Sagan Tosu FC vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima, J. League 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2023

Sagan Tosu FC

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Sat 2 Sep 2023 · 10:00 UTC Ekimae Real Estate Stadium 9,097 HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 3' Pieros Sotiriou

0–2 79' Douglas Vieira

Y 45' Marcos Junior

Y 67' Takumu Kawamura

Overview

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Sagan Tosu FC vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima — J. League at Ekimae Real Estate Stadium.

Sagan Tosu FC 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 games · 30 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Jumpei Iida
Assistant 1 Makoto Hibino
Assistant 2 Yusuke Shiotsu

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

Sagan Tosu FC 16 games · Avg 2.1 goals Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Last 5 meetings

2023-09-02 Sagan Tosu FC 0–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2023-04-09 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–0 Sagan Tosu FC 2022-11-05 Sagan Tosu FC 2–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2022-02-19 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–0 Sagan Tosu FC 2021-07-03 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–1 Sagan Tosu FC

Recent Form

Sagan Tosu FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Sep	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	H	0–2	L
26 Aug	Gamba Osaka	H	1–1	D
19 Aug	Kashima Antlers	A	1–2	L
12 Aug	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	A	1–1	D
06 Aug	Avispa Fukuoka	H	0–1	L
16 Jul	Vissel Kobe	A	1–2	L

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Sep	Sagan Tosu FC	A	2–0	W
26 Aug	Kashiwa Reysol	A	0–0	D
19 Aug	Kawasaki Frontale	H	3–2	W
13 Aug	Urawa Red Diamonds	H	2–1	W
05 Aug	Shonan Bellmare	A	0–1	L
16 Jul	Yokohama FC	H	1–1	D

Key Stats

25% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

38% 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' KICK OFF: Sagan Tosu FC gets underway.
3' Goal! Pieros Sotiriou scores his 29 goal in 105 matches.
8' A quiet spell here at Ekimae Real Estate Stadium. Sagan Tosu FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
13' Japan international So Kawahara has been a key figure this campaign — 1 goals and 1 assists in the Array this season.
18' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
23' Sanfrecce Hiroshima are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
28' The home supporters are growing impatient. Sagan Tosu FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
33' Sanfrecce Hiroshima come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
38' Both keepers have barely been tested. Sagan Tosu FC and Sanfrecce Hiroshima are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
43' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
45' It’s a booking for Sanfrecce Hiroshima player. Marcos Junior gets a card.
46' Kohei Tezuka gets the nod from Sagan Tosu FC. He replaces Kentaro Moriya and will look to change the dynamic.
51' It looks surprising Sagan Tosu FC does not make any changes. Hayato Araki has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
56' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
61' 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.
66' Sagan Tosu FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
67' Takumu Kawamura is having his name booked by the referee on 67.
72' Time for substitution for Sagan Tosu FC. Yuto Iwasaki is replaced by Yuki Horigome.
73' Fresh legs for Sanfrecce Hiroshima! Shunki Higashi comes on to replace Takumu Kawamura.
78' Another substitution for Sagan Tosu FC to replace Jun Nishikawa by Yoshiki Narahara on 78 minute.
79' Brilliant from the ! Douglas Vieira makes it 0-2 with a superb finish on 79.
79' Gakuto Notsuda is ready to make an impact after coming on for Marcos Junior at the 79 minute mark.
83' The Sanfrecce Hiroshima manager makes a substitution. Takaaki Shichi departs to be replaced by Taishi Matsumoto.
84' It is a substitution in Sagan Tosu FC team. Cayman Togashi is replaced by Atsushi Kawata on 84 minute.
89' Jun Nishikawa has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
That’s it! Another goalless match for Sagan Tosu FC and Sanfrecce Hiroshima (для сухой ничьи).

Lineups

Sagan Tosu FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

6
Akito Fukuta
7
Kohei Tezuka ↑ 46'
9
Atsushi Kawata ↑ 84'
44
Yuki Horigome ↑ 72'
31
Masahiro Okamoto
27
Yoshiki Narahara ↑ 78'
32
Ayumu Yokoyama ↑ 78'

Coach Kenta Kawai

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

10
Marcos Junior ↓ Gakuto Notsuda 79'
19
Sho Sasaki
38
Keisuke Osako
3
Taichi Yamasaki ↓ Hayato Araki 83'
8
Takumu Kawamura ↓ Shunki Higashi 73'
20
Pieros Sotiriou ↓ Douglas Vieira 73'
33
Tsukasa Shiotani
16
Takaaki Shichi ↓ Taishi Matsumoto 83'
11
Makoto Mitsuta
15
Shuto Nakano
51
Mutsuki Kato

Bench

22
Goro Kawanami
7
Gakuto Notsuda ↑ 79'
17
Taishi Matsumoto ↑ 83'
24
Shunki Higashi ↑ 73'
13
Nassim Ben Khalifa
9
Douglas Vieira ↑ 73'
4
Hayato Araki ↑ 83'

Coach Michael Skibbe

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Makoto Mitsuta	2
Douglas Vieira	2
Pieros Sotiriou	2
Shunki Higashi	1
Tsukasa Shiotani	1
Yuya Asano	1
Shuto Nakano	1
Noriyoshi Sakai	1

Head to Head

Sagan Tosu FC Form

2023-09-02 Sagan Tosu FC 0–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L 2023-08-26 Sagan Tosu FC 1–1 Gamba Osaka D 2023-08-19 Kashima Antlers 2–1 Sagan Tosu FC L 2023-08-12 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 1–1 Sagan Tosu FC D 2023-08-06 Sagan Tosu FC 0–1 Avispa Fukuoka L 2023-07-16 Vissel Kobe 2–1 Sagan Tosu FC L

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Form

2023-09-02 Sagan Tosu FC 0–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2023-08-26 Kashiwa Reysol 0–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima D 2023-08-19 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3–2 Kawasaki Frontale W 2023-08-13 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–1 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2023-08-05 Shonan Bellmare 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L 2023-07-16 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–1 Yokohama FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

0.86 Sagan Tosu FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.13 Sanfrecce Hiroshima xG

I would bet for: Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Draw 73% + Under 2.5 goals 68%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sagan Tosu FC27% Draw32% Sanfrecce Hiroshima41%

Actual: Sanfrecce Hiroshima win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes40% 0% No60%

Avg goals/match: 1.99

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	84%	16%
± 1.5	59%	41%
± 2.5	32%	68%
± 3.5	15%	85%
± 4.5	6%	94%

Double Chance

Sagan Tosu FC or Draw

59%

Draw or Sanfrecce Hiroshima

73%

Sagan Tosu FC or Sanfrecce Hiroshima

68%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sagan Tosu FC18% Draw55% Sanfrecce Hiroshima27%

Actual: Sanfrecce Hiroshima win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 0

16.1%

1 – 1

14.2%

0 – 1

14.1%

1 – 0

10.4%

0 – 2

Actual

1 – 2

7.3%

2 – 1

5.6%

2 – 0

4.8%

2 – 2

3.3%

0 – 3

3.1%

1 – 3

2.8%

3 – 1

1.6%

Asian Handicap — Sagan Tosu FC

Handicap	Sagan Tosu FC covers	Push	Sanfrecce Hiroshima covers
-2.5	2%	—	98%
-2	2%	7%	91%
-1.5	9%	—	91%
-1	9%	17%	74%
-0.5	26%	—	74%
+0.5	60%	—	40%
+1	60%	23%	17%
+1.5	83%	—	17%
+2	83%	12%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Sagan Tosu FC keeps clean sheet

33% ✓

Sanfrecce Hiroshima keeps clean sheet

43% ✗

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