📏 Form Guide

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following the 2-0 J1 100 Year Vision League success vs V-Varen Nagasaki.

In that game, Sanfrecce Hiroshima had 62% possession and 22 attempts at goal with 9 of them on target. For Sanfrecce Hiroshima, the goals were scored by Akito Suzuki (10') and Mutsuki Kato (52'). For their opponents, V-Varen Nagasaki had 8 shots on goal with 1 on target.

It has been seldom in recent times that Sanfrecce Hiroshima haven’t conceded. The reality is that Sanfrecce Hiroshima have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 games, shipping 9 goals on the way.

Cerezo Osaka

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Cerezo Osaka will go into this clash after a 3-0 J1 100 Year Vision League win with the defeat of Kyoto Sanga in their previous game.

In that game, Cerezo Osaka managed 49% possession and 9 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. For Cerezo Osaka, the scorers were Andrade (18'), Shion Homma (66') and Solomon Sakuragawa (90'). On the other side, Kyoto Sanga had 13 attempts at goal with 4 on target.

Arthur Papas's Cerezo Osaka have fired home a total of 8 times throughout their latest sextet of matches. The aggregate of goals that they have conceded during the equivalent period comes to 7.

👥 Head to head

Checking on their most recent head to head clashes stretching back to 21/10/2023 tells us that Sanfrecce Hiroshima have won 3 of these and Cerezo Osaka 0, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 3.

A total of 12 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 8 from Sanfrecce and 4 coming from Sakura. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.

The last league game between these sides was J1 100 Year Vision League match day 3 on 22/02/2026 when it ended Cerezo Osaka 1-2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

In that game, Cerezo Osaka had 52% possession and 8 shots on goal with 1 on target. The scorer was Solomon Sakuragawa (90').

Sanfrecce Hiroshima had 14 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Ryo Germain (55') and Shunki Higashi (90') scored.

🗞️ Team News: Cerezo Osaka

Cerezo Osaka boss Arthur Papas has multiple availability issues to deal with. Satoki Uejo (Cruciate ligament injury), Jin-hyeon Kim (Torn ankle ligaments), Lucas Fernandes (Cruciate ligament injury), Koki Fukui (Elbow injury), Kusini Yengi (Torn thigh muscle), Reiya Sakata (Hamstring injury) and Travis Takahashi (Herniated disc) will miss out on this game.

🔮 Prediction

In our opinion, Sanfrecce Hiroshima should be able to create a decent number of chances and shots on target.

Conversely, Cerezo Osaka will not find it easy to score but we can see them hitting back at some stage.

We’re therefore anticipating a decent 3-1 winning margin for Sanfrecce Hiroshima come full-time.

Lucas Pereira, 06:01 25/04/2026