Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Vissel Kobe match stats & report

1–1 After penalties

J1 League · Japan · Regular Season - 15 · Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima, Hiroshima · Ref F. Nakamura

Sanfrecce Hiroshima stats & fixtures · Vissel Kobe stats & fixtures

Sanfrecce Hiroshima drew with Vissel Kobe 1–1 in the J1 League on 6 May 2026. Expected goals finished 2.40–0.52. Sanfrecce Hiroshima had 58% of the ball.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Vissel Kobe match statistics

Sanfrecce HiroshimaVissel Kobe

58% Ball possession 42%
2.40 Expected goals (xG) 0.52
21 Total shots 9
7 Shots on target 2
6 Shots off target 6
8 Blocked shots 1
13 Shots inside the box 6
6 Corners 1
8 Fouls 6
0 Offsides 2
2 Yellow cards 2
444 Passes 320
75% Pass accuracy 65%
1 Goalkeeper saves 6

Goals and cards

42' Goal M. Kato (assist S. Higashi) Sanfrecce Hiroshima
53' Yellow card Y. Ideguchi Vissel Kobe
63' Goal R. Komatsu Vissel Kobe
72' Yellow card Matheus Thuler Vissel Kobe
75' Yellow card S. Nakamura Sanfrecce Hiroshima
77' Yellow card T. Yamasaki Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Penalty shoot-out: 4–5

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 3 T. Yamasaki 33 T. Shiotani

24 S. Higashi 35 Y. Nakajima 6 H. Kawabe 15 S. Nakano

39 S. Nakamura 11 M. Kato

17 K. Kinoshita

Bench I. Ouchi , D. Suga , A. Suzuki , N. Maeda , Y. Chajima , T. Shichi , R. Germain , M. Ohara , S. Kobayashi

Vissel Kobe

Confirmed 4-3-3 Michael Skibbe

71 S. Gonda

41 K. Nagato 3 Matheus Thuler 4 T. Yamakawa 24 G. Sakai

7 Y. Ideguchi 25 Y. Kuwasaki 19 M. Mitsuta

13 D. Sasaki 10 Y. Osako 11 Y. Muto

Bench D. Maekawa , Y. Goke , R. Komatsu , B. Nduka , R. Hirose , Diego , Caetano , M. Hidaka , K. Hamasaki

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.

Vissel Kobe away

6–0–4 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.4 per game
Conceded: 1.3 per game
Clean sheets: 5 / 10
Corners: 4.1 per game
Shots on target: 4.6 per game

36% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Vissel Kobe head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
27 Mar 26	Vissel Kobe v Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–1
20 Aug 25	Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Vissel Kobe	0–1
2 Jul 25	Vissel Kobe v Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–0
5 Jul 24	Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Vissel Kobe	1–3
16 Mar 24	Vissel Kobe v Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0–0
16 Sep 23	Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Vissel Kobe	2–0

The full Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Vissel Kobe head-to-head record