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

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J. League · 2026

Gamba Osaka

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

Match Details

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

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

Gamba Osaka 21 games · Avg 2.3 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

38% Both Teams to Score
H2H (21 games)

43% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

14% Clean Sheets
Gamba Osaka this season

43% 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

1/2

16-30

–/1

31-45

–/1

46-60

–/2

61-75

1/–

76+

2/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

0-15

1/1

16-30

3/2

31-45

3/–

46-60

2/2

61-75

5/–

76+

3/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Gamba Osaka

Issam Jebali	2 G	1 A
Deniz Hummet	2 G
Shinnosuke Nakatani	1 G
Asahi Uenaka	1 G
Welton	1 G

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Akito Suzuki	6 G	2 A
Shun Ayukawa	3 G	1 A
Sebastien Haller	3 G	1 A
Mutsuki Kato	2 G	3 A
Shuto Nakano	2 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' What a night it is going to be! Gamba Osaka welcome Sanfrecce Hiroshima for this crunch clash at Suita City Football Stadium.
5' Tsukasa Shiotani has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 1 cards already picked up this season.
10' Japan international Kosuke Kinoshita has been a key figure this campaign — 1 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
15' Gamba Osaka are deployed in a 4-2-3-1 today, looking to exploit space against Sanfrecce Hiroshima's 3-4-2-1 shape.
20' 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.
25' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
30' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Gamba Osaka and Sanfrecce Hiroshima are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
35' Sanfrecce Hiroshima is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
40' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Genta Miura made 410 appearances and scored 7 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
45' 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.
49' Controversy at the stadium! Hayao Kawabe argues furiously but the card stands.
54' Sanfrecce Hiroshima come into this ranked 12 in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
59' Hayao Kawabe, a Japan , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
61' Sanfrecce Hiroshima receives a card for a hard tackle on 61.
66' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Sanfrecce Hiroshima winning 0% of all matches.
68' Shunki Higashi makes no mistake. The score reads 0-1 and Sanfrecce Hiroshima are in front.
73' Gamba Osaka have won 381 goals from 410 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
78' named a 4-2-3-1 earlier, and opted for a 3-4-2-1 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
83' Supporters expect more eagerness from Tokuma Suzuki, as he is very good at scoring at Suita City Football Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
88' Sanfrecce Hiroshima fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
That’s it! Another goalless match for Gamba Osaka and Sanfrecce Hiroshima (для сухой ничьи).

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
Patric	2
Patric	2
Mutsuki Kato	2
Isa Sakamoto	2
Hayao Kawabe	2
Leandro Pereira	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.