On the 3rd of March, Yokohama F. Marinos hosts Sanfrecce Hiroshima in a meeting of these two J-League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, a perfect day for football. 1st placed Yokohama F. Marinos is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Urawa Reds. Anderson Lopes struck first for Yokohama F. Marinos in the 18th minute, then Yan Souza added another in the 89th minute In the end, Urawa Reds couldn’t muster any offence and Yokohama F. Marinos ran away with the shutout win. Yokohama F. Marinos is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while sanfrecce Hiroshima is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Albirex Niigata. Shusuke Ota scored the first goal for Albirex Niigata in the 14th minute, then Suzuki added another in the 37th minute on a feed from Shusuke Ota. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 1 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Mitsuta and Sho Sasaki are the top scorers for Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Élber has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored 4 goals for Yokohama F. Marinos.