📊 Form Guide

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 1-0 J1 League triumph versus Yokohama FC.

In that match, Sanfrecce Hiroshima managed 58% possession and 15 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Sanfrecce Hiroshima was Sota Nakamura (78'). Yokohama FC got 3 shots on goal with 0 on target.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, finding the back of the net every time they’ve gone out to play in their last 6 matches.

They’ve claimed a sum of 8 during that time while also conceding a total of 5. Such a trend might not be carried forward here, however.

Their previous form shows that Sanfrecce Hiroshima:

• haven't been beaten in the league by Kashiwa Reysol in their last 5 matches.
• are unbeaten in their previous 3 league matches at home.

Kashiwa Reysol

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Since a losing effort in their last game against Kashima Antlers in J1 League competition, Kashiwa Reysol and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that match, Kashiwa Reysol had 66% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Kashima Antlers had 13 shots on goal with 4 on target. Léo Ceará (26', 50', 62') and Kimito Nono (57' Own goal) scored for Kashima Antlers.

Ricardo Rodríguez's Kashiwa Reysol have seen their efforts on goal rewarded 7 times throughout their previous six matches. The number of goals that they have conceded during that same period adds up to 6.

Leading up to this clash, Kashiwa Reysol:

• haven't beaten Sanfrecce Hiroshima in games played away from home for the previous 2 league games.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 2 league matches away from home.

👥 Head to head

A look at their most recent head-to-head clashes going back to 03/05/2022 shows us that Sanfrecce Hiroshima have won 4 of them and Kashiwa Reysol 1, with the number of drawn matches standing at 1.

12 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 8 for Sanfrecce and 4 netted by Reysol. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.

The previous league encounter featuring these sides was J1 League match day 28 on 25/08/2024 when it finished Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2-0 Kashiwa Reysol.

That day, Sanfrecce Hiroshima had 57% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 5 on target. The scorer was Shuto Nakano (38').

For their opponents, Kashiwa Reysol got 10 shots at goal with 5 on target. Tomoya Inukai (65' Own goal) was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Koki Nagamine.

ℹ️ Team News: Sanfrecce Hiroshima

There aren’t many selection issues, with just the sole fitness concern for the Sanfrecce Hiroshima boss Michael Skibbe to be concerned with due to a largely intact set of players. Tolgay Arslan (Knee injury) won’t play.

📋 Team News: Kashiwa Reysol

Thanks to a largely full-strength group, there’s only the lone fitness problem for the Kashiwa Reysol gaffer Ricardo Rodríguez to contend with. Tomoya Inukai (Broken collarbone) misses out for this game.

⚡ Prediction

We believe that Kashiwa Reysol should be able to put a goal past this Sanfrecce Hiroshima outfit, but it possibly won’t quite be as many as they will have scored against them.

Our tip is for a close game with a 2-1 winning margin for Sanfrecce Hiroshima at full-time. Looking forward to this.

Peter Guest, 04:03 16/03/2025