Week 37 brings us a match on Nov 27th where Sanfrecce Hiroshima hosts Tokyo at Edion Stadium in a clash of these two evenly matched J-League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 10th placed Sanfrecce Hiroshima is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Shimizu S-Pulse. Thiago Santana struck first for Shimizu S-Pulse in the 30th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Sanfrecce Hiroshima couldn’t muster any offence and Shimizu S-Pulse ran away with the shutout win. Sanfrecce Hiroshima is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Tokyo recorded a 0-2 loss against Tokushima Vortis. Joel Fujita struck first for Tokushima Vortis in the 42nd minute, then Yuki Kakita added another in the 71st minute on a feed from Suzuki At the end of 90 a dissapointed Tokyo couldn’t manage to score, and Tokushima Vortis took the shutout win. Tokyo looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Tokyo last played eachother at the Ajinomoto Stadium on the 30th of May. Tokyo and Sanfrecce Hiroshima battled to a 0-0 draw. Tokyo had 5 on net, and Sanfrecce Hiroshima had 16, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,.
Tokyo is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Ryoma Watanabe and Morishige each only have 1 goal in their last five. Yuya Asano and Ezequiel are the top scorers for Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.