Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Kyoto Sanga match stats & report

1–1 Full time

J1 League · Japan · Regular Season - 29 · Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima, Hiroshima · Ref Hiroyuki Kimura, Japan

Sanfrecce Hiroshima stats & fixtures · Kyoto Sanga stats & fixtures

Sanfrecce Hiroshima drew with Kyoto Sanga 1–1 in the J1 League on 12 September 2025. Expected goals finished 2.24–0.48. Sanfrecce Hiroshima had 61% of the ball.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Kyoto Sanga match statistics

Sanfrecce HiroshimaKyoto Sanga

61% Ball possession 39%
2.24 Expected goals (xG) 0.48
27 Total shots 5
5 Shots on target 3
13 Shots off target 1
9 Blocked shots 1
17 Shots inside the box 3
6 Corners 1
9 Fouls 16
2 Offsides 0
0 Yellow cards 3
400 Passes 267
79% Pass accuracy 64%
2 Goalkeeper saves 5

Goals and cards

63' Goal S. Sasaki Sanfrecce Hiroshima
67' Yellow card Rafael Elias Kyoto Sanga
86' Yellow card Marco Túlio Kyoto Sanga
88' Goal Rafael Elias (assist Marco Túlio) Kyoto Sanga
90+4' Yellow card G. Ota Kyoto Sanga

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Confirmed 3-4-2-1 Michael Heinz Skibbe

1 K. Osako

19 S. Sasaki 3 T. Yamasaki 33 T. Shiotani

24 S. Higashi 35 Y. Nakajima 14 S. Tanaka 15 S. Nakano

51 M. Kato 41 N. Maeda

9 R. Germain

Bench Jeong Min-ki , N. Arai , H. Araki , Kim Ju-Sung , H. Kawabe , Marcos Junior , V. Germain , K. Kinoshita , S. Kobayashi

Kyoto Sanga

Confirmed 4-3-3 Kwi-Jae Cho

26 G. Ota

44 K. Sato 50 Y. Suzuki 24 Y. Miyamoto 22 H. Sugai

39 T. Hirato 10 S. Fukuoka 16 S. Takeda

14 T. Hara 9 Rafael Elias 27 F. Yamada

Bench K. Kakoi , H. Tawiah , S. Fukuda , T. Matsuda , R. Nakano , M. Okugawa , Leo Gomes , S. Nagasawa , Marco Túlio

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.

Kyoto Sanga away

2–3–5 in 10 matches

Scored: 0.7 per game
Conceded: 1.5 per game
Clean sheets: 2 / 10
Corners: 3.7 per game
Shots on target: 3.4 per game

14% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Kyoto Sanga head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
29 Mar 25	Kyoto Sanga v Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–0
3 Nov 24	Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Kyoto Sanga	0–1
19 May 24	Kyoto Sanga v Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0–5
23 Sep 23	Kyoto Sanga v Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–0
4 Jun 23	Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Kyoto Sanga	3–1

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

The full Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Kyoto Sanga head-to-head record