Tokyo defeats Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2-1. HIGHLIGHTS

CHōFU. Tokyo beat Sanfrecce Hiroshima to win 2-1.

March 14, 2022

CHōFU. Tokyo overcame Sanfrecce Hiroshima to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Tokyo to strike first with a goal of M. Morishige at the 60′. Then Adailton scored again for Tokyo in the 61′ minute. Eventually, S. Ayukawa reduced the distance for Sanfrecce Hiroshima (74′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.

The match was played at the Ajinomoto Stadium stadium in Chōfu on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Yusuke Araki with the assistance of Hiroshi Yamauchi and Toshiyuki Tanaka. The 4th official was Noriyuki Suzuki. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 19.6 degrees Celsius or 67.21 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 27%.

Match Statistics

Tokyo

2 - 1

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

46 Ball Possession 54

Shots

10 Total 13
5 On Target 6
5 Off Target 7
1 Shots blocked 2

71 Attack 70
47 Dangerous attack 82
87 Ball safe 68

0 Penalties 0
5 Corners 6
2 Off Sides 5

Fouls

7 Total 16
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Tokyo was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Sanfrecce Hiroshima that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Sanfrecce Hiroshima had a more offensive attitude with 82 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 6 were on target. Nonetheless, Tokyo found a way to find the solution to win this match.

Tokyo shot 10 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Sanfrecce Hiroshima shot 13 times, 6 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Tokyo received 1 yellow card (H. Mita). Talking about the opposition, Sanfrecce Hiroshima received 1 yellow card (T. Fujii).

Match Timeline

46'

Yuto Nagatomo- sub ->R. Watanabe

46'

49'

59'

M. Morishige(goal)H. Mita

60'

61'

63'

70'

Kosei Shibasaki- sub ->Y. Asano

70'

74'

K. Higashi- sub ->Adailton

80'

82'

Toshihiro Aoyama- sub ->Yuki Nogami

82'

Takumu Kawamura- sub ->Makoto Mitsuta

Keita Yamashita - sub ->Diego

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Next matches

In the next match in the J-League, Tokyo will host Kawasaki Frontale on the 4th of November with a 16-8 head to head in favor of Kawasaki Frontale (7 draws).

Sanfrecce Hiroshima will play away agasint Sagan Tosu on the 4th of November with a 10-5 head to head stats in favor of Sanfrecce Hiroshima (6 draws).

Tokyo – Formation

Tokyo

Jakub Slowik 24.Poland

7.1

M. Morishige 3.Japan

7.7

60'

Ryoya Ogawa 6.Japan

6.7

Henrique Trevisan 50.Brazil

6.5

46'

Ryoma Watanabe 23.Japan

7.0

46'

Yasuki Kimoto 30.Japan

7.1

Adailton 15.Brazil

7.8

80'

61'

Kazuya Konno 17.Japan

5.8

63'

Shuto Abe 31.Japan

6.3

K. Matsuki 44.Japan

6.8

Diego Oliveira 9.Brazil

6.9

90'

Substitutes

Go Hatano 13.Japan

H. Nakamura 37.Japan

Yuto Nagatomo 5.Japan

6.9

46'

Hirotaka Mita 7.Japan

7.1

46'

49'

K. Higashi 10.Japan

6.5

80'

Kensuke Nagai 11.Japan

6.4

63'

Keita Yamashita 19.Japan

90'

Tokyo started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager Albert Puig Ortoneda decided to play with the following team: Jakub Słowik (7.1), Ryoma Watanabe (7.0), Masato Morishige (7.7), Henrique Trevisan (6.5), Ryoya Ogawa (6.7), Yasuki Kimoto (7.1), Kazuya Konno (5.8), Shuto Abe (6.3), Kuryu Matsuki (6.8), Adailton (7.8) and Diego Oliveira (6.9).

The home team had on the bench: Kensuke Nagai (6.4), Hotaka Nakamura, Keita Yamashita, Hirotaka Mita (7.1), Yuto Nagatomo (6.9), Keigo Higashi (6.5) and Go Hatano.

Substitutions

Tokyo made 5 changes: Henrique for H. Mita (46′), R. Watanabe for Y. Nagatomo (46′), K. Konno for K. Nagai (63′), Adailton for K. Higashi (80′) and Diego for K. Yamashita (90′).

Best player: Adailton

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Tokyo was Adailton.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 28 passes (50% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 9 duels out of 15. He performed 2 crosses.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima – Formation

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Takuto Hayashi 1.Japan

6.3

Sho Sasaki 19.Japan

6.7

Yuki Nogami 2.Japan

6.1

82'

Hayato Araki 4.Japan

6.9

Tsukasa Shiotani 3.Japan

7.8

Gakuto Notsuda 7.Japan

7.2

Tomoya Fujii 15.Japan

6.7

59'

Makoto Mitsuta 39.Japan

6.2

82'

Tsukasa Morishima 10.Japan

7.1

Yuya Asano 16.Japan

6.5

70'

Júnior Santos 37.Brazil

6.8

70'

Substitutes

Keisuke Osako 38.Japan

Jelani Reshaun Sumiyoshi 21.Japan

Takumu Kawamura 27.Japan

6.4

82'

Yoshifumi Kashiwa 18.Japan

Kosei Shibasaki 30.Japan

6.8

70'

Toshihiro Aoyama 6.Japan

6.6

82'

S. Ayukawa 23.Japan

7.4

70'

74'

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

Michael Skibbe played with: Takuto Hayashi (6.3), Yuki Nogami (6.1), Hayato Araki (6.9), Sho Sasaki (6.7), Tomoya Fujii (6.7), Tsukasa Shiotani (7.8), Gakuto Notsuda (7.2), Makoto Mitsuta (6.2), Yuya Asano (6.5), Tsukasa Morishima (7.1) and Júnior Santos (6.8).

They had on the bench: Keisuke Osako, Takumu Kawamura (6.4), Yoshifumi Kashiwa, Shun Ayukawa (7.4), Jelani Reshaun Sumiyoshi, Kosei Shibasaki (6.8) and Toshihiro Aoyama (6.6).

Substitutions

Sanfrecce Hiroshima made 4 changes: Y. Asano for K. Shibasaki (70′), Junior Santos for S. Ayukawa (70′), M. Mitsuta for T. Kawamura (82′) and Y. Nogami for T. Aoyama (82′).