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Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Kawasaki Frontale : J-League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 31st May, 09:30 BST, EDION Stadium, Hiroshima

the EDION Stadium faithful welcome Kawasaki Frontale's fans on Saturday morning, as Michael Skibbe's Sanfrecce Hiroshima take on Igor Jovicevic's side in the J-League. We have custom-designed statistics for every major market, from from under 0.5 goals to over 5.5, including form and historical head to head (H2H) data. Predictions are produced from these, and the odds come straight from the UK's biggest bookmakers.

Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

Under 3.5 goals means, quite simply that there will be 3 goals or less scored by Hiroshima and Kawasaki combined during a standard 90 mins. Recent form stats and historical head-to-head (H2H) records have led us to our prediction, and our predictive algorithm suggests there's a 79% chance of it coming in. The top price available at present on under 3.5 goals is 1.33.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Hiroshima are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 41% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.05.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Hiroshima 41%	21/20	-
Draw 28%	12/5	-
Kawasaki 31%	13/5	-
Draw 1-1 13%	11/2	-
Hiroshima 1-0 12%	7/1	-
Kawasaki 1-0 10%	10/1	-
Draw 0-0 10%	9/1	-
Hiroshima 2-1 8%	8/1	-
Hiroshima 2-0 8%	9/1	-
Kawasaki 2-1 7%	12/1	-
Kawasaki 2-0 6%	18/1	-
Draw 2-2 4%	12/1	-
Hiroshima 3-1 4%	16/1	-
Hiroshima 3-0 3%	18/1	-
Kawasaki 3-1 3%	28/1	-
Kawasaki 3-0 2%	40/1	-
Hiroshima 3-2 2%	25/1	-
Kawasaki 3-2 2%	33/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 42%	19/20	-
Under 2.5 Goals 58%	17/20	-
Home 1st Goal 49%	8/13	-
Away 1st Goal 45%	6/4	-
No 1st Goal 6%	9/1	-
BTTS - Yes 47%	3/4	-
BTTS - No 53%	1/1	-
BTTS - Home Win 16%	3/1	-
BTTS - Draw 18%	10/3	-
BTTS - Away Win 13%	6/1	-
Home/draw 69%	2/7	-
Away/draw 59%	8/11	-
Home/away 72%	3/10	-
Over 1.5 Goals 68%	2/7	-
Under 1.5 Goals 32%	5/2	-
Over 3.5 Goals 21%	9/4	-
Under 3.5 Goals 79%	1/3	-
Over 4.5 Goals 9%	11/2	-
Under 4.5 Goals 91%	1/9	-
Over 5.5 Goals 3%	14/1	-
Under 5.5 Goals 97%	1/33	-
Over 0.5 Goals 90%	1/16	-
Under 0.5 Goals 10%	9/1	-
Home DNB 60%	4/9	-
Away DNB 51%	13/8	-
Hiroshima win to nil 25%	5/2	-
Kawasaki win to nil 18%	11/2	-
Hiroshima / Hiroshima 26%	9/4	-
Hiroshima / Kawasaki 3%	28/1	-
Hiroshima / Draw 6%	12/1	-
Draw / Hiroshima 17%	4/1	-
Draw / Kawasaki 10%	7/1	-
Draw / Draw 15%	9/2	-
Kawasaki / Hiroshima 4%	22/1	-
Kawasaki / Kawasaki 14%	5/1	-
Kawasaki / Draw 6%	14/1	-

Win / draw / win J-League table

Hiroshima have played 17 matches so far this season and lay in 3rd place in the J-League league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 15 games against teams below in the table, having won 9, drawn 1 and lost 5 matches. They have kept 5 clean sheets and have failed to score in 4 fixtures. They have been outscored by their opponents by 28 goals to 19 goals.

Home League Performance

Hiroshima have played 9 games at home winning 6, drawing 1 and losing 2 games. They have scored 10 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 6 goals at home.

Kawasaki are in 7th position in the J-League on 26 points having played 17 matches so far this season. Kawasaki are winless in the 5 games they have played against teams above them in the table and have conceded in every game.

Away League Performance

2 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 9 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 11 goals in total and failed to score in 1 fixture.

