Cerezo Osaka vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima match stats & report

1–2 Full time

J1 League · Japan · Regular Season - 3 · Yodoko Sakura Stadium, Osaka · Ref Y. Ohashi

Cerezo Osaka stats & fixtures · Sanfrecce Hiroshima stats & fixtures

Cerezo Osaka lost to Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–2 in the J1 League on 22 February 2026. Expected goals finished 0.96–1.79. Cerezo Osaka had 52% of the ball.

Cerezo Osaka vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima match statistics

Cerezo OsakaSanfrecce Hiroshima

52% Ball possession 48%
0.96 Expected goals (xG) 1.79
8 Total shots 14
1 Shots on target 4
4 Shots off target 8
3 Blocked shots 2
6 Shots inside the box 9
2 Corners 6
9 Fouls 10
0 Offsides 4
2 Yellow cards 0
446 Passes 394
75% Pass accuracy 72%

Goals and cards

55' Goal R. Germain Sanfrecce Hiroshima
79' Yellow card M. Nakajima Cerezo Osaka
90' Goal S. Sakuragawa Cerezo Osaka
90' Goal S. Higashi (assist S. Nakamura) Sanfrecce Hiroshima
90+10' Yellow card S. Kagawa Cerezo Osaka

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Cerezo Osaka

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 Arthur Papas

23 Kosuke Nakamura

66 A. Ohata 10 S. Tanaka 4 R. Inoue 27 Dion-Johan Cools

8 S. Kagawa 5 H. Kida

11 Thiago Andrade 48 M. Shibayama 17 R. Sakata

9 S. Sakuragawa

Bench K. Fukui , K. Noborizato , H. Okuda , S. Hatanaka , Y. Yokoyama , Nelson Ishiwatari , S. Homma , M. Nakajima , K. Yengi

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Confirmed 3-4-2-1 Bartosch Gaul

1 K. Osako

37 Kim Ju-Sung 4 H. Araki 33 T. Shiotani

24 S. Higashi 3 T. Yamasaki 6 H. Kawabe 15 S. Nakano

40 M. Ohara 9 R. Germain

10 A. Suzuki

Bench I. Ouchi , T. Shichi , N. Arai , T. Matsumoto , D. Suga , Y. Nakajima , M. Kato , K. Kinoshita , S. Nakamura

Form guide

Cerezo Osaka at home

6–3–1 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.3 per game
Conceded: 0.7 per game
Clean sheets: 7 / 10
Corners: 6.0 per game
Shots on target: 3.4 per game

10% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima away

7–1–2 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.7 per game
Conceded: 1.0 per game
Clean sheets: 6 / 10
Corners: 9.2 per game
Shots on target: 7.2 per game

0% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Cerezo Osaka vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
31 Aug 25	Cerezo Osaka v Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–1
6 Apr 25	Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Cerezo Osaka	2–1
11 Aug 24	Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Cerezo Osaka	2–0
26 May 24	Cerezo Osaka v Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–1
21 Oct 23	Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Cerezo Osaka	0–0
29 Apr 23	Cerezo Osaka v Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0–1

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