Yokohama FC vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima, J. League 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2023

Yokohama FC

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Sat 15 Apr 2023 · 05:00 UTC Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium 3,935 HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 49' Shunki Higashi

0–2 73' Boniface Nduka og

0–3 76' Douglas Vieira

Y 8' Sho Sasaki

Koki Ogawa 23' Y

Hirotaka Mita 77' Y

Overview

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Yokohama FC vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima — J. League at Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium.

Yokohama FC 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 games · 30 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Yudai Yamamoto
Assistant 1 Takeshi Asada
Assistant 2 Noriyuki Suzuki

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

Yokohama FC 8 games · Avg 2.3 goals Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Last 5 meetings

2023-04-15 Yokohama FC 0–3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2021-07-11 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–1 Yokohama FC 2021-04-07 Yokohama FC 0–3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2020-11-14 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–1 Yokohama FC 2020-08-01 Yokohama FC 0–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Recent Form

Yokohama FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
15 Apr	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	H	0–3	L
08 Apr	Yokohama F.Marinos	A	0–5	L
01 Apr	Avispa Fukuoka	H	1–1	D
18 Mar	Kyoto Sanga FC	H	1–4	L
12 Mar	FC Tōkyō	A	1–3	L
04 Mar	Kashima Antlers	H	1–3	L

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
15 Apr	Yokohama FC	A	3–0	W
09 Apr	Sagan Tosu FC	H	1–0	W
01 Apr	Kashima Antlers	A	2–1	W
19 Mar	Kashiwa Reysol	H	1–0	W
12 Mar	Gamba Osaka	A	2–1	W
03 Mar	Yokohama F.Marinos	A	1–1	D

Key Stats

25% Both Teams to Score
H2H (8 games)

38% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

43% Clean Sheets
Sanfrecce Hiroshima this season

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

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

Events

Match Events

0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Yokohama FC and Sanfrecce Hiroshima has kicked off!
4' GOAL! Koki Ogawa scores on 4.
8' Sanfrecce Hiroshima player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
13' Sanfrecce Hiroshima are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
18' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
23' Poor challenge from Koki Ogawa. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
28' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
33' Takaaki Shichi is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Sanfrecce Hiroshima tonight.
38' Both keepers have barely been tested. Yokohama FC and Sanfrecce Hiroshima are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
43' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sanfrecce Hiroshima that had 339 games and scored 435 goals.
48' It looks like no one’s ball. Sanfrecce Hiroshima is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
49' Shunki Higashi makes no mistake. The score reads 1-1 and Sanfrecce Hiroshima are in front.
54' Sanfrecce Hiroshima come into this ranked 4 in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
59' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Shuhei Yomoda will be considering his options from the bench.
60' Yokohama FC ring the changes. Caprini has done his job and it is now time for Tatsuya Hasegawa to step up.
61' Yokohama FC make a change. Caprini trudges off to be replaced by Tatsuya Hasegawa on 61 minutes.
66' Keijiro Ogawa is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Sanfrecce Hiroshima so far.
70' Fresh legs for Sanfrecce Hiroshima! Douglas Vieira comes on to replace Nassim Ben Khalifa.
73' A stunning finish from Boniface Nduka — that came from absolutely nowhere!
75' What a strike from Douglas Vieira! The score is 1-3.
76' Goal! Douglas Vieira scores his 36 goal in 99 matches.
76' Ryoya Yamashita gets the nod from Yokohama FC. He replaces Tomoki Kondo and will look to change the dynamic.
77' It’s a booking for Yokohama FC player. Hirotaka Mita gets a card.
77' Another substitution for Yokohama FC to replace Shion Inoue by Sho Ito on 77 minute.
78' The referee shows Yokohama FC player a Yellow card on 78.
80' Another substitution for Sanfrecce Hiroshima to replace Makoto Mitsuta by Pieros Sotiriou on 80 minute.
84' The supporters are chanting for Takaaki Shichi. He replaces Shunki Higashi on 84 minute.
85' Another change for Sanfrecce Hiroshima made on 85 minute. Shunki Higashi leaves to be changed by Takaaki Shichi.
90' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Yokohama FC and Sanfrecce Hiroshima are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
Game over. The scoreline of 0-3 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Yokohama FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

