📏 Form Guide

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

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

In that match, Sanfrecce Hiroshima had 38% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 4 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Sanfrecce Hiroshima was Naoki Maeda (22'). At the other end, Kashima Antlers had 15 shots on goal with 1 of them 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 come into this encounter following a 2-1 J1 League win to beat Fagiano Okayama in their most recent fixture.

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

A study of their past head to head results stretching back to 27/08/2022 reveals that these encounters have ended in disappointment for Cerezo Osaka. They’ve not managed to come away with any wins at all whereas Sanfrecce Hiroshima have been dominant against them, running out winners in 67 per cent of those matches played.

A combined total of 11 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 9 of them for Sanfrecce and 2 for Sakura. That’s an average goals per game of 1.83.

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

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

For their opponents, Cerezo Osaka got 9 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Keigo Sendachi.

🗞️ Team News: Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Goro Kawanami (Hand injury) and Tolgay Arslan (Knee injury) will not be able to play for Sanfrecce Hiroshima gaffer Michael Skibbe.

ℹ️ Team News: Cerezo Osaka

Owing to an otherwise available squad, there’s only a single fitness issue for the Cerezo Osaka gaffer Arthur Papas to contend with. Yuichi Hirano (Meniscus injury) won’t be in action.

💡 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, 05:02 06/04/2025