Melbourne City vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima Live Score and Live Stream

Preview

Melbourne City faced Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the Group Stage of the Champions League on September 16. At full-time, Sanfrecce Hiroshima sealed a 0-2 victory over Melbourne City.

The deadlock was broken on the 52nd minute when Marcos Junior found the net, giving Sanfrecce Hiroshima the lead. This was followed by a goal from Yotaro Nakajima, setting the final scoreline at 0-2.

Melbourne City head into this encounter off the back of a defeat to APIA Tigers on July 30, hoping to recover their form.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima approach this clash having drawn with Kyoto Purple Sanga on September 12, keeping their unbeaten run alive at two matches. Their defensive frailties have been apparent as they have allowed goals in five consecutive matches.

Melbourne City and Sanfrecce Hiroshima meet in AFC Champions League Elite with their goal-scorers and playmakers ready to take on pivotal roles. Sanfrecce Hiroshima’s offensive unit, carefully orchestrated by Michael Skibbe, has leaned on Shuto Nakano and Shunki Higashi, as they continue to drive the team’s attacking efforts forward.

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Live Streaming

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AI Prediction

Our own AI model makes a pre-game prediction for Melbourne City–Sanfrecce Hiroshima, and then continues to track the action live, updating its forecast every minute as the game unfolds. In this case, the forecast made before the match turned out correct, highlighting Sanfrecce Hiroshima's win. According to pre-match data, the model suggested that Sanfrecce Hiroshima’s victory leads the probabilities with 43%, while a draw was at 34% and Melbourne City’s victory was at 23%.

Line-Ups

We are updating team formations and line-ups for Melbourne City - Sanfrecce Hiroshima in real time.

Melbourne City kicked off the game with Patrick Beach, Aziz Behich, Samuel Souprayen, German Ferreyra, Nathaniel Atkinson who got substituted by Harrison Shillington on the 77th minute, Andreas Kuen who got substituted by Zane Schreiber on the 77th minute, Kai Trewin, Mathew Leckie who got substituted by Emin Durakovic on the 46th minute, Kavian Rahmani who got substituted by Benjamin Mazzeo on the 76th minute, Max Caputo who got substituted by Lawrence Wong on the 87th minute and Takeshi Kanamori as starters, with Dakota Ochsenham, Harrison Shillington, Alex Bonetig, Mathew Baker, Ryan Kalms, Besian Kutleshi, Emin Durakovic, Zane Schreiber, Lawrence Wong, Benjamin Mazzeo, Angus Mackintosh and Aaron Cartwright on the bench.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima's starting eleven were Keisuke Osako, Ju-sung Kim who got substituted by Tsukasa Shiotani on the 67th minute, Hayato Araki, Sho Sasaki, Shunki Higashi who got substituted by Naoto Arai on the 46th minute, Satoshi Tanaka, Hayao Kawabe, Shuto Nakano, Marcos Junior who got substituted by Naoki Maeda on the 67th minute, Yotaro Nakajima who got substituted by Tolgay Arslan on the 83rd minute and Kosuke Kinoshita who got substituted by Mutsuki Kato on the 43rd minute, with Cailen Hill, Min-ki Jeong, Taichi Yamasaki, Tsukasa Shiotani, Naoto Arai, Daiki Suga, Sota Koshimichi, Shimon Kobayashi, Yusuke Chajima, Tolgay Arslan, Naoki Maeda and Mutsuki Kato on the bench.

Stats

Explore stats from Melbourne City vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima on ScoreBat - we are updating the numbers on this page every second of the game.

• Expected Goals: 0.21 - 1.48
• Ball Possession: 46 - 54
• Big Scoring Chances: 0 - 3
• Total Attempts: 6 - 7
• Shots On Target: 0 - 4
• Blocked Shots: 3 - 2
• Shots in the Box: 3 - 6
• Shots from Outside the Box: 3 - 1
• Woodwork Hits: 0 - 0
• Fouls: 10 - 10
• Corners: 4 - 5
• Throw-Ins: 27 - 19
• Saves: 2 - 0
• Free Kicks: 10 - 9
• Offsides: 2 - 1
• Passes into Final Third: 101 - 141
• Completed Passes in Final Third: 68 - 91
• Touches in Opponent's Box: 12 - 17
• Tackles: 4 - 13
• Completed Tackles: 1 - 9
• Total Crosses: 13 - 17
• Successful Crosses: 2 - 4
• Interceptions: 12 - 7
• Clearances: 23 - 19

Referee showed the yellow card three times throughout the game. Shunki Higashi, Ju-sung Kim and Hayato Araki were the ones to receive it.

This season in Champions League Group Stage, Melbourne City have recorded zero wins, zero draws, and two losses in two matches, scoring zero goals at an average of 0.00 per match and conceding three at a rate of 1.50 per match. In Champions League Group Stage, Sanfrecce Hiroshima have played two matches, winning one, drawing one and losing zero, scoring three goals at an average of 1.50 per match and conceding one at a rate of 0.50 per match.

Recent Form

Melbourne City’s previous game resulted in a loss against APIA Tigers., while Sanfrecce Hiroshima's most recent outing ended in a draw against Kyoto Purple Sanga. Overall, Melbourne City have won ten of their last twenty matches, losing five and drawing five, while Sanfrecce Hiroshima have won eleven of their last twenty matches, losing five and drawing four.

Live Standings

As always, Champions League Group Stage's live standings are availble and updated in real time. Melbourne City are 12th with zero points from their two games, while Sanfrecce Hiroshima sit 3rd with four points from two matches.

Video Highlights

We are adding goal videos and full video highlights of the match between Melbourne City and Sanfrecce Hiroshima in real time. You can watch the goals by Marcos Junior and Yotaro Nakajima as the videos of the goals are added usually minutes after the actual event if there are any official videos available. Full video highlights of Melbourne City - Sanfrecce Hiroshima are being added as they become available on the official social media channels of the league or the teams.