Kawasaki Frontale vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima, J. League 2019 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2019

Kawasaki Frontale

2 – 1

Full Time

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Sat 2 Nov 2019 · 06:05 UTC Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 57' Yuki Nogami

Y 57' Toshihiro Aoyama

Y 76' Tsukasa Morishima

Kyohei Noborizato 90' Y

Overview

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Kawasaki Frontale vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima — J. League at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium.

Kawasaki Frontale 18 games · 28 pts (2026/26)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 games · 30 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Yudai Yamamoto
Referee Mitsuharu Taketa
Referee Haruhiro Otsuka
Referee Kazuyoshi Enomoto

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

Kawasaki Frontale 18 games · Avg 3.2 goals Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Last 5 meetings

2019-11-02 Kawasaki Frontale 2–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2019-07-31 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3–2 Kawasaki Frontale 2018-08-19 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–2 Kawasaki Frontale 2018-03-31 Kawasaki Frontale 0–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2018-03-11 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–1 Kawasaki Frontale

Recent Form

Kawasaki Frontale

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Nov	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	H	2–1	W
19 Oct	Gamba Osaka	A	2–2	D
06 Oct	Shonan Bellmare	A	5–0	W
28 Sep	Vissel Kobe	H	1–2	L
14 Sep	Jubilo Iwata	H	2–0	W
01 Sep	Cerezo Osaka FC	A	1–2	L

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Nov	Kawasaki Frontale	A	1–2	L
29 Oct	Urawa Red Diamonds	H	1–1	D
19 Oct	Shimizu S-Pulse	A	2–1	W
05 Oct	Vissel Kobe	H	6–2	W
28 Sep	Nagoya Grampus	H	1–1	D
14 Sep	Yokohama F·Marinos	A	0–3	L

Season Stats

Kawasaki Frontale		Sanfrecce Hiroshima
#14	Position	#4
28	Points	30
18	Played	18
10 / 0 / 8	W / D / L	10 / 0 / 8
38	Scored	41
40	Conceded	33
-2	GD	+8
1.56	PPG	1.67
56%	Win %	56%

Key Stats

72% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

61% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

11% Clean Sheets
Kawasaki Frontale this season

22% Clean Sheets
Sanfrecce Hiroshima this season

Kawasaki Frontale are 14th (28 pts). Sanfrecce Hiroshima are 4th (30 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Kawasaki Frontale

0-15

2/1

16-30

–/–

31-45

–/3

46-60

1/4

61-75

1/3

76+

7/2

■ 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 match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Kawasaki Frontale to score. At the same time, Sanfrecce Hiroshima does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
5' Kawasaki Frontale are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Sanfrecce Hiroshima backline.
10' It looks surprising Sanfrecce Hiroshima does not make any changes. Yasuto Wakizaka has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
15' The home supporters are growing impatient. Kawasaki Frontale must find a spark to ignite this game.
20' Sanfrecce Hiroshima is taking the lead after the goal scored by Keisuke Osako on 20.
25' Kawasaki Frontale 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.
30' Ao Tanaka, a Japan , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
35' Kawasaki Frontale started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 35.
40' Kawasaki Frontale have won 556 goals from 439 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
45' Kawasaki Frontale is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
46' Emil Salomonsson makes way for Leandro Pereira at the 46 minute mark. A tactical switch from Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
51' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
56' The travelling Sanfrecce Hiroshima supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
57' Controversy at the stadium! Yuki Nogami argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
60' Hokuto Shimoda gets the nod from Kawasaki Frontale. He replaces Ryota Ohshima and will look to change the dynamic.
65' Sanfrecce Hiroshima come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
66' A change in the Kawasaki Frontale ranks — Kengo Nakamura exits the field as Manabu Saito enters on 66.
70' A tactical swap from Sanfrecce Hiroshima — Kosei Shibasaki on, Sho Inagaki off on 70 minutes.
75' 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.
76' Sanfrecce Hiroshima player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
81' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
82' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Leandro Pereira makes no mistake. 0-2!
84' Maguinho adds to his 0 season tally! Kawasaki Frontale lead 1-2 — and this changes everything.
89' Kyohei Noborizato needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
90' Kyohei Noborizato is having his name booked by the referee on 90.
90' Kei Chinen is replacing Yu Kobayashi for the Kawasaki Frontale side.
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Kawasaki Frontale 2-1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

