Kawasaki Frontale vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima Prediction & Betting Tips

Kawasaki Frontale are going up against visiting club Sanfrecce Hiroshima at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium in the J1 League fixture on Sunday.

Our tips, poll and stats for Kawasaki Frontale v Sanfrecce Hiroshima can all be found here - along with the latest match odds.

📊 Form Guide

Kawasaki Frontale WLDWWW 📈

Kawasaki Frontale, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 3-2 J1 League victory against Vissel Kobe.

For Kawasaki Frontale, the goalscorers were Yū Kobayashi (8'), Leandro Damião (82') and Taisei Miyashiro (85'). Kyogo Furuhashi (23') and Noriaki Fujimoto (59') scored for Vissel Kobe.

Kawasaki Frontale have been so strong in attack recently, putting 18 goals past their opponents over the course of the previous six outings. In those games, Frontale have also seen the tally of goals that have gone against them total 8.

Ahead of this meeting, Kawasaki Frontale have not been beaten in their last 8 home league matches. It's been impressive.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima LDLDWW 🌤

Sanfrecce Hiroshima come into this meeting after a 4-1 J1 League win to defeat Shimizu S-Pulse in their previous outing.

For Sanfrecce Hiroshima, the goalscorers were Ezequiel (31'), Douglas Vieira (72'), Leandro Pereira (81') and Yoshifumi Kashiwa (88'). Carlinhos (90') was the scorer for Shimizu S-Pulse.

The stats don’t lie, and Sanfrecce Hiroshima have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, conceding 9 goals in total. At the back, Sanfrecce certainly have room for improvement. That sort of pattern won’t necessarily follow through into this game, though.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their prior head to head clashes stretching back to 17/06/2017 shows that Kawasaki Frontale have won 4 of these games and Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2, with the tally of drawn games standing at 0.

In all, 16 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 10 for Frontale and 6 created by Sanfrecce. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.67.

The previous league meeting between these clubs was J1 League match day 30 on 02/11/2019 when it ended Kawasaki Frontale 2-1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

The referee was Yudai Yamamoto.

ℹ️ Team News: Kawasaki Frontale

There aren’t many selection issues, with just the sole fitness concern for the Kawasaki Frontale boss Tōru Oniki to be concerned about from of an almost fully healthy set of players. Tatsuya Hasegawa (Medial Collateral Ligament Tear) won’t play.

📋 Team News: Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Due to a fully injury-free squad available to select from, Sanfrecce Hiroshima manager Hiroshi Jofuku has no fitness worries to speak of before this clash.

✨ Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Sanfrecce Hiroshima must be fancied to break down this Kawasaki Frontale team, although that may not be enough to avoid defeat.

We’re going for a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 advantage for Kawasaki Frontale at the end of the 90 minutes. There shouldn’t be much in it, either way.

Victor Martins, 23:15 08/09/2020