Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Kawasaki Frontale, J. League 2025 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Kawasaki Frontale — J. League at Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima.
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 games · 30 pts (2026/26)
- Kawasaki Frontale 18 games · 28 pts (2026/26)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Kashima Antlers 18 45 2 FC Tokyo 18 37 3 FC Machida Zelvia 18 37 4 Vissel Kobe 18 35 5 Cerezo Osaka FC 18 31 6 Nagoya Grampus 18 31 7 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 30 8 Gamba Osaka 18 28 9 Kawasaki Frontale 18 28 10 Tokyo Verdy 18 28 11 Fagiano Okayama FC 18 26 12 Urawa Red Diamonds 18 25 13 Shimizu S-Pulse 18 24 14 Kyoto Sanga FC 18 23 15 V-Varen Nagasaki 18 21 16 Avispa Fukuoka 18 21 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
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 31 May Kawasaki Frontale H 1–2 L 25 May FC Tokyo A 3–0 W 17 May Tokyo Verdy H 2–1 W 11 May Gamba Osaka A 1–0 W 07 May Shonan Bellmare A 1–0 W 03 May Avispa Fukuoka H 2–1 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 31 May Sanfrecce Hiroshima A 2–1 W 25 May Gamba Osaka H 2–2 D 21 May Urawa Red Diamonds H 2–2 D 18 May Cerezo Osaka FC H 2–0 W 14 May Yokohama FC H 2–1 W 11 May Kashima Antlers A 1–2 L Season Stats
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Kawasaki Frontale #7 Position #9 30 Points 28 18 Played 18 10 / 0 / 8 W / D / L 10 / 0 / 8 41 Scored 38 33 Conceded 40 +8 GD -2 1.67 PPG 1.56 56% Win % 56% Key Stats
72% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)61% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history22% Clean Sheets
Sanfrecce Hiroshima this season11% Clean Sheets
Kawasaki Frontale this seasonSanfrecce Hiroshima are 7th (30 pts). Kawasaki Frontale are 9th (28 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima0-153/116-301/231-453/146-605/–61-753/476+1/2■ Scored ■ ConcededKawasaki Frontale0-152/116-30–/–31-45–/346-601/461-751/376+7/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Sanfrecce Hiroshima is hosting Kawasaki Frontale for another epic battle.
- 5' Tsukasa Shiotani needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 1 Red cards this season.
- 10' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 15' The travelling Kawasaki Frontale supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 20' 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.
- 25' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 30' 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.
- 35' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 40' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 45' It’s high time Shigetoshi Hasebe made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 46' It is a substitution in Sanfrecce Hiroshima team. Naoto Arai is replaced by Daiki Suga on 46 minute.
- 50' Kawasaki Frontale is taking the lead after the goal scored by Marcinho on 50.
- 55' 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.
- 60' Naoki Maeda is replacing Mutsuki Kato for the Sanfrecce Hiroshima side.
- 64' The Kawasaki Frontale manager makes a substitution. Shin Yamada departs to be replaced by Yu Kobayashi.
- 66' The supporters are chanting for Shuto Tanabe. He replaces Sai van Wermeskerken on 66 minute.
- 71' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Yasuto Wakizaka suffering a number of foals already.
- 75' That looks like a foul for a card for Akihiro Ienaga.
- 76' The whistle greets Shunki Higashi as he departs to be replaced by Marcos Junior.
- 79' Yusuke Segawa is replacing Marcinho for the Kawasaki Frontale side.
- 83' Another substitution for Sanfrecce Hiroshima to replace Shuto Nakano by Sota Koshimichi on 83 minute.
- 85' Kawasaki Frontale receives a card for a hard tackle on 85.
- 86' Goal! Hayato Araki scores his 19 goal in 313 matches.
- 90' A meaty challenge results in booking for Naoki Maeda on 90.
- Another three points for Kawasaki Frontale.
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Lineups
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Lineups
Starting XI
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98
Valere Germain ↓ Sota Nakamura 46'
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- 19
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- 6
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24
Shunki Higashi ↓ Marcos Junior 76'
- 33
- 4
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13
Naoto Arai ↓ Daiki Suga 46'
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15
Shuto Nakano ↓ Sota Koshimichi 83'
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51
Mutsuki Kato ↓ Naoki Maeda 60'
Bench
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10
Marcos Junior ↑ 76'
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18
Daiki Suga ↑ 46'
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- 5
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41
Naoki Maeda ↑ 60'
- 20
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32
Sota Koshimichi ↑ 83'
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39
Sota Nakamura ↑ 46'
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Coach Michael SkibbeKawasaki Frontale Lineups
Starting XI
- 41
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14
Yasuto Wakizaka ↓ Yuto Ozeki 79'
- 35
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23
Marcinho ↓ Yusuke Segawa 79'
- 31
- 6
- 5
- 19
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20
Shin Yamada ↓ Yu Kobayashi 64'
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- 98
Bench
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11
Yu Kobayashi ↑ 64'
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18
Yusuke Segawa ↑ 79'
- 44
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8
Kento Tachibanada ↑ 79'
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15
Shuto Tanabe ↑ 66'
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- 26
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16
Yuto Ozeki ↑ 79'
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Coach Shigetoshi Hasebe -
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Yu Kobayashi 5 Akihiro Ienaga 4 Leandro Damiao 4 Yasuto Wakizaka 3 Patric 2 Ao Tanaka 2 Yu Kobayashi 2 Kaoru Mitoma 2 Head to Head
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Form
2025-05-31 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–2 Kawasaki Frontale L 2025-05-25 FC Tokyo 0–3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2025-05-17 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–1 Tokyo Verdy W 2025-05-11 Gamba Osaka 0–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2025-05-07 Shonan Bellmare 0–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2025-05-03 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–1 Avispa Fukuoka WKawasaki Frontale Form
2025-05-31 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–2 Kawasaki Frontale W 2025-05-25 Kawasaki Frontale 2–2 Gamba Osaka D 2025-05-21 Kawasaki Frontale 2–2 Urawa Red Diamonds D 2025-05-18 Kawasaki Frontale 2–0 Cerezo Osaka FC W 2025-05-14 Kawasaki Frontale 2–1 Yokohama FC W 2025-05-11 Kashima Antlers 2–1 Kawasaki Frontale L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 42.08 Sanfrecce Hiroshima xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.67 Kawasaki Frontale xGI would bet for: Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Kawasaki Frontale 76% + Over 2.5 goals 71%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: Kawasaki Frontale winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.75Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 96% 4% ± 1.5 89% 11% ± 2.5 71% 29% ± 3.5 51% 49% ± 4.5 32% 68% Double Chance
Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Draw 69%Draw or Kawasaki Frontale 55%Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Kawasaki Frontale 76%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 9%2 – 1 8.2%2 – 2 6.8%1 – 2 Actual3 – 1 5.6%2 – 0 5.1%3 – 2 4.7%1 – 0 4.4%2 – 3 3.8%1 – 3 3.7%0 – 0 3.6%3 – 0 3.5%Asian Handicap — Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Handicap Sanfrecce Hiroshima covers Push Kawasaki Frontale covers -2.5 13% — 87% -2 13% 14% 73% -1.5 27% — 73% -1 27% 19% 54% -0.5 46% — 54% +0.5 69% — 31% +1 69% 15% 16% +1.5 84% — 16% +2 84% 9% 6% +2.5 94% — 6% Clean Sheet
Sanfrecce Hiroshima keeps clean sheet 20% ✓Kawasaki Frontale keeps clean sheet 13% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.