Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Cerezo Osaka Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following the 1-0 J1 League triumph against Kashima Antlers.

In that game, Sanfrecce Hiroshima managed 38% possession and 13 shots on goal with 4 on target. The scorer for Sanfrecce Hiroshima was Naoki Maeda (22'). On the other side, Kashima Antlers got 15 attempts at goal with 1 on target.

Under three goals per match were seen in 6 of the last 6 meetings where Sanfrecce Hiroshima have been involved. Regarding the goal split during that period, opposition teams scored a total of 3 while Sanfrecce Hiroshima got themselves 5.

Analysis of their past results shows that Sanfrecce Hiroshima:

• have not lost a league tie with Cerezo Osaka in their previous 6 games.
• are undefeated in their last 5 league matches at home.

Cerezo Osaka

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Cerezo Osaka go into this game after a 2-1 J1 League win to beat Fagiano Okayama in their last game.

In that game, Cerezo Osaka had 48% possession and 13 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. For Cerezo Osaka, the scorers were Thiago Andrade (3') and Rafael Ratão (45'). Fagiano Okayama had 14 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Ryunosuke Sato (44') scored for Fagiano Okayama.

The numbers tell their own story, and Cerezo Osaka have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, conceding 8 goals in total. In defence, Cerezo Osaka seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly. It will be interesting to find out whether or not that trend will end up being sustained into this next match.

Analysis of their past results shows that Cerezo Osaka:

• have not emerged victorious against Sanfrecce Hiroshima in away games against them for the last 3 league matches.
• have not won away from home in their last 3 league games.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on past results between these clubs stretching back to 27/08/2022 shows that these fixtures have been miserable for Cerezo Osaka. They’ve not been able to come away with any victories at all while Sanfrecce Hiroshima have been dominant against them, finishing as winners in 67 per cent of those games played.

11 goals were scored between them in this period, with 9 for Sanfrecce and 2 created by Sakura. The average goals per game has been 1.83.

The previous league fixture between the two was J1 League match day 26 on 11/08/2024 when the final score was Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2-0 Cerezo Osaka.

That time, Sanfrecce Hiroshima managed 48% possession and 16 shots on goal with 4 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Tolgay Arslan (78', 85').

Cerezo Osaka got 9 shots at goal with 2 on target.

The match was refereed by Keigo Sendachi.

📋 Team News: Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Goro Kawanami (Hand injury) and Tolgay Arslan (Knee injury) will be missing for Sanfrecce Hiroshima gaffer Michael Skibbe.

ℹ️ Team News: Cerezo Osaka

Thanks to a mainly available squad, there is only the lone fitness problem for the Cerezo Osaka boss Arthur Papas to be concerned about. Yuichi Hirano (Meniscus injury) misses out for this game.

🧠 Prediction

We feel that Sanfrecce Hiroshima will more than likely score more than once when they meet Cerezo Osaka, who will be up against it scoring.

We’re therefore anticipating a controlled 2-0 win for Sanfrecce Hiroshima when the full-time whistle blows.

Andre Moura, 21:05 04/04/2025