Lineups

Kawasaki Frontale Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

4
Jesiel
1
Jung Sungryong
22
Hokuto Shimoda ↑ 60'
20
Kei Chinen ↑ 90'
19
Manabu Saito ↑ 66'
9
Leandro Damiao
35
Zain Issaka

Coach Toru Oniki

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Lineups

Starting XI

19
Sho Sasaki
6
Toshihiro Aoyama C
38
Keisuke Osako
2
Yuki Nogami
18
Yoshifumi Kashiwa
14
Tsukasa Morishima
15
Sho Inagaki ↓ Kosei Shibasaki 70'
40
Hayao Kawabe
20
Douglas Vieira
3
Emil Salomonsson ↓ Leandro Pereira 46'
23
Hayato Araki

Bench

Coach Hiroshi Jofuku

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Yu Kobayashi	5
Akihiro Ienaga	4
Leandro Damiao	4
Yasuto Wakizaka	3
Yu Kobayashi	2
Kaoru Mitoma	2
Makoto Mitsuta	2
Marcinho	2

Head to Head

Kawasaki Frontale Form

2019-11-02 Kawasaki Frontale 2–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2019-10-19 Gamba Osaka 2–2 Kawasaki Frontale D 2019-10-06 Shonan Bellmare 0–5 Kawasaki Frontale W 2019-09-28 Kawasaki Frontale 1–2 Vissel Kobe L 2019-09-14 Kawasaki Frontale 2–0 Jubilo Iwata W 2019-09-01 Cerezo Osaka FC 2–1 Kawasaki Frontale L

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Form

2019-11-02 Kawasaki Frontale 2–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L 2019-10-29 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds D 2019-10-19 Shimizu S-Pulse 1–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2019-10-05 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 6–2 Vissel Kobe W 2019-09-28 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–1 Nagoya Grampus D 2019-09-14 Yokohama F·Marinos 3–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.88 Kawasaki Frontale xG

Expected Goals

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

1.78 Sanfrecce Hiroshima xG

I would bet for: Kawasaki Frontale or Sanfrecce Hiroshima 76% + Both teams to score 70%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Kawasaki Frontale44% Draw24% Sanfrecce Hiroshima32%

Actual: Kawasaki Frontale win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes70% 0% No30%

Avg goals/match: 3.66

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	70%	30%
± 3.5	49%	51%
± 4.5	31%	69%

Double Chance

Kawasaki Frontale or Draw

67%

Draw or Sanfrecce Hiroshima

56%

Kawasaki Frontale or Sanfrecce Hiroshima

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Kawasaki Frontale31% Draw40% Sanfrecce Hiroshima29%

Actual: Kawasaki Frontale win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.5%

2 – 1

Actual

1 – 2

7.4%

2 – 2

6.9%

3 – 1

4.9%

2 – 0

4.6%

1 – 3

4.4%

3 – 2

4.3%

1 – 0

4.3%

0 – 2

4.2%

2 – 3

4.1%

0 – 1

Asian Handicap — Kawasaki Frontale

Handicap	Kawasaki Frontale covers	Push	Sanfrecce Hiroshima covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	12%	78%
-1.5	22%	—	78%
-1	22%	18%	60%
-0.5	40%	—	60%
+0.5	64%	—	36%
+1	64%	17%	19%
+1.5	81%	—	19%
+2	81%	11%	8%
+2.5	92%	—	8%

Clean Sheet

Kawasaki Frontale keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

Sanfrecce Hiroshima keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

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