Vegalta Sendai vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima

1–0Full-time

WLLDWLGoals 10-14

LWWWDWGoals 25-7

Match events

51'Hiroaki Okuno
64'D. Schmidt
65'T. Morishima (Kazuyuki Morisaki)
68'S. Kobayashi (Koji Hachisuka)
74'Kosei Shibasaki (Y. Chajima)
81'S. Takahashi (M. Kudo)
83'Hiroaki Okuno (Yong-Gi Ryang)
90+4'Naoki Ishihara (Crislan)

Lineups

3-4-2-1

4-2-3-1

S. WatanabeCoach

J. Jönsson

Bench (7)

Match trends

Vegalta Sendai have averaged 1 goal scored per game over their last 10 matches.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima have averaged 2.5 goals scored per game over their last 10 matches.
Over 2.5 goals landed in 2 of the last 8 meetings between these two sides.
Both teams scored in 4 of the last 8 head-to-head matches.

Head-to-head

Last 8 meetings

3Vegalta Sendai wins

3Draws

2Sanfrecce Hiroshima wins

8-7Goals

2–0Oct 23, 2021, 5:00 AM

1–1Feb 27, 2021, 5:00 AM

0–0Oct 31, 2020, 4:00 AM

1–1Aug 29, 2020, 10:00 AM

1–0Dec 7, 2019, 5:00 AM

2–1May 12, 2019, 4:05 AM

0–1Nov 10, 2018, 5:00 AM

1–3May 12, 2018, 7:00 AM

Pre-match comparison

1Goals scored per game2.5

1.4Goals conceded per game0.7

Rolling averages based on each team's last 10 and 10 finished matches; clean sheets/failed-to-score are full-season totals.

Referee

Akihiko Ikeuchi

2.78Yellow cards / game

0.06Red cards / game

0Penalties scored / game

Based on 18 matches officiated (our own data).

When do they score?

Vegalta Sendai

0-15'

37.5%

16-30'

12.5%

31-45'

0%

46-60'

25%

61-75'

0%

76-90+'

25%

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

0-15'

16.7%

16-30'

16.7%

31-45'

16.7%

46-60'

8.3%

61-75'

16.7%

76-90+'

25%

Match statistics

46%Possession54%

—Expected goals (xG)—

8Shots on target2

16Total shots16

6Shots off target8

2Blocked shots6

9Shots inside the box12

7Shots outside the box4

5Corners9

0Offsides4

10Fouls13

1Yellow cards0

0Red cards0

2Goalkeeper saves7

336Total passes390

262Accurate passes319

78%Pass accuracy82%

Player ratings

1Takuma NishimuraVegalta Sendai7.8
2Yoshihiro NakanoVegalta Sendai7.8
3PatricSanfrecce Hiroshima7.7
4Kosei ShibasakiSanfrecce Hiroshima7.5
5Hirotaka MitaVegalta Sendai7.4
6T. MasushimaVegalta Sendai7.4

Box score

Vegalta Sendai

34

34K. ShiihashiD · 90'

6.7

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes82%

Tackles—

Duels50%

30Takuma NishimuraF · 90'

7.8

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Shots2/4 on target

Passes84%

Tackles—

Duels67%

27Kazuki OiwaD · 90'

7.1

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes78%

Tackles—

Duels45%

1

1D. SchmidtG · 90'

🟨7.2

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes52%

Tackles—

Duels—

7Hiroaki OkunoM · 83'

⚽ 17.2

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Shots1/1 on target

Passes76%

Tackles—

Duels38%

23Yoshihiro NakanoM · 90'

7.8

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Shots2/2 on target

Passes68%

Tackles—

Duels52%

18Hirotaka MitaM · 90'

7.4

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Shots1/1 on target

Passes84%

Tackles—

Duels40%

29

29S. KobayashiM · 68'

6.8

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Shots0/1 on target

Passes77%

Tackles—

Duels33%

17Shingo Tomita (C)M · 90'

6.7

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Shots0/1 on target

Passes82%

Tackles—

Duels40%

11Naoki IshiharaF · 89'

6.9

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Shots1/3 on target

Passes77%

Tackles—

Duels44%

50

50T. MasushimaD · 90'

7.4

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Shots0/2 on target

Passes78%

Tackles—

Duels64%

Bench (7)

21Kentaro SekiG

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4Koji HachisukaM · 22'

6.9

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Shots1/1 on target

Passes85%

Tackles—

Duels50%

10

10Yong-Gi RyangM · 7'

6.6

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes100%

Tackles—

Duels0%

20CrislanF · 1'

—

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes0%

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Duels0%

6

6ViniciusD

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26

26K. FujimuraM

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28Takumi SasakiM

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima

2Yuki NogamiD · 90'

6.9

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Shots0/3 on target

Passes76%

Tackles—

Duels64%

29

29T. MorishimaM · 65'

6.7

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes80%

Tackles—

Duels63%

5Kazuhiko ChibaD · 90'

6.8

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes82%

Tackles—

Duels33%

30Kosei ShibasakiM · 74'

7.5

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes95%

Tackles—

Duels56%

18Yoshifumi KashiwaM · 90'

7.1

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes87%

Tackles—

Duels67%

44Anderson LopesM · 90'

6.3

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Shots0/5 on target

Passes72%

Tackles—

Duels32%

39

39PatricF · 90'

7.7

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Shots1/6 on target

Passes60%

Tackles—

Duels59%

4Hiroki Mizumoto (C)D · 90'

6.7

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes90%

Tackles—

Duels25%

40Daiki NiwaD · 90'

6.8

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Shots0/1 on target

Passes79%

Tackles—

Duels50%

34

34H. NakabayashiG · 90'

7.3

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes57%

Tackles—

Duels0%

3

3S. TakahashiD · 81'

6.9

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes75%

Tackles—

Duels86%

Bench (7)

7

7Y. ChajimaM · 16'

6.2

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Shots1/1 on target

Passes100%

Tackles—

Duels0%

50

50M. KudoF · 9'

6.6

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes66%

Tackles—

Duels50%

10FelipeM

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22

22Y. MinagawaF

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8

8Kazuyuki MorisakiM · 25'

6.9

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Shots0/0 on target

Passes93%

Tackles—

Duels0%

28

28T. MarutaniF

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21

21R. HironagaG

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