HIROSHIMA. Sanfrecce Hiroshima defeats Urawa Reds 2-0 after Y. Ohashi scores 2 goals.
Pieros Sotiriou didn’t score a penalty (54′) for Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
The match was played at the EDION Stadium stadium in Hiroshima on Friday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Futoshi Nakamura with the support of Kota Watanabe and Mitsuharu Taketa. The 4th official was Koji Takasaki. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 7.27 degrees Celsius or 45.09 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.
Match Statistics
- 43 Ball Possession 57
Shots
- 27 Total 17
- 11 On Target 4
- 13 Off Target 7
- 4 Shots blocked 6
- 117 Attack 95
- 55 Dangerous attack 41
- 70 Ball safe 104
- 1 Penalties 0
- 9 Corners 5
Fouls
- 13 Total 8
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Urawa Reds had a superior ball possession 57% while Sanfrecce Hiroshima was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Sanfrecce Hiroshima had a more offensive attitude with 55 dangerous attacks and 27 shots of which 11 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sanfrecce Hiroshima won the match.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima shot 27 times, 11 on target, 13 off target. Talking about the opposition, Urawa Reds shot 17 times, 4 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Sanfrecce Hiroshima received 2 yellow cards (Pieros Sotiriou and Sho Sasaki). On the opposite side, Urawa Reds received 1 yellow card (Yoshio Koizumi).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Sanfrecce Hiroshima has 3 points to occupy the 3rd place in the standings. On the other side, Urawa Reds stays with 0 points (18th).
Next matches
Sanfrecce Hiroshima – Formation
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
29'
90'
45', 55'
Sanfrecce Hiroshima started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Michael Skibbe decided to play with the following team: Keisuke Osako , Tsukasa Shiotani , Hayato Araki , Sho Sasaki , Shuto Nakano , Makoto Mitsuta , Takumu Kawamura , Shunki Higashi , Yuki Ohashi , Mutsuki Kato and Pieros Sotiriou .
The home team had on the bench: Taichi Yamasaki, Gakuto Notsuda, Douglas Vieira , Taishi Matsumoto , Ezequiel, Goro Kawanami and Motoki Ohara.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima could not rely on the presence of Taichi Yamasaki (injured).
Substitutions
Sanfrecce Hiroshima made 3 changes: Mutsuki Kato for Taishi Matsumoto (82′), Pieros Sotiriou for Douglas Vieira (73′) and Takumu Kawamura for Taichi Yamasaki (90′).
Player of the match: Yuki Ohashi
The player that probably impressed the most for Sanfrecce Hiroshima was Yuki Ohashi.
His rating is with 2 goals, 24 passes (82% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 5 duels out of 19. He performed 5 crosses.
Urawa Reds – Formation
Urawa Reds
Urawa Reds started with a 4-1-2-3 line-up (4-1-2-3).
Per-Mathias Høgmo played with: Samuel Gustafson, Shusaku Nishikawa , Hiroki Sakai , Alexander Scholz , Marius Höibraten , Ryoma Watanabe , Atsuki Ito , Samuel Gustafson , Yoshio Koizumi , Yusuke Matsuo and Thiago Santana , Takahiro Sekine .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Ken Iwao , Shoya Nakajima , Ayumi Niekawa, Yota Sato, Shinzo Koroki , Naoki Maeda and Ayumu Ohata .
Substitutions
Urawa Reds made 5 changes: Takahiro Sekine for Ken Iwao (67′), Yusuke Matsuo for Shoya Nakajima (82′), Atsuki Ito for Naoki Maeda (67′), Ryoma Watanabe for Ayumu Ohata (76′) and Thiago Santana for Shinzo Koroki (76′).
Player of the match: Shusaku Nishikawa
The player that probably impressed the most for Urawa Reds was the goalkeeper: Shusaku Nishikawa. His rating is 8.06. He performed 9 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the J-League.
