Kawasaki Frontale obliterates Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4-0 with an outstanding performance. HIGHLIGHTS

KAWASAKI. Kawasaki Frontale crushes Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4-0 with goals of

September 11, 2022

KAWASAKI. Kawasaki Frontale demolishes Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4-0 with goals of A. Ienaga (34′), Y. Wakizaka (59′), K. Chinen (66′ pen) and A. Ienaga (78′). Kawasaki Frontale capitalized on its better ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium stadium in Kawasaki. The referee was Masuya Ueda assisted by Hiroyuki Igarashi and Kogo Kumagai. The 4th official was Soichi Iwasaki. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 24.4 degrees Celsius or 75.99 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 64%.

Match Statistics

Kawasaki Frontale

4 - 0

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

59 Ball Possession 41

Shots

16 Total 7
10 On Target 1
6 Off Target 6
1 Shots blocked 2

128 Attack 102
39 Dangerous attack 55
104 Ball safe 78

1 Penalties 0
2 Corners 4
3 Off Sides 2

Fouls

9 Total 17
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

6 Substitutions 6

Ball possession

Kawasaki Frontale had a strong ball possession 59% while Sanfrecce Hiroshima was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sanfrecce Hiroshima was more aggressive with 55 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 1 were on target. Still, Kawasaki Frontale was able to find the solution to win this encounter.

Kawasaki Frontale shot 16 times, 10 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Sanfrecce Hiroshima shot 7 times, 1 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Kawasaki Frontale received 1 yellow card (Jesiel). On the opposite side, Sanfrecce Hiroshima received 2 yellow cards (K. Shibasaki and G. Notsuda).

Match Timeline

Jesiel- Yellow

14'

Kosei Shibasaki- Yellow

Akihiro Ienaga(goal)A. Sasaki

34'

46'

Makoto Mitsuta- sub ->Y. Nogami

46'

54'

Gakuto Notsuda- Yellow

Yasuto Wakizaka (goal)Marcinho

59'

66'

68'

Pieros Sotiriou- sub ->D. Vieira

68'

Akihiro Ienaga(goal)

78'

Yu Kobayashi- sub ->K. Chinen

83'

Daiya Tono- sub ->J. Schmidt

83'

Ten Miyagi - sub ->Marcinho

87'

Tatsuki Seko- sub ->Y. Wakizaka

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this match, Kawasaki Frontale will have 52 points to hold in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, Sanfrecce Hiroshima will stay with 50 points to remain in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the J-League, Kawasaki Frontale will play away with Tokyo on the 5th of November with a 16-8 head to head record 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).

Kawasaki Frontale – Formation

Kawasaki Frontale

Sung-ryong Jung 1.South Korea

6.5

Jesiel 4.Brazil

6.5

Shogo Taniguchi 5.Japan

7.0

Miki Yamane 13.Japan

6.6

Asahi Sasaki 15.Japan

7.5

João Schmidt 6.Brazil

7.7

83'

Yasuto Wakizaka 14.Japan

8.1

90'

59'

Kento Tachibanada 8.Japan

7.3

Akihiro Ienaga 41.Japan

9.3

90'

34', 78'

Marcinho 23.Brazil

7.0

87'

Kei Chinen 20.Japan

7.4

83'

66'

Substitutes

K. Tanno 27.Japan

Tatsuki Seko 16.Japan

90'

Chanathip Songkrasin 18.Thailand

90'

Kazuya Yamamura 31.Japan

Daiya Tono 19.Japan

6.7

83'

Yu Kobayashi 11.Japan

6.4

83'

Ten Miyagi 24.Japan

7.1

87'

Kawasaki Frontale started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Toru Oniki decided to play with the following team: Sung-Ryong Jung (6.5), Miki Yamane (6.6), Jesiel (6.5), Shogo Taniguchi (7.0), Asahi Sasaki (7.5), Yasuto Wakizaka (8.1), João Schmidt (7.7), Kento Tachibanada (7.3), Akihiro Ienaga (9.3), Kei Chinen (7.4) and Marcinho (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Tatsuki Seko, Kenta Tanno, Daiya Tono (6.7), Yu Kobayashi (6.4), Chanathip Songkrasin, Kazuya Yamamura and Ten Miyagi (7.1).

Substitutions

Kawasaki Frontale made 5 changes: K. Chinen for Y. Kobayashi (83′), J. Schmidt for D. Tono (83′), Marcinho for T. Miyagi (87′), Y. Wakizaka for T. Seko (90′) and A. Ienaga for C. Songkrasin (90′).

Best player: Akihiro Ienaga

The player that probably impressed the most for Kawasaki Frontale was Akihiro Ienaga.

His rating is (9.3) with 2 goals, 65 passes (84% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima – Formation

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Keisuke Osako 38.Japan

6.8

Sho Sasaki 19.Japan

6.4

Hayato Araki 4.Japan

6.6

Jelani Reshaun Sumiyoshi 21.Japan

5.2

78'

Yuki Nogami 2.Japan

6.4

46'

Kosei Shibasaki 30.Japan

6.6

46'

14'

Yoshifumi Kashiwa 18.Japan

6.4

Gakuto Notsuda 7.Japan

6.3

54'

Takumu Kawamura 27.Japan

6.2

Ezequiel 14.Brazil

6.8

68'

Douglas Vieira 9.Brazil

6.7

68'

Substitutes

Goro Kawanami 22.Japan

Yuta Imazu 33.Japan

7.0

78'

Taishi Matsumoto 17.Japan

Tsukasa Morishima 10.Japan

6.3

46'

Pieros Sotiriou 20.Cyprus

6.4

68'

Nassim Ben Khalifa 13.Switzerland

6.4

68'

Makoto Mitsuta 39.Japan

6.8

46'

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

Michael Skibbe played with: Keisuke Osako (6.8), Jelani Reshaun Sumiyoshi (5.2), Hayato Araki (6.6), Sho Sasaki (6.4), Yuki Nogami (6.4), Gakuto Notsuda (6.3), Kosei Shibasaki (6.6), Yoshifumi Kashiwa (6.4), Takumu Kawamura (6.2), Ezequiel (6.8) and Douglas Vieira (6.7).

They had on the bench: Taishi Matsumoto, Pieros Sotiriou (6.4), Goro Kawanami, Yuta Imazu (7.0), Nassim Ben Khalifa (6.4), Makoto Mitsuta (6.8) and Tsukasa Morishima (6.3).

Substitutions

Sanfrecce Hiroshima made 5 changes: Y. Nogami for M. Mitsuta (46′), K. Shibasaki for T. Morishima (46′), D. Vieira for P. Sotiriou (68′), Ezequiel for N. Ben Khalifa (68′) and J. R. Sumiyoshi for Y. Imazu (78′).