📏 Form Guide

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following the 0-3 J1 League triumph versus FC Tokyo.

In that match, Sanfrecce Hiroshima managed 41% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. For Sanfrecce Hiroshima, the scorers were Hayato Araki (49'), Ryo Germain (59') and Hayao Kawabe (88'). On the other side, FC Tokyo got 7 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target.

Their more recent scorelines highlight the fact that it has been a great time for the Sanfrecce Hiroshima backline. Sanfrecce Hiroshima have been mean at the back, with the total number of goals that have gone past their goalkeeper during their past 6 games standing at 3.

Analysis of their past results shows that Sanfrecce Hiroshima:

• are unbeaten in the league by Kawasaki Frontale in their last 3 matches.
• have not registered a win against Kawasaki Frontale in their last 2 league games.
• are undefeated in their previous 2 home league matches.

Kawasaki Frontale

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In the game prior to this, Kawasaki Frontale drew 2-2 in the J1 League match with Gamba Osaka.

In that match, Kawasaki Frontale managed 53% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 2 on target. For Kawasaki Frontale, the goals were scored by Marcinho (32') and Tatsuya Ito (79'). For their opponents, Gamba Osaka got 10 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Takashi Usami (53') and Ryoya Yamashita (60') scored for Gamba Osaka.

The numbers tell their own story, and Kawasaki Frontale have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 9 goals overall. At the back, Kawasaki Frontale have not been doing too well. We will just have to see if that trend will end up being sustained into this next match.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Kawasaki Frontale:

• haven't won against Sanfrecce Hiroshima when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league matches.
• have not won away from home in their last 4 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at their past head-to-head clashes stretching back to 19/03/2022 tells us that Sanfrecce Hiroshima have won 1 of them & Kawasaki Frontale 3, with the tally of draws standing at 2.

A combined sum of 18 goals were produced between them in this period, with 6 of them for Sanfrecce and 12 coming from Frontale. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.

The previous league fixture featuring the two was J1 League match day 21 on 29/06/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Kawasaki Frontale 1-1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

On that day, Kawasaki Frontale had 43% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 7 on target. The scorer was Marcinho (23').

Sanfrecce Hiroshima got 15 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Makoto Mitsuta (88') scored.

The referee was Yoshiro Imamura.

🗞️ Team News: Sanfrecce Hiroshima

The Sanfrecce Hiroshima manager Michael Skibbe doesn’t have any fitness concerns at all ahead of this clash owing to a fully injury-free squad ready to go.

🗞️ Team News: Kawasaki Frontale

With a completely healthy squad available to choose from, the Kawasaki Frontale manager Shigetoshi Hasebe doesn’t have any fitness worries to speak of coming into this clash.

🔮 Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Kawasaki Frontale may not find it easy to score against this Sanfrecce Hiroshima outfit who we think might well score at least once to put them ahead.

We’re therefore predicting a hard-fought 1-0 win for Sanfrecce Hiroshima at the conclusion of the game.

Hopefully it’s a good one.

Lucas Pereira, 08:04 31/05/2025