Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Sydney FC, 2024-25 AFC Champions League Two, Group Stage

· AFC Champions League Two

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

20': Shunki Higashi
55': Pieros Soteriou

FT
2 - 1

Sydney FC

90': Adrian Segecic

About

Sanfrecce Hiroshima are hosting Sydney FC at Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the AFC Champions League Two.

Match Timeline

8': Tsukasa Shiotani (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 8'
16': Patryk Klimala (Sydney FC) Yellow Card at 16'
17': Alexandar Popovic (Sydney FC) Yellow Card at 17'
20': Shunki Higashi (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Goal at 20'
38': Gonçalo Paciência (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Yellow Card at 38'
45': Pieros Soteriou (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 45'
55': Pieros Soteriou (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Goal at 55'
56': Corey Hollman (Sydney FC) Substitution at 56'
65': Leo Sena (Sydney FC) Yellow Card at 65'
65': Tolgay Arslan (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Yellow Card at 65'
68': Yotaro Nakajima (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 68'
79': Adrian Segecic (Sydney FC) Substitution at 79'
87': Max Burgess (Sydney FC) Substitution at 87'
87': Joel King (Sydney FC) Substitution at 87'
90': Adrian Segecic (Sydney FC) Goal at 90'

Statistics

SYD		SAN
13	Fouls	21
3	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
4	Corner Kicks	3
2	Saves	4
60.7	Possession	39.3
16	SHOTS	11
5	ON GOAL	4
0.3	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
0	Accurate Passes	0
0	Passes	0
0.0	Pass Completion %	0.0
0	Accurate Crosses	0
0	Crosses	0
0.0	Cross %	0.0
0	Long Balls	0
0	Accurate Long Balls	0
0.0	Long Balls %	0.0
6	Blocked Shots	1
0	Effective Tackles	0
0	Tackles	0
0.0	Tackle %	0.0
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
0	Clearances	0

Game Information

Competition: AFC Champions League Two

Venue: Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima
Location: Hiroshima, Japan
Attendance: 12,209

AFC Champions League Two Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Persib Bandung	2	+2	6
2	MELBOURNE VICTORY	2	+3	4
3	The Cong-Viettel FC	2	-1	1
4	FC SEOUL	2	-4	0

Full Table

Line-Ups

Sanfrecce Hiroshima (3-4-3)

No.	Name
1	Keisuke Osako (GK)
4	Hayato Araki
19	Sho Sasaki
13	Naoto Arai
66	Hayao Kawabe
14	Taishi Matsumoto
24	Shunki Higashi
15	Shuto Nakano
99	Gonçalo Paciência
30	Tolgay Arslan
51	Mutsuki Kato

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Substitutes:

Douglas Vieira, Yudai Tanaka, Takaaki Shichi, Yotaro Nakajima, Yusuke Chajima, Marcos Júnior, Makoto Mitsuta, Hiroya Matsumoto, Tsukasa Shiotani, Toshihiro Aoyama, Pieros Soteriou.

Sydney FC (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Andrew Redmayne (GK)
41	Alexandar Popovic
5	Hayden Matthews
4	Jordan Courtney-Perkins
23	Rhyan Grant
8	Anas Ouahim
17	Anthony Cáceres
15	Leo Sena
9	Patryk Klimala
11	Douglas Costa
10	Joe Lolley

Sydney FC Substitutes:

Max Burgess, Joel King, Patrick Wood, Harrison Devenish-Meares, Adrian Segecic, Nathan Amanatidis, Corey Hollman, Jaiden Kucharski, Will Kennedy.

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