Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Cerezo Osaka FC, J. League 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2023

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

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Cerezo Osaka FC

Sat 21 Oct 2023 · 07:00 UTC EDION Stadium Hiroshima HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 50' Matej Jonjic

Y 71' Seiya Maikuma

Overview

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

Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 games · 30 pts (2026/26)
Cerezo Osaka FC 18 games · 31 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

Sanfrecce Hiroshima 20 games · Avg 2.0 goals Cerezo Osaka FC

Last 5 meetings

2023-10-21 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–0 Cerezo Osaka FC 2023-04-29 Cerezo Osaka FC 0–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2022-08-27 Cerezo Osaka FC 0–3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2022-06-18 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–1 Cerezo Osaka FC 2021-09-22 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–1 Cerezo Osaka FC

Recent Form

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Oct	Cerezo Osaka FC	H	0–0	D
30 Sep	Nagoya Grampus	H	3–1	W
23 Sep	Kyoto Sanga FC	A	0–1	L
16 Sep	Vissel Kobe	H	2–0	W
02 Sep	Sagan Tosu FC	A	2–0	W
26 Aug	Kashiwa Reysol	A	0–0	D

Cerezo Osaka FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Oct	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	A	0–0	D
30 Sep	Shonan Bellmare	H	0–2	L
23 Sep	Vissel Kobe	A	0–1	L
16 Sep	Kashima Antlers	A	0–1	L
02 Sep	Kawasaki Frontale	H	3–0	W
26 Aug	Nagoya Grampus	H	3–1	W

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

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

40% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

22% Clean Sheets
Sanfrecce Hiroshima this season

28% 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

3/1

16-30

1/2

31-45

3/1

46-60

5/–

61-75

3/4

76+

1/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Cerezo Osaka FC

0-15

3/1

16-30

4/1

31-45

3/1

46-60

2/2

61-75

2/3

76+

6/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at EDION Stadium Hiroshima. Sanfrecce Hiroshima are looking to make home advantage count against Cerezo Osaka FC.
5' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
10' Sanfrecce Hiroshima is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
15' The energy levels are beginning to show. Michael Skibbe might look to freshen things up shortly.
20' The home supporters are growing impatient. Sanfrecce Hiroshima must find a spark to ignite this game.
25' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Sanfrecce Hiroshima winning 100% of all matches.
30' Haruki Arai has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 1 goals to his name this season.
35' It looks surprising Sanfrecce Hiroshima does not make any changes. Hiroaki Okuno has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
40' Keisuke Osako, a Japan , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
45' Over 45 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
46' The crowd applauds Gakuto Notsuda as he leaves the pitch. Shunki Higashi steps in for Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
50' Matej Jonjic was booked on 50.
55' Sanfrecce Hiroshima currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
60' It looks like no one’s ball. Cerezo Osaka FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
65' Cerezo Osaka FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 65.
70' The crowd applauds Takaaki Shichi as he leaves the pitch. Ezequiel steps in for Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
71' Cerezo Osaka FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 71.
71' Fresh legs for Cerezo Osaka FC! Masaya Shibayama comes on to replace Satoki Uejo.
75' A change in the Cerezo Osaka FC ranks — Jordy Croux exits the field as Haruki Arai enters on 75.
80' Nassim Ben Khalifa is replacing Douglas Vieira for the Sanfrecce Hiroshima side.
85' Japan international Takaaki Shichi has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
90' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 0-0.

Lineups

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

7
Gakuto Notsuda ↓ Shunki Higashi 46'
19
Sho Sasaki
38
Keisuke Osako
8
Takumu Kawamura
33
Tsukasa Shiotani
9
Douglas Vieira ↓ Nassim Ben Khalifa 80'
4
Hayato Araki
16
Takaaki Shichi ↓ Ezequiel 70'
11
Makoto Mitsuta
15
Shuto Nakano
51
Mutsuki Kato

Bench

Coach Michael Skibbe

Cerezo Osaka FC Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Akio Kogiku

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Douglas Vieira	3
Tolgay Arslan	2
Lucas Fernandes	2
Kosuke Kinoshita	2
Toshiyuki Takagi	2
Toshiyuki Takagi	2
Hayato Araki	2
Hiroaki Okuno	1

Head to Head

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Form

2023-10-21 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–0 Cerezo Osaka FC D 2023-09-30 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3–1 Nagoya Grampus W 2023-09-23 Kyoto Sanga FC 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L 2023-09-16 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–0 Vissel Kobe W 2023-09-02 Sagan Tosu FC 0–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2023-08-26 Kashiwa Reysol 0–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima D

Cerezo Osaka FC Form

2023-10-21 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–0 Cerezo Osaka FC D 2023-09-30 Cerezo Osaka FC 0–2 Shonan Bellmare L 2023-09-23 Vissel Kobe 1–0 Cerezo Osaka FC L 2023-09-16 Kashima Antlers 1–0 Cerezo Osaka FC L 2023-09-02 Cerezo Osaka FC 3–0 Kawasaki Frontale W 2023-08-26 Cerezo Osaka FC 3–1 Nagoya Grampus W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.85 Sanfrecce Hiroshima xG

Expected Goals

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

1.21 Cerezo Osaka FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 59% + Over 2.5 goals 58%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sanfrecce Hiroshima52% Draw24% Cerezo Osaka FC24%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes59% 0% No41%

Avg goals/match: 3.06

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	81%	19%
± 2.5	58%	42%
± 3.5	37%	63%
± 4.5	20%	80%

Double Chance

Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Draw

77%

Draw or Cerezo Osaka FC

48%

Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Cerezo Osaka FC

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sanfrecce Hiroshima37% Draw43% Cerezo Osaka FC20%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.4%

2 – 1

9.3%

1 – 0

7.9%

2 – 0

7.9%

0 – 0

Actual

1 – 2

6.1%

3 – 1

5.8%

2 – 2

5.7%

0 – 1

4.9%

3 – 0

4.8%

3 – 2

3.6%

0 – 2

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Handicap	Sanfrecce Hiroshima covers	Push	Cerezo Osaka FC covers
-2.5	14%	—	86%
-2	14%	16%	71%
-1.5	29%	—	71%
-1	29%	22%	49%
-0.5	51%	—	49%
+0.5	76%	—	24%
+1	76%	14%	10%
+1.5	90%	—	10%
+2	90%	7%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Sanfrecce Hiroshima keeps clean sheet

30% ✗

Cerezo Osaka FC keeps clean sheet

17% ✗

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