In this week 18 match on the 25th of June, Avispa Fukuoka hosts Sanfrecce Hiroshima at Level-5 Stadium in a clash of the J-League. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 25 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. Avispa Fukuoka is fresh off their 1-3 loss against Shimizu S-Pulse. Kenta Nishizawa struck first for Shimizu S-Pulse in the 7th minute on a feed from Yuta Kamiya, then Thiago Santana added another in the 41st minute on a feed from Nishizawa. Avispa Fukuoka is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Sanfrecce Hiroshima recorded a 2-1 win against Cerezo Osaka. Bruno Mendes struck first for Cerezo Osaka in the 54th minute on a feed from Hirotaka Tameda, then in the 79th minute, Mitsuta sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Gakuto Notsuda Finally they completed the comback in the 85th minute on a penalty goal by Douglas da Silva Vieira to cap off a wild match. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Sanfrecce Hiroshima should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match on the 10th of April, Sanfrecce Hiroshima won by a score of 1 to 0. Shibasaki struck first for Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a feed from Higashi, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Avispa Fukuoka 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.
Both Yoshifumi Kashiwa and Mitsuta have been the hottest scorers for Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. Avispa Fukuoka is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Jordy Croux and Yamagishi each only have 1 goal in their last five.