Kawasaki Frontale vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima, J. League 2020 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2020

Kawasaki Frontale

5 – 1

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Sun 13 Sep 2020 · 09:30 UTC Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium HT 45+2' · FT 45+6'

Overview

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

Kawasaki Frontale 18 games · 28 pts (2026/27)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 games · 30 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Takumi Takagi
Referee Minoru Tojo
Referee Masaki Tsuruoka
Referee Hiroki Katsumata

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 Tokyo	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 19 games · Avg 3.1 goals Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Last 5 meetings

2020-09-13 Kawasaki Frontale 5–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 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

Recent Form

Kawasaki Frontale

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
13 Sep	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	H	5–1	W
09 Sep	Vissel Kobe	H	3–2	W
05 Sep	Yokohama F.Marinos	A	3–1	W
29 Aug	Shimizu S-Pulse	H	5–0	W
26 Aug	Vissel Kobe	A	2–2	D
23 Aug	Nagoya Grampus	A	0–1	L

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
13 Sep	Kawasaki Frontale	A	1–5	L
09 Sep	Shimizu S-Pulse	H	4–1	W
05 Sep	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	A	2–0	W
29 Aug	Vegalta Sendai	H	1–1	D
23 Aug	Yokohama F.Marinos	A	1–3	L
19 Aug	FC Tokyo	H	3–3	D

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

74% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)

58% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

8% Clean Sheets
Kawasaki Frontale this season

62% 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

5/2

16-30

–/3

31-45

8/5

46-60

5/5

61-75

4/6

76+

5/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

0-15

1/1

16-30

4/2

31-45

4/2

46-60

7/2

61-75

7/1

76+

6/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Kawasaki Frontale

Marcinho	8 G	3 A
Yasuto Wakizaka	4 G	4 A
Tatsuya Ito	3 G	3 A
Pedro Romano	3 G
Lazar Romanic	2 G

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Akito Suzuki	10 G	4 A
Mutsuki Kato	3 G	3 A
Shuto Nakano	3 G	2 A
Shun Ayukawa	3 G	1 A
Sebastien Haller	3 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' In just a few seconds Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium will turn into a battlefield for Kawasaki Frontale and Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
5' Manabu Saito is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Sanfrecce Hiroshima tonight.
10' Sanfrecce Hiroshima are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
14' Ao Tanaka is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
19' Kawasaki Frontale is showing some good football. However, Kawasaki Frontale are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
24' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Kawasaki Frontale and Sanfrecce Hiroshima are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
29' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Kawasaki Frontale side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
34' A quiet spell here at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium. Kawasaki Frontale seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
39' Over 39 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
44' Hidemasa Morita is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Sanfrecce Hiroshima so far.
46' Another substitution for Kawasaki Frontale to replace Yasuto Wakizaka by Ryota Ohshima on 46 minute.
47' A stunning finish from Leandro Damiao — that came from absolutely nowhere!
50' Brilliant from the ! Kazuya Yamamura makes it 3-0 with a superb finish on 50.
51' What composure from Ao Tanaka! The Japan international strokes it home. 4-0.
51' Yusuke Chajima is ready to make an impact after coming on for Tsukasa Morishima at the 51 minute mark.
56' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
61' Kawasaki Frontale are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Sanfrecce Hiroshima's shape.
64' A tactical swap from Sanfrecce Hiroshima — Yuya Asano on, Rhayner off on 64 minutes.
69' Reo Hatate needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
71' A change in the Kawasaki Frontale ranks — Leandro Damiao exits the field as Yu Kobayashi enters on 71.
73' The whistle greets Yoshifumi Kashiwa as he departs to be replaced by Shunki Higashi.
78' Kawasaki Frontale have won 583 goals from 452 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
83' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Kawasaki Frontale and Sanfrecce Hiroshima are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
88' GOAL! Yu Kobayashi scores on 88.
89' Akihiro Ienaga has so much to prove this time. He replaces Ao Tanaka on 89 minute.
90' Yuya Asano makes no mistake. The score reads 5-1 and Sanfrecce Hiroshima are in front.
Full Time. Kawasaki Frontale beats Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Lineups

