Wednesday , 30 September 2026

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

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 .

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

7
6
5
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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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 Júbilo Iwata A 2–2 D
10 Apr Avispa Fukuoka H 1–0 W
06 Apr Yokohama F.Marinos H 2–0 W
Kashima Antlers
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
07 May Sanfrecce Hiroshima A 0–3 L
03 May Júbilo 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
43% Clean Sheets
Sanfrecce Hiroshima this season
14% 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
1/1
16-30
3/2
31-45
3/–
46-60
2/2
61-75
5/–
76+
3/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Kashima Antlers
0-15
–/1
16-30
1/2
31-45
3/2
46-60
3/5
61-75
3/–
76+
3/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Akito Suzuki 6 G 2 A
Shun Ayukawa 3 G 1 A
Sebastien Haller 3 G 1 A
Mutsuki Kato 2 G 3 A
Shuto Nakano 2 G 1 A
Kashima Antlers
Leo Ceara 11 G
Aleksandar Cavric 4 G 1 A
Takuya Uchida 2 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' That's the starting whistle at . Ninety minutes of football awaits between Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Kashima Antlers.
  • 5' It is a cagey affair so far. Sanfrecce Hiroshima in their trying to find a way past Kashima Antlers's compact .
  • 10' With 2 assists to his name this season, Ayase Ueda is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
  • 15' The home supporters are growing impatient. Sanfrecce Hiroshima must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 20' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sanfrecce Hiroshima side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 25' international Min-Tae Kim has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 30' The travelling Kashima Antlers supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 35' Sanfrecce Hiroshima have won 435 goals from 339 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 38' Goal! Yoshifumi Kashiwa scores his 22 goal in 339 matches.
  • 41' Gakuto Notsuda picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 46' Yuta Matsumura makes way for Diego Pituca at the 46 minute mark. A tactical switch from Kashima Antlers.
  • 51' Kashima Antlers come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 56' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
  • 61' Supporters expect more eagerness from Ikuma Sekigawa, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 63' Against the run of play, Makoto Mitsuta has scored! This game has turned on its head.
  • 65' Junior Santos was booked on 65.
  • 69' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Rikuto Hirose.
  • 71' Another change for Kashima Antlers made on 71 minute. Yuta Higuchi leaves to be changed by Juan.
  • 76' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 79' Brilliant from the ! Yoshifumi Kashiwa makes it 3-0 with a superb finish on 79.
  • 82' Ryo Nagai gets the nod from Sanfrecce Hiroshima. He replaces Nassim Ben Khalifa and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 86' A change in the Kashima Antlers ranks — Ayase Ueda exits the field as Itsuki Someno enters on 86.
  • 90' Yoshifumi Kashiwa makes way for Shunki Higashi at the 90 minute mark. A tactical switch from Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
  • The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Sanfrecce Hiroshima to claim maximum points.

Lineups

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Michael Skibbe

Kashima Antlers Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach René Weiler

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Yoshifumi Kashiwa 4
Douglas Vieira 3
Ryotaro Araki 3
Ezequiel 3
Takumu Kawamura 2
Kei Chinen 2
Patric 2
Yuya Asano 2

Head to Head

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

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 Júbilo 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 Júbilo 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
3%

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.