Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Albirex Niigata match stats & report

1–1 Full time

J1 League · Japan · Regular Season - 20 · Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima, Hiroshima · Ref F. Nakamura

Sanfrecce Hiroshima stats & fixtures · Albirex Niigata stats & fixtures

Sanfrecce Hiroshima drew with Albirex Niigata 1–1 in the J1 League on 26 June 2024. Expected goals finished 2.26–0.70. Albirex Niigata had 63% of the ball.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Albirex Niigata match statistics

Sanfrecce HiroshimaAlbirex Niigata

37% Ball possession 63%
2.26 Expected goals (xG) 0.70
23 Total shots 7
7 Shots on target 1
11 Shots off target 3
5 Blocked shots 3
15 Shots inside the box 5
11 Corners 1
7 Fouls 5
3 Offsides 2
0 Yellow cards 1
332 Passes 607
78% Pass accuracy 84%
0 Goalkeeper saves 6

Goals and cards

11' Goal K. Taniguchi (assist Y. Komi) Albirex Niigata
27' Goal Pieros Sotiriou (assist Y. Ohashi) Sanfrecce Hiroshima
89' Yellow card H. Inamura Albirex Niigata

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Confirmed 3-4-2-1 M. Skibbe

1 K. Osako

19 S. Sasaki 15 S. Nakano 33 T. Shiotani

11 M. Mitsuta 24 S. Higashi 14 T. Matsumoto 13 N. Arai

77 Y. Ohashi 51 M. Kato

20 Pieros Sotiriou

Bench Douglas Vieira , Marcos Junior , Ezequiel , Y. Nakajima , T. Shichi , Y. Chajima , G. Kawanami

Albirex Niigata

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 R. Matsuhashi

21 K. Abe

18 F. Hayakawa 45 H. Inamura 3 T. Deng 25 S. Fujiwara

20 Y. Shimada 6 H. Akiyama

7 K. Taniguchi 14 M. Hasegawa 22 E. Matsuda

16 Y. Komi

Bench K. Suzuki , J. Okumura , Y. Ono , Y. Horigome , D. Yoshimitsu , M. Fitzgerald , A. Ishiyama

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.

Albirex Niigata away

0–3–6 in 9 matches

Scored: 1.0 per game
Conceded: 2.3 per game
Clean sheets: 0 / 9
Corners: 4.8 per game
Shots on target: 2.6 per game

40% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Based on 9 matches — treat these numbers lightly.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Albirex Niigata head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
3 May 24	Albirex Niigata v Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–1
1 Jul 23	Albirex Niigata v Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–0
26 Feb 23	Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Albirex Niigata	1–2

Only 3 previous meetings on record. The Ghost weights head-to-head lightly — form is a stronger signal.

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