Kawasaki Frontale Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

10
Ryota Ohshima ↑ 46'
11
Yu Kobayashi ↑ 71'
2
Kyohei Noborizato
41
Akihiro Ienaga ↑ 89'
27
Kenta Tanno
20
Taisei Miyashiro ↑ 71'
18
Kaoru Mitoma ↑ 46'

Coach Toru Oniki

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Lineups

Starting XI

44
Rhayner ↓ Yuya Asano 64'
39
Leandro Pereira
19
Sho Sasaki C
6
Toshihiro Aoyama ↓ Kosei Shibasaki 73'
38
Keisuke Osako
2
Yuki Nogami
18
Yoshifumi Kashiwa ↓ Shunki Higashi 73'
10
Tsukasa Morishima ↓ Yusuke Chajima 51'
8
Hayao Kawabe
9
Douglas Vieira ↓ Ezequiel 51'
23
Hayato Araki

Bench

14
Ezequiel ↑ 51'
1
Takuto Hayashi
30
Kosei Shibasaki ↑ 73'
24
Shunki Higashi ↑ 73'
3
Akira Ibayashi
29
Yuya Asano ↑ 64'
25
Yusuke Chajima ↑ 51'

Coach Hiroshi Jofuku

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Yu Kobayashi	5
Akihiro Ienaga	4
Leandro Damiao	4
Yasuto Wakizaka	3
Patric	2
Ao Tanaka	2
Mutsuki Kato	2
Yu Kobayashi	2

Head to Head

Kawasaki Frontale Form

2020-09-13 Kawasaki Frontale 5–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2020-09-09 Kawasaki Frontale 3–2 Vissel Kobe W 2020-09-05 Yokohama F.Marinos 1–3 Kawasaki Frontale W 2020-08-29 Kawasaki Frontale 5–0 Shimizu S-Pulse W 2020-08-26 Vissel Kobe 2–2 Kawasaki Frontale D 2020-08-23 Nagoya Grampus 1–0 Kawasaki Frontale L

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Form

2020-09-13 Kawasaki Frontale 5–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L 2020-09-09 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4–1 Shimizu S-Pulse W 2020-09-05 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 0–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2020-08-29 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–1 Vegalta Sendai D 2020-08-23 Yokohama F.Marinos 3–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L 2020-08-19 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3–3 FC Tokyo D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.62 Kawasaki Frontale xG

Expected Goals

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

1.78 Sanfrecce Hiroshima xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 80% + Both teams to score 76%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Kawasaki Frontale56% Draw20% Sanfrecce Hiroshima24%

Actual: Kawasaki Frontale win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes76% 0% No24%

Avg goals/match: 4.4

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	93%	7%
± 2.5	80%	20%
± 3.5	63%	37%
± 4.5	44%	56%

Double Chance

Kawasaki Frontale or Draw

76%

Draw or Sanfrecce Hiroshima

44%

Kawasaki Frontale or Sanfrecce Hiroshima

80%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Kawasaki Frontale42% Draw35% Sanfrecce Hiroshima23%

Actual: Kawasaki Frontale win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 5–1 not predicted

5 – 1

Actual

2 – 1

7.4%

1 – 1

6.5%

2 – 2

6.4%

3 – 1

6.3%

3 – 2

5.5%

1 – 2

5.1%

2 – 0

4.4%

4 – 1

4.1%

2 – 3

3.8%

3 – 0

3.7%

4 – 2

3.7%

3 – 3

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Kawasaki Frontale

Handicap	Kawasaki Frontale covers	Push	Sanfrecce Hiroshima covers
-2.5	20%	—	80%
-2	20%	16%	64%
-1.5	36%	—	64%
-1	36%	19%	45%
-0.5	55%	—	45%
+0.5	74%	—	26%
+1	74%	13%	13%
+1.5	87%	—	13%
+2	87%	8%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Kawasaki Frontale keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

Sanfrecce Hiroshima keeps clean sheet

8% ✓

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