Jun 18th features a match where Sanfrecce Hiroshima hosts Cerezo Osaka at Edion Stadium in a meeting of these two evenly matched J-League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 22 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. In their last match, 7th placed Sanfrecce Hiroshima, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Nagoya Grampus. Gakuto Notsuda struck first for Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the 58th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Nagoya Grampus was frustrated by Sanfrecce Hiroshima’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Sanfrecce Hiroshima ended the match with the shutout victory. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Sanfrecce Hiroshima should be reasonably happy with their performance, while 5th placed Cerezo Osaka is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Shonan Bellmare. Adam Taggart struck first for Cerezo Osaka in the 18th minute, then M. Kato added another in the 4th minute of the second half’s stoppage time In the end, Shonan Bellmare couldn’t muster any offence and Cerezo Osaka ran away with the shutout win. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Cerezo Osaka should be reasonably happy with their performance.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Cerezo Osaka’s most prolific scorer has been S. Maikuma. He has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches. Sanfrecce Hiroshima is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Yoshifumi Kashiwa and Junior Santos each having 2 goals in their last five.