Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Kawasaki Frontale match stats & report

1–2 Full time

J1 League · Japan · Regular Season - 19 · Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima, Hiroshima · Ref Martin Petersen, Germany

Sanfrecce Hiroshima stats & fixtures · Kawasaki Frontale stats & fixtures

Sanfrecce Hiroshima lost to Kawasaki Frontale 1–2 in the J1 League on 31 May 2025. Expected goals finished 1.59–2.01. Kawasaki Frontale had 52% of the ball.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Kawasaki Frontale match statistics

Sanfrecce HiroshimaKawasaki Frontale

48% Ball possession 52%
1.59 Expected goals (xG) 2.01
19 Total shots 13
7 Shots on target 7
7 Shots off target 2
5 Blocked shots 4
16 Shots inside the box 9
5 Corners 3
5 Fouls 4
1 Yellow cards 2
491 Passes 544
82% Pass accuracy 81%
4 Goalkeeper saves 6

Goals and cards

50' Goal Marcinho Kawasaki Frontale
75' Yellow card A. Ienaga Kawasaki Frontale
84' Yellow card Y. Segawa Kawasaki Frontale
86' Goal H. Araki (assist S. Nakamura) Sanfrecce Hiroshima
90' Goal A. Sasaki Kawasaki Frontale
90+4' Yellow card N. Maeda Sanfrecce Hiroshima

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Confirmed 3-4-2-1 Michael Heinz Skibbe

1 K. Osako

19 S. Sasaki 4 H. Araki 33 T. Shiotani

13 N. Arai 6 H. Kawabe 24 S. Higashi 15 S. Nakano

51 M. Kato 98 V. Germain

9 R. Germain

Bench Jeong Min-ki , T. Yamasaki , H. Matsumoto , Marcos Junior , D. Suga , S. Inoue , S. Koshimichi , S. Nakamura , N. Maeda

Kawasaki Frontale

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 Shigetoshi Hasebe

98 L. Yamaguchi

5 A. Sasaki 35 Y. Maruyama 2 Kota Takai 31 S. van Wermeskerken

6 Y. Yamamoto 19 S. Kawahara

23 Marcinho 14 Y. Wakizaka 41 A. Ienaga

20 Shin Yamada

Bench Jung Sung-Ryong , S. Tanabe , C. Haydar , K. Tachibanada , Y. Ozeki , Y. Segawa , H. Yamauchi , S. Kanda , Y. Kobayashi

Form guide

Sanfrecce Hiroshima at home

9–1–0 in 10 matches

Scored: 3.2 per game
Conceded: 0.6 per game
Clean sheets: 5 / 10
Corners: 5.6 per game
Shots on target: 7.3 per game

38% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Kawasaki Frontale away

5–2–3 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.7 per game
Conceded: 1.0 per game
Clean sheets: 3 / 10
Corners: 4.1 per game
Shots on target: 4.8 per game

33% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Kawasaki Frontale head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
29 Jun 24	Kawasaki Frontale v Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–1
28 Apr 24	Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Kawasaki Frontale	2–2
19 Aug 23	Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Kawasaki Frontale	3–2
11 Jun 23	Kawasaki Frontale v Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–0

Only 4 previous meetings on record. The Ghost weights head-to-head lightly — form is a stronger signal.

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