Vegalta Sendai vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima, J. League 2020 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2020

Vegalta Sendai

0 – 0

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Sat 31 Oct 2020 · 04:00 UTC Yurtec Stadium Sendai HT 45+3' · FT 45+5'

Para 9' Y

Ryutaro Iio 52' Y

Overview

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Vegalta Sendai vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima — J. League at Yurtec Stadium Sendai.

Vegalta Sendai 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 games · 30 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Jumpei Iida
Referee Takahiro Okano
Referee Yosuke Takabe
Referee

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

Vegalta Sendai 10 games · Avg 1.6 goals Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Last 5 meetings

2020-10-31 Vegalta Sendai 0–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2020-08-29 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–1 Vegalta Sendai 2019-12-07 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–0 Vegalta Sendai 2019-05-12 Vegalta Sendai 2–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2018-11-10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–1 Vegalta Sendai

Recent Form

Vegalta Sendai

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
31 Oct	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	H	0–0	D
28 Oct	Vissel Kobe	H	2–3	L
24 Oct	Nagoya Grampus	A	0–1	L
18 Oct	Urawa Red Diamonds	A	0–6	L
14 Oct	Yokohama FC	H	0–0	D
10 Oct	Kawasaki Frontale	A	0–1	L

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
31 Oct	Vegalta Sendai	A	0–0	D
28 Oct	Yokohama F.Marinos	H	3–1	W
24 Oct	Kashima Antlers	A	0–1	L
18 Oct	Vissel Kobe	H	2–1	W
14 Oct	Kawasaki Frontale	H	0–2	L
10 Oct	Shimizu S-Pulse	A	3–2	W

Key Stats

40% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)

20% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Sanfrecce Hiroshima this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

0-15

–/–

16-30

1/1

31-45

1/–

46-60

–/–

61-75

2/–

76+

–/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' Temperatures are rising at Yurtec Stadium Sendai as Vegalta Sendai face off against Sanfrecce Hiroshima in what promises to be a fascinating contest.
5' Sanfrecce Hiroshima come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
9' The referee calls foul for Para. He receives a Yellow card.
14' The home supporters are growing impatient. Vegalta Sendai must find a spark to ignite this game.
19' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
24' Sanfrecce Hiroshima have won 427 goals from 335 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
29' Hayato Araki needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
34' Japan international Yusuke Chajima has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
39' Sanfrecce Hiroshima is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
44' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
49' 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.
52' Ryutaro Iio picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
52' Isaac Cuenca is replacing Para for the Vegalta Sendai side.
53' Kunimitsu Sekiguchi is replacing Takumi Sasaki for the Vegalta Sendai side.
56' Ryo Nagai gets the nod from Sanfrecce Hiroshima. He replaces Ezequiel and will look to change the dynamic.
61' Douglas Vieira, a Brazil , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
62' Sanfrecce Hiroshima ring the changes. Gakuto Notsuda has done his job and it is now time for Hayao Kawabe to step up.
67' The 32-year-old Alexandre Guedes has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
72' Sanfrecce Hiroshima are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
75' Vegalta Sendai ring the changes. Alexandre Guedes has done his job and it is now time for Hayato Teruyama to step up.
79' Yusuke Chajima makes way for Hiroya Matsumoto at the 79 minute mark. A tactical switch from Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
84' It’s high time Takashi Kiyama made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
89' Another substitution for Vegalta Sendai to replace Ryutaro Iio by Hiroto Yamada on 89 minute.
90' The Vegalta Sendai manager makes a substitution. Takuma Hamasaki departs to be replaced by Shogo Nakahara.
Game over. The scoreline of 0-0 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Vegalta Sendai Lineups

Starting XI

13
Yasuhiro Hiraoka
5
Keiya Shiihashi
3
Ryutaro Iio ↓ Hiroto Yamada 89'
29
Alexandre Guedes ↓ Hayato Teruyama 75'
20
Shun Nagasawa
14
Takayoshi Ishihara
23
Simao Junior C
27
Jakub Slowik
28
Takumi Sasaki ↓ Kunimitsu Sekiguchi 53'
2
Para ↓ Isaac Cuenca 52'
26
Takuma Hamasaki ↓ Shogo Nakahara 90'

