HIROSHIMA. Sanfrecce Hiroshima prevails over Shonan Bellmare 2-0 after Y. Ohashi scores a double.

The match was played at the EDION Stadium stadium in Hiroshima on Sunday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Masuya Ueda assisted by Tomoyuki Umeda and Bumpei Ueda. The 4th official was Shūhei Ishimaru. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 16.3 degrees Celsius or 61.34 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Sanfrecce Hiroshima had a superior ball possession 57% while Shonan Bellmare was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sanfrecce Hiroshima had a more offensive attitude with 61 dangerous attacks and 29 shots of which 11 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sanfrecce Hiroshima won the match​.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima shot 29 times, 11 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Shonan Bellmare shot 8 times, 1 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Sanfrecce Hiroshima didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Shonan Bellmare received 2 yellow cards (S. Tanaka and Takuya Okamoto).

Also, Shonan Bellmare didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Bum-keun Song (Shonan Bellmare) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (48′).

Standings

After this encounter, Sanfrecce Hiroshima has 15 points like Cerezo Osaka to sit in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, Shonan Bellmare will stays with 5 points to hold in the 18th place.

Next matches

Sanfrecce Hiroshima – Formation

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 (7.0), Tsukasa Shiotani (7.0), Shuto Nakano (7.3), Sho Sasaki  (7.7), Naoto Arai (6.7), Taishi Matsumoto (7.1), Takumu Kawamura (7.3), Shunki Higashi (7.5), Mutsuki Kato (7.3), Makoto Mitsuta (8.1) and Yuki Ohashi (10.1).

The home team had on the bench: Gakuto Notsuda (7.0), Takaaki Shichi, Goro Kawanami, Sota Koshimichi (7.3), Yotaro Nakajima, Alen Inoue and Motoki Ohara (6.8).

Sanfrecce Hiroshima could not rely on the presence of Gakuto Notsuda (injured).

Substitutions

Sanfrecce Hiroshima made 4 changes: Naoto Arai for Sota Koshimichi (46′), Makoto Mitsuta for Motoki Ohara (89′), Takumu Kawamura for Gakuto Notsuda (74′) and Mutsuki Kato for Alen Inoue (90′).

Player of the match: Makoto Mitsuta​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sanfrecce Hiroshima was Makoto Mitsuta even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 8.1 with 31 passes (74% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 14 crosses.

Shonan Bellmare – Formation

Shonan Bellmare started with a 3-3-2-2 line-up (3-3-2-2).

Satoshi Yamaguchi played with: Bum-keun Song (6.4), Yuto Suzuki (7.9), Min-tae Kim  (7.1), Kazuki Oiwa (6.7), Takuya Okamoto (7.0), Masaki Ikeda (7.0), S. Tanaka (7.5), T. Hiraoka (6.7), T. Hata (7.3), Lukian (7.0) and Sho Fukuda (7.0).

They had on the bench: Daiki Sugioka (6.4), Hiroyuki Abe, Kohei Okuno (6.8), Hiroki Mawatari (6.7), Akito Suzuki (6.7), Naoya Takahashi and H. Ishii (7.0).

Substitutions

Shonan Bellmare made 5 changes: Masaki Ikeda for Akito Suzuki (46′), Takuya Okamoto for Hiroki Mawatari (51′), T. Hiraoka for Kohei Okuno (51′), T. Hata for Daiki Sugioka (80′) and Sho Fukuda for H. Ishii (81′).

Player of the match: Yuto Suzuki​

The player that probably impressed the most for Shonan Bellmare was Yuto Suzuki.

His rating is 7.9 with 35 passes (77% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 9. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the J-League.​

• Tokyo Verdy – Kashiwa Reysol – 1-1
• Albirex Niigata – Cerezo Osaka – 0-1
• Kyoto Sanga – Júbilo Iwata – 0-3
• Vissel Kobe – Yokohama F. Marinos – 1-2
• Sanfrecce Hiroshima – Shonan Bellmare – 2-0
• Urawa Reds – Sagan Tosu – 3-0
• Kawasaki Frontale – Machida Zelvia – 0-1
• Nagoya Grampus – Avispa Fukuoka – 0-0
• Tokyo – Kashima Antlers – 2-0