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Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs FC Tōkyō, J. League 2020 REGULAR SEASON

J. League · 2020
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
3 – 3
Full Time
FC Tōkyō
Wed 19 Aug 2020 · 10:00 UTC EDION Stadium HT 45+3' · FT 45+8'
Y 40' Diego Oliveira
Hayato Araki 54' Y
Yoshifumi Kashiwa 68' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs FC Tōkyō — J. League at EDION Stadium.

Match Details

  • Referee Shinji Ochi
  • Referee Mitsuharu Taketa
  • Referee Yoshiro Imamura
  • Referee Ushido Kosone

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

5
6
7
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 games · Avg 2.7 goals FC Tōkyō
Last 5 meetings
2020-08-19 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3–3 FC Tōkyō 2019-08-17 FC Tōkyō 0–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2019-04-19 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–1 FC Tōkyō 2018-09-22 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–1 FC Tōkyō 2018-04-25 FC Tōkyō 3–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Recent Form

Sanfrecce Hiroshima
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
19 Aug FC Tōkyō H 3–3 D
15 Aug Urawa Red Diamonds A 0–1 L
09 Aug Shonan Bellmare H 1–0 W
01 Aug Yokohama FC A 2–0 W
22 Jul Gamba Osaka A 0–1 L
18 Jul Cerezo Osaka FC H 1–2 L
FC Tōkyō
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
19 Aug Sanfrecce Hiroshima A 3–3 D
15 Aug Nagoya Grampus H 1–0 W
09 Aug Cerezo Osaka FC A 0–0 D
01 Aug Sagan Tosu FC H 2–3 L
26 Jul Kashima Antlers A 2–2 D
22 Jul Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo A 1–1 D

Season Stats

Sanfrecce Hiroshima FC Tōkyō
#4 Position #12
30 Points 37
18 Played 18
10 / 0 / 8 W / D / L 13 / 0 / 5
41 Scored 55
33 Conceded 42
+8 GD +13
1.67 PPG 2.06
56% Win % 72%

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)
56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
22% Clean Sheets
Sanfrecce Hiroshima this season
22% Clean Sheets
FC Tōkyō this season

Sanfrecce Hiroshima are 4th (30 pts). FC Tōkyō are 12th (37 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
FC Tōkyō
0-15
–/1
16-30
–/2
31-45
8/–
46-60
2/–
61-75
4/4
76+
3/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Sanfrecce Hiroshima and FC Tōkyō has kicked off!
  • 5' Kensuke Nagai is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for FC Tōkyō tonight.
  • 10' Sanfrecce Hiroshima have won 427 goals from 335 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 14' Yuki Nogami is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
  • 19' Magnificent from Diego Oliveira! That is 87 goals in 437 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
  • 22' Shuto Abe does the damage! The net is bulging and FC Tokyo surge ahead!
  • 27' Sanfrecce Hiroshima started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 27.
  • 32' 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.
  • 37' Hayato Araki has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 37 minutes.
  • 40' Poor challenge from Diego Oliveira. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
  • 45' GOAL! Leandro scores on 45.
  • 46' Takuya Uchida gets the nod from FC Tokyo. He replaces Kensuke Nagai and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 51' Another change for Sanfrecce Hiroshima made on 51 minute. Toshihiro Aoyama leaves to be changed by Rhayner.
  • 54' That is a Yellow card for Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Hayato Araki will be fuming at that decision.
  • 59' FC Tōkyō is showing some good football. However, FC Tōkyō are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 61' Adailton has so much to prove this time. He replaces Diego Oliveira on 61 minute.
  • 66' The travelling FC Tōkyō supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 68' Yoshifumi Kashiwa picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 71' Yusuke Chajima makes way for Tomoya Fujii at the 71 minute mark. A tactical switch from Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
  • 76' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sanfrecce Hiroshima needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 78' The whistle greets Leandro as he departs to be replaced by Joan Oumari.
  • 82' Sanfrecce Hiroshima make a change. Tsukasa Morishima trudges off to be replaced by Kosei Shibasaki on 82 minutes.
  • 86' Shuto Abe makes way for Hirotaka Mita at the 86 minute mark. A tactical switch from FC Tokyo.
  • 3-3 the final result. will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Hiroshi Jofuku

FC Tōkyō Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Kenta Hasegawa

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Diego Oliveira 5
Tsukasa Morishima 3
Tolgay Arslan 3
Adailton 3
Shuto Abe 2
Hayao Kawabe 2
Diego Oliveira 2
Hayato Araki 2

Head to Head

2020-08-19 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3–3 FC Tōkyō 2019-08-17 FC Tōkyō 0–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2019-04-19 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–1 FC Tōkyō 2018-09-22 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–1 FC Tōkyō 2018-04-25 FC Tōkyō 3–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Form

2020-08-19 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3–3 FC Tōkyō D 2020-08-15 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L 2020-08-09 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–0 Shonan Bellmare W 2020-08-01 Yokohama FC 0–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2020-07-22 Gamba Osaka 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L 2020-07-18 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–2 Cerezo Osaka FC L

FC Tōkyō Form

2020-08-19 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3–3 FC Tōkyō D 2020-08-15 FC Tōkyō 1–0 Nagoya Grampus W 2020-08-09 Cerezo Osaka FC 0–0 FC Tōkyō D 2020-08-01 FC Tōkyō 2–3 Sagan Tosu FC L 2020-07-26 Kashima Antlers 2–2 FC Tōkyō D 2020-07-22 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 1–1 FC Tōkyō D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
2.22 Sanfrecce Hiroshima xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
2.1 FC Tōkyō xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 79% + Both teams to score 77%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Sanfrecce Hiroshima41% Draw23% FC Tōkyō36%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes77% 0% No23%
Avg goals/match: 4.32
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 98%
2%
± 1.5 93%
7%
± 2.5 79%
21%
± 3.5 61%
39%
± 4.5 43%
57%

Double Chance

Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Draw
64%
Draw or FC Tōkyō
59%
Sanfrecce Hiroshima or FC Tōkyō
77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Sanfrecce Hiroshima33% Draw36% FC Tōkyō31%
Actual: FC Tōkyō win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
7%
2 – 2
6.9%
2 – 1
6.7%
1 – 2
6.4%
3 – 2
5.1%
3 – 1
4.9%
2 – 3
4.8%
1 – 3
4.4%
3 – 3
Actual
2 – 0
3.4%
0 – 2
3.1%
4 – 2
2.9%

Asian Handicap — Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Handicap Sanfrecce Hiroshima covers Push FC Tōkyō covers
-2.5 12% — 88%
-2 12% 12% 76%
-1.5 24% — 76%
-1 24% 17% 59%
-0.5 41% — 59%
+0.5 63% — 37%
+1 63% 16% 21%
+1.5 79% — 21%
+2 79% 11% 10%
+2.5 90% — 10%

Clean Sheet

Sanfrecce Hiroshima keeps clean sheet
13% ✓
FC Tōkyō keeps clean sheet
12% ✓

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