OSAKA. Sanfrecce Hiroshima snatched a late win Cerezo Osaka 1-0 after D. Vieira scored just 1 goal (90′). Sanfrecce Hiroshima made the most of its better ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Yanmar Stadium Nagai stadium in Osaka. The referee was Yuichi Nishimura who was helped by Akane Yagi and Kentaro Matsui. The 4th official was Akihito Kawasaki. The weather was rainy. The temperature was pleasant at 20.8 degrees Celsius or 69.49 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 52%.
Match Statistics
- 44 Ball Possession 56
Shots
- 7 Total 28
- 3 On Target 9
- 3 Off Target 12
- 1 Shots blocked 7
- 70 Attack 144
- 18 Dangerous attack 78
- 95 Ball safe 78
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 10
- 1 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 10 Total 12
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 2 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Sanfrecce Hiroshima had a strong ball possession 56% while Cerezo Osaka was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Sanfrecce Hiroshima was more aggressive with 78 dangerous attacks and 28 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sanfrecce Hiroshima won the match.
Cerezo Osaka shot 7 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Sanfrecce Hiroshima shot 28 times, 9 on target, 12 off target.
Cards
Cerezo Osaka received 1 yellow card (Léo Ceará). Regarding the opposition, Sanfrecce Hiroshima received 1 yellow card (Douglas Vieira).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Cerezo Osaka will stay with 14 points to hold in the 8th place. Talking about the opposition, Sanfrecce Hiroshima will have 20 points to remain in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the J-League, Cerezo Osaka will play away with Albirex Niigata on the 2nd of December with a 7-4 head to head statistic in favor of Cerezo Osaka (6 draws).
Sanfrecce Hiroshima will play away agasint Avispa Fukuoka on the 2nd of December with a 6-2 head to head stats in favor of Sanfrecce Hiroshima (2 draws).
Cerezo Osaka – Formation
Cerezo Osaka
86'
90'
Cerezo Osaka started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Akio Kogiku decided to play with the following team: Jin Hyeon Kim , Riku Matsuda , Matej Jonjić , Koji Toriumi , Ryosuke Yamanaka , Hiroaki Okuno , Riki Harakawa , Shinji Kagawa , Seiya Maikuma , Léo Ceará and Hirotaka Tameda .
The home team had on the bench: Sota Kitano, Ryosuke Shindo, Han-been Yang, Hikaru Nakahara , Satoki Uejo, Mutsuki Kato and Ryuya Nishio.
Substitutions
Cerezo Osaka made 2 changes: Hirotaka Tameda for M. Kato (71′) and Seiya Maikuma for Hikaru Nakahara (86′).
Best player: Jin Hyeon Kim
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Cerezo Osaka was the goalkeeper: Jin Hyeon Kim. His rating is 8.44. He performed 6 saves.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima – Formation
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
90'
Sanfrecce Hiroshima started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Michael Skibbe played with: Keisuke Osako , Tsukasa Shiotani , Hayato Araki , Sho Sasaki , Sota Koshimichi , Takumu Kawamura , Gakuto Notsuda , Shunki Higashi , Makoto Mitsuta , Tsukasa Morishima and Nassim Ben Khalifa .
They had on the bench: Taishi Matsumoto, Goro Kawanami, Shuto Nakano, Douglas Vieira , Takaaki Shichi, Ezequiel and Pieros Sotiriou.
Substitutions
Sanfrecce Hiroshima made 3 changes: Nassim Ben Khalifa for Douglas Vieira (60′), Sota Koshimichi for Ezequiel (77′) and Tsukasa Morishima for Shuto Nakano (90′).
Best player: Gakuto Notsuda
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sanfrecce Hiroshima was Gakuto Notsuda even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 60 passes (90% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 11. He performed 9 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the J-League.
- Kashima Antlers – Gamba Osaka – 4-0
- Avispa Fukuoka – Kawasaki Frontale – 1-3
- Yokohama F. Marinos – Nagoya Grampus – 1-1
- Tokyo – Albirex Niigata – 2-1
- Kashiwa Reysol – Kyoto Sanga – 1-1
- Vissel Kobe – Shonan Bellmare – 2-0
- Cerezo Osaka – Sanfrecce Hiroshima – 0-1
- Yokohama – Consadole Sapporo – 1-4
