Preview

• Anticipation builds as Sanfrecce Hiroshima prepare to host Kawasaki Frontale at Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima on 2025-05-31 (kick-off 09:30 GMT), in week 19 of the 2025 J1 League.
• In the last 8 meetings, M. Skibbe has beaten 6 times S. Hasebe, with 2 draws and no victories for S. Hasebe.
• Current league positions have Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3rd on 32 points and Kawasaki Frontale 7th on 26 points.
• No absentees for either Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Kawasaki Frontale.
• Forecasting a three-man defense for Sanfrecce Hiroshima (3-4-2-1), while Kawasaki Frontale are predicted to deploy a 4-2-3-1.
• The previous match saw Y. Nakajima lead Sanfrecce Hiroshima with a 8.2 TheyScored rating, and Y. Wakizaka top-rating for Kawasaki Frontale at 7.3.
• Sanfrecce Hiroshima secured a win (3-0 vs Tokyo), while Kawasaki Frontale had to settle for a draw (2-2 vs Gamba Osaka).
• Both teams have been in great form: Sanfrecce Hiroshima 5-0-0 and Kawasaki Frontale 2-2-1 over their last 5 matches.
• Kawasaki Frontale lead this rivalry - 19 wins from 39 matches versus Sanfrecce Hiroshima (who've won just 9 games), alongside 11 draws.
• Our algorithm actually favours an away win: Kawasaki Frontale to win 2-1, despite Sanfrecce Hiroshima's 6-1-2 home form - Kawasaki Frontale's strong 2-4-2 record away with 1.89 goals/game does the trick.

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Summary

Match Info

31/05/2025 08:30

Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima

M. Petersen

J1 League

Team Kits

Events

HT 0 - 0
46'	S. Nakamura V. Germain
46'	D. Suga N. Arai
50'		0 - 1	Marcinho
60'	N. Maeda M. Kato
64'			Y. Kobayashi S. Yamada
66'			S. Tanabe S. van Wermeskerken
75'			A. Ienaga
76'	Marcos Junior S. Higashi
79'			Y. Ozeki Y. Wakizaka
79'			K. Tachibanada Y. Yamamoto
79'			Y. Segawa Marcinho
83'	S. Koshimichi S. Nakano
85'			Y. Segawa
86'	S. Nakamura H. Araki	1 - 1
90+1'		1 - 2	A. Sasaki
90+4'	N. Maeda

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