Albirex Niigata vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima

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🕒 Sun, 20 Jul 2025 11:00 Europe/London 📍 Denka Big Swan Stadium 🧑‍⚖️ Yoshiro Imamura 🔁 Regular Season - 24 🏁 match finished

Season

2025-2026 Season

Stage

Regular Season - 24

Regular Season Table

Albirex Niigata 20 · Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4

Referee Stats

Yoshiro Imamura

14 matches · 2.43 yellow cards avg

Yellow cards avg	2.43
Reds avg	0.14
Penalties avg	0.21
Over 4.5 cards	14%
Home wins	36%
Draws	43%
Away wins	21%

How the match was won

Sanfrecce Hiroshima outshot their opponent (12-19).
Albirex Niigata controlled possession (55%).
Sanfrecce Hiroshima had the sharper finishing (1-8 shots on target).

Team Overview

Albirex Niigata (Home stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 2-9-8

Goals For / Against

20 / 31

Avg: 1.05 / 1.63

Points

Avg: 0.79

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Sanfrecce Hiroshima (Away stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 10-4-5

Goals For / Against

25 / 14

Avg: 1.32 / 0.74

Points

Avg: 1.79

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Match Context & Trends

Venue-only form, goal timing, first-goal trends and league context around this J1 League fixture.

Quick comparison bars

0.79

PPG

1.79

1.05

1.32

1.63

0.74

53%

O2.5

42%

63%

BTTS

37%

32%

Score 1st

58%

League-position context

Albirex Niigata rank20th

Sanfrecce Hiroshima rank4th

Albirex Niigata points24

Sanfrecce Hiroshima points68

Albirex Niigata: #20 · 24 pts · GD -31

51 pts off the top 2. 33 pts off the play-off line. 19 pts from safety.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima: #4 · 68 pts · GD +18

7 pts off the top 2. 11 pts above the play-off edge. 25 pts clear of the relegation zone.

44-point gap between the two sides coming into kick-off.

Albirex Niigata last 5 home

L D D D L

Points3/15

Weighted index20

Goals4-7

Record0-3-2

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Unbeaten, but draw-heavy in the recent venue-specific run.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima last 5 away

W L W D D

Points8/15

Weighted index60

Goals5-6

Record2-2-1

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Recent venue-specific form is balanced.

Albirex Niigata trend breakdown

Over 2.553%

BTTS63%

BTTS + O2.547%

1H Over 0.568%

Also: Over 0.5 89% · Over 1.5 74% · Over 3.5 37% · 1H BTTS 32%

Sanfrecce Hiroshima trend breakdown

Over 2.542%

BTTS37%

BTTS + O2.521%

1H Over 0.568%

Also: Over 0.5 95% · Over 1.5 63% · Over 3.5 5% · 1H BTTS 0%

Scoring reliability

Albirex Niigata score at home68%

Albirex Niigata clean sheet at home16%

Sanfrecce Hiroshima score away74%

Sanfrecce Hiroshima clean sheet away42%

First-goal patterns

Albirex Niigata score first32%

Albirex Niigata win after scoring first17%

Sanfrecce Hiroshima score first58%

Sanfrecce Hiroshima win after scoring first73%

Comeback rate after conceding first: Albirex Niigata 36% · Sanfrecce Hiroshima 38%

Avg first goal minute: Albirex Niigata 34.3' · Sanfrecce Hiroshima 23.3'

Vs league average

Albirex Niigata score at home1.05 vs 1.32

Albirex Niigata concede at home1.63 vs 1.08

Sanfrecce Hiroshima score away1.32 vs 1.08

Sanfrecce Hiroshima concede away0.74 vs 1.32

Albirex Niigata score 20% below league average, while Sanfrecce Hiroshima score 22% above league average.

Defensive side: Albirex Niigata are 51% above league average at home, and Sanfrecce Hiroshima are 44% below league average away.

Head-to-head trends

Recent games5

Avg goals1.80

BTTS40%

Over 2.50%

At this venue setup: 1.40 goals on average across the last 5.