Performance against teams above them in the league

5 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 3 games, drawn 2 and won zero. Kawasaki have conceded 8 goals, scored 5, failed to score in 1 fixture and have kept no clean sheets.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Hiroshima Kawasaki
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Kashima	18	12	1	5	13	37	w 1-0F	Jun 14	Jul 5	l 2-1F
2	Kashiwa	18	9	7	2	7	34	d 1-1F	Sep 23	Sep 27	d 1-1F
3	Hiroshima Home	17	10	2	5	7	32	-	-	Nov 30	May 31
4	Kyoto Sanga	19	9	4	6	5	31	Sep 13	l 1-0A	l 0-1A	Oct 4
5	Urawa Reds	19	8	6	5	5	30	Nov 8	l 1-0A	d 2-2A	Dec 6
6	Vissel Kobe	17	8	3	6	2	27	Aug 20	Jul 2	Jun 21	l 2-1A
7	Kawasaki Away	17	6	8	3	10	26	May 31	Nov 30	-	-
8	Cerezo	18	7	4	7	2	25	w 2-1A	Aug 31	w 2-0F	Oct 25
9	Shimizu	18	7	4	7	2	25	Aug 10	d 1-1A	Oct 18	d 1-1A
10	Machida	18	7	4	7	2	25	Oct 4	w 1-2A	Aug 31	d 2-2F
11	Gamba Osaka	18	7	3	8	-3	24	Aug 16	w 0-1F	d 2-2F	Jul 20
12	Fagiano	18	6	5	7	-1	23	l 0-1A	Jul 5	Nov 8	d 0-00-0
13	Tokyo Verdy	18	6	5	7	-5	23	w 2-1A	Aug 23	d 0-00-0	Jun 29
14	Avispa	18	6	4	8	-4	22	w 2-1F	Sep 27	Aug 9	w 1-2A
15	Shonan	18	6	3	9	-9	21	Dec 6	w 0-1F	w 2-0F	Sep 23
16	Nagoya	18	5	5	8	-5	20	Jun 28	l 2-1A	w 4-0F	Aug 23
17	Tokyo	17	5	4	8	-6	19	Oct 18	w 0-3F	Sep 20	w 0-3F
18	Yokohama	18	5	4	9	-6	19	w 1-0F	Jun 22	w 2-1A	Jun 14
19	Albirex	17	3	7	7	-5	16	l 0-1A	Jul 20	Jun 25	Aug 16
20	Yokohama FM	17	2	5	10	-11	11	w 1-0F	Oct 25	d 3-3F	Sep 13

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Hiroshima	2 - 1	Tokyo Verdy
Hiroshima	2 - 1	Avispa
Hiroshima	0 - 1	Albirex
Hiroshima	0 - 1	Fagiano
Hiroshima	2 - 1	Cerezo
Hiroshima	1 - 0	Kashima
Hiroshima	1 - 1	Kashiwa
Hiroshima	1 - 0	Yokohama
Hiroshima	1 - 0	Yokohama FM
Hiroshima	5 - 1	Sapporo
Hiroshima	0 - 1	Kyoto Sanga
Hiroshima	2 - 0	Machida
Hiroshima	6 - 2	Yokohama FM
Hiroshima	3 - 2	Tokyo
Hiroshima	2 - 0	Kashiwa
Hiroshima	2 - 0	Cerezo
Hiroshima	1 - 0	Avispa
Hiroshima	1 - 3	Vissel Kobe
Hiroshima	1 - 1	Albirex
Hiroshima	4 - 1	Tokyo Verdy

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Hiroshima	2 - 1	Tokyo Verdy
A	Hiroshima	1 - 0	Gamba Osaka
A	Hiroshima	1 - 0	Shonan
H	Hiroshima	2 - 1	Avispa
H	Hiroshima	0 - 1	Albirex
A	Hiroshima	0 - 1	Urawa Reds
A	Hiroshima	1 - 2	Nagoya
H	Hiroshima	0 - 1	Fagiano
H	Hiroshima	2 - 1	Cerezo
H	Hiroshima	1 - 0	Kashima
A	Hiroshima	0 - 1	Kyoto Sanga
H	Hiroshima	1 - 1	Kashiwa
H	Hiroshima	1 - 0	Yokohama
A	Hiroshima	1 - 1	Shimizu
H	Hiroshima	1 - 0	Yokohama FM
A	Hiroshima	2 - 1	Machida
A	Hiroshima	1 - 3	Gamba Osaka
H	Hiroshima	5 - 1	Sapporo
A	Hiroshima	0 - 3	Urawa Reds
H	Hiroshima	0 - 1	Kyoto Sanga

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Kashima	2 - 1	Kawasaki
Al Ahli Jeddah	2 - 0	Kawasaki
Al Nassr	2 - 3	Kawasaki
Vissel Kobe	2 - 1	Kawasaki
Shimizu	1 - 1	Kawasaki
Machida	2 - 2	Kawasaki
Tokyo	0 - 3	Kawasaki
Fagiano	0 - 0	Kawasaki
Shanghai	1 - 0	Kawasaki
Avispa	1 - 2	Kawasaki
Kashiwa	1 - 1	Kawasaki
Pohang	0 - 4	Kawasaki
Tokyo Verdy	4 - 5	Kawasaki
Buriram United	0 - 3	Kawasaki
Urawa Reds	1 - 1	Kawasaki
Kyoto Sanga	1 - 1	Kawasaki
Shanghai	2 - 0	Kawasaki
Machida	1 - 4	Kawasaki
Nagoya	2 - 0	Kawasaki
Ulsan	0 - 1	Kawasaki

