Thursday , 2 July 2026

Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Vissel Kobe, J. League 2026 REGULAR SEASON

J. League · 2026
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
5 – 6
4 – 5 pen
Full Time
Vissel Kobe
Wed 6 May 2026 · 06:00 UTC Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima 27,028 HT 45' · FT 45'
Mutsuki Kato 42' 1–0
1–1 63' Ren Komatsu
Y 53' Yosuke Ideguchi
Y 72' Thuler
Sota Nakamura 75' Y
Taichi Yamasaki 77' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Vissel Kobe — J. League at Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima.

Match Details

  • Referee Futoshi Nakamura
  • Assistant 1 Takumi Takagi
  • Assistant 2 Daisuke Hatakeyama (Japan)
8 games this season 🟨 1.1/game ⚽ 11.0 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

6
4
10
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 20 games · Avg 3.2 goals Vissel Kobe
Last 5 meetings
2026-05-06 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 5–6 Vissel Kobe 2026-03-27 Vissel Kobe 2–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2025-08-20 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–1 Vissel Kobe 2025-07-02 Vissel Kobe 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2024-07-05 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–3 Vissel Kobe

Recent Form

Sanfrecce Hiroshima
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
11 Apr Shimizu S-Pulse H 6–5 W
Vissel Kobe
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
06 May Sanfrecce Hiroshima A 6–5 W
02 May Gamba Osaka A 0–5 L
29 Apr Cerezo Osaka FC H 0–0 D
11 Apr Nagoya Grampus H 3–2 W
05 Apr Fagiano Okayama FC A 4–1 W
01 Apr Shimizu S-Pulse H 2–0 W

Season Stats

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Vissel Kobe
#4 Position #1
30 Points 35
18 Played 18
10 / 0 / 8 W / D / L 11 / 0 / 7
41 Scored 41
33 Conceded 37
+8 GD +4
1.67 PPG 1.94
56% Win % 61%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)
50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
22% Clean Sheets
Sanfrecce Hiroshima this season
33% Clean Sheets
Vissel Kobe this season

Sanfrecce Hiroshima are 4th (30 pts). Vissel Kobe are 1st (35 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
Vissel Kobe
0-15
–/–
16-30
3/4
31-45
3/4
46-60
–/2
61-75
4/1
76+
3/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Vissel Kobe has kicked off!
  • 5' Vissel Kobe is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 10' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Yotaro Nakajima made 335 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 15' The travelling Vissel Kobe supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 20' It looks like no one’s ball. Vissel Kobe is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 25' 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.
  • 30' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sanfrecce Hiroshima needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 35' It’s high time Michael Skibbe made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 40' 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 Shunki Higashi suffering a number of foals already.
  • 42' GOAL! Mutsuki Kato scores on 42. Assisted by Shunki Higashi
  • 47' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 52' Tetsushi Yamakawa has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 18 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 53' A meaty challenge results in booking for Yosuke Ideguchi on 53.
  • 58' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 58 minutes.
  • 63' What an equalizer from Ren Komatsu!
  • 68' 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.
  • 72' Vissel Kobe receives a card for a hard tackle on 72.
  • 75' That looks like a foul for a card for Sota Nakamura.
  • 77' Taichi Yamasaki was booked on 77.
  • 82' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sanfrecce Hiroshima that had 335 games and scored 427 goals.
  • 87' 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.
  • Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Vissel Kobe players.

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Kyogo Furuhashi 4
Leandro Pereira 3
Patric 3
Iniesta 2
Mutsuki Kato 2
Sho Sasaki 2
Daiki Watari 2
Tsukasa Morishima 2

Head to Head

2026-05-06 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 5–6 Vissel Kobe 2026-03-27 Vissel Kobe 2–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2025-08-20 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–1 Vissel Kobe 2025-07-02 Vissel Kobe 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2024-07-05 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–3 Vissel Kobe

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Form

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

Vissel Kobe Form

2026-05-06 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 5–6 Vissel Kobe W 2026-05-02 Gamba Osaka 5–0 Vissel Kobe L 2026-04-29 Vissel Kobe 0–0 Cerezo Osaka FC D 2026-04-11 Vissel Kobe 3–2 Nagoya Grampus W 2026-04-05 Fagiano Okayama FC 1–4 Vissel Kobe W 2026-04-01 Vissel Kobe 2–0 Shimizu S-Pulse W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
2.79 Sanfrecce Hiroshima xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
2.53 Vissel Kobe xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 89% + Both teams to score 85%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Sanfrecce Hiroshima40% Draw21% Vissel Kobe39%
Actual: Vissel Kobe win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes85% 0% No15%
Avg goals/match: 5.32
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 99%
1%
± 1.5 97%
3%
± 2.5 89%
11%
± 3.5 76%
24%
± 4.5 60%
40%

Double Chance

Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Draw
61%
Draw or Vissel Kobe
60%
Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Vissel Kobe
79%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Sanfrecce Hiroshima37% Draw32% Vissel Kobe31%
Actual: Sanfrecce Hiroshima win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 5–6 not predicted
5 – 6
Actual
2 – 2
6%
3 – 2
5.4%
2 – 3
4.9%
2 – 1
4.9%
3 – 3
4.5%
1 – 2
4.5%
3 – 1
4.4%
1 – 1
4.1%
4 – 2
3.8%
1 – 3
3.7%
4 – 3
3.2%
2 – 4
3.1%

Asian Handicap — Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Handicap Sanfrecce Hiroshima covers Push Vissel Kobe covers
-2.5 16% — 84%
-2 16% 13% 71%
-1.5 29% — 71%
-1 29% 16% 55%
-0.5 45% — 55%
+0.5 63% — 37%
+1 63% 15% 22%
+1.5 78% — 22%
+2 78% 11% 11%
+2.5 89% — 11%

Clean Sheet

Sanfrecce Hiroshima keeps clean sheet
9% ✓
Vissel Kobe keeps clean sheet
7% ✓

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