Avispa Fukuoka vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima, J. League 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2026

Avispa Fukuoka

2 – 2

Full Time

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Wed 29 Apr 2026 · 05:00 UTC Best Denki Stadium 11,200 HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 4' Shuto Nakano

0–2 10' Shunki Higashi

Shosei Usui 19' 1–2

Tomoya Miki 72' 2–2

Y 18' Yotaro Nakajima

Takumi Kamijima 63' Y

Shintaro Nago 80' R

Y 90' Motoki Ohara

Yuma Tsujioka 92' Y

Overview

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Avispa Fukuoka vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima — J. League at Best Denki Stadium.

Avispa Fukuoka 18 games · 21 pts (2026/27)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 games · 30 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Jumpei Iida
Assistant 1 Yusuke Hamamoto
Assistant 2 Mikiya Nishimura

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Vissel Kobe	18	35
2	Cerezo Osaka FC	18	31
3	Nagoya Grampus	18	31
4	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	18	30
5	Gamba Osaka	18	28
6	Fagiano Okayama FC	18	26
7	Shimizu S-Pulse	18	24
8	Kyoto Sanga FC	18	23
9	V-Varen Nagasaki	18	21
10	Avispa Fukuoka	18	21
11	Kashima Antlers	18	45
12	FC Tokyo	18	37
13	FC Machida Zelvia	18	37
14	Kawasaki Frontale	18	28
15	Tokyo Verdy	18	28
16	Urawa Red Diamonds	18	25
17	Kashiwa Reysol	18	20
18	Yokohama F.Marinos	18	20
19	FC Mito Holly Hock	18	18
20	JEF United Ichihara Chiba	18	12

Head-to-Head

Avispa Fukuoka 12 games · Avg 2.4 goals Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Last 5 meetings

2026-04-29 Avispa Fukuoka 2–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2026-04-05 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–1 Avispa Fukuoka 2025-09-27 Avispa Fukuoka 1–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2025-05-03 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–1 Avispa Fukuoka 2024-07-14 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–0 Avispa Fukuoka

Recent Form

Avispa Fukuoka

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
29 Apr	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	H	2–2	D
25 Apr	Fagiano Okayama FC	A	0–2	L
22 Apr	Gamba Osaka	A	2–1	W
19 Apr	Nagoya Grampus	A	2–2	D
11 Apr	V-Varen Nagasaki	H	1–0	W
05 Apr	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	A	1–0	W

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
29 Apr	Avispa Fukuoka	A	2–2	D
25 Apr	Cerezo Osaka FC	H	2–1	W
18 Apr	V-Varen Nagasaki	H	2–0	W
11 Apr	Shimizu S-Pulse	H	6–5	W
05 Apr	Avispa Fukuoka	H	0–1	L
27 Mar	Vissel Kobe	A	1–2	L

Season Stats

Avispa Fukuoka		Sanfrecce Hiroshima
#10	Position	#4
21	Points	30
18	Played	18
7 / 0 / 11	W / D / L	10 / 0 / 8
49	Scored	41
59	Conceded	33
-10	GD	+8
1.17	PPG	1.67
39%	Win %	56%

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

100% Clean Sheets
Avispa Fukuoka this season

0% Clean Sheets
Sanfrecce Hiroshima this season

Avispa Fukuoka are 10th (21 pts). Sanfrecce Hiroshima are 4th (30 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Avispa Fukuoka

0-15

–/–

16-30

–/–

31-45

2/–

46-60

–/–

61-75

1/–

76+

–/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

0-15

–/–

16-30

1/1

31-45

1/–

46-60

–/–

61-75

2/–

76+

–/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' Avispa Fukuoka have kicked off against Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
4' Shuto Nakano adds to his 2 season tally! Sanfrecce Hiroshima lead 0-1 — and this changes everything.
9' It looks surprising Avispa Fukuoka does not make any changes. Kosuke Kinoshita has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
10' GOAL! Shunki Higashi fires home to make it 0-2!
15' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sanfrecce Hiroshima needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
18' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Yotaro Nakajima on 18 minutes.
19' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Shosei Usui makes no mistake. 1-2!
24' Sanfrecce Hiroshima come into this ranked 8 in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
29' It’s high time Shinya Tsukahara made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
34' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
39' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 39 minutes.
44' Sanfrecce Hiroshima started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 44.
46' The whistle greets Masaya Tashiro as he departs to be replaced by Teppei Oka.
51' The travelling Sanfrecce Hiroshima supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
56' Avispa Fukuoka have won 210 goals from 200 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
59' Naoki Maeda has so much to prove this time. He replaces Mutsuki Kato on 59 minute.
63' That is a card for Avispa Fukuoka. Takumi Kamijima will be fuming at that decision.
64' Reiju Tsuruno has so much to prove this time. He replaces Masato Shigemi on 64 minute.
69' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Taishi Matsumoto made 335 appearances and scored 10 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
72' What an equalizer from Tomoya Miki!
75' Fresh legs for Sanfrecce Hiroshima! Tolgay Arslan comes on to replace Shunki Higashi.
80' It’s gonna be a card for Shintaro Nago.
85' Motoki Ohara is ready to make an impact after coming on for Ryo Germain at the 85 minute mark.
88' Yuma Tsujioka is having his name booked by the referee on 88.
90' Fresh legs for Avispa Fukuoka! Kohei Okuno comes on to replace Tomoya Miki.
90' Motoki Ohara is having his name booked by the referee on 90.
The final score is 2-2.