Albirex Niigata goal timing (home)

1H scored: 38% 2H scored: 62% Danger: 61-75 Vulnerable: 76-90+

Goals scored by 15-minute interval

61-75 9

16-30 5

76-90+ 3

31-45 2

0-15 1

46-60 1

Goals conceded by 15-minute interval

76-90+ 7

46-60 6

61-75 6

16-30 5

31-45 5

0-15 4

Sanfrecce Hiroshima goal timing (away)

1H scored: 47% 2H scored: 53% Danger: 16-30 Vulnerable: 76-90+

Goals scored by 15-minute interval

16-30 6

46-60 6

76-90+ 6

0-15 5

61-75 5

31-45 4

Goals conceded by 15-minute interval

76-90+ 4

46-60 3

0-15 2

31-45 2

16-30 1

61-75 1

Match Statistics

Shots on Goal

Total Shots

Shots off Goal

Blocked Shots

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Ball Possession

55%

45%

Corner Kicks

Fouls

Offsides

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

—

Goalkeeper Saves

Total Passes

512

415

Passes Accurate

421

333

Passes %

82%

80%

Events

Yellow Cards

Home

Away

Red Cards

Home

Away

Substitutions

Home

Away

2' ⚽

⚽

2' ⚽ Goal · 0-1

S. Higashi

Normal Goal

48' ⚽

⚽

48' ⚽ Goal · 0-2

K. Kinoshita

Normal Goal

59' ↑↓

↑↓

59' ⇄ T. Arai

1st substitution · For: Y. Hoshi

59' ↑↓

↑↓

59' ⇄ Keisuke Kasai

2nd substitution · For: T. Shimamura

69'

69' M. Fitzgerald

71' ↑↓

↑↓

71' ⇄ S. Tanaka

1st substitution · For: Y. Nakajima

71' ↑↓

↑↓

71' ⇄ K. Kinoshita

2nd substitution · For: M. Kato

72' ↑↓

↑↓

72' ⇄ Y. Ono

3rd substitution · For: K. Hashimoto

72' ↑↓

↑↓

72' ⇄ Y. Horigome

4th substitution · For: K. Funaki

78' ↑↓

↑↓

78' ⇄ H. Araki

3rd substitution · For: N. Arai

82'

82' K. Chiba

84' ↑↓

↑↓

84' ⇄ J. Okumura

5th substitution · For: K. Yamura

90+2' ↑↓

↑↓

90+2' ⇄ S. Higashi

4th substitution · For: N. Maeda

90+2' ↑↓

↑↓

90+2' ⇄ R. Germain

5th substitution · For: V. Germain

Albirex Niigata vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0-2: match report, goals, cards and substitutions

Sanfrecce Hiroshima beat Albirex Niigata 2-0 on Sunday, 20 July 2025 in J1 League. The match was refereed by Yoshiro Imamura. It was played at Denka Big Swan Stadium.

First half: Sanfrecce Hiroshima took an early lead at 2' when S. Higashi scored, making the score 0-1.

Second half: Sanfrecce Hiroshima extended the lead at 48' when K. Kinoshita scored, making the score 0-2. Albirex Niigata made their 1st substitution at 59', with T. Arai replacing Y. Hoshi. Albirex Niigata made their 2nd substitution at 59', with Keisuke Kasai replacing T. Shimamura. M. Fitzgerald received a yellow card for Albirex Niigata at 69'. Sanfrecce Hiroshima made their 1st substitution at 71', with S. Tanaka replacing Y. Nakajima. Sanfrecce Hiroshima made their 2nd substitution at 71', with K. Kinoshita replacing M. Kato. Albirex Niigata made their 3rd substitution at 72', with Y. Ono replacing K. Hashimoto. Albirex Niigata made their 4th substitution at 72', with Y. Horigome replacing K. Funaki. Sanfrecce Hiroshima made their 3rd substitution at 78', with H. Araki replacing N. Arai. K. Chiba received a yellow card for Albirex Niigata at 82'. Albirex Niigata made their 5th substitution at 84', with J. Okumura replacing K. Yamura. Sanfrecce Hiroshima made their 4th substitution at 90+2', with S. Higashi replacing N. Maeda. Sanfrecce Hiroshima made their 5th substitution at 90+2', with R. Germain replacing V. Germain.

Albirex Niigata used 5 substitutions while Sanfrecce Hiroshima used 5 substitutions. Albirex Niigata got 2 yellow cards.