Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Kashima Antlers, J. League 2022 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2022

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

3 – 0

Full Time

Kashima Antlers

Sat 7 May 2022 · 05:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Gakuto Notsuda 41' Y

Junior Santos 65' Y

Y 69' Rikuto Hirose

Overview

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Kashima Antlers — J. League .

Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 games · 30 pts (2026/26)
Kashima Antlers 18 games · 45 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 18 games · Avg 3.0 goals Kashima Antlers

Last 5 meetings

2022-05-07 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3–0 Kashima Antlers 2021-11-03 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–4 Kashima Antlers 2021-03-13 Kashima Antlers 1–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2020-10-24 Kashima Antlers 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2020-02-23 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3–0 Kashima Antlers

Recent Form

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 May	Kashima Antlers	H	3–0	W
03 May	Kashiwa Reysol	H	1–2	L
29 Apr	Shimizu S-Pulse	A	2–2	D
17 Apr	Jubilo Iwata	A	2–2	D
10 Apr	Avispa Fukuoka	H	1–0	W
06 Apr	Yokohama F·Marinos	H	2–0	W

Kashima Antlers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 May	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	A	0–3	L
03 May	Jubilo Iwata	H	3–1	W
29 Apr	Cerezo Osaka FC	A	3–0	W
17 Apr	Nagoya Grampus	H	0–0	D
10 Apr	Yokohama F·Marinos	H	0–3	L
06 Apr	Avispa Fukuoka	A	1–0	W

Season Stats

Sanfrecce Hiroshima		Kashima Antlers
#4	Position	#11
30	Points	45
18	Played	18
10 / 0 / 8	W / D / L	15 / 0 / 3
41	Scored	40
33	Conceded	20
+8	GD	+20
1.67	PPG	2.50
56%	Win %	83%

Key Stats

61% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

22% Clean Sheets
Sanfrecce Hiroshima this season

61% Clean Sheets
Kashima Antlers this season

Sanfrecce Hiroshima are 4th (30 pts). Kashima Antlers are 11th (45 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

Kashima Antlers

0-15

–/–

16-30

1/–

31-45

2/3

46-60

3/2

61-75

2/–

76+

6/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to that hosts another battle between Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Kashima Antlers.
5' Kashima Antlers fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
10' 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.
15' 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.
20' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
25' It looks surprising Sanfrecce Hiroshima does not make any changes. Yuta Higuchi has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
30' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Kashima Antlers are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
35' Sanfrecce Hiroshima currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
38' What a moment for Yoshifumi Kashiwa! That strike on 38 puts his side firmly in control.
41' Gakuto Notsuda catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 41.
46' Kashima Antlers make a change. Yuta Matsumura trudges off to be replaced by Diego Pituca on 46 minutes.
51' Keisuke Osako needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
56' Over 56 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
61' A quiet spell here at . Kashima Antlers seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
63' The Japan Makoto Mitsuta breaks the deadlock on 63 minutes. 2-0!
65' Junior Santos is having his name booked by the referee on 65.
69' Kashima Antlers player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
71' Kashima Antlers ring the changes. Yuta Higuchi has done his job and it is now time for Juan to step up.
76' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
79' Yoshifumi Kashiwa adds to his 0 season tally! Sanfrecce Hiroshima lead 3-0 — and this changes everything.
82' Ryo Nagai has so much to prove this time. He replaces Nassim Ben Khalifa on 82 minute.
86' Another substitution for Kashima Antlers to replace Ayase Ueda by Itsuki Someno on 86 minute.
90' Shunki Higashi has so much to prove this time. He replaces Yoshifumi Kashiwa on 90 minute.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

Lineups

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Lineups

Starting XI

37
Junior Santos ↓ Kosei Shibasaki 82'
7
Gakuto Notsuda ↓ Taishi Matsumoto 46'
19
Sho Sasaki
38
Keisuke Osako
18
Yoshifumi Kashiwa ↓ Shunki Higashi 90'
10
Tsukasa Morishima
13
Nassim Ben Khalifa ↓ Ryo Nagai 82'
3
Tsukasa Shiotani
4
Hayato Araki
15
Tomoya Fujii
39
Makoto Mitsuta ↓ Yuya Asano 90'

Bench

1
Takuto Hayashi
2
Yuki Nogami
30
Kosei Shibasaki ↑ 82'
17
Taishi Matsumoto ↑ 46'
24
Shunki Higashi ↑ 90'
20
Ryo Nagai ↑ 82'
16
Yuya Asano ↑ 90'

Coach Michael Skibbe

Kashima Antlers Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

21
Diego Pituca ↑ 46'
31
Yuya Oki
8
Shoma Doi
22
Rikuto Hirose ↑ 46'
19
Itsuki Someno ↑ 86'
7
Juan ↑ 71'
20
Min-Tae Kim ↑ 71'

Coach René Weiler

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Yoshifumi Kashiwa	4
Ezequiel	3
Douglas Vieira	3
Ryotaro Araki	3
Patric	2
Arthur Caike	2
Hayato Araki	2
Takumu Kawamura	2

Head to Head

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Form

2022-05-07 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3–0 Kashima Antlers W 2022-05-03 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–2 Kashiwa Reysol L 2022-04-29 Shimizu S-Pulse 2–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima D 2022-04-17 Jubilo Iwata 2–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima D 2022-04-10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–0 Avispa Fukuoka W 2022-04-06 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–0 Yokohama F·Marinos W

Kashima Antlers Form

2022-05-07 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3–0 Kashima Antlers L 2022-05-03 Kashima Antlers 3–1 Jubilo Iwata W 2022-04-29 Cerezo Osaka FC 0–3 Kashima Antlers W 2022-04-17 Kashima Antlers 0–0 Nagoya Grampus D 2022-04-10 Kashima Antlers 0–3 Yokohama F·Marinos L 2022-04-06 Avispa Fukuoka 0–1 Kashima Antlers W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.5 Sanfrecce Hiroshima xG

Expected Goals

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

1.43 Kashima Antlers xG

I would bet for: Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Kashima Antlers 74% + Both teams to score 59%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sanfrecce Hiroshima42% Draw26% Kashima Antlers32%

Actual: Sanfrecce Hiroshima win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes59% 0% No41%

Avg goals/match: 2.93

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	79%	21%
± 2.5	55%	45%
± 3.5	34%	66%
± 4.5	18%	82%

Double Chance

Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Draw

68%

Draw or Kashima Antlers

58%

Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Kashima Antlers

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sanfrecce Hiroshima29% Draw45% Kashima Antlers26%

Actual: Sanfrecce Hiroshima win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 3–0 not predicted

3 – 0

Actual

1 – 1

12.4%

2 – 1

8.3%

1 – 2

7.9%

1 – 0

7.1%

0 – 0

7.1%

0 – 1

6.7%

2 – 0

5.9%

2 – 2

5.9%

0 – 2

5.4%

3 – 1

4.2%

1 – 3

3.7%

3 – 2

Asian Handicap — Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Handicap	Sanfrecce Hiroshima covers	Push	Kashima Antlers covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	12%	81%
-1.5	19%	—	81%
-1	19%	19%	62%
-0.5	38%	—	62%
+0.5	65%	—	35%
+1	65%	18%	17%
+1.5	83%	—	17%
+2	83%	10%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Sanfrecce Hiroshima keeps clean sheet

25% ✗

Kashima Antlers keeps clean sheet

23% ✓

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