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Kawasaki	2 - 2	Urawa Reds
H	Kawasaki	2 - 0	Cerezo
H	Kawasaki	2 - 1	Yokohama
A	Kawasaki	1 - 2	Kashima
A	Kawasaki	0 - 2	Al Ahli Jeddah
A	Kawasaki	3 - 2	Al Nassr
H	Kawasaki	2 - 2	Al Sadd
H	Kawasaki	0 - 0	Tokyo Verdy
A	Kawasaki	1 - 2	Vissel Kobe
A	Kawasaki	1 - 1	Shimizu
H	Kawasaki	3 - 3	Yokohama FM
A	Kawasaki	2 - 2	Machida
H	Kawasaki	2 - 0	Shonan
A	Kawasaki	3 - 0	Tokyo
A	Kawasaki	0 - 0	Fagiano
H	Kawasaki	4 - 0	Shanghai
A	Kawasaki	0 - 1	Shanghai
H	Kawasaki	0 - 1	Kyoto Sanga
A	Kawasaki	2 - 1	Avispa
A	Kawasaki	1 - 1	Kashiwa

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Hiroshima

Kawasaki

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 7

7 / 7

Clean sheets

0 / 7

2 / 7

HIR

KAW

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Hiroshima
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Hiroshima	3 - 2
	0 - 2	Kawasaki
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	0 - 2	Kawasaki
Hiroshima	3 - 2
	1 - 2	Kawasaki

Kawasaki

Hiroshima

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

6 / 7

5 / 7

Clean sheets

2 / 7

1 / 7

HIR

KAW

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Kawasaki
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Kawasaki	1 - 0
Kawasaki	4 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Kawasaki	5 - 1
Kawasaki	2 - 1
	0 - 1	Hiroshima

Goal Statistics

Sanfrecce Hiroshima's defensive record is very strong, Michael Skibbe's men having conceded 1 or less in 6 consecutive J-League outings. An underwhelming PG rating of 1.1 for Kawasaki Frontale makes sense in this context.

	Hiroshima 5th	Kawasaki 7th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.3 goals	1.1 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 28% 1 36% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 64% probability that Hiroshima will score no more than 1 goal	0 34% 1 37% 2 20% 3 4+ There is a 71% probability that Kawasaki will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+13 Hiroshima have scored 13% more goals at home than predicted	+20 Kawasaki have scored 20% more goals when away than predicted
	1.9 average goals scored	1.7 average goals scored
	0.9 conceded	1.3 conceded

Attack defence ratings
J-League - 2025/2025 season

HIR

KAW

23%

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Games scored	12		13
Failed to score	4		3
Scored first	7		8
Goals scored	16		26
Avg. goals scored	1		1.6
Avg. shots per game	9		10
Avg. shots per goal	9		6
Conversion rate for	11		17
Avg. XG for	1.4		1.6
KickOff rating		+23%

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HIR

KAW

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Games conceded	11		10
Clean sheets	5		6
Conceded first	9		6
Goals conceded	12		16
Avg. goals conceded	0.8		1
Avg. shots/game conceded	6		7
Avg. shots/goal conceded	8		7
Conversion rate against	12%		13%
Avg. XG against	0.8		1
KickOff rating		0%

Hiroshima v Kawasaki J-League lLine ups will show here when available.

Hiroshima J-League squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
16	3	2	3
K Osako	R Germain	H Araki	S Sasaki

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
K Osako GLK	16			-
H Araki DEF	16	1	2	-
T Shiotani DEF	16	2		1 -
S Sasaki DEF	16			3 -
S Higashi MID	16	1		-
H Kawabe MID	16	1		3 -
R Germain FWD	16	3	2	1 -
M Kato FWD	16	1	1	-
S Nakano DEF	15			3 -
S. Nakamura FWD	15	2	2	-
S Koshimichi MID	13		1	-
S Tanaka MID	13			-
D Suga MID	13	1		2 -
N Arai DEF	10	1		-
T Arslan MID	4	1		2 -
S Inoue MID	4			-
H Matsumoto MID	3			-
Y Nakajima MID	3			-
M Ohara MID	1			-
Y Chajima MID	1			-
A. Inoue FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
3	15	2	6
R Germain	R Germain	H Araki	S. Nakamura

