FRISCO. Sanfrecce Hiroshima beat Nagoya Grampus to win 2-1. A goal from K. Junker was decisive in the 88min. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Sanfrecce Hiroshima to strike first with a goal of Hayato Araki at the 48′. Then Mutsuki Kato scored again for Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the 55′ minute. Eventually, Kasper Junker reduced the distance for Nagoya Grampus (88′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.
The match was played at the Toyota Stadium stadium in Frisco on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Ryo Tanimoto with the collaboration of Ryo Hirama and Koji Morikawa. The 4th official was Akihiro Takeda. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was extremely hot at 34.75 degrees Celsius or 94.55 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.
Match Statistics
- 49 Ball Possession 51
Shots
- 5 Total 18
- 1 On Target 7
- 2 Off Target 8
- 2 Shots blocked 4
- 110 Attack 101
- 33 Dangerous attack 44
- 94 Ball safe 90
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 5
Fouls
- 15 Total 19
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Nagoya Grampus was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Sanfrecce Hiroshima that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Sanfrecce Hiroshima was putting more pressure with 44 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sanfrecce Hiroshima won the contest.
Nagoya Grampus shot 5 times, 1 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Sanfrecce Hiroshima shot 18 times, 7 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Nagoya Grampus received 1 yellow card (Ryuji Izumi). On the opposite side, Sanfrecce Hiroshima received 1 yellow card (Hayao Kawabe).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Nagoya Grampus stays with 34 points like Kawasaki Frontale to sit in the 14th place. Regarding the opposition, Sanfrecce Hiroshima will has 49 points to hold in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the J-League, Nagoya Grampus will play away against Shonan Bellmare on the 24th of August with a 8-5 head to head stats in favor of Nagoya Grampus (8 draws).
Sanfrecce Hiroshima will host Kashiwa Reysol on the 25th of August with a 10-9 head to head in favor of Kashiwa Reysol (10 draws).
Nagoya Grampus – Formation
Nagoya Grampus adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Kenta Hasegawa decided to play with the following team: Mitchell Langerak
, Yuki Nogami , Kennedy Egbus Mikuni , Akinari Kawazura , Katsuhiro Nakayama , Sho Inagaki , Keiya Shiihashi , Ryuji Izumi , Tsukasa Morishima , Yuya Yamagishi and Patric .The home team had on the bench: Chang-rae Ha, Yohei Takeda, Ken Masui
, Takuya Shigehiro, Taichi Kikuchi , Ryosuke Yamanaka and Kasper Junker .Substitutions
Nagoya Grampus made 4 changes: Katsuhiro Nakayama for Taichi Kikuchi (56′), Keiya Shiihashi for Ryosuke Yamanaka (56′), Patric for Kasper Junker (71′) and Ryuji Izumi for Ken Masui (85′).
Player of the match: Sho Inagaki
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Nagoya Grampus was Sho Inagaki.
His rating is
with 46 passes (89% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 7 duels out of 13. He performed 2 crosses.Sanfrecce Hiroshima – Formation
Also Sanfrecce Hiroshima adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Michael Skibbe played with: Keisuke Osako
, Shuto Nakano , Hayato Araki , Sho Sasaki , Naoto Arai , Tsukasa Shiotani , Hayao Kawabe , Shunki Higashi , Makoto Mitsuta , Taishi Matsumoto and Mutsuki Kato .The following players were sitting on the bench: Yoshifumi Kashiwa, Goro Kawanami, Osamu Henry Iyoha, Tolgay Arslan
, Sota Koshimichi, Yotaro Nakajima and Alen Inoue .Substitutions
Sanfrecce Hiroshima made 3 changes: Makoto Mitsuta for Sota Koshimichi (90′), Hayao Kawabe for Tolgay Arslan (74′) and Mutsuki Kato for Alen Inoue (74′).
Player of the match: Hayato Araki
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sanfrecce Hiroshima was Hayato Araki.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 58 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 13 duels out of 15. He hit the woodwork once times.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the J-League.
- Kashima Antlers – Urawa Reds – 0-0
- Machida Zelvia – Júbilo Iwata – 4-0
- FC Tokyo – Tokyo Verdy – 0-0
- Kawasaki Frontale – Yokohama F. Marinos – 1-3
- Shonan Bellmare – Kashiwa Reysol – 1-2
- Nagoya Grampus – Sanfrecce Hiroshima – 1-2
- Cerezo Osaka – Kyoto Sanga – 3-5
- Vissel Kobe – Gamba Osaka – 2-2
- Avispa Fukuoka – Albirex Niigata – 0-1