📊 Form Guide

FC Tokyo

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FC Tokyo won’t want a repeat of their last result here after the 1-0 J. League Cup defeat last time out to Shonan Bellmare.

Taiyo Hiraoka (82') was the scorer for Shonan Bellmare.

Over their past six fixtures, Rikizo Matsuhashi's FC Tokyo have seen rewards for their attempts on goal a total of 9 times resulting in an average number of goals per match equal to 1.5.

Ahead of this meeting, FC Tokyo have not won against Sanfrecce Hiroshima in their last 3 matches in the league.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima come into this encounter following on from a 2-1 J1 League win as they beat Tokyo Verdy in their most recent match.

In that game, Sanfrecce Hiroshima had 62% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. For Sanfrecce Hiroshima, goals were scored by Valère Germain (87') and Hayao Kawabe (89'). On the other side, Tokyo Verdy had 4 shots at goal with 2 on target. Yudai Kimura (77') was the scorer for Tokyo Verdy.

A run of accomplished showings by the Sanfrecce Hiroshima defence has resulted in the number of goals they’ve conceded standing at 4 from their last 6 outings in total. During the same time, their forwards have scored 6. We will see whether or not that trend will be continued on into this next match.

Their past results show that Sanfrecce Hiroshima:

• remain undefeated by FC Tokyo when having played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.
• are unbeaten in their previous 2 away league matches.

👥 Head to head

Looking over their prior head to head meetings dating back to 22/04/2023 shows us that FC Tokyo have won 1 of them and Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4, with the tally of drawn games standing at 1.

A total of 20 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 8 of them for FC Tokyo and 12 for Sanfrecce. The average goals per game has been 3.33.

The last league contest between the two was J1 League match day 29 on 31/08/2024 when it finished Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3-2 FC Tokyo.

In that match, Sanfrecce Hiroshima managed 46% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Goals were scored by Tolgay Arslan (5', 32', 63') and Shuto Nakano (91' Own goal).

For their opponents, FC Tokyo got 9 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Tsuyoshi Ogashiwa (79') was the scorer.

The referee was Yusuke Araki.

📋 Team News: Sanfrecce Hiroshima

In an otherwise available group, there’s only the sole fitness worry for the Sanfrecce Hiroshima manager Michael Skibbe to contend with. Tolgay Arslan (Knee injury) won’t be playing here.

✨ Prediction

We’re of the opinion that FC Tokyo will do well to find the net against this Sanfrecce Hiroshima team who we reckon should do enough to score at the other end and edge ahead.

That’s why our selection here is for a 0-1 victory for Sanfrecce Hiroshima at the end of this one.

Let’s see how this one goes.

Andre Moura, 05:05 25/05/2025