Nagoya Grampus vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima match stats & report

2–1 Full time

J1 League · Japan · Regular Season - 7 · Toyota Stadium, Toyota City · Ref D. Shiino

Nagoya Grampus stats & fixtures · Sanfrecce Hiroshima stats & fixtures

Nagoya Grampus beat Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–1 in the J1 League on 18 March 2026. Expected goals finished 1.65–0.49. Sanfrecce Hiroshima had 56% of the ball.

Nagoya Grampus vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima match statistics

Nagoya GrampusSanfrecce Hiroshima

44% Ball possession 56%
1.65 Expected goals (xG) 0.49
13 Total shots 17
7 Shots on target 3
3 Shots off target 10
3 Blocked shots 4
12 Shots inside the box 11
7 Corners 5
11 Fouls 16
1 Offsides 0
1 Yellow cards 2
360 Passes 462
71% Pass accuracy 77%
2 Goalkeeper saves 5

Goals and cards

4' Goal Y. Yamagishi Nagoya Grampus
19' Yellow card Y. Yamagishi Nagoya Grampus
25' Yellow card N. Arai Sanfrecce Hiroshima
30' Yellow card R. Germain Sanfrecce Hiroshima
50' Goal A. Suzuki (assist H. Kawabe) Sanfrecce Hiroshima
69' Goal Y. Kimura (assist T. Takamine) Nagoya Grampus

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Nagoya Grampus

Confirmed 3-4-2-1 Mihailo Petrovic

35 A. Pisano

31 T. Takamine 13 H. Fujii 70 T. Hara

27 K. Nakayama 14 T. Morishima 15 S. Inagaki 19 H. Koda

22 Y. Kimura 25 Marcus Vinicius

11 Y. Yamagishi

Bench D. Schmidt , K. Nagai , Y. Asano , S. Mori , Y. Nogami , R. Izumi , K. Shiihashi , K. Mikuni , S. Tokumoto

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Confirmed 3-4-1-2 Bartosch Gaul

1 K. Osako

19 S. Sasaki 4 H. Araki 33 T. Shiotani

13 N. Arai 14 T. Matsumoto 6 H. Kawabe 15 S. Nakano

39 S. Nakamura

17 K. Kinoshita 9 R. Germain

Bench I. Ouchi , D. Suga , T. Yamasaki , M. Kato , A. Suzuki , N. Maeda , T. Shichi , Kim Ju-Sung , M. Ohara

Form guide

Nagoya Grampus at home

6–2–2 in 10 matches

Scored: 2.1 per game
Conceded: 1.3 per game
Clean sheets: 2 / 10
Corners: 6.1 per game
Shots on target: 5.9 per game

28% 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.

Nagoya Grampus vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
28 Jun 25	Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Nagoya Grampus	1–2
20 Apr 25	Nagoya Grampus v Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–1
17 Aug 24	Nagoya Grampus v Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–2
6 May 24	Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Nagoya Grampus	2–3
30 Sep 23	Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Nagoya Grampus	3–1
20 May 23	Nagoya Grampus v Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–1

The full Nagoya Grampus vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima head-to-head record