Cerezo Osaka FC vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima, J. League 2023 REGULAR SEASON

Refresh

J. League · 2023

Cerezo Osaka FC

0 – 1

Full Time

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Sat 29 Apr 2023 · 05:00 UTC Yanmar Stadium Nagai 16,151 HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 90' Douglas Vieira

Leo Ceara 90' Y

Y 90' Douglas Vieira

Overview

Match Preview

Cerezo Osaka FC vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima — J. League at Yanmar Stadium Nagai.

Cerezo Osaka FC 18 games · 31 pts (2026/27)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 games · 30 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Yuichi Nishimura
Assistant 1 Akane Yagi (Japan)
Assistant 2 Kentaro Matsui

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

Cerezo Osaka FC 20 games · Avg 2.0 goals Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Last 5 meetings

2023-04-29 Cerezo Osaka FC 0–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2022-08-27 Cerezo Osaka FC 0–3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2022-06-18 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–1 Cerezo Osaka FC 2021-09-22 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–1 Cerezo Osaka FC 2021-05-23 Cerezo Osaka FC 1–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Recent Form

Cerezo Osaka FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
29 Apr	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	H	0–1	L
23 Apr	Kashiwa Reysol	H	1–0	W
15 Apr	FC Tokyo	A	2–1	W
09 Apr	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	H	2–3	L
01 Apr	Yokohama F.Marinos	H	2–1	W
18 Mar	Kawasaki Frontale	A	0–0	D

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
29 Apr	Cerezo Osaka FC	A	1–0	W
22 Apr	FC Tokyo	H	1–2	L
15 Apr	Yokohama FC	A	3–0	W
09 Apr	Sagan Tosu FC	H	1–0	W
01 Apr	Kashima Antlers	A	2–1	W
19 Mar	Kashiwa Reysol	H	1–0	W

Season Stats

Cerezo Osaka FC		Sanfrecce Hiroshima
#2	Position	#4
31	Points	30
18	Played	18
11 / 0 / 7	W / D / L	10 / 0 / 8
48	Scored	41
38	Conceded	33
+10	GD	+8
1.72	PPG	1.67
61%	Win %	56%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

40% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Cerezo Osaka FC this season

0% Clean Sheets
Sanfrecce Hiroshima this season

Cerezo Osaka FC are 2nd (31 pts). Sanfrecce Hiroshima are 4th (30 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

0-15

–/–

16-30

1/1

31-45

1/–

46-60

–/–

61-75

2/–

76+

–/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' Cerezo Osaka FC have kicked off against Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
5' Sanfrecce Hiroshima fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
10' With 0 assists to his name this season, Douglas Vieira is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Cerezo Osaka FC.
15' Both keepers have barely been tested. Cerezo Osaka FC and Sanfrecce Hiroshima are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
20' Sanfrecce Hiroshima is showing some good football. However, Sanfrecce Hiroshima are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
25' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Cerezo Osaka FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
30' Cerezo Osaka FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
35' It looks surprising Cerezo Osaka FC does not make any changes. Tsukasa Morishima has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
40' The home supporters are growing impatient. Cerezo Osaka FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
45' The travelling Sanfrecce Hiroshima supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
50' Cerezo Osaka FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
55' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
60' Douglas Vieira is replacing Nassim Ben Khalifa for the Sanfrecce Hiroshima side.
65' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
70' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Sanfrecce Hiroshima winning 100% of all matches.
71' Cerezo Osaka FC make a change. Hirotaka Tameda trudges off to be replaced by Kato Mutsuki on 71 minutes.
76' Over 76 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
77' The crowd applauds Sota Koshimichi as he leaves the pitch. Ezequiel steps in for Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
82' Hirotaka Tameda has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
86' The whistle greets Seiya Maikuma as he departs to be replaced by Hikaru Nakahara.
90' It’s a booking for Cerezo Osaka FC player. Leo Ceara gets a Yellow card.
90' GOAL! Douglas Vieira fires home to make it 0-1!
90' Another change for Sanfrecce Hiroshima made on 90 minute. Tsukasa Morishima leaves to be changed by Shuto Nakano.
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Cerezo Osaka FC 0-1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

Lineups

Cerezo Osaka FC Lineups

4-1-2-3

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Akio Kogiku

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

7
Gakuto Notsuda
19
Sho Sasaki
38
Keisuke Osako
10
Tsukasa Morishima ↓ Shuto Nakano 90'
8
Takumu Kawamura
24
Shunki Higashi
13
Nassim Ben Khalifa ↓ Douglas Vieira 60'
33
Tsukasa Shiotani
4
Hayato Araki
11
Makoto Mitsuta
32
Sota Koshimichi ↓ Ezequiel 77'

Bench

Coach Michael Skibbe

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Douglas Vieira	3
Kosuke Kinoshita	2
Toshiyuki Takagi	2
Toshiyuki Takagi	2
Hayato Araki	2
Tolgay Arslan	2
Lucas Fernandes	2
Sho Sasaki	1

Head to Head

Cerezo Osaka FC Form

2023-04-29 Cerezo Osaka FC 0–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L 2023-04-23 Cerezo Osaka FC 1–0 Kashiwa Reysol W 2023-04-15 FC Tokyo 1–2 Cerezo Osaka FC W 2023-04-09 Cerezo Osaka FC 2–3 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo L 2023-04-01 Cerezo Osaka FC 2–1 Yokohama F.Marinos W 2023-03-18 Kawasaki Frontale 0–0 Cerezo Osaka FC D

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Form

2023-04-29 Cerezo Osaka FC 0–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2023-04-22 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–2 FC Tokyo L 2023-04-15 Yokohama FC 0–3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2023-04-09 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–0 Sagan Tosu FC W 2023-04-01 Kashima Antlers 1–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2023-03-19 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–0 Kashiwa Reysol W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.62 Cerezo Osaka FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.86 Sanfrecce Hiroshima xG

I would bet for: Cerezo Osaka FC or Sanfrecce Hiroshima 75% + Both teams to score 68%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Cerezo Osaka FC32% Draw25% Sanfrecce Hiroshima43%

Actual: Sanfrecce Hiroshima win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes68% 0% No32%

Avg goals/match: 3.48

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	86%	14%
± 2.5	67%	33%
± 3.5	46%	54%
± 4.5	27%	73%

Double Chance

Cerezo Osaka FC or Draw

57%

Draw or Sanfrecce Hiroshima

68%

Cerezo Osaka FC or Sanfrecce Hiroshima

75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Cerezo Osaka FC26% Draw41% Sanfrecce Hiroshima33%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.1%

1 – 2

8.3%

2 – 1

7.3%

2 – 2

6.7%

0 – 2

5.4%

1 – 3

5.1%

0 – 1

Actual

0 – 0

4.5%

1 – 0

4.3%

2 – 3

4.2%

2 – 0

4.1%

3 – 1

3.9%

Asian Handicap — Cerezo Osaka FC

Handicap	Cerezo Osaka FC covers	Push	Sanfrecce Hiroshima covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	10%	83%
-1.5	17%	—	83%
-1	17%	16%	67%
-0.5	33%	—	67%
+0.5	57%	—	43%
+1	57%	19%	24%
+1.5	76%	—	24%
+2	76%	13%	11%
+2.5	89%	—	11%

Clean Sheet

Cerezo Osaka FC keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

Sanfrecce Hiroshima keeps clean sheet

21% ✗

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