Guilherme gave the visitors a third minute lead when he pounced on a defensive error but Jonathan Silva’s sending off swung proceedings in Sanfrecce’s favour and Suzuki’s double in the 18th and 47th minutes confirmed his side’s progress to the next round.

Hiroshima move onto 14 points from seven matches and cannot finish outside the top eight of the eastern league phase standings with one round remaining. JDT, meanwhile, stay on eight points ahead of next week’s meeting with Vissel Kobe.