Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Albirex Niigata Live Stream, Predictions (Apr 29)

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima will be hoping for a better result following a 1-0 J1 League loss in their previous game against Urawa Red Diamonds.

In that match, Sanfrecce Hiroshima had 54% possession and 11 shots at goal with 2 on target. Urawa Red Diamonds had 9 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Takuro Kaneko (57') was the scorer for Urawa Red Diamonds.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima have struggled with their forward play of late. Their sum of goals equals just 4 versus opponents during their previous 6 matches. In those meetings, Sanfrecce Hiroshima have also seen the number of goals against them total 6. It will be interesting to see if that trend can be continued on into this next match.

Their prior results show that Sanfrecce Hiroshima:

• have not lost a league tie with Albirex Niigata in their last 2 matches.
• have not emerged victorious against Albirex Niigata in their previous 6 league matches.

Albirex Niigata

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In their last fixture, Albirex Niigata drew 1-1 in the J1 League tie with Kashiwa Reysol.

In that match, Albirex Niigata had 41% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. The only player to score for Albirex Niigata was Yota Komi (14'). Kashiwa Reysol got 11 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Masaki Watai (32') was the scorer for Kashiwa Reysol.

A run of accomplished showings by the Albirex Niigata defenders has seen the number of goals they’ve conceded amounting to 4 from their previous 6 clashes overall. In that time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves is 5.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Albirex Niigata:

• are undefeated by Sanfrecce Hiroshima in away games against them for the last 3 league games.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 2 away league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking on their most recent head-to-head clashes stretching back to 25/02/2017 shows that Sanfrecce Hiroshima have won 0 of them & Albirex Niigata 2, with the tally of draws standing at 4.

11 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 4 from Sanfrecce and 7 created by Albirex. The average goals per game has been 1.83.

The last league contest between these clubs was J1 League match day 20 on 26/06/2024 which ended up with the score at Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1-1 Albirex Niigata.

In that match, Sanfrecce Hiroshima managed 37% possession and 23 attempts on goal with 7 on target. Their only player to score was Pieros Sotiriou (27').

Albirex Niigata got 7 shots at goal with 1 on target. Kaito Taniguchi (11') was the scorer.

The referee was Futoshi Nakamura.

🗞️ Team News: Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Goro Kawanami (Hand injury) and Tolgay Arslan (Knee injury) won’t be available for Sanfrecce Hiroshima boss Michael Skibbe.

💡 Prediction

We envisage that Sanfrecce Hiroshima should have the majority of the possession and should be able to turn a few of their chances into goals.

In contrast, Albirex Niigata may well find it hard to get shooting opportunities but we do think it’s quite likely that they will be converting at least once as well.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a pretty comfortable 3-1 winning score for Sanfrecce Hiroshima at full-time.

Peter Guest, 23:09 26/04/2025