16
Tatsuya Hasegawa ↑ 61'
15
Sho Ito ↑ 77'
6
Takuya Wada ↑ 85'
44
Yuji Rokutan
22
Katsuya Iwatake
41
Mizuki Arai ↑ 60'
7
Ryoya Yamashita ↑ 76'

Coach Shuhei Yomoda

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

7
Gakuto Notsuda
19
Sho Sasaki
38
Keisuke Osako
10
Tsukasa Morishima ↓ Ezequiel 70'
8
Takumu Kawamura
24
Shunki Higashi ↓ Takaaki Shichi 84'
13
Nassim Ben Khalifa ↓ Douglas Vieira 70'
33
Tsukasa Shiotani
4
Hayato Araki
11
Makoto Mitsuta ↓ Pieros Sotiriou 80'
32
Sota Koshimichi ↓ Shuto Nakano 80'

Bench

14
Ezequiel ↑ 70'
22
Goro Kawanami
3
Taichi Yamasaki
20
Pieros Sotiriou ↑ 80'
9
Douglas Vieira ↑ 70'
16
Takaaki Shichi ↑ 84'
15
Shuto Nakano ↑ 80'

Coach Michael Skibbe

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Yuya Asano	2
Kosuke Kinoshita	2
Douglas Vieira	2
Keijiro Ogawa	1
Shunki Higashi	1
Sota Nakamura	1
Naoto Arai	1
Tsukasa Morishima	1

Head to Head

Yokohama FC Form

2023-04-15 Yokohama FC 0–3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L 2023-04-08 Yokohama F.Marinos 5–0 Yokohama FC L 2023-04-01 Yokohama FC 1–1 Avispa Fukuoka D 2023-03-18 Yokohama FC 1–4 Kyoto Sanga FC L 2023-03-12 FC Tōkyō 3–1 Yokohama FC L 2023-03-04 Yokohama FC 1–3 Kashima Antlers L

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Form

2023-04-15 Yokohama FC 0–3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2023-04-09 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–0 Sagan Tosu FC W 2023-04-01 Kashima Antlers 1–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2023-03-19 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–0 Kashiwa Reysol W 2023-03-12 Gamba Osaka 1–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2023-03-03 Yokohama F.Marinos 1–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

0.93 Yokohama FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.67 Sanfrecce Hiroshima xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct

Yokohama FC21% Draw26% Sanfrecce Hiroshima53%

Actual: Sanfrecce Hiroshima win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes50% 0% No50%

Avg goals/match: 2.6

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	73%	27%
± 2.5	48%	52%
± 3.5	27%	73%
± 4.5	13%	87%

Double Chance

Yokohama FC or Draw

48%

Draw or Sanfrecce Hiroshima

79%

Yokohama FC or Sanfrecce Hiroshima

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Yokohama FC16% Draw47% Sanfrecce Hiroshima37%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.4%

0 – 1

11.5%

0 – 2

10.1%

0 – 0

9.4%

1 – 2

9.3%

1 – 0

5.9%

0 – 3

Actual

1 – 3

5.2%

2 – 1

5.2%

2 – 2

4.4%

2 – 0

3.1%

2 – 3

2.5%

Asian Handicap — Yokohama FC

Handicap	Yokohama FC covers	Push	Sanfrecce Hiroshima covers
-2.5	2%	—	98%
-2	2%	5%	93%
-1.5	7%	—	93%
-1	7%	13%	80%
-0.5	20%	—	80%
+0.5	47%	—	53%
+1	47%	24%	29%
+1.5	71%	—	29%
+2	71%	17%	13%
+2.5	87%	—	13%

Clean Sheet

Yokohama FC keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

Sanfrecce Hiroshima keeps clean sheet

40% ✗

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