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

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima

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Avispa Fukuoka

Sun 5 Apr 2026 · 05:00 UTC Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima 26,050 HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 16' Yu Hashimoto

Y 50' Shosei Usui

Y 63' Masaya Tashiro

Tolgay Arslan 73' Y

Y 90' Kazuki Fujita

Naoto Arai 90' Y

Overview

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Avispa Fukuoka — J. League at Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 games · 30 pts (2026/26)
Avispa Fukuoka 18 games · 21 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Koji Takasaki (Japan)
Assistant 1 Yusuke Hamamoto
Assistant 2

11 games this season 🟨 0.9/game ⚽ 4.1 goals/game

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

Sanfrecce Hiroshima 12 games · Avg 2.4 goals Avispa Fukuoka

Last 5 meetings

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 2024-04-13 Avispa Fukuoka 1–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Recent Form

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Apr	Avispa Fukuoka	H	0–1	L
27 Mar	Vissel Kobe	A	1–2	L
22 Mar	Shimizu S-Pulse	A	1–3	L
18 Mar	Nagoya Grampus	A	1–2	L
14 Mar	Gamba Osaka	H	2–0	W
27 Feb	Kyoto Sanga FC	H	1–2	L

Avispa Fukuoka

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Apr	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	A	1–0	W
21 Mar	Gamba Osaka	H	16–15	W
18 Mar	Shimizu S-Pulse	H	5–6	L
15 Mar	V-Varen Nagasaki	A	0–1	L
07 Mar	Nagoya Grampus	H	1–5	L
27 Feb	Vissel Kobe	A	1–2	L

Season Stats

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

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

22% Clean Sheets
Sanfrecce Hiroshima this season

11% Clean Sheets
Avispa Fukuoka this season

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

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

Avispa Fukuoka

0-15

1/3

16-30

3/2

31-45

3/2

46-60

–/–

61-75

4/2

76+

–/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Avispa Fukuoka has kicked off!
5' It looks surprising Sanfrecce Hiroshima does not make any changes. Keiya Shiihashi has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
10' It looks like no one’s ball. Avispa Fukuoka is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
15' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
16' Avispa Fukuoka is taking the lead after the goal scored by Yu Hashimoto on 16.
21' Sanfrecce Hiroshima 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.
26' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Avispa Fukuoka needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
31' 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.
36' It’s high time made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
41' The travelling Avispa Fukuoka supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
46' The Sanfrecce Hiroshima manager makes a substitution. Shuto Nakano departs to be replaced by Shunki Higashi.
50' It’s gonna be a card for Shosei Usui.
55' Avispa Fukuoka looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Yu Hashimoto scoring 1 goals.
57' Tolgay Arslan is replacing Yotaro Nakajima for the Sanfrecce Hiroshima side.
58' Another substitution for Sanfrecce Hiroshima to replace Kosuke Kinoshita by Mutsuki Kato on 58 minute.
63' It’s a booking for Avispa Fukuoka player. Masaya Tashiro gets a card.
63' Time for substitution for Avispa Fukuoka. Masato Shigemi is replaced by Yuji Kitajima.
66' The Sanfrecce Hiroshima manager makes a substitution. Akito Suzuki departs to be replaced by Ryo Germain.
71' Avispa Fukuoka manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Kazuki Fujimoto is hanging Shintaro Nago on the field on 71 minute.
73' Sanfrecce Hiroshima player sees a card in front of him.
78' Sho Sasaki needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 1 Red cards this season.
79' Daiki Miya is replacing Yuma Tsujioka for the Avispa Fukuoka side.
82' Time for substitution for Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Hayao Kawabe is replaced by Naoki Maeda.
87' Supporters expect more eagerness from Sota Nakamura, as he is very good at scoring at Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima with 3 goals in the last 3 games.
90' The referee calls foul for Kazuki Fujita. He receives a card.
Full Time. Avispa Fukuoka beats Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Lineups

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

Bench

9
Ryo Germain ↑ 66'
3
Taichi Yamasaki
14
Taishi Matsumoto
24
Shunki Higashi ↑ 46'
41
Naoki Maeda ↑ 82'
99
Issei Ouchi
16
Takaaki Shichi
30
Tolgay Arslan ↑ 57'
11
Mutsuki Kato ↑ 58'

Avispa Fukuoka Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Form

2026-04-05 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–1 Avispa Fukuoka L 2026-03-27 Vissel Kobe 2–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L 2026-03-22 Shimizu S-Pulse 3–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L 2026-03-18 Nagoya Grampus 2–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima L 2026-03-14 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–0 Gamba Osaka W 2026-02-27 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–2 Kyoto Sanga FC L

Avispa Fukuoka Form

2026-04-05 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–1 Avispa Fukuoka W 2026-03-21 Avispa Fukuoka 16–15 Gamba Osaka W 2026-03-18 Avispa Fukuoka 5–6 Shimizu S-Pulse L 2026-03-15 V-Varen Nagasaki 1–0 Avispa Fukuoka L 2026-03-07 Avispa Fukuoka 1–5 Nagoya Grampus L 2026-02-27 Vissel Kobe 2–1 Avispa Fukuoka L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

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2.46 Sanfrecce Hiroshima xG

Expected Goals

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

1.53 Avispa Fukuoka xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 75% + Both teams to score 71%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sanfrecce Hiroshima52% Draw23% Avispa Fukuoka25%

Actual: Avispa Fukuoka win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes71% 0% No29%

Avg goals/match: 3.99

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	90%	10%
± 2.5	75%	25%
± 3.5	55%	45%
± 4.5	36%	64%

Double Chance

Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Draw

75%

Draw or Avispa Fukuoka

48%

Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Avispa Fukuoka

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sanfrecce Hiroshima43% Draw37% Avispa Fukuoka20%

Actual: Avispa Fukuoka win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 0–1 not predicted

0 – 1

Actual

2 – 1

8.4%

1 – 1

7.8%

3 – 1

6.7%

2 – 2

6.3%

2 – 0

5.7%

1 – 2

5.2%

3 – 2

5.1%

3 – 0

4.6%

1 – 0

4.2%

4 – 1

4.2%

2 – 3

3.2%

4 – 2

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Handicap	Sanfrecce Hiroshima covers	Push	Avispa Fukuoka covers
-2.5	20%	—	80%
-2	20%	17%	63%
-1.5	37%	—	63%
-1	37%	20%	43%
-0.5	57%	—	43%
+0.5	77%	—	23%
+1	77%	12%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	7%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Sanfrecce Hiroshima keeps clean sheet

23% ✓

Avispa Fukuoka keeps clean sheet

9% ✗

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