Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Kawasaki Frontale, J. League 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2024

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

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Kawasaki Frontale

Sun 28 Apr 2024 · 05:00 UTC Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 41' Erison

Y 51' Akihiro Ienaga

Tsukasa Shiotani 64' Y

Y 87' Tatsuki Seko

Naoto Arai 90' Y

Overview

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Kawasaki Frontale — J. League at Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 games · 30 pts (2026/27)
Kawasaki Frontale 18 games · 28 pts (2026/27)

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	Kyōto 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	Tōkyō 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 19 games · Avg 3.1 goals Kawasaki Frontale

Last 5 meetings

2024-04-28 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–2 Kawasaki Frontale 2023-08-19 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3–2 Kawasaki Frontale 2023-06-11 Kawasaki Frontale 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2022-09-10 Kawasaki Frontale 4–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2022-03-19 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–2 Kawasaki Frontale

Recent Form

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 Apr	Kawasaki Frontale	H	2–2	D
20 Apr	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	A	1–1	D
13 Apr	Avispa Fukuoka	A	1–1	D
07 Apr	Shonan Bellmare	H	2–0	W
03 Apr	FC Machida Zelvia	A	2–1	W
30 Mar	Gamba Osaka	H	1–1	D

Kawasaki Frontale

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 Apr	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	A	2–2	D
20 Apr	Tōkyō Verdy	H	0–0	D
13 Apr	Cerezo Osaka FC	A	0–1	L
07 Apr	FC Machida Zelvia	H	0–1	L
03 Apr	Yokohama F·Marinos	A	0–0	D
30 Mar	FC Tōkyō	H	3–0	W

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

74% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)

58% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

62% Clean Sheets
Sanfrecce Hiroshima this season

8% 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

1/1

16-30

4/2

31-45

4/2

46-60

7/2

61-75

7/1

76+

6/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Kawasaki Frontale

0-15

5/2

16-30

–/3

31-45

8/5

46-60

5/5

61-75

4/6

76+

5/2

■ 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

Kawasaki Frontale

Marcinho	8 G	3 A
Yasuto Wakizaka	4 G	4 A
Tatsuya Ito	3 G	3 A
Pedro Romano	3 G
Lazar Romanic	2 G

Events

Match Events

0' Both captains have shaken hands and the referee is ready. We are underway at Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima!
5' It’s high time Michael Skibbe made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
10' A quiet spell here at Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima. Kawasaki Frontale seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
15' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Kawasaki Frontale winning 0% of all matches.
20' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
25' Yuki Yamamoto has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 13 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
30' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
35' 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.
38' The deadlock is broken! Yuki Ohashi gets on the scoresheet on 38 minutes.
41' That is a card for Kawasaki Frontale. Erison will be fuming at that decision.
46' Another substitution for Kawasaki Frontale to replace Erison by Yu Kobayashi on 46 minute.
51' Akihiro Ienaga picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
56' Japan international Yu Kobayashi has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 1 assists in the Array this season.
61' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Kawasaki Frontale are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
64' Sanfrecce Hiroshima player sees a card in front of him.
65' What a moment for Yu Kobayashi! That strike on 65 puts his side firmly in control.
66' Pieros Sotiriou gets the nod from Sanfrecce Hiroshima. He replaces Marcos Junior and will look to change the dynamic.
67' Kawasaki Frontale make a change. Yusuke Segawa trudges off to be replaced by Tatsuki Seko on 67 minutes.
70' A change in the Sanfrecce Hiroshima ranks — Sota Koshimichi exits the field as Naoto Arai enters on 70.
74' Brilliant from the forward! Shin Yamada makes it 1-2 with a superb finish on 74.
74' It is a substitution in Kawasaki Frontale team. Yu Kobayashi is replaced by Shin Yamada on 74 minute.
75' GOAL! Mutsuki Kato scores on 75. Assisted by Makoto Mitsuta
80' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sanfrecce Hiroshima side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
85' Sanfrecce Hiroshima manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Gakuto Notsuda is hanging Taishi Matsumoto on the field on 85 minute.
86' Shunki Higashi makes way for Takaaki Shichi at the 86 minute mark. A tactical switch from Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
87' Poor challenge from Tatsuki Seko. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
89' The crowd applauds Yasuto Wakizaka as he leaves the pitch. Yuki Yamamoto steps in for Kawasaki Frontale.
90' The referee calls foul for Naoto Arai. He receives a card.
celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

