oct	Yokohama FC	A	0–1	L
01 Oct	Gamba Osaka	H	3–0	W
23 Sep	Sagan Tosu FC	H	3–2	W
15 Sep	Kawasaki Frontale	A	0–1	L
03 Sep	Avispa Fukuoka	H	1–2	L

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 Oct	FC Tōkyō	A	2–1	W
21 Oct	Cerezo Osaka FC	H	0–0	D
30 Sep	Nagoya Grampus	H	3–1	W
23 Sep	Kyoto Sanga FC	A	0–1	L
16 Sep	Vissel Kobe	H	2–0	W
02 Sep	Sagan Tosu FC	A	2–0	W

Season Stats

FC Tōkyō		Sanfrecce Hiroshima
#12	Position	#4
37	Points	30
18	Played	18
13 / 0 / 5	W / D / L	10 / 0 / 8
55	Scored	41
42	Conceded	33
+13	GD	+8
2.06	PPG	1.67
72%	Win %	56%

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

22% Clean Sheets
FC Tōkyō this season

22% Clean Sheets
Sanfrecce Hiroshima this season

FC Tōkyō are 12th (37 pts). Sanfrecce Hiroshima are 4th (30 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Tōkyō

0-15

–/1

16-30

–/2

31-45

8/–

46-60

2/–

61-75

4/4

76+

3/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

0-15

3/1

16-30

1/2

31-45

3/1

46-60

5/–

61-75

3/4

76+

1/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. FC Tōkyō is hosting Sanfrecce Hiroshima for another epic battle.
5' It’s high time Peter Cklamovski made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
10' FC Tōkyō seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
15' Sanfrecce Hiroshima come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
20' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both FC Tōkyō and Sanfrecce Hiroshima are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
25' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
30' Over 30 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
35' named a 4-2-1-3 earlier, and opted for a 3-4-2-1 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
37' Henrique Trevisan catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 37.
42' The referee has no hesitation. Shunki Higashi is booked for Sanfrecce Hiroshima — card on 42.
47' FC Tōkyō are deployed in a 4-2-1-3 today, looking to exploit space against Sanfrecce Hiroshima's 3-4-2-1 shape.
48' GOAL! Mutsuki Kato scores on 48. Assisted by Shuto Nakano
53' FC Tōkyō are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
57' That is a card for FC Tokyo. Kei Koizumi will be fuming at that decision.
58' The referee calls foul for Douglas Vieira. He receives a card.
62' Hayato Araki does the damage! The net is bulging and Sanfrecce Hiroshima surge ahead!
67' A quiet spell here at Ajinomoto Stadium. FC Tōkyō seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
72' Kota Tawaratsumida is ready to make an impact after coming on for Adailton at the 72 minute mark.
75' Makoto Mitsuta does the damage! The net is bulging and Sanfrecce Hiroshima surge ahead!
79' FC Tokyo manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Keigo Higashi is hanging Riki Harakawa on the field on 79 minute.
84' FC Tōkyō currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
87' Another change for Sanfrecce Hiroshima made on 87 minute. Douglas Vieira leaves to be changed by Nassim Ben Khalifa.
88' The supporters are chanting for Shuhei Tokumoto. He replaces Kashif Bangunagande on 88 minute.
90' The referee shows Sanfrecce Hiroshima player a card on 90.
FC Tōkyō will have plenty to reflect on. Sanfrecce Hiroshima were simply the better side today.

Lineups

FC Tōkyō Lineups

4-2-1-3

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Cklamovski

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

14
Ezequiel ↓ Takaaki Shichi 87'
19
Sho Sasaki
38
Keisuke Osako
8
Takumu Kawamura
24
Shunki Higashi
33
Tsukasa Shiotani
9
Douglas Vieira ↓ Nassim Ben Khalifa 87'
4
Hayato Araki
11
Makoto Mitsuta
15
Shuto Nakano
51
Mutsuki Kato

Bench

Coach Michael Skibbe

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Diego Oliveira	5
Tsukasa Morishima	3
Tolgay Arslan	3
Adailton	3
Shuto Abe	2
Hayao Kawabe	2
Diego Oliveira	2
Hayato Araki	2

Head to Head

FC Tōkyō Form

2023-10-28 FC Tōkyō 1–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L 2023-10-21 Yokohama FC 1–0 FC Tōkyō L 2023-10-01 FC Tōkyō 3–0 Gamba Osaka W 2023-09-23 FC Tōkyō 3–2 Sagan Tosu FC W 2023-09-15 Kawasaki Frontale 1–0 FC Tōkyō L 2023-09-03 FC Tōkyō 1–2 Avispa Fukuoka L

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Form

2023-10-28 FC Tōkyō 1–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2023-10-21 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–0 Cerezo Osaka FC D 2023-09-30 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3–1 Nagoya Grampus W 2023-09-23 Kyoto Sanga FC 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L 2023-09-16 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–0 Vissel Kobe W 2023-09-02 Sagan Tosu FC 0–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.28 FC Tōkyō xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.87 Sanfrecce Hiroshima xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 77% + FC Tōkyō or Sanfrecce Hiroshima 77%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

FC Tōkyō45% Draw23% Sanfrecce Hiroshima32%

Actual: Sanfrecce Hiroshima win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes75% 0% No25%

Avg goals/match: 4.15

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	92%	8%
± 2.5	77%	23%
± 3.5	58%	42%
± 4.5	40%	60%

Double Chance

FC Tōkyō or Draw

68%

Draw or Sanfrecce Hiroshima

55%

FC Tōkyō or Sanfrecce Hiroshima

77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

FC Tōkyō36% Draw37% Sanfrecce Hiroshima27%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

7.5%

2 – 1

7.5%

2 – 2

6.8%

1 – 2

Actual

3 – 1

5.6%

3 – 2

5.2%

2 – 3

4.3%

2 – 0

4.2%

1 – 3

3.8%

3 – 3

3.3%

1 – 0

3.2%

4 – 1

3.2%

Asian Handicap — FC Tōkyō

Handicap	FC Tōkyō covers	Push	Sanfrecce Hiroshima covers
-2.5	15%	—	85%
-2	15%	14%	72%
-1.5	28%	—	72%
-1	28%	18%	53%
-0.5	47%	—	53%
+0.5	68%	—	32%
+1	68%	15%	17%
+1.5	83%	—	17%
+2	83%	9%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

FC Tōkyō keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

Sanfrecce Hiroshima keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.