Kawasaki Frontale vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima, J. League 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2023

Kawasaki Frontale

1 – 0

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Sun 11 Jun 2023 · 10:00 UTC Todoroki Athletics Stadium 18,051 HT 45' · FT 45'

Yasuto Wakizaka 56' 1–0

Takuma Ominami 17' Y

Y 90' Douglas Vieira

Overview

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

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

Match Details

Referee Ryo Tanimoto
Assistant 1 Kota Watanabe
Assistant 2 Haruhiro Otsuka

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	Kyōto 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	Tōkyō 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

2023-06-11 Kawasaki Frontale 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2022-09-10 Kawasaki Frontale 4–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2022-03-19 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–2 Kawasaki Frontale 2021-08-21 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–1 Kawasaki Frontale 2021-04-18 Kawasaki Frontale 1–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Recent Form

Kawasaki Frontale

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
11 Jun	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	H	1–0	W
28 May	Kashiwa Reysol	H	2–0	W
20 May	Yokohama FC	A	1–2	L
12 May	FC Tōkyō	A	1–2	L
07 May	Sagan Tosu FC	H	1–0	W
03 May	Kyōto Sanga FC	A	1–0	W

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
11 Jun	Kawasaki Frontale	A	0–1	L
04 Jun	Kyōto Sanga FC	H	3–1	W
31 May	Urawa Red Diamonds	A	1–2	L
27 May	Shonan Bellmare	H	1–0	W
20 May	Nagoya Grampus	A	1–2	L
13 May	Vissel Kobe	A	0–2	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

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' Here we go! The referee blows the whistle and Kawasaki Frontale launch into their encounter with Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
5' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Kawasaki Frontale and Sanfrecce Hiroshima are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
10' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Kawasaki Frontale side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
15' Both keepers have barely been tested. Kawasaki Frontale and Sanfrecce Hiroshima are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
17' That looks like a foul for a card for Takuma Ominami.
22' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Douglas Vieira made 108 appearances and scored 36 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
27' It is a substitution in Kawasaki Frontale team. Yu Kobayashi is replaced by Leandro Damiao on 27 minute.
32' Kawasaki Frontale currently sit 10 in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
37' 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.
42' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Kawasaki Frontale that had 452 games and scored 583 goals.
47' It looks like no one’s ball. Sanfrecce Hiroshima is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
52' Kawasaki Frontale are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Sanfrecce Hiroshima backline.
56' The Japan Yasuto Wakizaka breaks the deadlock on 56 minutes. 1-0!
61' Jelani Sumiyoshi has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 13 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
64' Yusuke Chajima has so much to prove this time. He replaces Sota Koshimichi on 64 minute.
69' The home supporters are growing impatient. Kawasaki Frontale must find a spark to ignite this game.
74' 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.
79' Daiya Tono is ready to make an impact after coming on for Taisei Miyashiro at the 79 minute mark.
84' Taichi Yamasaki is ready to make an impact after coming on for Jelani Sumiyoshi at the 84 minute mark.
89' Kawasaki Frontale make a change. Ryota Oshima trudges off to be replaced by Kazuki Kozuka on 89 minutes.
90' That looks like a foul for a card for Douglas Vieira.
90' Kawasaki Frontale make a change. Akihiro Ienaga trudges off to be replaced by Kazuya Yamamura on 90 minutes.
Game over. The scoreline of 1-0 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Kawasaki Frontale Lineups

4-1-2-3

Starting XI

Bench

9
Leandro Damiao ↑ 27'
30
Yusuke Segawa ↑ 79'
31
Kazuya Yamamura ↑ 90'
49
Kazuki Kozuka ↑ 89'
16
Tatsuki Seko
17
Daiya Tono ↑ 79'
1
Sung-ryong Jung

Coach Toru Oniki

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

14
Ezequiel ↓ Taishi Matsumoto 90'
7
Gakuto Notsuda ↓ Nassim Ben Khalifa 64'
19
Sho Sasaki
38
Keisuke Osako
10
Tsukasa Morishima
8
Takumu Kawamura
24
Shunki Higashi
9
Douglas Vieira
4
Hayato Araki
2
Jelani Sumiyoshi ↓ Taichi Yamasaki 84'
32
Sota Koshimichi ↓ Yusuke Chajima 64'

Bench

Coach Michael Skibbe

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Kawasaki Frontale Form

2023-06-11 Kawasaki Frontale 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2023-05-28 Kawasaki Frontale 2–0 Kashiwa Reysol W 2023-05-20 Yokohama FC 2–1 Kawasaki Frontale L 2023-05-12 FC Tōkyō 2–1 Kawasaki Frontale L 2023-05-07 Kawasaki Frontale 1–0 Sagan Tosu FC W 2023-05-03 Kyōto Sanga FC 0–1 Kawasaki Frontale W

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Form

2023-06-11 Kawasaki Frontale 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L 2023-06-04 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3–1 Kyōto Sanga FC W 2023-05-31 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L 2023-05-27 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–0 Shonan Bellmare W 2023-05-20 Nagoya Grampus 2–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L 2023-05-13 Vissel Kobe 2–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.86 Kawasaki Frontale xG

Expected Goals

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

1.27 Sanfrecce Hiroshima xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 61% + Over 2.5 goals 60%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Kawasaki Frontale54% Draw23% Sanfrecce Hiroshima23%

Actual: Kawasaki Frontale win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes61% 0% No39%

Avg goals/match: 3.13

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	82%	18%
± 2.5	60%	40%
± 3.5	38%	62%
± 4.5	21%	79%

Double Chance

Kawasaki Frontale or Draw

77%

Draw or Sanfrecce Hiroshima

46%

Kawasaki Frontale or Sanfrecce Hiroshima

77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Kawasaki Frontale37% Draw43% Sanfrecce Hiroshima20%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.2%

2 – 1

9.2%

2 – 0

7.5%

1 – 0

Actual

1 – 2

6.3%

0 – 0

2 – 2

5.9%

3 – 1

5.7%

0 – 1

4.8%

3 – 0

4.6%

3 – 2

3.7%

0 – 2

3.5%

Asian Handicap — Kawasaki Frontale

Handicap	Kawasaki Frontale covers	Push	Sanfrecce Hiroshima covers
-2.5	13%	—	87%
-2	13%	15%	71%
-1.5	29%	—	71%
-1	29%	21%	50%
-0.5	50%	—	50%
+0.5	75%	—	25%
+1	75%	14%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	7%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Kawasaki Frontale keeps clean sheet

29% ✗

Sanfrecce Hiroshima keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

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