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​

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).

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 started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Makoto Teguramori decided to play with the following team: Jakub Słowik (7.4), Takumi Mase (6.9), Hisashi Appiah Tawiah (7.4), Kyohei Yoshino (7.3), Takayoshi Ishihara (7.0), Chihiro Kato (7.0), Shingo Tomita (6.7), Yoshiki Matsushita (7.6), Kunimitsu Sekiguchi (7.2), Cayman Togashi (7.0) and Shuhei Akasaki (6.9).

The home team had on the bench: Koji Hachisuka (6.4), Naoya Fukumori, Felippe Cardoso (6.3), Ryoma Kida (7.2), Nedeljko Stojisic, Rikiya Uehara (6.4) and Takuma Nishimura (6.8).

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 (7.6) 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 started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Regarding the opposition, Hiroshi Jofuku played with: Takuto Hayashi (6.3), Yuki Nogami (6.8), Hayato Araki (7.1), Sho Sasaki (7.7), Tomoya Fujii (6.8), Toshihiro Aoyama (7.2), Rhayner (7.0), Shunki Higashi (6.4), Kosei Shibasaki (6.6), Tsukasa Morishima (7.6) and Yuya Asano (6.4).

They had on the bench: Yuta Imazu, Taishi Matsumoto (7.0), Júnior Santos (6.1), Yoichi Naganuma, Yusuke Chajima (7.4), Ezequiel (6.8) 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 (7.7) 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.​

• Vegalta Sendai – Sanfrecce Hiroshima – 2-0
• Tokyo – Kashima Antlers – 1-2
• Tokushima Vortis – Oita Trinita – 1-1
• Shonan Bellmare – Yokohama – 2-1
• Gamba Osaka – Sagan Tosu – 1-0