Match highlights
Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Shimizu S-Pulse highlights
How the goals came
41' Taishi Matsumoto opens the scoring for Sanfrecce Hiroshima (the winner) → 50' 浅野 拓磨 extends Sanfrecce Hiroshima's lead → 69' Akito Suzuki extends Sanfrecce Hiroshima's lead → 75' an own goal extends Sanfrecce Hiroshima's lead. Full time: 4-0, Sanfrecce Hiroshima win.
The match, goal by goal
3 of the 4 goals came after half-time.
41' Taishi Matsumoto (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) 1-0
The match had stayed level until the 41st minute, when Taishi Matsumoto put Sanfrecce Hiroshima ahead at 1-0. The home side never gave that lead back, closing the afternoon with a 4-0 win. Matsumoto's goal therefore stands as the winning goal of the match.
50' 浅野 拓磨 (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) 2-0
Five minutes after the restart, Sanfrecce Hiroshima added a second goal to move from 1-0 to 2-0. The pattern set before the interval carried straight into the second half. From the 50th minute on, Shimizu S-Pulse had two goals to make up.
69' Akito Suzuki (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) 3-0
The third goal arrived in the 69th minute through Akito Suzuki, taking the score to 3-0. It was a third goal from a third different scorer for Sanfrecce Hiroshima. With a little over 20 minutes remaining, Shimizu S-Pulse had almost no realistic route back.
75' Own goal (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) 4-0
In the 75th minute an own goal by Shimizu S-Pulse made it 4-0. Coming just six minutes after the third goal, it was the visitors' second concession in a short span. Nothing further was added, and the match in front of 26,014 spectators finished on that scoreline.
