Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Cerezo Osaka match stats & report

2–1 Full time

J1 League · Japan · Regular Season - 12 · Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima, Hiroshima · Ref Y. Sutani

Sanfrecce Hiroshima stats & fixtures · Cerezo Osaka stats & fixtures

Sanfrecce Hiroshima beat Cerezo Osaka 2–1 in the J1 League on 25 April 2026. Expected goals finished 2.66–1.01. Sanfrecce Hiroshima had 59% of the ball.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Cerezo Osaka match statistics

Sanfrecce HiroshimaCerezo Osaka

59% Ball possession 41%
2.66 Expected goals (xG) 1.01
16 Total shots 11
6 Shots on target 5
4 Shots off target 4
6 Blocked shots 2
12 Shots inside the box 6
11 Corners 5
9 Fouls 14
1 Offsides 6
1 Yellow cards 1
520 Passes 368
80% Pass accuracy 75%
4 Goalkeeper saves 5

Goals and cards

12' Goal Thiago Andrade Cerezo Osaka
53' Yellow card A. Ohata Cerezo Osaka
63' Yellow card T. Shiotani Sanfrecce Hiroshima
86' Own goal Dion-Johan Cools Sanfrecce Hiroshima
90' Penalty scored K. Kinoshita Sanfrecce Hiroshima

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Confirmed 3-4-2-1 Bartosch Gaul

1 K. Osako

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

24 S. Higashi 14 T. Matsumoto 35 Y. Nakajima 13 N. Arai

30 T. Arslan 11 M. Kato

10 A. Suzuki

Bench I. Ouchi , D. Suga , T. Yamasaki , N. Maeda , K. Kinoshita , Y. Chajima , R. Germain , M. Ohara , S. Nakano

Cerezo Osaka

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 Arthur Papas

23 Kosuke Nakamura

66 A. Ohata 44 S. Hatanaka 4 R. Inoue 16 H. Okuda

10 S. Tanaka 18 Nelson Ishiwatari

19 S. Homma 13 M. Nakajima 48 M. Shibayama

11 Thiago Andrade

Bench Kim Jin-Hyeon , S. Kagawa , Dion-Johan Cools , H. Kida , K. Yoshino , S. Uejo , S. Sakuragawa , H. Tanaka , Y. Yokoyama

Form guide

Sanfrecce Hiroshima at home

9–1–0 in 10 matches

Scored: 3.2 per game
Conceded: 0.6 per game
Clean sheets: 5 / 10
Corners: 5.6 per game
Shots on target: 7.3 per game

38% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Cerezo Osaka away

5–1–4 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.5 per game
Conceded: 1.9 per game
Clean sheets: 1 / 10
Corners: 3.6 per game
Shots on target: 4.4 per game

20% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Cerezo Osaka head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
22 Feb 26	Cerezo Osaka v Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–2
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

The full Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Cerezo Osaka head-to-head record