📊 Form Guide

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima won’t want a repeat of their last result here after the 1-0 J1 100 Year Vision League loss in their previous game against Fagiano Okayama.

In that game, Sanfrecce Hiroshima had 60% possession and 11 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Fagiano Okayama got 13 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent times where Sanfrecce Hiroshima have kept a clean sheet. The facts show that Sanfrecce Hiroshima have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 6 goals in the process.

Vissel Kobe

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Following on from a losing effort in their last game against Gamba Osaka in J1 100 Year Vision League action, Vissel Kobe and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that match, Vissel Kobe had 65% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Gamba Osaka had 11 attempts on goal with 8 on target. Harumi Minamino (22', 52'), Genta Miura (36'), Kanji Okunuki (80') and Deniz Hümmet (82') scored for Gamba Osaka.

The stats tell the story, and Vissel Kobe have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, letting opponents get 13 goals overall. In defence, Vissel Kobe certainly have room for improvement. We shall soon see whether or not that trend will be continued on in this game.

👥 Head to head

Checking on their past head to head clashes stretching back to 16/03/2024 shows that Sanfrecce Hiroshima have won 1 of them and Vissel Kobe 4, with the number of drawn matches being 1.

11 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 4 of them for Sanfrecce and 7 created by Ushi. That is an average goals per game value of 1.83.

The previous league clash between these clubs was J1 100 Year Vision League match day 5 on 27/03/2026 when it finished Vissel Kobe 2-1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

That time, Vissel Kobe managed 58% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 2 on target. The goalscorers were Takahiro Ohgihara (84') and Yuya Osako (90').

Sanfrecce Hiroshima got 12 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Kosuke Kinoshita (49') scored.

ℹ️ Team News: Sanfrecce Hiroshima

In our view, Sanfrecce may well kick off with a 3-4-2-1 system for this game, beginning the first half with Keisuke Osako, Tsukasa Shiotani, Taichi Yamasaki, Sho Sasaki, Shuto Nakano, Hayao Kawabe, Yotaro Nakajima, Shunki Higashi, Mutsuki Kato, Sota Nakamura and Kosuke Kinoshita.

📋 Team News: Vissel Kobe

Vissel Kobe boss Michael Skibbe has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Takuya Iwanami (Broken collarbone), Niina Tominaga (Patellar tendon rupture) and Takahiro Ogihara (Knee injury) are those who can’t be considered.

We believe Ushi seem likely to utilise a 4-1-2-3 formation, settling for Shuichi Gonda, Gotoku Sakai, Tetsushi Yamakawa, Matheus Thuler, Katsuya Nagato, Yuya Kuwasaki, Makoto Mitsuta, Yosuke Ideguchi, Yoshinori Muto, Yuya Osako and Daiju Sasaki.

✨ Prediction

Here is a game where Vissel Kobe might need a bit of good fortune to score goals against this Sanfrecce Hiroshima team who we think should manage to get a goal of their own in a winning performance.

That’s why our selection here is for a good tussle with a 1-0 win for Sanfrecce Hiroshima at the end of the match.

Let’s see how this one goes.

Lucas Pereira, 05:02 06/05/2026