Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Cerezo Osaka FC, J. League 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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Cerezo Osaka FC

Wed 22 Sep 2021 · 10:00 UTC EDION Stadium Hiroshima HT 45' · FT 45'

Douglas Vieira 38' Y

Y 89' Toshiyuki Takagi

Y 90' Jun Nishikawa

Overview

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Cerezo Osaka FC — J. League at EDION Stadium Hiroshima.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 games · 30 pts (2026/27)
Cerezo Osaka FC 18 games · 31 pts (2026/27)

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

Sanfrecce Hiroshima 21 games · Avg 2.2 goals Cerezo Osaka FC

Last 5 meetings

2021-09-22 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–1 Cerezo Osaka FC 2021-05-23 Cerezo Osaka FC 1–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2020-11-21 Cerezo Osaka FC 0–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2020-07-18 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–2 Cerezo Osaka FC 2019-07-06 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–1 Cerezo Osaka FC

Recent Form

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Sep	Cerezo Osaka FC	H	0–1	L
18 Sep	Kashiwa Reysol	A	3–0	W
11 Sep	Yokohama F·Marinos	H	1–3	L
05 Sep	Vissel Kobe	H	1–1	D
28 Aug	Ōita FC Trinita	H	4–1	W
25 Aug	Urawa Red Diamonds	A	0–1	L

Cerezo Osaka FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Sep	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	A	1–0	W
18 Sep	Urawa Red Diamonds	A	0–2	L
11 Sep	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	H	0–2	L
08 Sep	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	A	3–0	W
28 Aug	Gamba Osaka	A	1–0	W
25 Aug	Shonan Bellmare	H	1–5	L

Season Stats

Sanfrecce Hiroshima		Cerezo Osaka FC
#4	Position	#2
30	Points	31
18	Played	18
10 / 0 / 8	W / D / L	11 / 0 / 7
41	Scored	48
33	Conceded	38
+8	GD	+10
1.67	PPG	1.72
56%	Win %	61%

Key Stats

52% Both Teams to Score
H2H (21 games)

43% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

43% Clean Sheets
Sanfrecce Hiroshima this season

43% Clean Sheets
Cerezo Osaka FC this season

Sanfrecce Hiroshima are 4th (30 pts). Cerezo Osaka FC are 2nd (31 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

0-15

1/1

16-30

3/2

31-45

3/–

46-60

2/2

61-75

5/–

76+

3/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Cerezo Osaka FC

0-15

–/1

16-30

1/1

31-45

–/4

46-60

1/3

61-75

2/2

76+

1/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Akito Suzuki	6 G	2 A
Shun Ayukawa	3 G	1 A
Sebastien Haller	3 G	1 A
Mutsuki Kato	2 G	3 A
Shuto Nakano	2 G	1 A

Cerezo Osaka FC

Solomon Sakuragawa	3 G
Yumeki Yokoyama	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' Temperatures are rising at EDION Stadium Hiroshima as Sanfrecce Hiroshima face off against Cerezo Osaka FC in what promises to be a fascinating contest.
5' Sanfrecce Hiroshima is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
10' 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.
15' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 15 minutes.
20' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
25' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
30' Takuto Hayashi is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Sanfrecce Hiroshima tonight.
35' Over 35 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
38' That is a Yellow card for Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Douglas Vieira will be fuming at that decision.
43' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sanfrecce Hiroshima that had 339 games and scored 435 goals.
48' Sanfrecce Hiroshima started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 48.
53' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Yoshifumi Kashiwa made 339 appearances and scored 22 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
55' Ryosuke Shindo makes no mistake. The score reads 0-1 and Cerezo Osaka FC are in front.
56' Sanfrecce Hiroshima manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Shunki Higashi is hanging Tomoya Fujii on the field on 56 minute.
61' Sanfrecce Hiroshima have won 435 goals from 339 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
62' Hiroto Yamada is ready to make an impact after coming on for Adam Taggart at the 62 minute mark.
67' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Cerezo Osaka FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
71' The Sanfrecce Hiroshima bench stirs into life. Douglas Vieira is withdrawn and Junior Santos gets his opportunity.
76' The whistle greets Yoshifumi Kashiwa as he departs to be replaced by Tsukasa Morishima.
81' The Cerezo Osaka FC bench stirs into life. Kato Mutsuki is withdrawn and Yoshito Okubo gets his opportunity.
86' Kato Mutsuki is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Sanfrecce Hiroshima so far.
89' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Toshiyuki Takagi.
90' It is a substitution in Cerezo Osaka FC team. Tatsuhiro Sakamoto is replaced by Jun Nishikawa on 90 minute.
90' Cerezo Osaka FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
The points are shared — Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0-1 Cerezo Osaka FC. Honours even.