Lineups

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Lineups

Starting XI

10
Marcos Junior ↓ Pieros Sotiriou 66'
19
Sho Sasaki
1
Keisuke Osako
14
Taishi Matsumoto ↓ Gakuto Notsuda 85'
24
Shunki Higashi ↓ Takaaki Shichi 86'
77
Yuki Ohashi
33
Tsukasa Shiotani
11
Makoto Mitsuta
32
Sota Koshimichi ↓ Naoto Arai 70'
15
Shuto Nakano
51
Mutsuki Kato

Bench

22
Goro Kawanami
7
Gakuto Notsuda ↑ 85'
18
Yoshifumi Kashiwa
20
Pieros Sotiriou ↑ 66'
16
Takaaki Shichi ↑ 86'
13
Naoto Arai ↑ 70'

Coach Michael Skibbe

Kawasaki Frontale Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

6
Ze Ricardo
4
Jesiel ↑ 67'
11
Yu Kobayashi ↑ 46'
99
Naoto Kamifukumoto
16
Tatsuki Seko ↑ 67'
77
Yuki Yamamoto ↑ 89'
20
Shin Yamada

Coach Toru Oniki

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Yu Kobayashi	5
Akihiro Ienaga	4
Leandro Damiao	4
Yasuto Wakizaka	3
Yu Kobayashi	2
Kaoru Mitoma	2
Makoto Mitsuta	2
Marcinho	2

Head to Head

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Form

2024-04-28 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–2 Kawasaki Frontale D 2024-04-20 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 1–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima D 2024-04-13 Avispa Fukuoka 1–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima D 2024-04-07 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–0 Shonan Bellmare W 2024-04-03 FC Machida Zelvia 1–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2024-03-30 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–1 Gamba Osaka D

Kawasaki Frontale Form

2024-04-28 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–2 Kawasaki Frontale D 2024-04-20 Kawasaki Frontale 0–0 Tōkyō Verdy D 2024-04-13 Cerezo Osaka FC 1–0 Kawasaki Frontale L 2024-04-07 Kawasaki Frontale 0–1 FC Machida Zelvia L 2024-04-03 Yokohama F·Marinos 0–0 Kawasaki Frontale D 2024-03-30 Kawasaki Frontale 3–0 FC Tōkyō W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.01 Sanfrecce Hiroshima xG

Expected Goals

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

1.62 Kawasaki Frontale xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 69% + Both teams to score 69%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sanfrecce Hiroshima46% Draw24% Kawasaki Frontale30%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes69% 0% No31%

Avg goals/match: 3.63

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	69%	31%
± 3.5	49%	51%
± 4.5	30%	70%

Double Chance

Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Draw

70%

Draw or Kawasaki Frontale

54%

Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Kawasaki Frontale

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sanfrecce Hiroshima35% Draw40% Kawasaki Frontale25%

Actual: Sanfrecce Hiroshima win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.5%

2 – 1

8.4%

1 – 2

6.8%

2 – 2

Actual

3 – 1

5.6%

2 – 0

5.4%

1 – 0

4.8%

3 – 2

4.5%

0 – 0

0 – 1

3.7%

2 – 3

3.6%

1 – 3

3.6%

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%	15%
+1.5	85%	—	15%
+2	85%	9%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Sanfrecce Hiroshima keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

Kawasaki Frontale keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

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