Match highlights
Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Kyoto Sanga F.C. highlights
How the goals came
48' Daiki Suga opens the scoring for Sanfrecce Hiroshima (the winner) → 78' Akito Suzuki extends Sanfrecce Hiroshima's lead → 82' Mutsuki Kato extends Sanfrecce Hiroshima's lead. Full time: 3-0, Sanfrecce Hiroshima win.
The match, goal by goal
3 of the 3 goals came after half-time.
48' Daiki Suga (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) 1-0
The match was still level at the interval, and it took only three minutes of the second half to change that. Daiki Suga put Sanfrecce Hiroshima ahead in the 48th minute, breaking the deadlock at Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima. Hiroshima never surrendered the lead afterwards, making it the winning goal.
78' Akito Suzuki (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) 2-0
Hiroshima had protected their single-goal lead deep into the second half when Akito Suzuki doubled it in the 78th minute. Thirty minutes had passed since the opener, and the hosts now led 2-0. For Kyoto Sanga F.C., the second concession came with little time left to respond.
82' Mutsuki Kato (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) 3-0
Four minutes after the second goal, Mutsuki Kato added a third. His strike in the 82nd minute took Hiroshima from 2-0 to 3-0, two goals arriving in a short late spell. The scoreline stayed that way until the end.