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
R Germain FWD	3	15	2	4
T Shiotani DEF	2	4
S. Nakamura FWD	2	2	2	6
S Higashi MID	1	2		4
H Kawabe MID	1	2		2
M Kato FWD	1	6	1	1
H Araki DEF	1	5	2
D Suga MID	1	2		2
N Arai DEF	1	1		1
T Arslan MID	1	2		1
Y Nakajima MID				1
S Koshimichi MID		2	1	1
S Tanaka MID		1		2
S Nakano DEF		2		3
S Sasaki DEF		5		2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1002	35	126
S Sasaki	S Tanaka	H Araki

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
S Sasaki DEF	1002	24	115
H Araki DEF	923	18	126
T Shiotani DEF	871	19	49
H Kawabe MID	648	30	64
S Tanaka MID	515	35	67
S Nakano DEF	496	16	71
K Osako GLK	466		3
S Higashi MID	465	18	39
M Kato FWD	424	16	71
R Germain FWD	342	14	92
S. Nakamura FWD	255	10	37
N Arai DEF	249	11	27
D Suga MID	217	12	25
S Inoue MID	185	5	11
T Arslan MID	85	5	16
S Koshimichi MID	66	4	17
Y Nakajima MID	57	2	9
H Matsumoto MID	24		1
M Ohara MID	12		1
Y Chajima MID	10
A. Inoue FWD	3

Kawasaki J-League squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
14	5	5	3
Marcinho	Erison	S Miura	Marcinho

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
S Kawahara MID	16	1	2	-
Marcinho FWD	16	2		3 -
K Takai DEF	15	2		2 -
A Sasaki DEF	15	1		2 -
Y Wakizaka MID	15	2	4	-
T Ito FWD	15	1	1	1 -
Erison FWD	15	5		2 -
S Yamada FWD	15	2	1	1 -
L Yamaguchi GLK	14			-
Y Yamamoto MID	14	2	1	-
A Ienaga FWD	14	1		-
Y Maruyama DEF	13		1	1 -
K Tachibanada MID	11		1	1 -
S Miura DEF	10		5	1 -
Y Ozeki MID	10	1		1 -
S Wermeskerken DEF	9		1	-
T Miyagi FWD	6	2		-
Y Segawa FWD	6	1	1	-
S Tanabe DEF	3			-
C Haydar DEF	3	1		-
H Yamauchi MID	3	1	1	-
S. Kanda FWD	3			-
Y Kobayashi FWD	3			-
S Jung GLK	2			-
S Kurumaya DEF	2			-
Jesiel DEF	2			-
P Verhon MID	2			-
K. Tsuchiya DEF	1			-
R Oshima MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	17	5	4
Erison	Erison	S Miura	S Miura

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
Erison FWD	5	17		1
Marcinho FWD	2	8		2
K Takai DEF	2	3
Y Wakizaka MID	2	9	4	3
S Yamada FWD	2	8	1	2
Y Yamamoto MID	2	2	1	2
T Miyagi FWD	2	3		1
S Kawahara MID	1	2	2	1
H Yamauchi MID	1	3	1	1
C Haydar DEF	1	1
Y Segawa FWD	1	3	1	1
Y Ozeki MID	1	2
A Sasaki DEF	1	3		1
A Ienaga FWD	1	3
T Ito FWD	1	1	1	3
K Tachibanada MID		1	1	1
S Miura DEF			5	4
S Wermeskerken DEF			1	1
Y Maruyama DEF		2	1	1
R Oshima MID		1		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
865	30	74
K Takai	K Takai	K Takai

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
K Takai DEF	865	30	74
Y Maruyama DEF	774	10	48
Y Yamamoto MID	731	29	50
S Kawahara MID	641	25	53
A Sasaki DEF	589	30	66
Y Wakizaka MID	545	8	32
A Ienaga FWD	503	9	28
S Miura DEF	429	16	45
S Wermeskerken DEF	364	11	28
L Yamaguchi GLK	346		2
K Tachibanada MID	340	15	37
Marcinho FWD	294	10	60
T Ito FWD	256	15	38
C Haydar DEF	161	5	15
Y Ozeki MID	130	7	14
S Yamada FWD	117		37
Erison FWD	113	8	53
S Kurumaya DEF	97	3	4
S Tanabe DEF	71	2	13
Y Segawa FWD	69	1	9
S Jung GLK	48
H Yamauchi MID	44		8
T Miyagi FWD	37	3	14
R Oshima MID	36		2
P Verhon MID	29	1	5
Jesiel DEF	22	1	2
S. Kanda FWD	11		6
Y Kobayashi FWD	6	1	2
K. Tsuchiya DEF	5

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Kawasaki Frontale : J-League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Hiroshima have played 17 matches so far this season and lay in 3rd place in the J-League league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Home League Performance

Kawasaki are in 7th position in the J-League on 26 points having played 17 matches so far this season. Kawasaki are winless in the 5 games they have played against teams above them in the table and have conceded in every game.

Away League Performance

Performance against teams above them in the league

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