Sanfrecce Hiroshima snatches a 2-1 win against Nagoya Grampus. HIGHLIGHTS

FRISCO. Sanfrecce Hiroshima defeated Nagoya Grampus to win 2-1. A goal from K. Junker was decisive in the 88min.

August 18, 2024

FRISCO. Sanfrecce Hiroshima beat Nagoya Grampus to win 2-1. A goal from K. Junker was decisive in the 88min. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Sanfrecce Hiroshima to strike first with a goal of Hayato Araki at the 48′. Then Mutsuki Kato scored again for Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the 55′ minute. Eventually, Kasper Junker reduced the distance for Nagoya Grampus (88′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.

The match was played at the Toyota Stadium stadium in Frisco on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Ryo Tanimoto with the collaboration of Ryo Hirama and Koji Morikawa. The 4th official was Akihiro Takeda. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was extremely hot at 34.75 degrees Celsius or 94.55 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.

Match Statistics

Nagoya Grampus

1 - 2

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

49 Ball Possession 51

Shots

5 Total 18
1 On Target 7
2 Off Target 8
2 Shots blocked 4

110 Attack 101
33 Dangerous attack 44
94 Ball safe 90

0 Penalties 0
3 Corners 5

Fouls

15 Total 19
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

4 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Nagoya Grampus was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Sanfrecce Hiroshima that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Sanfrecce Hiroshima was putting more pressure with 44 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sanfrecce Hiroshima won the contest.

Nagoya Grampus shot 5 times, 1 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Sanfrecce Hiroshima shot 18 times, 7 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Nagoya Grampus received 1 yellow card (Ryuji Izumi). On the opposite side, Sanfrecce Hiroshima received 1 yellow card (Hayao Kawabe).

Match Timeline

45'

Hayao Kawabe- Yellow

48'

Hayato Araki(goal)

55'

Mutsuki Kato(goal)Shuto Nakano

Taichi Kikuchi- sub ->Katsuhiro Nakayama

56'

Ryosuke Yamanaka- sub ->Keiya Shiihashi

56'

Kasper Junker- sub ->Patric

71'

74'

Tolgay Arslan- sub ->Hayao Kawabe

74'

Alen Inoue- sub ->Mutsuki Kato

Ryuji Izumi- Yellow

79'

Ken Masui- sub ->Ryuji Izumi

85'

Kasper Junker(goal)Sho Inagaki

88'

90'

Sota Koshimichi- sub ->Makoto Mitsuta

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this contest, Nagoya Grampus stays with 34 points like Kawasaki Frontale to sit in the 14th place. Regarding the opposition, Sanfrecce Hiroshima will has 49 points to hold in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the J-League, Nagoya Grampus will play away against Shonan Bellmare on the 24th of August with a 8-5 head to head stats in favor of Nagoya Grampus (8 draws).

Sanfrecce Hiroshima will host Kashiwa Reysol on the 25th of August with a 10-9 head to head in favor of Kashiwa Reysol (10 draws).

Nagoya Grampus – Formation

Nagoya Grampus

Mitchell Langerak 1.Australia

7.3

Yuki Nogami 2.Japan

6.6

Kennedy Egbus Mikuni 20.Japan

7.1

Akinari Kawazura 24.Japan

7.3

Ryuji Izumi 7.Japan

6.7

85'

79'

Keiya Shiihashi 8.Japan

6.7

56'

Yuya Yamagishi 11.Japan

6.9

Tsukasa Morishima 14.Japan

6.9

Sho Inagaki 15.Japan

7.9

Katsuhiro Nakayama 27.Japan

6.4

56'

Patric 10.Brazil

6.9

71'

Substitutes

Yohei Takeda 16.Japan

Chang-rae Ha 3.South Korea

Ken Masui 17.Japan

6.9

85'

Takuya Shigehiro 19.Japan

Taichi Kikuchi 33.Japan

6.9

56'

Ryosuke Yamanaka 66.Japan

6.7

56'

Kasper Junker 77.Denmark

7.5

71'

88'

Nagoya Grampus adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Kenta Hasegawa decided to play with the following team: Mitchell Langerak (7.3), Yuki Nogami (6.6), Kennedy Egbus Mikuni (7.1), Akinari Kawazura (7.3), Katsuhiro Nakayama (6.4), Sho Inagaki (7.9), Keiya Shiihashi (6.7), Ryuji Izumi (6.7), Tsukasa Morishima (6.9), Yuya Yamagishi (6.9) and Patric (6.9).

The home team had on the bench: Chang-rae Ha, Yohei Takeda, Ken Masui (6.9), Takuya Shigehiro, Taichi Kikuchi (6.9), Ryosuke Yamanaka (6.7) and Kasper Junker (7.5).

Substitutions

Nagoya Grampus made 4 changes: Katsuhiro Nakayama for Taichi Kikuchi (56′), Keiya Shiihashi for Ryosuke Yamanaka (56′), Patric for Kasper Junker (71′) and Ryuji Izumi for Ken Masui (85′).

Player of the match: Sho Inagaki

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Nagoya Grampus was Sho Inagaki.

His rating is 7.9 with 46 passes (89% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 7 duels out of 13. He performed 2 crosses.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima – Formation

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Keisuke Osako 1.Japan

6.5

Hayato Araki 4.Japan

8.4

48'

Shuto Nakano 15.Japan

7.8

Sho Sasaki 19.Japan

6.8

Makoto Mitsuta 11.Japan

7.5

90'

Naoto Arai 13.Japan

7.0

Taishi Matsumoto 14.Japan

7.5

Shunki Higashi 24.Japan

7.1

Tsukasa Shiotani 33.Japan

6.7

Hayao Kawabe 66.Japan

7.3

74'

45'

Mutsuki Kato 51.Japan

7.9

74'

55'

Substitutes

Goro Kawanami 22.Japan

Yoshifumi Kashiwa 18.Japan

Tolgay Arslan 30.Germany

6.7

74'

Sota Koshimichi 32.Japan

90'

Yotaro Nakajima 35.Japan

Osamu Henry Iyoha 27.Japan

Alen Inoue 36.Japan

6.5

74'

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

Michael Skibbe played with: Keisuke Osako (6.5), Shuto Nakano (7.8), Hayato Araki (8.4), Sho Sasaki (6.8), Naoto Arai (7.0), Tsukasa Shiotani (6.7), Hayao Kawabe (7.3), Shunki Higashi (7.1), Makoto Mitsuta (7.5), Taishi Matsumoto (7.5) and Mutsuki Kato (7.9).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Yoshifumi Kashiwa, Goro Kawanami, Osamu Henry Iyoha, Tolgay Arslan (6.7), Sota Koshimichi, Yotaro Nakajima and Alen Inoue (6.5).

Substitutions

Sanfrecce Hiroshima made 3 changes: Makoto Mitsuta for Sota Koshimichi (90′), Hayao Kawabe for Tolgay Arslan (74′) and Mutsuki Kato for Alen Inoue (74′).