In this week 20 match on the 6th of July, Yokohama F. Marinos will play host to Sanfrecce Hiroshima in a clash of these two closely matched J-League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 26 degrees, which is great football weather. Yokohama F. Marinos is fresh off their 5-3 win against Shimizu S-Pulse. Takuma Nishimura struck first for Yokohama F. Marinos in the 10th minute, then Yuta Kamiya got the equalizer for Shimizu S-Pulse in the 13th minute on a feed from Thiago Santana , but luckily for Yokohama F. Marinos it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn the win. Yokohama F. Marinos is on a hot streak lately, with 8 wins in their last 10 matches, while sanfrecce Hiroshima sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Júbilo Iwata. Araki struck first for Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the 22nd minute on a feed from Makoto Mitsuta, then Sasaki added another in the 63rd minute on a feed from Gakuto Notsuda At the end of 90 a dissapointed Júbilo Iwata couldn’t manage to score, and Sanfrecce Hiroshima took the shutout win. Sanfrecce Hiroshima should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Edion Stadium, Sanfrecce Hiroshima won by a score of 2 to 0. Morishima struck first for Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the 34th minute on a feed from Makoto Mitsuta, then Tsukasa Morishima added another in the 58th minute In the end, Yokohama F. Marinos couldn’t muster any offence and Sanfrecce Hiroshima ran away with the shutout win.
Douglas da Silva Vieira has been the most prolific scorer on Sanfrecce Hiroshima in his last five matches with three goals. Léo Ceará has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored six goals for Yokohama F. Marinos.