Cerezo Osaka vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima match stats & report

1–1 Full time

J1 League · Japan · Regular Season - 28 · Yodoko Sakura Stadium, Osaka · Ref Masuya Ueda, Japan

Cerezo Osaka stats & fixtures · Sanfrecce Hiroshima stats & fixtures

Cerezo Osaka drew with Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–1 in the J1 League on 31 August 2025. Expected goals finished 1.96–0.79. Cerezo Osaka had 50% of the ball.

Cerezo Osaka vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima match statistics

Cerezo OsakaSanfrecce Hiroshima

50% Ball possession 50%
1.96 Expected goals (xG) 0.79
14 Total shots 10
6 Shots on target 2
3 Shots off target 3
5 Blocked shots 5
11 Shots inside the box 4
8 Corners 6
9 Fouls 14
3 Offsides 5
1 Yellow cards 2
348 Passes 337
73% Pass accuracy 76%
1 Goalkeeper saves 4

Goals and cards

35' Penalty scored Lucas Fernandes Cerezo Osaka
57' Yellow card K. Yoshino Cerezo Osaka
72' Goal K. Kinoshita (assist Kim Ju-Sung) Sanfrecce Hiroshima
78' Yellow card R. Germain Sanfrecce Hiroshima
83' Yellow card Y. Nakajima Sanfrecce Hiroshima

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 Thomas Papastamatiou

1 K. Fukui

66 A. Ohata 44 S. Hatanaka 31 R. Inoue 27 Dion-Johan Cools

35 K. Yoshino 8 S. Kagawa

11 Thiago Andrade 48 M. Shibayama 77 Lucas Fernandes

13 M. Nakajima

Bench Kim Jin-Hyeon , H. Okuda , R. Nishio , Y. Hirano , H. Kida , R. Sakata , Rafael Ratão , Vitor Bueno

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Confirmed 3-4-2-1 Michael Heinz Skibbe

1 K. Osako

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

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

35 Y. Nakajima 41 N. Maeda

9 R. Germain

Bench C. Hill , T. Yamasaki , S. Sasaki , Marcos Junior , N. Arai , D. Suga , K. Kinoshita , M. Kato , V. Germain

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
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

Only 5 previous meetings on record. The Ghost weights head-to-head lightly — form is a stronger signal.

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