Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Shimizu S-Pulse, J. League 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2026

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

6 – 5

5 – 4 pen

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Shimizu S-Pulse

Sat 11 Apr 2026 · 05:00 UTC Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima 26,488 HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 71' Se-hun Oh

Kosuke Kinoshita 74' 1–1

Yotaro Nakajima 85' Y

Overview

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Shimizu S-Pulse — J. League at Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 games · 30 pts (2026/27)
Shimizu S-Pulse 18 games · 24 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Koei Koya
Assistant 1 Mikiya Nishimura
Assistant 2 Kenji Wakamiya (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	Kyōto 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	Tōkyō 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 16 games · Avg 3.1 goals Shimizu S-Pulse

Last 5 meetings

2026-04-11 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 6–5 Shimizu S-Pulse 2026-03-22 Shimizu S-Pulse 3–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2025-08-10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–0 Shimizu S-Pulse 2025-02-26 Shimizu S-Pulse 1–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2022-09-03 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–0 Shimizu S-Pulse

Recent Form

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
11 Apr	Shimizu S-Pulse	H	6–5	W
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

Shimizu S-Pulse

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
11 Apr	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	A	5–6	L
05 Apr	V-Varen Nagasaki	A	3–0	W
01 Apr	Vissel Kobe	A	0–2	L
22 Mar	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	H	3–1	W
18 Mar	Avispa Fukuoka	A	6–5	W
14 Mar	Fagiano Okayama FC	H	2–3	L

Season Stats

Sanfrecce Hiroshima		Shimizu S-Pulse
#4	Position	#7
30	Points	24
18	Played	18
10 / 0 / 8	W / D / L	8 / 0 / 10
41	Scored	40
33	Conceded	42
+8	GD	-2
1.67	PPG	1.33
56%	Win %	44%

Key Stats

63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

44% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

43% Clean Sheets
Sanfrecce Hiroshima this season

14% Clean Sheets
Shimizu S-Pulse this season

Sanfrecce Hiroshima are 4th (30 pts). Shimizu S-Pulse are 7th (24 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

Shimizu S-Pulse

0-15

–/1

16-30

–/1

31-45

–/–

46-60

2/1

61-75

3/2

76+

–/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

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

Shimizu S-Pulse

Se-hun Oh	2 G
Koya Kitagawa	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' KICK OFF: Shimizu S-Pulse gets underway.
5' Sanfrecce Hiroshima have won 444 goals from 342 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
10' A quiet spell here at Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima. Sanfrecce Hiroshima seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
15' Hayao Kawabe has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 7 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
20' It looks surprising Shimizu S-Pulse does not make any changes. Taishi Matsumoto has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
25' The home supporters are growing impatient. Sanfrecce Hiroshima must find a spark to ignite this game.
30' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sanfrecce Hiroshima side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
35' Shimizu S-Pulse is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
40' Over 40 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
45' Yutaka Yoshida is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Sanfrecce Hiroshima so far.
50' The travelling Shimizu S-Pulse supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
55' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
58' Time for substitution for Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Ryo Germain is replaced by Kosuke Kinoshita.
62' The Shimizu S-Pulse manager makes a substitution. Sodai Hasukawa departs to be replaced by Yutaka Yoshida.
67' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
71' A stunning finish from Se-hun Oh — that came from absolutely nowhere!
74' Kosuke Kinoshita makes no mistake. The score reads 1-1 and Sanfrecce Hiroshima are in front.
76' Another substitution for Sanfrecce Hiroshima to replace Shuto Nakano by Shunki Higashi on 76 minute.
78' Another change for Shimizu S-Pulse made on 78 minute. Kenta Inoue leaves to be changed by Kazuki Kozuka.
83' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Shimizu S-Pulse needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
85' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Yotaro Nakajima.
88' The whistle greets Hayao Kawabe as he departs to be replaced by Taichi Yamasaki.
90' Ryota Hariu gets the nod from Shimizu S-Pulse. He replaces Mateus Brunetti and will look to change the dynamic.
Game over. The scoreline of 6-5 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

