Japanese J.League

FT Saturday, April 25, 2026
Cerezo Osaka LWLWW 1
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Sanfrecce Hiroshima LLLWW 2
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CER101
SAN022
Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima · 25,547 att.

Team Stats

14
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
6
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
11
5
Saves
4
40.8
Possession
59.2
11
SHOTS
16
5
ON GOAL
6
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
2
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
275
Accurate Passes
416
368
Passes
520
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
9
10
Crosses
34
0.2
Cross %
0.3
58
Long Balls
64
19
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
6
14
Effective Tackles
8
18
Tackles
13
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
17
Interceptions
6
40
Effective Clearances
17
40
Clearances
17

Head to Head

SAN leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

SAN · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Keisuke OsakoG
  2. 4Hayato ArakiCD
  3. 19Sho SasakiCD-L
  4. 33Tsukasa ShiotaniCD-R
  5. 14Taishi MatsumotoCM-L
  6. 35Yotaro NakajimaCM-R
  7. 24Shunki HigashiLM
  8. 13Naoto AraiRM
  9. 10Akito SuzukiF
  10. 30Tolgay ArslanCF-L
  11. 11Mutsuki KatoCF-R

CER · 4-2-3-1

  1. 23Kosuke NakamuraG
  2. 44Shinnosuke HatanakaCD-L
  3. 4Rikito InoueCD-R
  4. 66Ayumu OhataLB
  5. 16Hayato OkudaRB
  6. 13Motohiko NakajimaAM
  7. 10Shunta TanakaLM
  8. 18Nelson IshiwatariRM
  9. 11ThiagoF
  10. 19Shion HommaAM-L
  11. 48Masaya ShibayamaAM-R

Timeline

  1. 12' Thiago (Cerezo Osaka) Goal at 12'
  2. 45' Soromon Sakuragawa (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 45'
  3. 53' Ayumu Ohata (Cerezo Osaka) Yellow Card at 53'
  4. 56' Shuto Nakano (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 56'
  5. 56' Kosuke Kinoshita (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 56'
  6. 63' Tsukasa Shiotani (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Yellow Card at 63'
  7. 63' Satoki Uejo (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 63'
  8. 72' Ryo Germain (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 72'
  9. 72' Naoki Maeda (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 72'
  10. 78' Shinji Kagawa (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 78'
  11. 78' Dion Cools (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 78'
  12. 85' Motoki Ohara (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 85'
  13. 86' Dion Cools (Cerezo Osaka) Own Goal at 86'
  14. 88' Yumeki Yokoyama (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 88'
  15. 90'+3' Kosuke Kinoshita (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Penalty - Scored at 93'

Japanese J1 League News

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