Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs FC Tokyo, J. League 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2023

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

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FC Tokyo

Sat 22 Apr 2023 · 05:00 UTC EDION Stadium Hiroshima 13,801 HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 5' Hotaka Nakamura

0–2 28' Shuto Abe

Tsukasa Morishima 38' 1–2

Y 2' Hotaka Nakamura

Shunki Higashi 12' Y

Takumu Kawamura 50' Y

Y 86' Masato Morishige

Overview

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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)

Match Details

Referee Hiroki Kasahara
Assistant 1 Naoya Okawa
Assistant 2 Hiroyoshi Iwata

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

2023-04-22 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–2 FC Tokyo 2022-07-30 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–2 FC Tokyo 2022-03-12 FC Tokyo 2–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2021-11-27 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–2 FC Tokyo 2021-05-30 FC Tokyo 0–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Recent Form

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Apr	FC Tokyo	H	1–2	L
15 Apr	Yokohama FC	A	3–0	W
09 Apr	Sagan Tosu FC	H	1–0	W
01 Apr	Kashima Antlers	A	2–1	W
19 Mar	Kashiwa Reysol	H	1–0	W
12 Mar	Gamba Osaka	A	2–1	W

FC Tokyo

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Apr	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	A	2–1	W
15 Apr	Cerezo Osaka FC	H	1–2	L
09 Apr	Shonan Bellmare	H	2–2	D
01 Apr	Sagan Tosu FC	A	0–1	L
18 Mar	Nagoya Grampus	A	0–0	D
12 Mar	Yokohama FC	H	3–1	W

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' That's the starting whistle at EDION Stadium Hiroshima. Ninety minutes of football awaits between Sanfrecce Hiroshima and FC Tokyo.
2' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Hotaka Nakamura.
5' Hotaka Nakamura makes no mistake. The score reads 0-1 and FC Tokyo are in front.
10' Both keepers have barely been tested. Sanfrecce Hiroshima and FC Tokyo are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
12' The referee shows Sanfrecce Hiroshima player a Yellow card on 12.
17' With 2 assists to his name this season, Kashif Bangunagande is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
22' The travelling FC Tokyo supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
27' Sanfrecce Hiroshima currently sit 3 in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
28' Goal! Shuto Abe scores his 14 goal in 450 matches.
33' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sanfrecce Hiroshima side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
38' Tsukasa Morishima has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 38 minutes.
39' Tsukasa Morishima adds to his 0 season tally! Sanfrecce Hiroshima lead 2-2 — and this changes everything.
44' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 44 minutes.
46' The supporters are chanting for Douglas Vieira. He replaces Nassim Ben Khalifa on 46 minute.
50' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Takumu Kawamura.
55' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
60' 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.
62' A change in the Sanfrecce Hiroshima ranks — Gakuto Notsuda exits the field as Ezequiel enters on 62.
67' FC Tokyo ring the changes. Teruhito Nakagawa has done his job and it is now time for Kashif Bangunagande to step up.
72' 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.
75' Another change for FC Tokyo made on 75 minute. Diego Oliveira leaves to be changed by Adailton.
76' FC Tokyo manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Yuto Nagatomo is hanging Hotaka Nakamura on the field on 76 minute.
78' Sanfrecce Hiroshima make a change. Shunki Higashi trudges off to be replaced by Pieros Sotiriou on 78 minutes.
82' The FC Tokyo bench stirs into life. Ryoma Watanabe is withdrawn and Keigo Higashi gets his opportunity.
85' Masato Morishige picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
86' A moment of madness from Masato Morishige on 86 minutes earns him a card. FC Tokyo will be frustrated.
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1-2 FC Tokyo.

Lineups

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

7
Gakuto Notsuda ↓ Ezequiel 62'
19
Sho Sasaki
38
Keisuke Osako
10
Tsukasa Morishima
8
Takumu Kawamura
24
Shunki Higashi ↓ Pieros Sotiriou 78'
13
Nassim Ben Khalifa ↓ Douglas Vieira 46'
33
Tsukasa Shiotani
4
Hayato Araki
11
Makoto Mitsuta
32
Sota Koshimichi ↓ Shuto Nakano 62'

Bench

14
Ezequiel ↑ 62'
22
Goro Kawanami
3
Taichi Yamasaki
20
Pieros Sotiriou ↑ 78'
9
Douglas Vieira ↑ 46'
16
Takaaki Shichi
15
Shuto Nakano ↑ 62'

Coach Michael Skibbe

FC Tokyo Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

3
Masato Morishige
9
Diego Oliveira ↓ Adailton 75'
39
Teruhito Nakagawa ↓ Kashif Bangunagande 67'
37
Kei Koizumi
4
Yasuki Kimoto
8
Shuto Abe
27
Jakub Slowik
2
Hotaka Nakamura ↓ Yuto Nagatomo 75'
11
Ryoma Watanabe ↓ Keigo Higashi 82'
7
Kuryu Matsuki
17
Shuhei Tokumoto ↓ Henrique Trevisan 82'

Bench

22
Perotti
5
Yuto Nagatomo ↑ 75'
49
Kashif Bangunagande ↑ 67'
10
Keigo Higashi ↑ 82'
15
Adailton ↑ 75'
41
Taishi Nozawa
44
Henrique Trevisan ↑ 82'
22
Pedro Perotti

Coach Albert Puig

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

2023-04-22 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–2 FC Tokyo L 2023-04-15 Yokohama FC 0–3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2023-04-09 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–0 Sagan Tosu FC W 2023-04-01 Kashima Antlers 1–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2023-03-19 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–0 Kashiwa Reysol W 2023-03-12 Gamba Osaka 1–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W

FC Tokyo Form

2023-04-22 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–2 FC Tokyo W 2023-04-15 FC Tokyo 1–2 Cerezo Osaka FC L 2023-04-09 FC Tokyo 2–2 Shonan Bellmare D 2023-04-01 Sagan Tosu FC 1–0 FC Tokyo L 2023-03-18 Nagoya Grampus 0–0 FC Tokyo D 2023-03-12 FC Tokyo 3–1 Yokohama FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.85 Sanfrecce Hiroshima xG

Expected Goals

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

1.84 FC Tokyo xG

I would bet for: Sanfrecce Hiroshima or FC Tokyo 75% + Both teams to score 70%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sanfrecce Hiroshima38% Draw25% FC Tokyo37%

Actual: FC Tokyo win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes70% 0% No30%

Avg goals/match: 3.69

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	70%	30%
± 3.5	50%	50%
± 4.5	31%	69%

Double Chance

Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Draw

63%

Draw or FC Tokyo

62%

Sanfrecce Hiroshima or FC Tokyo

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sanfrecce Hiroshima30% Draw40% FC Tokyo30%

Actual: FC Tokyo win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.4%

2 – 1

7.6%

1 – 2

Actual

2 – 2

6.9%

3 – 1

4.6%

1 – 3

4.6%

2 – 0

4.3%

0 – 2

4.3%

3 – 2

4.3%

2 – 3

4.3%

1 – 0

4.1%

0 – 1

4.1%

Asian Handicap — Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Handicap	Sanfrecce Hiroshima covers	Push	FC Tokyo covers
-2.5	9%	—	91%
-2	9%	12%	79%
-1.5	21%	—	79%
-1	21%	18%	62%
-0.5	38%	—	62%
+0.5	62%	—	38%
+1	62%	17%	21%
+1.5	79%	—	21%
+2	79%	12%	9%
+2.5	91%	—	9%

Clean Sheet

Sanfrecce Hiroshima keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

FC Tokyo keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

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