In this week 5 match on Mar 19th, Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Kawasaki Frontale will play a match in Hiroshima in a clash of these two extremely mismatched J-League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, Sanfrecce Hiroshima recorded a 1-2 loss against Tokyo. Morishige struck first for Tokyo in the 60th minute on a feed from Mita, then Adailton added another in the 61st minute. Sanfrecce Hiroshima looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 1 of their last 10, while in their last match, 1st placed Kawasaki Frontale, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Nagoya Grampus. Marcinho scored the first goal for Kawasaki Frontale in the 25th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Nagoya Grampus couldn’t muster any offence and Kawasaki Frontale ran away with the shutout win. Kawasaki Frontale should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 2 draws apiece.
Both Kei Chinen and Ienaga have been the hottest scorers for Kawasaki Frontale in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. Ezequiel has been the most prolific scorer on Sanfrecce Hiroshima in his last five matches with 2 goals.