September 17th features a match where Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Nagoya Grampus will play a match in Nagoya in a meeting of these two mismatched J-League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 23 degrees, which is great football weather. Nagoya Grampus sits at 10th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Vissel Kobe. Neither Vissel Kobe nor Nagoya Grampus could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 14 and 12 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Nagoya Grampus is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while sanfrecce Hiroshima sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-4 loss against Kawasaki Frontale. Akihiro Ienaga struck first for Kawasaki Frontale in the 34th minute, then Yasuto Wakizaka added another in the 59th minute In the end, Sanfrecce Hiroshima was frustrated by Kawasaki Frontale’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Kawasaki Frontale ended the match with the shutout victory. Sanfrecce Hiroshima should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches.
On the 28th of May, Sanfrecce Hiroshima hosted Nagoya Grampus at the Edion Stadium in their last match together. Sanfrecce Hiroshima won by a score of 1 to 0. Gakuto Notsuda struck first for Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the 58th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Nagoya Grampus couldn’t manage to score, and Sanfrecce Hiroshima took the shutout win.
Nassim Ben Khalifa has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored four goals for Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Nagoya Grampus’s top weapon lately has been Kensuke Nagai, who has two goals in the last 5 matches.