Oita FC Trinita vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima, J. League 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Sun 21 Mar 2021 · 05:00 UTC Oita Bank Dome HT 45+4' · FT 45+9'

Overview

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Oita FC Trinita vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima — J. League at Oita Bank Dome.

Oita FC Trinita 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 games · 30 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Shinji Ochi
Referee Hajime Matsuo
Referee Takeshi Suhara
Referee Masuya Ueda
Referee Hisashi Nakai

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

Oita FC Trinita 6 games · Avg 2.5 goals Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Last 5 meetings

2021-03-21 Oita FC Trinita 1–3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2020-09-23 Oita FC Trinita 0–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2020-07-08 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–2 Oita FC Trinita 2019-08-24 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–0 Oita FC Trinita 2019-03-30 Oita FC Trinita 0–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Recent Form

Oita FC Trinita

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Mar	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	H	1–3	L
17 Mar	Cerezo Osaka FC	A	0–1	L
14 Mar	FC Tokyo	H	1–1	D
06 Mar	Yokohama FC	A	2–1	W
27 Feb	Tokushima Vortis	H	1–1	D
19 Dec	Sagan Tosu FC	A	2–2	D

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Mar	Oita FC Trinita	A	3–1	W
17 Mar	Shimizu S-Pulse	H	1–0	W
13 Mar	Kashima Antlers	A	1–1	D
10 Mar	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	H	2–1	W
07 Mar	Yokohama F.Marinos	A	3–3	D
27 Feb	Vegalta Sendai	H	1–1	D

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Sanfrecce Hiroshima this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

0-15

–/–

16-30

1/1

31-45

1/–

46-60

–/–

61-75

2/–

76+

–/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' Here we go! The referee blows the whistle and Oita FC Trinita launch into their encounter with Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
5' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Oita FC Trinita and Sanfrecce Hiroshima are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
10' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
15' 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.
20' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Yuki Nogami made 335 appearances and scored 7 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
25' The 28-year-old Ezequiel has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
30' The home supporters are growing impatient. Oita FC Trinita must find a spark to ignite this game.
35' Sanfrecce Hiroshima is showing some good football. However, Sanfrecce Hiroshima are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
40' It looks surprising Sanfrecce Hiroshima does not make any changes. Douglas Vieira has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
45' Kenta Fukumori has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
46' Tsukasa Morishima is replacing Tomoya Fujii for the Sanfrecce Hiroshima side.
51' Oita FC Trinita are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Sanfrecce Hiroshima's shape.
52' A stunning finish from Shun Nagasawa — that came from absolutely nowhere!
57' It’s high time Tomohiro Katanosaka made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
62' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Oita FC Trinita needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
65' Toshihiro Aoyama has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 65 minutes.
67' Sanfrecce Hiroshima manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Yoshifumi Kashiwa is hanging Douglas Vieira on the field on 67 minute.
72' Sanfrecce Hiroshima have won 427 goals from 335 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
75' Yuki Kagawa gets the nod from Oita FC Trinita. He replaces Kenta Fukumori and will look to change the dynamic.
80' A change in the Sanfrecce Hiroshima ranks — Yuya Asano exits the field as Shun Ayukawa enters on 80.
83' The whistle greets Yuki Kobayashi as he departs to be replaced by Yushi Hasegawa.
87' Goal! Hayao Kawabe scores his 21 goal in 335 matches.
88' Another change for Oita FC Trinita made on 88 minute. Yamato Machida leaves to be changed by Yuya Takazawa.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 1-3 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Oita FC Trinita Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Tomohiro Katanosaka

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

37
Junior Santos ↑ 46'
19
Sho Sasaki ↑ 67'
1
Takuto Hayashi
18
Yoshifumi Kashiwa ↑ 67'
10
Tsukasa Morishima ↑ 46'
23
Shun Ayukawa ↑ 80'
41
Yoichi Naganuma

Coach Hiroshi Jofuku

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Junior Santos	3
Douglas Vieira	2
Shun Ayukawa	1
Shun Nagasawa	1
Ezequiel	1
Hayato Araki	1
Leandro Pereira	1
Naoki Nomura	1

Head to Head

Oita FC Trinita Form

2021-03-21 Oita FC Trinita 1–3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L 2021-03-17 Cerezo Osaka FC 1–0 Oita FC Trinita L 2021-03-14 Oita FC Trinita 1–1 FC Tokyo D 2021-03-06 Yokohama FC 1–2 Oita FC Trinita W 2021-02-27 Oita FC Trinita 1–1 Tokushima Vortis D 2020-12-19 Sagan Tosu FC 2–2 Oita FC Trinita D

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Form

2021-03-21 Oita FC Trinita 1–3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2021-03-17 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–0 Shimizu S-Pulse W 2021-03-13 Kashima Antlers 1–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima D 2021-03-10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–1 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo W 2021-03-07 Yokohama F.Marinos 3–3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima D 2021-02-27 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–1 Vegalta Sendai D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.16 Oita FC Trinita xG

Expected Goals

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

1.48 Sanfrecce Hiroshima xG

I would bet for: Oita FC Trinita or Sanfrecce Hiroshima 72%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Oita FC Trinita29% Draw28% Sanfrecce Hiroshima43%

Actual: Sanfrecce Hiroshima win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes54% 0% No46%

Avg goals/match: 2.64

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	74%	26%
± 2.5	49%	51%
± 3.5	28%	72%
± 4.5	14%	86%

Double Chance

Oita FC Trinita or Draw

58%

Draw or Sanfrecce Hiroshima

71%

Oita FC Trinita or Sanfrecce Hiroshima

72%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Oita FC Trinita22% Draw47% Sanfrecce Hiroshima31%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.1%

0 – 1

9.5%

0 – 0

9.1%

1 – 2

8.7%

0 – 2

7.6%

1 – 0

7.2%

2 – 1

6.8%

2 – 2

5.1%

2 – 0

4.7%

1 – 3

Actual

0 – 3

3.7%

3 – 1

2.7%

Asian Handicap — Oita FC Trinita

Handicap	Oita FC Trinita covers	Push	Sanfrecce Hiroshima covers
-2.5	4%	—	96%
-2	4%	8%	88%
-1.5	12%	—	88%
-1	12%	16%	72%
-0.5	28%	—	72%
+0.5	57%	—	43%
+1	57%	21%	22%
+1.5	78%	—	22%
+2	78%	13%	9%
+2.5	91%	—	9%

Clean Sheet

Oita FC Trinita keeps clean sheet

23% ✓

Sanfrecce Hiroshima keeps clean sheet

32% ✓

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