Kawasaki Frontale vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima, J. League 2025 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2025

Kawasaki Frontale

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Sun 30 Nov 2025 · 05:00 UTC Todoroki Athletics Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 23' Sota Koshimichi

Tatsuya Ito 33' Y

So Kawahara 72' Y

Jesiel 84' Y

Overview

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

Kawasaki Frontale 18 games · 28 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

Kawasaki Frontale 18 games · Avg 3.2 goals Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Last 5 meetings

2025-11-30 Kawasaki Frontale 1–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2025-05-31 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–2 Kawasaki Frontale 2024-06-29 Kawasaki Frontale 1–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2024-04-28 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–2 Kawasaki Frontale 2023-08-19 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3–2 Kawasaki Frontale

Recent Form

Kawasaki Frontale

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Nov	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	H	1–2	L
08 Nov	Fagiano Okayama FC	H	1–1	D
25 Oct	Cerezo Osaka FC	A	0–2	L
18 Oct	Shimizu S-Pulse	H	5–3	W
04 Oct	Kyoto Sanga FC	A	1–1	D
28 Sep	Kashiwa Reysol	H	4–4	D

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Nov	Kawasaki Frontale	A	2–1	W
09 Nov	Urawa Red Diamonds	H	3–0	W
25 Oct	Yokohama F·Marinos	A	0–3	L
17 Oct	FC Tōkyō	H	0–0	D
04 Oct	FC Machida Zelvia	H	2–1	W
27 Sep	Avispa Fukuoka	A	2–1	W

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 stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Kawasaki Frontale and Sanfrecce Hiroshima has kicked off!
5' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sanfrecce Hiroshima that had 335 games and scored 427 goals.
10' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Kawasaki Frontale needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
12' What a strike from Tatsuya Ito! The score is 1-0.
17' 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.
22' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Yasuto Wakizaka made 439 appearances and scored 41 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
23' Sanfrecce Hiroshima receives a card for a hard tackle on 23.
28' It looks surprising Sanfrecce Hiroshima does not make any changes. Louis Thebault-Yamaguchi has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
33' The referee shows Kawasaki Frontale player a card on 33.
38' The travelling Sanfrecce Hiroshima supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
43' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
46' Akihiro Ienaga is replacing Tatsuya Ito for the Kawasaki Frontale side.
49' What a strike from Hayao Kawabe! The score is 1-1.
54' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
56' Goal! Sota Nakamura scores his 8 goal in 335 matches.
61' Another substitution for Sanfrecce Hiroshima to replace Sota Koshimichi by Mutsuki Kato on 61 minute.
62' Filip Uremovic has so much to prove this time. He replaces Asahi Sasaki on 62 minute.
67' Supporters expect more eagerness from Hiroto Noda, as he is very good at scoring at Todoroki Athletics Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
72' So Kawahara was booked on 72.
72' Time for substitution for Kawasaki Frontale. Marcinho is replaced by Yuto Ozeki.
77' Time for substitution for Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Tolgay Arslan is replaced by Kosuke Kinoshita.
81' Kawasaki Frontale manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Sung-ryong Jung is hanging Louis Thebault-Yamaguchi on the field on 81 minute.
84' Kawasaki Frontale player sees a card in front of him.
89' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 89 minutes.
The final score is 1-2.

Lineups

Kawasaki Frontale Lineups

Starting XI

4
Jesiel
17
Tatsuya Ito ↓ Akihiro Ienaga 46'
7
Shintaro Kurumaya
14
Yasuto Wakizaka
23
Marcinho ↓ Yuto Ozeki 72'
31
Sai van Wermeskerken ↓ Hiroto Noda 81'
6
Yuki Yamamoto
9
Erison
5
Asahi Sasaki ↓ Filip Uremovic 62'
19
So Kawahara
98
Louis Thebault-Yamaguchi ↓ Sung-ryong Jung 81'

Bench

21
Shunsuke Ando
41
Akihiro Ienaga ↑ 46'
22
Filip Uremovic ↑ 62'
1
Sung-ryong Jung ↑ 81'
16
Yuto Ozeki ↑ 72'
38
Soma Kanda
27
Ryota Kamihashi
30
Hiroto Noda ↑ 81'

Coach Shigetoshi Hasebe

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Michael Skibbe

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

2025-11-30 Kawasaki Frontale 1–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L 2025-11-08 Kawasaki Frontale 1–1 Fagiano Okayama FC D 2025-10-25 Cerezo Osaka FC 2–0 Kawasaki Frontale L 2025-10-18 Kawasaki Frontale 5–3 Shimizu S-Pulse W 2025-10-04 Kyoto Sanga FC 1–1 Kawasaki Frontale D 2025-09-28 Kawasaki Frontale 4–4 Kashiwa Reysol D

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Form

2025-11-30 Kawasaki Frontale 1–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2025-11-09 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3–0 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2025-10-25 Yokohama F·Marinos 3–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L 2025-10-17 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–0 FC Tōkyō D 2025-10-04 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–1 FC Machida Zelvia W 2025-09-27 Avispa Fukuoka 1–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.98 Kawasaki Frontale xG

Expected Goals

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

2.05 Sanfrecce Hiroshima xG

I would bet for: Kawasaki Frontale or Sanfrecce Hiroshima 76% + Over 2.5 goals 75%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Kawasaki Frontale36% Draw24% Sanfrecce Hiroshima40%

Actual: Sanfrecce Hiroshima win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes74% 0% No26%

Avg goals/match: 4.03

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	91%	9%
± 2.5	75%	25%
± 3.5	56%	44%
± 4.5	37%	63%

Double Chance

Kawasaki Frontale or Draw

61%

Draw or Sanfrecce Hiroshima

64%

Kawasaki Frontale or Sanfrecce Hiroshima

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Kawasaki Frontale30% Draw38% Sanfrecce Hiroshima32%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

1 – 2

Actual

2 – 2

2 – 1

1 – 3

4.9%

2 – 3

4.8%

3 – 2

4.6%

3 – 1

4.6%

0 – 2

3.8%

2 – 0

3.6%

0 – 1

3.2%

3 – 3

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Kawasaki Frontale

Handicap	Kawasaki Frontale covers	Push	Sanfrecce Hiroshima covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	11%	79%
-1.5	21%	—	79%
-1	21%	17%	62%
-0.5	38%	—	62%
+0.5	60%	—	40%
+1	60%	17%	23%
+1.5	77%	—	23%
+2	77%	12%	11%
+2.5	89%	—	11%

Clean Sheet

Kawasaki Frontale keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

Sanfrecce Hiroshima keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

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