Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Nagoya Grampus, J. League 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Nagoya Grampus — J. League at Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima.
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 games · 30 pts (2026/26)
- Nagoya Grampus 18 games · 31 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Yuzo Sutani
11 games this season 🟨 0.9/game ⚽ 6.0 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Kashima Antlers 18 45 2 FC Tokyo 18 37 3 FC Machida Zelvia 18 37 4 Vissel Kobe 18 35 5 Cerezo Osaka FC 18 31 6 Nagoya Grampus 18 31 7 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 30 8 Gamba Osaka 18 28 9 Kawasaki Frontale 18 28 10 Tokyo Verdy 18 28 11 Fagiano Okayama FC 18 26 12 Urawa Red Diamonds 18 25 13 Shimizu S-Pulse 18 24 14 Kyoto Sanga FC 18 23 15 V-Varen Nagasaki 18 21 16 Avispa Fukuoka 18 21 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
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 23 May Nagoya Grampus H 4–2 W 17 May Kyoto Sanga FC A 4–0 W 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 Date Opponent H/A Score Result 23 May Sanfrecce Hiroshima A 2–4 L 17 May Cerezo Osaka FC A 1–6 L 10 May Kyoto Sanga FC H 3–0 W 06 May Gamba Osaka H 2–1 W 03 May V-Varen Nagasaki A 2–1 W 29 Apr Fagiano Okayama FC H 1–1 D Season Stats
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Nagoya Grampus #7 Position #6 30 Points 31 18 Played 18 10 / 0 / 8 W / D / L 10 / 0 / 8 41 Scored 46 33 Conceded 44 +8 GD +2 1.67 PPG 1.72 56% Win % 56% Key Stats
55% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history22% Clean Sheets
Sanfrecce Hiroshima this season28% Clean Sheets
Nagoya Grampus this seasonSanfrecce Hiroshima are 7th (30 pts). Nagoya Grampus are 6th (31 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima0-153/116-301/231-453/146-605/–61-753/476+1/2■ Scored ■ ConcededNagoya Grampus0-152/116-302/431-455/446-604/361-753/176+4/5■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The game is set. Nagoya Grampus kicks off things out of here…
- 5' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Nagoya Grampus winning 50% of all matches.
- 10' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Yuya Asano suffering a number of foals already.
- 15' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Nagoya Grampus that had 439 games and scored 396 goals.
- 20' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Nagoya Grampus needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 25' It looks like no one’s ball. Sanfrecce Hiroshima is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 30' It looks surprising Sanfrecce Hiroshima does not make any changes. Yuya Yamagishi has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 33' Sota Nakamura puts Sanfrecce Hiroshima on the lead.
- 38' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Issei Ouchi made 143 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 42' It’s a booking for Sanfrecce Hiroshima player. Hayao Kawabe gets a card.
- 43' Sanfrecce Hiroshima receives a card for a hard tackle on 43.
- 47' GOAL! Yuya Yamagishi scores on 45.
- 48' Yuya Yamagishi with the second goal in the match!
- 49' What a strike from Hayao Kawabe! The score is 2-2.
- 50' Hayao Kawabe puts Sanfrecce Hiroshima on the lead.
- 55' Tomoki Takamine needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 56' Goal! Akito Suzuki scores his 25 goal in 418 matches.
- 61' 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.
- 66' Nagoya Grampus looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Tsukasa Morishima scoring 1 goals.
- 67' GOAL! Tsukasa Morishima scores on 67.
- 72' 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.
- 77' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 82' Nagoya Grampus started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 82.
- 87' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 87 minutes.
- With this win, Sanfrecce Hiroshima is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.
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Lineups
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Lineups
3-4-2-1Starting XI
- 19
- 3
- 6
- 24
- 33
- 99
- 13
- 10
- 15
- 11
- 39
Bench
- 9
- 14
- 41
- 17
- 16
- 25
- 21
- 35
- 40
Coach Bartosch GaulNagoya Grampus Lineups
3-4-2-1Starting XI
- 1
- 17
- 2
- 13
- 7
- 31
- 9
- 27
- 11
- 22
- 55
Bench
- 18
- 14
- 19
- 3
- 33
- 20
- 35
- 41
- 30
Coach Mihailo Petrović -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Kasper Junker 4 Mateus 4 Naoki Maeda 3 Gakuto Notsuda 2 Shuto Nakano 2 Sho Inagaki 1 Yoshifumi Kashiwa 1 Takumu Kawamura 1 Head to Head
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Form
2026-05-23 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4–2 Nagoya Grampus W 2026-05-17 Kyoto Sanga FC 0–4 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 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 DNagoya Grampus Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 43.18 Sanfrecce Hiroshima xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo2.22 Nagoya Grampus xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 89% + Both teams to score 84%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Sanfrecce Hiroshima winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 5.4Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 99% 1% ± 1.5 97% 3% ± 2.5 89% 11% ± 3.5 77% 23% ± 4.5 61% 39% Double Chance
Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Draw 74%Draw or Nagoya Grampus 45%Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Nagoya Grampus 81%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Sanfrecce Hiroshima win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 123 – 2 5.8%2 – 2 5.6%3 – 1 5.3%2 – 1 5.2%4 – 2 Actual3 – 3 4.2%4 – 1 4.2%2 – 3 4.1%1 – 1 3.8%1 – 2 3.7%4 – 3 3.4%5 – 2 2.9%Asian Handicap — Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Handicap Sanfrecce Hiroshima covers Push Nagoya Grampus covers -2.5 23% — 77% -2 23% 15% 61% -1.5 39% — 61% -1 39% 17% 44% -0.5 56% — 44% +0.5 73% — 27% +1 73% 12% 14% +1.5 86% — 14% +2 86% 8% 7% +2.5 93% — 7% Clean Sheet
Sanfrecce Hiroshima keeps clean sheet 12% ✓Nagoya Grampus keeps clean sheet 5% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.