Bench

39
Kim Jungya
7
Kunimitsu Sekiguchi ↑ 53'
37
Shogo Nakahara ↑ 90'
42
Hiroto Yamada ↑ 89'
9
Isaac Cuenca ↑ 52'
31
Hayato Teruyama ↑ 75'
24
Yuma Obata

Coach Takashi Kiyama

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Lineups

Starting XI

26
Kodai Dohi
14
Ezequiel ↓ Ryo Nagai 56'
7
Gakuto Notsuda ↓ Hayao Kawabe 62'
38
Keisuke Osako
10
Tsukasa Morishima ↓ Yuya Asano 56'
15
Kazuki Kushibiki
3
Akira Ibayashi C
9
Douglas Vieira
23
Hayato Araki
50
Tomoya Fujii ↓ Shunki Higashi 62'
25
Yusuke Chajima ↓ Hiroya Matsumoto 79'

Bench

1
Takuto Hayashi
2
Yuki Nogami
8
Hayao Kawabe ↑ 62'
5
Hiroya Matsumoto ↑ 79'
24
Shunki Higashi ↑ 62'
20
Ryo Nagai ↑ 56'
29
Yuya Asano ↑ 56'

Coach Hiroshi Jofuku

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Leandro Pereira	2
Patric	2
Patric	2
Naoki Ishihara	1
Douglas Vieira	1
Ramon Lopes	1
Yoshiki Matsushita	1
Yoshifumi Kashiwa	1

Head to Head

Vegalta Sendai Form

2020-10-31 Vegalta Sendai 0–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima D 2020-10-28 Vegalta Sendai 2–3 Vissel Kobe L 2020-10-24 Nagoya Grampus 1–0 Vegalta Sendai L 2020-10-18 Urawa Red Diamonds 6–0 Vegalta Sendai L 2020-10-14 Vegalta Sendai 0–0 Yokohama FC D 2020-10-10 Kawasaki Frontale 1–0 Vegalta Sendai L

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Form

2020-10-31 Vegalta Sendai 0–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima D 2020-10-28 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3–1 Yokohama F.Marinos W 2020-10-24 Kashima Antlers 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L 2020-10-18 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–1 Vissel Kobe W 2020-10-14 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–2 Kawasaki Frontale L 2020-10-10 Shimizu S-Pulse 2–3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.04 Vegalta Sendai xG

Expected Goals

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

0.92 Sanfrecce Hiroshima xG

I would bet for: Vegalta Sendai or Draw 70% + Under 2.5 goals 69%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Vegalta Sendai37% Draw33% Sanfrecce Hiroshima30%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes40% 0% No60%

Avg goals/match: 1.96

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	84%	16%
± 1.5	59%	41%
± 2.5	31%	69%
± 3.5	14%	86%
± 4.5	6%	94%

Double Chance

Vegalta Sendai or Draw

70%

Draw or Sanfrecce Hiroshima

63%

Vegalta Sendai or Sanfrecce Hiroshima

67%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Vegalta Sendai24% Draw55% Sanfrecce Hiroshima21%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 0

Actual

1 – 1

14.4%

1 – 0

13.3%

0 – 1

11.5%

2 – 0

7.3%

2 – 1

6.9%

1 – 2

0 – 2

5.6%

2 – 2

3.3%

3 – 0

2.5%

3 – 1

2.4%

1 – 3

1.9%

Asian Handicap — Vegalta Sendai

Handicap	Vegalta Sendai covers	Push	Sanfrecce Hiroshima covers
-2.5	4%	—	96%
-2	4%	10%	86%
-1.5	14%	—	86%
-1	14%	21%	64%
-0.5	36%	—	64%
+0.5	71%	—	29%
+1	71%	19%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	8%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Vegalta Sendai keeps clean sheet

40% ✗

Sanfrecce Hiroshima keeps clean sheet

36% ✗

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