Gamba Osaka vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima, J. League 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2026

Gamba Osaka

0 – 1

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Sun 10 May 2026 · 06:00 UTC Suita City Football Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 68' Shunki Higashi

Y 49' Hayao Kawabe

Y 61' Naoto Arai

Overview

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Gamba Osaka vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima — J. League at Suita City Football Stadium.

Gamba Osaka 18 games · 28 pts (2026/26)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 games · 30 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Damian Kos (Poland)
Assistant 1 Adam Karasewicz (Poland)
Assistant 2 Kohei Ando (Japan)

4 games this season 🟨 2.5/game ⚽ 6.5 goals/game 🟥 1 total

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 Tōkyō	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

Gamba Osaka 20 games · Avg 2.5 goals Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Last 5 meetings

2026-05-10 Gamba Osaka 0–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2026-03-14 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–0 Gamba Osaka 2025-08-16 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–0 Gamba Osaka 2025-05-11 Gamba Osaka 0–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2024-12-08 Gamba Osaka 3–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Recent Form

Gamba Osaka

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
10 May	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	H	0–1	L
06 May	Nagoya Grampus	A	1–2	L
02 May	Vissel Kobe	H	5–0	W
29 Apr	Kyoto Sanga FC	A	1–1	D
25 Apr	V-Varen Nagasaki	A	7–6	W
22 Apr	Avispa Fukuoka	H	1–2	L

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
10 May	Gamba Osaka	A	1–0	W
06 May	Vissel Kobe	H	5–6	L
02 May	Fagiano Okayama FC	A	0–1	L
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

Season Stats

Gamba Osaka		Sanfrecce Hiroshima
#5	Position	#4
28	Points	30
18	Played	18
10 / 0 / 8	W / D / L	10 / 0 / 8
61	Scored	41
53	Conceded	33
+8	GD	+8
1.56	PPG	1.67
56%	Win %	56%

Key Stats

40% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

45% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

22% Clean Sheets
Gamba Osaka this season

22% Clean Sheets
Sanfrecce Hiroshima this season

Gamba Osaka are 5th (28 pts). Sanfrecce Hiroshima are 4th (30 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Gamba Osaka

0-15

2/1

16-30

2/–

31-45

1/4

46-60

1/1

61-75

3/2

76+

5/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

0-15

3/1

16-30

1/2

31-45

3/1

46-60

5/–

61-75

3/4

76+

1/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Gamba Osaka is hosting Sanfrecce Hiroshima for another epic battle.
5' It looks surprising Gamba Osaka does not make any changes. Kosuke Kinoshita has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
10' The travelling Sanfrecce Hiroshima supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
15' Gamba Osaka 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.
20' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
25' Sota Nakamura needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
30' Sanfrecce Hiroshima is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
35' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
40' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Gamba Osaka that had 403 games and scored 377 goals.
45' It’s high time Jens Wissing made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
49' That looks like a foul for a card for Hayao Kawabe.
54' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
59' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 59 minutes.
61' A meaty challenge results in booking for Naoto Arai on 61.
66' Shinnosuke Nakatani has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 18 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
68' Sanfrecce Hiroshima is taking the lead after the goal scored by Shunki Higashi on 68.
73' Sanfrecce Hiroshima started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 73.
78' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
83' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Hayao Kawabe made 335 appearances and scored 21 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
88' Gamba Osaka is showing some good football. However, Gamba Osaka are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 0-1.

Lineups

Gamba Osaka Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Jens Wissing

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Bartosch Gaul

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Nassim Ben Khalifa	4
Makoto Mitsuta	3
Isa Sakamoto	2
Hayao Kawabe	2
Leandro Pereira	2
Shu Kurata	2
Patric	2
Patric	2

Head to Head

Gamba Osaka Form

2026-05-10 Gamba Osaka 0–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L 2026-05-06 Nagoya Grampus 2–1 Gamba Osaka L 2026-05-02 Gamba Osaka 5–0 Vissel Kobe W 2026-04-29 Kyoto Sanga FC 1–1 Gamba Osaka D 2026-04-25 V-Varen Nagasaki 6–7 Gamba Osaka W 2026-04-22 Gamba Osaka 1–2 Avispa Fukuoka L

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Form

2026-05-10 Gamba Osaka 0–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2026-05-06 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 5–6 Vissel Kobe L 2026-05-02 Fagiano Okayama FC 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L 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

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

2.2 Gamba Osaka xG

Expected Goals

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

2.01 Sanfrecce Hiroshima xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 78% + Gamba Osaka or Sanfrecce Hiroshima 77%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Gamba Osaka39% Draw23% Sanfrecce Hiroshima38%

Actual: Sanfrecce Hiroshima win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes76% 0% No24%

Avg goals/match: 4.21

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	92%	8%
± 2.5	78%	22%
± 3.5	60%	40%
± 4.5	41%	59%

Double Chance

Gamba Osaka or Draw

63%

Draw or Sanfrecce Hiroshima

61%

Gamba Osaka or Sanfrecce Hiroshima

77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Gamba Osaka34% Draw37% Sanfrecce Hiroshima29%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✗ 0–1 not predicted

0 – 1

Actual

1 – 1

7.3%

2 – 1

7.1%

2 – 2

6.9%

1 – 2

6.5%

3 – 1

5.1%

3 – 2

5.1%

2 – 3

4.6%

1 – 3

4.3%

2 – 0

3.7%

3 – 3

3.4%

0 – 2

3.1%

1 – 0

2.9%

Asian Handicap — Gamba Osaka

Handicap	Gamba Osaka covers	Push	Sanfrecce Hiroshima covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	13%	75%
-1.5	25%	—	75%
-1	25%	18%	57%
-0.5	43%	—	57%
+0.5	64%	—	36%
+1	64%	16%	20%
+1.5	80%	—	20%
+2	80%	11%	9%
+2.5	91%	—	9%

Clean Sheet

Gamba Osaka keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

Sanfrecce Hiroshima keeps clean sheet

12% ✗

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