Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Kawasaki Frontale Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima will be looking for a repeat result of the 0-6 J. League Cup success versus Nara Club.

For Sanfrecce Hiroshima, the goalscorers were Yoshifumi Kashiwa (43'), Yuki Ohashi (48'), Makoto Mitsuta (52'), Shunki Higashi (89'), Pieros Sotiriou (90') and Marcos Júnior (90').

Their more recent scorelines reveal that much solidity has been shown by the Sanfrecce Hiroshima backline. Sanfrecce Hiroshima have been mean at the back, resulting in the tally of goals that have gone in at their end during their past six clashes standing at 4.

Coming into this clash, Sanfrecce Hiroshima are unbeaten in their previous 12 league matches at home. It's been impressive.

Kawasaki Frontale

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Previously, Kawasaki Frontale drew 0-0 in the J1 League match with Tokyo Verdy.

In that game, Kawasaki Frontale managed 59% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Tokyo Verdy had 18 shots at goal with 6 of them on target.

The forward players for Kawasaki Frontale have struggled for goals over their previous 6 games, recording the poor return of only 4. In those matches, Frontale have also seen the overall goal tally of their opponents equal 4. Having said that, it remains to be seen if that pattern might be replicated in this game.

Going into this contest, Kawasaki Frontale are without an away win for the past 3 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

Checking on their past head-to-head clashes dating back to 18/04/2021 shows that Sanfrecce Hiroshima have won 1 of these games and Kawasaki Frontale 3, with the tally of drawn results standing at 2.

A total of 16 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 5 for Sanfrecce and 11 belonging to Frontale. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.67.

The last league match featuring these sides was J1 League match day 24 on 19/08/2023 when the final score was Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3-2 Kawasaki Frontale.

In that match, Sanfrecce Hiroshima had 46% possession and 14 shots at goal with 11 on target. The goals were scored by Pieros Sotiriou (15'), Marcos Júnior (60') and Makoto Mitsuta (97').

At the other end, Kawasaki Frontale had 7 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Yasuto Wakizaka (24') and Miki Yamane (71') scored.

The referee was Hajime Matsuo.

ℹ️ Team News: Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Douglas Vieira (Knee injury), Hayato Araki (Hamstring injury), Yusuke Chajima (Calf strain), Ezequiel (Hamstring injury) and Taichi Yamasaki (Cruciate ligament injury) won’t be playing for Sanfrecce Hiroshima gaffer Michael Skibbe.

📰 Team News: Kawasaki Frontale

Kawasaki Frontale boss Tōru Oniki has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Bafétimbi Gomis (Hamstring injury), Ten Miyagi (Meniscus tear), Shintaro Kurumaya (Meniscus injury), Ryota Oshima (Calf strain), Sota Miura (Meniscus injury), Jesiel (Adductor injury) and Yuichi Maruyama (Hamstring injury) will not be playing here.

🧠 Prediction

We feel that in this game, Kawasaki Frontale would be disappointed if they were not to put one past this Sanfrecce Hiroshima team, although that probably shouldn’t be as many as the goals that they could concede.

We’re predicting a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 win for Sanfrecce Hiroshima by the conclusion of the game. Should be a good one.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 04:14 25/04/2024