Lineups

Avispa Fukuoka Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

Bench

45
Daiki Miya ↑ 85'
8
Kohei Okuno ↑ 90'
16
Teppei Oka ↑ 46'
25
Yuji Kitajima ↑ 46'
28
Reiju Tsuruno ↑ 64'
99
Powell Obi
32
Abdul Hanan Sani Brown
33
Kaoru Yamawaki
27
Yutaka Michiwaki ↑ 85'

Coach Shinya Tsukahara

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

19
Sho Sasaki
1
Keisuke Osako
14
Taishi Matsumoto
24
Shunki Higashi ↓ Tolgay Arslan 75'
17
Kosuke Kinoshita ↓ Akito Suzuki 59'
33
Tsukasa Shiotani ↓ Taichi Yamasaki 46'
4
Hayato Araki
13
Naoto Arai
15
Shuto Nakano
35
Yotaro Nakajima ↓ Ryo Germain 46'
11
Mutsuki Kato ↓ Naoki Maeda 59'

Bench

9
Ryo Germain ↑ 46'
3
Taichi Yamasaki ↑ 46'
41
Naoki Maeda ↑ 59'
99
Issei Ouchi
16
Takaaki Shichi
25
Yusuke Chajima
30
Tolgay Arslan ↑ 75'
10
Akito Suzuki ↑ 59'
40
Motoki Ohara

Coach Bartosch Gaul

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Douglas Vieira	2
Daiki Watari	2
Sho Sasaki	2
Shunki Higashi	2
Hiroyuki Mae	2
Tomoya Miki	2
Junior Santos	2
Kosei Shibasaki	1

Head to Head

Avispa Fukuoka Form

2026-04-29 Avispa Fukuoka 2–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima D 2026-04-25 Fagiano Okayama FC 2–0 Avispa Fukuoka L 2026-04-22 Gamba Osaka 1–2 Avispa Fukuoka W 2026-04-19 Nagoya Grampus 2–2 Avispa Fukuoka D 2026-04-11 Avispa Fukuoka 1–0 V-Varen Nagasaki W 2026-04-05 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–1 Avispa Fukuoka W

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Form

2026-04-29 Avispa Fukuoka 2–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima D 2026-04-25 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–1 Cerezo Osaka FC W 2026-04-18 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–0 V-Varen Nagasaki W 2026-04-11 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 6–5 Shimizu S-Pulse W 2026-04-05 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–1 Avispa Fukuoka L 2026-03-27 Vissel Kobe 2–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.1 Avispa Fukuoka xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

2.4 Sanfrecce Hiroshima xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 81% + Both teams to score 79%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Avispa Fukuoka39% Draw22% Sanfrecce Hiroshima39%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes79% 0% No21%

Avg goals/match: 4.5

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	94%	6%
± 2.5	81%	19%
± 3.5	65%	35%
± 4.5	46%	54%

Double Chance

Avispa Fukuoka or Draw

61%

Draw or Sanfrecce Hiroshima

61%

Avispa Fukuoka or Sanfrecce Hiroshima

78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Avispa Fukuoka29% Draw35% Sanfrecce Hiroshima36%

Actual: Sanfrecce Hiroshima win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 2

Actual

1 – 2

6.6%

1 – 1

6.3%

2 – 1

5.8%

2 – 3

5.4%

1 – 3

5.2%

3 – 2

4.7%

3 – 1

3 – 3

3.8%

0 – 2

3.3%

2 – 4

3.3%

1 – 4

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Avispa Fukuoka

Handicap	Avispa Fukuoka covers	Push	Sanfrecce Hiroshima covers
-2.5	9%	—	91%
-2	9%	10%	81%
-1.5	19%	—	81%
-1	19%	15%	65%
-0.5	35%	—	65%
+0.5	55%	—	45%
+1	55%	17%	28%
+1.5	72%	—	28%
+2	72%	13%	14%
+2.5	86%	—	14%

Clean Sheet

Avispa Fukuoka keeps clean sheet

10% ✓

Sanfrecce Hiroshima keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.