Vegalta Sendai vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima, J. League 2021 REGULAR SEASON

J. League · 2021

Vegalta Sendai

2 – 0

Full Time

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Sat 23 Oct 2021 · 05:00 Yurtec Stadium Sendai HT 45' · FT 45'

• Overview

• Events

• Lineups

• H2H

• Match Preview

  Vegalta Sendai vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima — J. League at Yurtec Stadium Sendai.

  • Vegalta Sendai 0 games · 0 pts (2026/26)
  • Sanfrecce Hiroshima 15 games · 21 pts (2026/26)

  Standings

  #	Team	P	Pts
  1	Kashima Antlers	15	37
  2	FC Tokyo	15	32
  3	Nagoya Grampus	15	28
  4	Vissel Kobe	14	28
  5	FC Machida Zelvia	14	28
  6	Gamba Osaka	16	25
  7	Tokyo Verdy	14	24
  8	Kawasaki Frontale	15	23
  9	Cerezo Osaka FC	15	22
  10	Shimizu S-Pulse	15	22
  11	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	15	21
  12	Urawa Red Diamonds	15	21
  13	Kyoto Sanga FC	14	20
  14	Avispa Fukuoka	16	20
  15	Fagiano Okayama FC	15	20
  16	V-Varen Nagasaki	15	19
  17	FC Mito Holly Hock	15	18
  18	Yokohama F.Marinos	15	16
  19	JEF United Ichihara Chiba	15	12
  20	Kashiwa Reysol	15	11

  Head-to-Head

  4

  4

  2

  Vegalta Sendai 10 games · Avg 1.6 goals Sanfrecce Hiroshima

  Last 5 meetings

  2021-10-23 Vegalta Sendai 2–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2021-02-27 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–1 Vegalta Sendai 2020-10-31 Vegalta Sendai 0–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2020-08-29 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–1 Vegalta Sendai 2019-12-07 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–0 Vegalta Sendai

  Recent Form

  Vegalta Sendai

  Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
  23 Oct	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	H	2–0	W
  17 Oct	Oita FC Trinita	A	0–2	L
  02 Oct	Kashiwa Reysol	A	1–1	D
  25 Sep	Tokushima Vortis	H	0–1	L
  18 Sep	Shimizu S-Pulse	A	1–2	L
  12 Sep	Gamba Osaka	A	3–2	W

  Sanfrecce Hiroshima

  Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
  23 Oct	Vegalta Sendai	A	0–2	L
  03 Oct	Nagoya Grampus	H	1–0	W
  26 Sep	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	A	2–0	W
  22 Sep	Cerezo Osaka FC	H	0–1	L
  18 Sep	Kashiwa Reysol	A	3–0	W
  11 Sep	Yokohama F.Marinos	H	1–3	L

  Key Stats

  40% Both Teams to Score
  H2H (10 games)

  20% Over 2.5 Goals
  H2H history

  13% Clean Sheets
  Sanfrecce Hiroshima this season

• Match Events

  • 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Vegalta Sendai is hosting Sanfrecce Hiroshima for another epic battle.
  • 5' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Sho Sasaki suffering a number of foals already.
  • 10' Goal! Kunimitsu Sekiguchi scores his 7 goal in 275 matches.
  • 15' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sanfrecce Hiroshima that had 313 games and scored 398 goals.
  • 18' The referee calls foul for Rhayner. He receives a Yellow card.
  • 23' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 28' Cayman Togashi has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 13 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 33' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
  • 38' It looks surprising Sanfrecce Hiroshima does not make any changes. Ezequiel has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 43' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 46' Another substitution for Sanfrecce Hiroshima to replace Kosei Shibasaki by Ezequiel on 46 minute.
  • 51' Sanfrecce Hiroshima is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 56' The travelling Sanfrecce Hiroshima supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 58' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Kyohei Yoshino.
  • 59' The whistle greets Tomoya Fujii as he departs to be replaced by Yusuke Chajima.
  • 64' Takuma Nishimura has so much to prove this time. He replaces Cayman Togashi on 64 minute.
  • 69' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 74' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
  • 75' Vegalta Sendai manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Felippe Cardoso is hanging Shuhei Akasaki on the field on 75 minute.
  • 79' Time for substitution for Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Rhayner is replaced by Taishi Matsumoto.
  • 84' Yuki Nogami needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 87' Koji Hachisuka has so much to prove this time. He replaces Chihiro Kato on 87 minute.
  • The final score is 2-0.

• Vegalta Sendai

  Starting XI

  • 17
    Shingo Tomita ↓ Rikiya Uehara 87'
  • 7
    Kunimitsu Sekiguchi ↓ Ryoma Kida 64'
  • 11
    Shuhei Akasaki ↓ Felippe Cardoso 75'
  • 42
    Cayman Togashi ↓ Takuma Nishimura 64'
  • 16
    Kyohei Yoshino
  • 8
    Yoshiki Matsushita
  • 14
    Takayoshi Ishihara
  • 27
    Jakub Slowik
  • 5
    Tawiah
  • 25
    Takumi Mase
  • 26
    Chihiro Kato ↓ Koji Hachisuka 87'

  Bench

  • 4
    Koji Hachisuka ↑ 87'
  • 15
    Takuma Nishimura ↑ 64'
  • 33
    Felippe Cardoso ↑ 75'
  • 6
    Rikiya Uehara ↑ 87'
  • 22
    Nedeljko Stojisic
  • 3
    Naoya Fukumori
  • 32
    Ryoma Kida ↑ 64'

  Coach Makoto Teguramori

  Sanfrecce Hiroshima

  Starting XI

  • 27
    Rhayner ↓ Taishi Matsumoto 79'
  • 19
    Sho Sasaki
  • 6
    Toshihiro Aoyama
  • 1
    Takuto Hayashi
  • 2
    Yuki Nogami
  • 30
    Kosei Shibasaki ↓ Ezequiel 46'
  • 10
    Tsukasa Morishima
  • 24
    Shunki Higashi
  • 4
    Hayato Araki
  • 29
    Yuya Asano ↓ Junior Santos 59'
  • 15
    Tomoya Fujii ↓ Yusuke Chajima 59'

  Bench

  • 14
    Ezequiel ↑ 46'
  • 37
    Junior Santos ↑ 59'
  • 38
    Keisuke Osako
  • 17
    Taishi Matsumoto ↑ 79'
  • 25
    Yusuke Chajima ↑ 59'
  • 33
    Yuta Imazu
  • 41
    Yoichi Naganuma

  Coach Hiroshi Jofuku

• Head to Head

  2021-10-23 Vegalta Sendai 2–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2021-02-27 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–1 Vegalta Sendai 2020-10-31 Vegalta Sendai 0–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2020-08-29 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–1 Vegalta Sendai 2019-12-07 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–0 Vegalta Sendai

  Vegalta Sendai Form

  2021-10-23 Vegalta Sendai 2–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2021-10-17 Oita FC Trinita 2–0 Vegalta Sendai L 2021-10-02 Kashiwa Reysol 1–1 Vegalta Sendai D 2021-09-25 Vegalta Sendai 0–1 Tokushima Vortis L 2021-09-18 Shimizu S-Pulse 2–1 Vegalta Sendai L 2021-09-12 Gamba Osaka 2–3 Vegalta Sendai W

  Sanfrecce Hiroshima Form

  2021-10-23 Vegalta Sendai 2–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L 2021-10-03 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–0 Nagoya Grampus W 2021-09-26 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 0–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2021-09-22 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–1 Cerezo Osaka FC L 2021-09-18 Kashiwa Reysol 0–3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2021-09-11 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–3 Yokohama F.Marinos L