SENDAI. Vegalta Sendai conquers Sanfrecce Hiroshima with a 2-0 win with a goal from K. Sekiguchi (10′) and a goal from R. Kida (90′). Sanfrecce Hiroshima was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (71%).
The match was played at the Yurtec Stadium Sendai stadium in Sendai on Saturday and it started at 5:00 am local time. The referee was Hayato Shimizu with the assistance of Taku Nakano and Yuki Tsukakoshi. The 4th official was Reo Tanaka. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 11.7 degrees Celsius or 52.99 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 50%.
Match Statistics
- ! 29 Ball Possession 71
Shots
- 11 Total 15
- 6 On Target 4
- 5 Off Target 11
- 2 Shots blocked 1
- 65 Attack 94
- 27 Dangerous attack 64
- 71 Ball safe 69
- 0 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 3
Fouls
- 8 Total 6
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Sanfrecce Hiroshima was in firm control of the ball 71% while Vegalta Sendai was struggling with a 29% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Sanfrecce Hiroshima was more aggressive with 64 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyhow, Vegalta Sendai was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Vegalta Sendai shot 11 times, 6 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Sanfrecce Hiroshima shot 15 times, 4 on target, 11 off target.
Cards
Vegalta Sendai received 1 yellow card (K. Yoshino). On the other side, Sanfrecce Hiroshima received 1 yellow card (Rhayner).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Vegalta Sendai will have 26 points to stay in the 19th place. Regarding the opposition, Sanfrecce Hiroshima will stay with 45 points to stay in the 10th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the J-League, Vegalta Sendai will play away with Vissel Kobe on the 3rd of November with a 11-7 head to head statistic in favor of Vissel Kobe (3 draws).
Sanfrecce Hiroshima will host Kashima Antlers on the 3rd of November with a 13-8 head to head stats in favor of Kashima Antlers (8 draws).
Vegalta Sendai – Formation
Vegalta Sendai
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64'
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Vegalta Sendai started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Makoto Teguramori decided to play with the following team: Jakub Słowik , Takumi Mase , Hisashi Appiah Tawiah , Kyohei Yoshino , Takayoshi Ishihara , Chihiro Kato , Shingo Tomita , Yoshiki Matsushita , Kunimitsu Sekiguchi , Cayman Togashi and Shuhei Akasaki .
The home team had on the bench: Koji Hachisuka , Naoya Fukumori, Felippe Cardoso , Ryoma Kida , Nedeljko Stojisic, Rikiya Uehara and Takuma Nishimura .
Substitutions
Vegalta Sendai made 5 changes: C. Togashi for T. Nishimura (64′), K. Sekiguchi for R. Kida (64′), S. Akasaki for F. Cardoso (75′), C. Kato for K. Hachisuka (87′) and S. Tomita for R. Uehara (87′).
Best player: Yoshiki Matsushita
The most impressive player for Vegalta Sendai was Yoshiki Matsushita even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 41 passes (75% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 3 crosses.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima – Formation
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Sanfrecce Hiroshima started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Regarding the opposition, Hiroshi Jofuku played with: Takuto Hayashi , Yuki Nogami , Hayato Araki , Sho Sasaki , Tomoya Fujii , Toshihiro Aoyama , Rhayner , Shunki Higashi , Kosei Shibasaki , Tsukasa Morishima and Yuya Asano .
They had on the bench: Yuta Imazu, Taishi Matsumoto , Júnior Santos , Yoichi Naganuma, Yusuke Chajima , Ezequiel and Keisuke Osako.
Substitutions
Sanfrecce Hiroshima made 4 changes: K. Shibasaki for Ezequiel (46′), T. Fujii for Y. Chajima (59′), Y. Asano for Junior Santos (59′) and Rhayner for T. Matsumoto (79′).
Best player: Sho Sasaki
The most impressive player for Sanfrecce Hiroshima was Sho Sasaki.
His rating is with 93 passes (83% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 11 duels out of 14. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the J-League.