Lineups

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Lineups

Starting XI

27
Rhayner ↓ Toshihiro Aoyama 56'
14
Ezequiel ↓ Kosei Shibasaki 56'
19
Sho Sasaki
1
Takuto Hayashi
2
Yuki Nogami
18
Yoshifumi Kashiwa ↓ Tsukasa Morishima 76'
9
Douglas Vieira ↓ Junior Santos 71'
4
Hayato Araki
29
Yuya Asano
15
Tomoya Fujii ↓ Shunki Higashi 56'
25
Yusuke Chajima

Bench

37
Junior Santos ↑ 71'
6
Toshihiro Aoyama ↑ 56'
38
Keisuke Osako
30
Kosei Shibasaki ↑ 56'
10
Tsukasa Morishima ↑ 76'
17
Taishi Matsumoto
24
Shunki Higashi ↑ 56'

Coach Hiroshi Jofuku

Cerezo Osaka FC Lineups

Starting XI

23
Takashi Inui ↓ Toshiyuki Takagi 81'
9
Adam Taggart ↓ Hiroto Yamada 62'
25
Hiroaki Okuno
21
Kim Jinhyeon
3
Ryosuke Shindo
4
Riki Harakawa
26
Yuta Koike
15
Ayumu Seko
17
Tatsuhiro Sakamoto ↓ Jun Nishikawa 90'
33
Ryuya Nishio
29
Kato Mutsuki ↓ Yoshito Okubo 81'

Bench

6
Tiago Pagnussat
20
Yoshito Okubo ↑ 81'
13
Toshiyuki Takagi ↑ 81'
34
Hiroto Yamada ↑ 62'
18
Jun Nishikawa ↑ 90'
30
Hinata Kida
50
Kenya Matsui

Coach Akio Kogiku

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Shun Ayukawa	3
Douglas Vieira	3
Akito Suzuki	2
Kosuke Kinoshita	2
Toshiyuki Takagi	2
Toshiyuki Takagi	2
Hayato Araki	2
Tolgay Arslan	2

Head to Head

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Form

2021-09-22 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–1 Cerezo Osaka FC L 2021-09-18 Kashiwa Reysol 0–3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2021-09-11 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–3 Yokohama F·Marinos L 2021-09-05 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–1 Vissel Kobe D 2021-08-28 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4–1 Ōita FC Trinita W 2021-08-25 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L

Cerezo Osaka FC Form

2021-09-22 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–1 Cerezo Osaka FC W 2021-09-18 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 Cerezo Osaka FC L 2021-09-11 Cerezo Osaka FC 0–2 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo L 2021-09-08 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 0–3 Cerezo Osaka FC W 2021-08-28 Gamba Osaka 0–1 Cerezo Osaka FC W 2021-08-25 Cerezo Osaka FC 1–5 Shonan Bellmare L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

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1.76 Sanfrecce Hiroshima xG

Expected Goals

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

1.7 Cerezo Osaka FC xG

I would bet for: Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Cerezo Osaka FC 74% + Both teams to score 67%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sanfrecce Hiroshima38% Draw26% Cerezo Osaka FC36%

Actual: Cerezo Osaka FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes67% 0% No33%

Avg goals/match: 3.46

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	86%	14%
± 2.5	66%	34%
± 3.5	45%	55%
± 4.5	27%	73%

Double Chance

Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Draw

64%

Draw or Cerezo Osaka FC

62%

Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Cerezo Osaka FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sanfrecce Hiroshima30% Draw41% Cerezo Osaka FC29%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.3%

2 – 1

1 – 2

7.7%

2 – 2

6.7%

1 – 0

4.9%

2 – 0

4.9%

0 – 1

Actual

3 – 1

4.7%

0 – 2

4.6%

0 – 0

4.6%

1 – 3

4.4%

3 – 2

Asian Handicap — Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Handicap	Sanfrecce Hiroshima covers	Push	Cerezo Osaka FC covers
-2.5	9%	—	91%
-2	9%	12%	79%
-1.5	21%	—	79%
-1	21%	18%	61%
-0.5	39%	—	61%
+0.5	63%	—	37%
+1	63%	18%	19%
+1.5	81%	—	19%
+2	81%	11%	8%
+2.5	92%	—	8%

Clean Sheet

Sanfrecce Hiroshima keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

Cerezo Osaka FC keeps clean sheet

18% ✗

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