9
Ryo Germain ↓ Kosuke Kinoshita 58'
19
Sho Sasaki
1
Keisuke Osako
14
Taishi Matsumoto ↓ Yotaro Nakajima 76'
6
Hayao Kawabe ↓ Taichi Yamasaki 88'
33
Tsukasa Shiotani
4
Hayato Araki
13
Naoto Arai
30
Tolgay Arslan ↓ Sota Nakamura 58'
10
Akito Suzuki
15
Shuto Nakano ↓ Shunki Higashi 76'

Bench

3
Taichi Yamasaki ↑ 88'
24
Shunki Higashi ↑ 76'
41
Naoki Maeda
17
Kosuke Kinoshita ↑ 58'
99
Issei Ouchi
35
Yotaro Nakajima ↑ 76'
11
Mutsuki Kato
40
Motoki Ohara
39
Sota Nakamura ↑ 58'

Coach Bartosch Gaul

Shimizu S-Pulse Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

16
Togo Umeda
5
Kengo Kitazume
8
Kenta Inoue ↓ Kazuki Kozuka 78'
10
Matheus Bueno
4
Sodai Hasukawa ↓ Yutaka Yoshida 62'
25
Mateus Brunetti ↓ Ryota Hariu 90'
47
Yudai Shimamoto ↓ Alfredo Stephens 90'
9
Se-hun Oh
6
Zento Uno
39
Haruto Hidaka ↓ Rinsei Ohata 78'
14
Seung-wook Park

Bench

50
Alfredo Stephens ↑ 90'
28
Yutaka Yoshida ↑ 62'
1
Yuya Oki
81
Kazuki Kozuka ↑ 78'
11
Hikaru Nakahara
38
Toshiki Takahashi
97
Rinsei Ohata ↑ 78'
17
Masaki Yumiba
27
Ryota Hariu ↑ 90'

Coach Takayuki Yoshida

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Thiago Santana	3
Yoshifumi Kashiwa	3
Hayao Kawabe	2
Takumu Kawamura	2
Douglas Vieira	2
Leandro Pereira	2
Tsukasa Morishima	2
Koya Kitagawa	2

Head to Head

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Form

2026-04-11 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 6–5 Shimizu S-Pulse W 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

Shimizu S-Pulse Form

2026-04-11 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 6–5 Shimizu S-Pulse L 2026-04-05 V-Varen Nagasaki 0–3 Shimizu S-Pulse W 2026-04-01 Vissel Kobe 2–0 Shimizu S-Pulse L 2026-03-22 Shimizu S-Pulse 3–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2026-03-18 Avispa Fukuoka 5–6 Shimizu S-Pulse W 2026-03-14 Shimizu S-Pulse 2–3 Fagiano Okayama FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.8 Sanfrecce Hiroshima xG

Expected Goals

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

2.21 Shimizu S-Pulse xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 86% + Both teams to score 83%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sanfrecce Hiroshima49% Draw21% Shimizu S-Pulse30%

Actual: Sanfrecce Hiroshima win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes83% 0% No17%

Avg goals/match: 5.01

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	99%	1%
± 1.5	96%	4%
± 2.5	86%	14%
± 3.5	72%	28%
± 4.5	55%	45%

Double Chance

Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Draw

70%

Draw or Shimizu S-Pulse

51%

Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Shimizu S-Pulse

79%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sanfrecce Hiroshima40% Draw33% Shimizu S-Pulse27%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✗ 6–5 not predicted

6 – 5

Actual

2 – 2

6.2%

2 – 1

5.8%

3 – 2

5.7%

3 – 1

5.3%

1 – 1

4.8%

1 – 2

4.6%

2 – 3

4.5%

3 – 3

4.2%

4 – 2

4 – 1

3.7%

1 – 3

3.3%

4 – 3

Asian Handicap — Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Handicap	Sanfrecce Hiroshima covers	Push	Shimizu S-Pulse covers
-2.5	18%	—	82%
-2	18%	14%	67%
-1.5	33%	—	67%
-1	33%	17%	50%
-0.5	50%	—	50%
+0.5	69%	—	31%
+1	69%	14%	17%
+1.5	83%	—	17%
+2	83%	9%	8%
+2.5	92%	—	8%

Clean Sheet

Sanfrecce Hiroshima keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

Shimizu S-Pulse keeps clean sheet

7% ✓

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