HIROSHIMA. Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Consadole Sapporo didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday..

The match was played at the EDION Stadium stadium in Hiroshima on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Takafumi Mikuriya who had the assistance of Taku Nakano and Makoto Hibino. The 4th official was Takahiro Ogata. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9.9 degrees Celsius or 49.78 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 98%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Sanfrecce Hiroshima was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Consadole Sapporo that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Sanfrecce Hiroshima was putting more pressure with 50 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 5 were on target. However, that was not enough Sanfrecce Hiroshima to win the match​.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima shot 16 times, 5 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Consadole Sapporo shot 4 times, 0 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Sanfrecce Hiroshima received 2 yellow cards (Nassim Ben Khalifa and T. Kawamura). Talking about the opposition, Consadole Sapporo received 1 yellow card (Daiki Suga).

Standings

After this match, Sanfrecce Hiroshima has 1 points to occupy the 11th place in the standings. On the other side, Consadole Sapporo has 1 points (12th).

Next matches

In the next match in the J-League, Sanfrecce Hiroshima will play away with Avispa Fukuoka on the 2nd of December with a 6-2 head to head record in favor of Sanfrecce Hiroshima (2 draws).

Consadole Sapporo will host Urawa Reds on the 2nd of December with a 6-5 head to head record in favor of Urawa Reds (5 draws).

Sanfrecce Hiroshima – Formation

Sanfrecce Hiroshima adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Michael Skibbe decided to play with the following team: Keisuke Osako (6.8), Tsukasa Shiotani (7.1), Hayato Araki (7.0), Sho Sasaki (7.0), Shuto Nakano (6.4), Gakuto Notsuda (8.0), Taishi Matsumoto (6.8), Shunki Higashi (6.8), Makoto Mitsuta (7.3), Takumu Kawamura (7.3) and Nassim Ben Khalifa (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Sumiyoshi Jeranireshōn, Ezequiel (6.7), Hiroya Matsumoto, Pieros Sotiriou (6.4), Kosei Shibasaki, Goro Kawanami and Takaaki Shichi.

Substitutions

Sanfrecce Hiroshima made 4 changes: Nassim Ben Khalifa for Ezequiel (67′), Nassim Ben Khalifa for Pieros Sotiriou (67′), S. Higashi for Hiroya Matsumoto (84′) and Shuto Nakano for Kosei Shibasaki (84′).

Best player: Gakuto Notsuda​

The player that probably impressed the most for Sanfrecce Hiroshima was Gakuto Notsuda.

His rating is (8.0) with 40 passes (70% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 12 crosses.

Consadole Sapporo – Formation

Also Consadole Sapporo adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Mihailo Petrović played with: Takanori Sugeno (8.1), Shunta Tanaka (7.5), Daihachi Okamura (7.8), Akito Fukumori (6.5), Yuya Asano (6.2), Takuma Arano (7.0), Hiroki Miyazawa (6.9), Daiki Suga (7.4), Takuro Kaneko (6.8), Ryota Aoki (6.7) and Geon-heui Kim (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Seiya Baba (6.4), Taika Nakashima, Toya Nakamura, Yuki Kobayashi (6.4), Supachok Sarachart, Daigo Nishi and Sung-Yun Gu.

Substitutions

Consadole Sapporo made 4 changes: Yuya Asano for Yuki Kobayashi (46′), Hiroki Miyazawa for Seiya Baba (88′), Akito Fukumori for Toya Nakamura (88′) and Gun-hee Kim for Taika Nakashima (90′).

Best player: Takanori Sugeno​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Consadole Sapporo was the goalkeeper: Takanori Sugeno. His rating is 8.11. He performed 5 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the J-League.​

• Sagan Tosu – Shonan Bellmare – 1-5
• Sanfrecce Hiroshima – Consadole Sapporo – 0-0
• Vissel Kobe – Avispa Fukuoka – 1-0
• Cerezo Osaka – Albirex Niigata – 2-2
• Kyoto Sanga – Kashima Antlers – 0-2
• Yokohama – Nagoya Grampus – 0-1
• Tokyo – Urawa Reds – 2-0
• Kashiwa Reysol – Gamba Osaka – 2-2