Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Kawasaki Frontale, J. League 2022 REGULAR SEASON

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima

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Kawasaki Frontale

Sat 19 Mar 2022 · 05:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 68' Kazuya Yamamura

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Kawasaki Frontale — J. League .

Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 games · 30 pts (2026/26)
Kawasaki Frontale 18 games · 28 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 3.2 goals Kawasaki Frontale

Last 5 meetings

2022-03-19 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–2 Kawasaki Frontale 2021-08-21 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–1 Kawasaki Frontale 2021-04-18 Kawasaki Frontale 1–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2020-10-14 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–2 Kawasaki Frontale 2020-09-13 Kawasaki Frontale 5–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Recent Form

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Mar	Kawasaki Frontale	H	0–2	L
12 Mar	FC Tōkyō	A	1–2	L
06 Mar	Vissel Kobe	H	1–1	D
26 Feb	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	A	1–1	D
19 Feb	Sagan Tosu FC	H	0–0	D
27 Nov	FC Tōkyō	H	1–2	L

Kawasaki Frontale

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Mar	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	A	2–0	W
12 Mar	Nagoya Grampus	H	1–0	W
06 Mar	Gamba Osaka	A	2–2	D
02 Mar	Urawa Red Diamonds	H	2–1	W
26 Feb	Kashima Antlers	A	2–0	W
23 Feb	Yokohama F·Marinos	A	2–4	L

Season Stats

Sanfrecce Hiroshima		Kawasaki Frontale
#4	Position	#14
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 history

22% Clean Sheets
Sanfrecce Hiroshima this season

11% Clean Sheets
Kawasaki Frontale this season

Sanfrecce Hiroshima are 4th (30 pts). Kawasaki Frontale are 14th (28 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

Kawasaki Frontale

0-15

2/1

16-30

–/–

31-45

–/3

46-60

1/4

61-75

1/3

76+

7/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' KICK OFF: Sanfrecce Hiroshima gets underway.
5' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
10' Sanfrecce Hiroshima are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Kawasaki Frontale backline.
15' Sanfrecce Hiroshima 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.
20' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
25' Tsukasa Shiotani needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
30' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
35' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Kawasaki Frontale are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
40' Leandro Damiao, a Brazil , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
45' Japan international Ten Miyagi has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
50' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Kawasaki Frontale that had 439 games and scored 556 goals.
55' It looks surprising Sanfrecce Hiroshima does not make any changes. Kazuya Yamamura has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
60' Sanfrecce Hiroshima are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Kawasaki Frontale's shape.
65' Supporters expect more eagerness from Makoto Mitsuta, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
66' Another substitution for Kawasaki Frontale to replace Kazuki Kozuka by Ryota Ohshima on 66 minute.
67' Kei Chinen is replacing Leandro Damiao for the Kawasaki Frontale side.
68' Kazuya Yamamura picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
73' A goal from the Japan international Yuki Nogami! He fires home on 73 to make it 0-1!
76' Sanfrecce Hiroshima manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Kosei Shibasaki is hanging Yuya Asano on the field on 76 minute.
78' The crowd applauds Yasuto Wakizaka as he leaves the pitch. Daiya Tono steps in for Kawasaki Frontale.
81' Shun Ayukawa is replacing Junior Santos for the Sanfrecce Hiroshima side.
83' A change in the Kawasaki Frontale ranks — Akihiro Ienaga exits the field as Yu Kobayashi enters on 83.
87' Sanfrecce Hiroshima manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Taishi Semba is hanging Tsukasa Morishima on the field on 87 minute.
89' Miki Yamane has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 89 minutes.
Game over. The scoreline of 0-2 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

6
Toshihiro Aoyama
38
Keisuke Osako
30
Kosei Shibasaki ↑ 76'
24
Shunki Higashi ↑ 76'
23
Shun Ayukawa ↑ 81'
21
Jelani Sumiyoshi ↑ 87'
44
Taishi Semba ↑ 87'

Coach Michael Skibbe

Kawasaki Frontale Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

10
Ryota Ohshima ↑ 66'
11
Yu Kobayashi ↑ 83'
21
Shunsuke Ando
20
Kei Chinen ↑ 67'
3
Koki Tsukagawa
19
Daiya Tono ↑ 78'
24
Ten Miyagi ↑ 66'

Coach Toru Oniki

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Yu Kobayashi	5
Leandro Damiao	4
Akihiro Ienaga	4
Yasuto Wakizaka	3
Hayato Araki	2
Yoshifumi Kashiwa	2
Miki Yamane	2
Patric	2

Head to Head

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Form

2022-03-19 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–2 Kawasaki Frontale L 2022-03-12 FC Tōkyō 2–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L 2022-03-06 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–1 Vissel Kobe D 2022-02-26 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 1–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima D 2022-02-19 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–0 Sagan Tosu FC D 2021-11-27 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–2 FC Tōkyō L

Kawasaki Frontale Form

2022-03-19 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–2 Kawasaki Frontale W 2022-03-12 Kawasaki Frontale 1–0 Nagoya Grampus W 2022-03-06 Gamba Osaka 2–2 Kawasaki Frontale D 2022-03-02 Kawasaki Frontale 2–1 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2022-02-26 Kashima Antlers 0–2 Kawasaki Frontale W 2022-02-23 Yokohama F·Marinos 4–2 Kawasaki Frontale L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.72 Sanfrecce Hiroshima xG

Expected Goals

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

1.83 Kawasaki Frontale xG

I would bet for: Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Kawasaki Frontale 76% + Both teams to score 69%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sanfrecce Hiroshima33% Draw24% Kawasaki Frontale43%

Actual: Kawasaki Frontale win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes69% 0% No31%

Avg goals/match: 3.55

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	87%	13%
± 2.5	68%	32%
± 3.5	47%	53%
± 4.5	29%	71%

Double Chance

Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Draw

58%

Draw or Kawasaki Frontale

67%

Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Kawasaki Frontale

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sanfrecce Hiroshima28% Draw40% Kawasaki Frontale32%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.9%

1 – 2

2 – 1

7.5%

2 – 2

6.8%

0 – 2

Actual

1 – 3

4.8%

0 – 1

4.6%

1 – 0

4.3%

2 – 0

4.3%

3 – 1

4.3%

0 – 0

4.2%

2 – 3

4.2%

Asian Handicap — Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Handicap	Sanfrecce Hiroshima covers	Push	Kawasaki Frontale covers
-2.5	8%	—	92%
-2	8%	11%	81%
-1.5	19%	—	81%
-1	19%	17%	64%
-0.5	36%	—	64%
+0.5	60%	—	40%
+1	60%	18%	22%
+1.5	78%	—	22%
+2	78%	12%	10%
+2.5	90%	—	10%

Clean Sheet

Sanfrecce Hiroshima keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

Kawasaki Frontale keeps clean sheet

19% ✗

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