Nagoya Grampus vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima match stats & report

2–1 Full time

J1 League · Japan · Regular Season - 11 · Toyota Stadium, Toyota City · Ref Takuto Okabe, Japan

Nagoya Grampus stats & fixtures · Sanfrecce Hiroshima stats & fixtures

Nagoya Grampus beat Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–1 in the J1 League on 20 April 2025. Expected goals finished 0.34–1.38. Sanfrecce Hiroshima had 67% of the ball.

Nagoya Grampus vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima match statistics

Nagoya GrampusSanfrecce Hiroshima

33% Ball possession 67%
0.34 Expected goals (xG) 1.38
6 Total shots 13
2 Shots on target 4
2 Shots off target 7
2 Blocked shots 2
2 Shots inside the box 11
0 Corners 8
18 Fouls 10
1 Offsides 1
2 Yellow cards 1
265 Passes 539
63% Pass accuracy 83%
4 Goalkeeper saves 0

Goals and cards

40' Goal Mateus Nagoya Grampus
41' Yellow card Mateus Nagoya Grampus
48' Goal Mateus (assist T. Morishima) Nagoya Grampus
64' Yellow card S. Nakano Sanfrecce Hiroshima
70' Yellow card K. Nagai Nagoya Grampus
81' Goal D. Suga (assist S. Nakamura) Sanfrecce Hiroshima

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Nagoya Grampus

Confirmed 3-4-2-1 Kenta Hasegawa

1 D. Schmidt

6 A. Kawazura 20 K. Mikuni 2 Y. Nogami

55 S. Tokumoto 8 K. Shiihashi 15 S. Inagaki 7 R. Izumi

14 T. Morishima 10 Mateus

18 K. Nagai

Bench A. Pisano , Y. Sato , S. Mori , T. Hara , Y. Asano , T. Uchida , T. Kikuchi , M. Ono , S. Sugiura

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Confirmed 3-4-2-1 Michael Heinz Skibbe

1 K. Osako

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

24 S. Higashi 14 S. Tanaka 6 H. Kawabe 15 S. Nakano

39 S. Nakamura 51 M. Kato

9 R. Germain

Bench Jeong Min-ki , T. Yamasaki , O. Iyoha , D. Suga , S. Inoue , S. Koshimichi , M. Ohara , A. Inoue , N. Maeda

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
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

Only 4 previous meetings on record. The Ghost weights head-to-head lightly — form is a stronger signal.

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