FC Tōkyō vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima, J. League 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2021

FC Tōkyō

0 – 0

Full Time

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Sun 30 May 2021 · 05:05 UTC Ajinomoto Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Shuto Abe 90' Y

Overview

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

FC Tokyo 18 games · 37 pts (2026/27)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 games · 30 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Toru Sagara
Referee Yusuke Hamamoto
Referee Osamu Akasaka
Referee Atsushi Uemura
Referee Tadashi Nakamura
Referee Akihito Kawasaki

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

2021-05-30 FC Tōkyō 0–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2020-12-12 FC Tōkyō 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2020-08-19 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3–3 FC Tōkyō 2019-08-17 FC Tōkyō 0–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2019-04-19 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–1 FC Tōkyō

Recent Form

FC Tōkyō

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 May	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	H	0–0	D
26 May	Shimizu S-Pulse	A	0–3	L
22 May	Gamba Osaka	H	1–0	W
15 May	Kashiwa Reysol	A	4–0	W
09 May	Kashima Antlers	A	0–3	L
01 May	Yokohama F·Marinos	H	0–3	L

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 May	FC Tōkyō	A	0–0	D
26 May	Urawa Red Diamonds	H	2–2	D
23 May	Cerezo Osaka FC	A	2–1	W
15 May	Tokushima Vortis	H	0–1	L
12 May	Gamba Osaka	A	2–1	W
08 May	Sagan Tosu FC	A	0–0	D

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

71% Clean Sheets
FC Tōkyō this season

43% 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

–/–

16-30

–/–

31-45

4/1

46-60

4/1

61-75

4/–

76+

1/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

0-15

1/1

16-30

3/2

31-45

3/–

46-60

2/2

61-75

5/–

76+

3/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

FC Tōkyō

Motoki Nagakura	5 G	2 A
Marcelo Ryan	3 G	2 A
Soma Anzai	3 G

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Akito Suzuki	6 G	2 A
Shun Ayukawa	3 G	1 A
Sebastien Haller	3 G	1 A
Mutsuki Kato	2 G	3 A
Shuto Nakano	2 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' KICK OFF: FC Tokyo gets underway.
5' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both FC Tokyo and Sanfrecce Hiroshima are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
10' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
15' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
20' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
25' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sanfrecce Hiroshima needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
30' It is a cagey affair so far. FC Tokyo in their trying to find a way past Sanfrecce Hiroshima's compact .
35' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
40' Over 40 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
45' Sanfrecce Hiroshima started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 45.
50' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 50 minutes.
55' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
60' FC Tokyo make a change. Yojiro Takahagi trudges off to be replaced by Keigo Higashi on 60 minutes.
65' Sanfrecce Hiroshima are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
70' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
72' Sanfrecce Hiroshima make a change. Yoshifumi Kashiwa trudges off to be replaced by Shunki Higashi on 72 minutes.
73' Sanfrecce Hiroshima manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Shunki Higashi is hanging Yoshifumi Kashiwa on the field on 73 minute.
74' The Sanfrecce Hiroshima manager makes a substitution. Yuya Asano departs to be replaced by Ezequiel.
79' Shun Ayukawa has so much to prove this time. He replaces Junior Santos on 79 minute.
83' Akira Ibayashi is replacing Tomoya Fujii for the Sanfrecce Hiroshima side.
88' Masato Morishige has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
90' It’s a booking for FC Tokyo player. Shuto Abe gets a Yellow card.
90' The crowd applauds Takuya Aoki as he leaves the pitch. Manato Shinada steps in for FC Tokyo.
will have plenty to reflect on. were simply the better side today.

Lineups

FC Tokyo Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Kenta Hasegawa

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Lineups

Starting XI

37
Junior Santos ↓ Shun Ayukawa 79'
19
Sho Sasaki
6
Toshihiro Aoyama ↓ Rhayner 73'
38
Keisuke Osako
2
Yuki Nogami
18
Yoshifumi Kashiwa ↓ Shunki Higashi 72'
10
Tsukasa Morishima
8
Hayao Kawabe
4
Hayato Araki
29
Yuya Asano ↓ Ezequiel 72'
15
Tomoya Fujii ↓ Akira Ibayashi 83'

Bench

27
Rhayner ↑ 73'
14
Ezequiel ↑ 72'
1
Takuto Hayashi
24
Shunki Higashi ↑ 72'
3
Akira Ibayashi ↑ 83'
25
Yusuke Chajima
23
Shun Ayukawa ↑ 79'

Coach Hiroshi Jofuku

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 Tokyo Form

2021-05-30 FC Tōkyō 0–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima D 2021-05-26 Shimizu S-Pulse 3–0 FC Tōkyō L 2021-05-22 FC Tōkyō 1–0 Gamba Osaka L 2021-05-15 Kashiwa Reysol 0–4 FC Tōkyō W 2021-05-09 Kashima Antlers 3–0 FC Tōkyō L 2021-05-01 FC Tōkyō 0–3 Yokohama F·Marinos W

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Form

2021-05-30 FC Tōkyō 0–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima D 2021-05-26 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–2 Urawa Red Diamonds D 2021-05-23 Cerezo Osaka FC 1–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2021-05-15 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–1 Tokushima Vortis L 2021-05-12 Gamba Osaka 1–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2021-05-08 Sagan Tosu FC 0–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.81 FC Tokyo xG

Expected Goals

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

1.58 Sanfrecce Hiroshima xG

I would bet for: FC Tokyo or Sanfrecce Hiroshima 75% + Both teams to score 66%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

FC Tokyo43% Draw25% Sanfrecce Hiroshima32%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes66% 0% No34%

Avg goals/match: 3.39

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	85%	15%
± 2.5	65%	35%
± 3.5	44%	56%
± 4.5	26%	74%

Double Chance

FC Tokyo or Draw

68%

Draw or Sanfrecce Hiroshima

57%

FC Tokyo or Sanfrecce Hiroshima

75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

FC Tokyo32% Draw41% Sanfrecce Hiroshima27%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.5%

2 – 1

8.4%

1 – 2

7.4%

2 – 2

6.6%

2 – 0

5.5%

1 – 0

5.4%

3 – 1

0 – 0

Actual

0 – 1

4.6%

0 – 2

4.2%

3 – 2

1 – 3

3.9%

Asian Handicap — FC Tokyo

Handicap	FC Tokyo covers	Push	Sanfrecce Hiroshima covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	13%	77%
-1.5	23%	—	77%
-1	23%	19%	58%
-0.5	42%	—	58%
+0.5	67%	—	33%
+1	67%	17%	16%
+1.5	84%	—	16%
+2	84%	10%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

FC Tokyo keeps clean sheet

21% ✗

Sanfrecce Hiroshima keeps clean sheet

17% ✗

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