Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs FC Tokyo, J. League 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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Sat 27 Nov 2021 · 05:00 UTC EDION Stadium Hiroshima HT 45' · FT 45'

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

Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 games · 30 pts (2026/27)
FC Tokyo 18 games · 37 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	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

Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 games · Avg 2.7 goals FC Tokyo

Last 5 meetings

2021-11-27 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–2 FC Tokyo 2021-05-30 FC Tokyo 0–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2020-12-12 FC Tokyo 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2020-08-19 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3–3 FC Tokyo 2019-08-17 FC Tokyo 0–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Recent Form

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
27 Nov	FC Tokyo	H	1–2	L
20 Nov	Shimizu S-Pulse	A	0–1	L
07 Nov	Shonan Bellmare	A	0–0	D
03 Nov	Kashima Antlers	H	1–4	L
23 Oct	Vegalta Sendai	A	0–2	L
03 Oct	Nagoya Grampus	H	1–0	W

FC Tokyo

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
27 Nov	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	A	2–1	W
20 Nov	Tokushima Vortis	H	0–2	L
06 Nov	Yokohama F.Marinos	A	0–8	L
03 Nov	Shimizu S-Pulse	H	4–0	W
23 Oct	Kashima Antlers	H	1–2	L
02 Oct	Kawasaki Frontale	A	0–1	L

Season Stats

Sanfrecce Hiroshima		FC Tokyo
#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

62% Clean Sheets
Sanfrecce Hiroshima this season

85% Clean Sheets
FC Tokyo this season

Sanfrecce Hiroshima are 4th (30 pts). FC Tokyo are 12th (37 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

0-15

1/1

16-30

4/2

31-45

4/2

46-60

7/2

61-75

7/1

76+

6/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

FC Tokyo

0-15

–/–

16-30

–/–

31-45

7/1

46-60

8/1

61-75

10/–

76+

7/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Akito Suzuki	10 G	4 A
Mutsuki Kato	3 G	3 A
Shuto Nakano	3 G	2 A
Shun Ayukawa	3 G	1 A
Sebastien Haller	3 G	1 A

FC Tokyo

Motoki Nagakura	8 G	3 A
Marcelo Ryan	5 G	2 A
Dani Gomez	5 G
Soma Anzai	5 G
Teruhito Nakagawa	4 G	2 A

Events

Match Events

0' In just a few seconds EDION Stadium Hiroshima will turn into a battlefield for Sanfrecce Hiroshima and FC Tokyo.
5' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
10' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Kentaro Sawada will be considering his options from the bench.
12' What a strike from Tsukasa Shiotani! The score is 1-0.
17' Sanfrecce Hiroshima are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined FC Tokyo backline.
22' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sanfrecce Hiroshima side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
27' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
32' FC Tokyo fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
37' FC Tokyo started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 37.
42' FC Tokyo is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
47' Keigo Higashi has been relatively quiet despite scoring 14 goals in his last 450 appearances.
51' Another substitution for Sanfrecce Hiroshima to replace Kosei Shibasaki by Yusuke Chajima on 51 minute.
56' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
58' What composure from Adailton! The Brazil international strokes it home. 1-1.
63' The FC Tokyo bench stirs into life. Keigo Higashi is withdrawn and Kensuke Nagai gets his opportunity.
66' Fresh legs for Sanfrecce Hiroshima! Junior Santos comes on to replace Ezequiel.
71' Fresh legs for FC Tokyo! Kazuya Konno comes on to replace Adailton.
76' FC Tokyo seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
81' The Sanfrecce Hiroshima bench stirs into life. Yuki Nogami is withdrawn and Jelani Sumiyoshi gets his opportunity.
83' Time for substitution for FC Tokyo. Shuto Abe is replaced by Manato Shinada.
86' Kazuya Konno is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
The final score is 1-2.

Lineups

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

37
Junior Santos ↑ 66'
6
Toshihiro Aoyama ↑ 66'
38
Keisuke Osako
18
Yoshifumi Kashiwa
29
Yuya Asano ↑ 81'
25
Yusuke Chajima ↑ 51'
21
Jelani Sumiyoshi ↑ 81'

Coach Kentaro Sawada

FC Tokyo Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

18
Manato Shinada ↑ 83'
11
Kensuke Nagai ↑ 63'
1
Tsuyoshi Kodama
38
Kazuya Konno ↑ 71'
37
Hotaka Nakamura ↑ 71'
34
Rio Omori
28
Junya Suzuki

Coach Shinichi Morishita

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Diego Oliveira	5
Tolgay Arslan	3
Adailton	3
Tsukasa Morishima	3
Hayao Kawabe	2
Diego Oliveira	2
Hayato Araki	2
Hotaka Nakamura	2

Head to Head

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Form

2021-11-27 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–2 FC Tokyo L 2021-11-20 Shimizu S-Pulse 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L 2021-11-07 Shonan Bellmare 0–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima D 2021-11-03 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–4 Kashima Antlers L 2021-10-23 Vegalta Sendai 2–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L 2021-10-03 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–0 Nagoya Grampus W

FC Tokyo Form

2021-11-27 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–2 FC Tokyo W 2021-11-20 FC Tokyo 0–2 Tokushima Vortis L 2021-11-06 Yokohama F.Marinos 8–0 FC Tokyo L 2021-11-03 FC Tokyo 4–0 Shimizu S-Pulse W 2021-10-23 FC Tokyo 1–2 Kashima Antlers L 2021-10-02 Kawasaki Frontale 1–0 FC Tokyo L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima xG

Expected Goals

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

1.96 FC Tokyo xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 79% + Both teams to score 77%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sanfrecce Hiroshima43% Draw24% FC Tokyo33%

Actual: FC Tokyo win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes77% 0% No23%

Avg goals/match: 4.26

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	92%	8%
± 2.5	79%	21%
± 3.5	61%	39%
± 4.5	42%	58%

Double Chance

Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Draw

66%

Draw or FC Tokyo

57%

Sanfrecce Hiroshima or FC Tokyo

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sanfrecce Hiroshima36% Draw36% FC Tokyo28%

Actual: Sanfrecce Hiroshima win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

7.2%

1 – 1

7.1%

2 – 2

6.9%

1 – 2

Actual

3 – 1

5.4%

3 – 2

5.2%

2 – 3

4.5%

1 – 3

2 – 0

3.9%

3 – 3

3.5%

4 – 1

3.1%

4 – 2

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Handicap	Sanfrecce Hiroshima covers	Push	FC Tokyo covers
-2.5	14%	—	86%
-2	14%	14%	72%
-1.5	28%	—	72%
-1	28%	18%	54%
-0.5	46%	—	54%
+0.5	67%	—	33%
+1	67%	15%	18%
+1.5	82%	—	18%
+2	82%	10%	8%
+2.5	92%	—	8%

Clean Sheet

Sanfrecce Hiroshima keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

FC Tokyo keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

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