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Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Avispa Fukuoka : J-League match betting preview, prediction and odds

EDION Stadium, Hiroshima

Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Avispa Fukuoka meet at the EDION Stadium on Saturday morning, with both Michael Skibbe and Do-Kyun Kim aiming for victory in the J-League. This preview has odds from leading bookmakers for 17 different betting markets, alongside bespoke data that changes as you go through them. Our predictions are based on 20-game form, so all stats are shown from a 20-game perspective. Home, away and overall records can be found, while you'll also find head to head (H2H) history a little further down the page.

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima's next match is v Tokyo Verdy at 06:00 on Saturday 17th May
Avispa Fukuoka's next match is v Nagoya at 06:30 on Saturday 17th May
The last Japanese J-League meeting between Hiroshima and Avispa was on Saturday 3rd May 2025
Japanese J-League
May 3rd 2025
Hiroshima 2
1 Avispa
 
M. Kato 67'86' T. Miki
R. Germain 90'
 
HIR
AVI
Shots On
7
2
Shots Off
9
5
Corners
8
1
Possession
51%
49%
Fouls
10
18
Yellow/red cards
2/0
1/0
 
HiroshimaAvispa
 
K. Osako
H. Araki
T. Shiotani
S. Sasaki
S. Higashi (D. Suga 70')
S. Tanaka
H. Kawabe
R. Germainfootball icon
S. Nakamura (S. Koshimichi 90')
N. Maeda (S. Nakano 70')
M. Katofootball icon
T. Nagaishi
T. Kamijima
(Y. Maejima 46') Y. Hashimoto
(M. Shigemi 76') M. Tashiro
T. Ando
D. Matsuoka
football iconT. Miki
Y. Iwasaki
(H. Akino 66') K. Konno
(S. Nago 46') T. Kanamori
(S. Zahedi 70') W. de Sousa

Best Tip: Under 2.5 goals

We are tipping a game with little to choose between the sides here and, as such, are predicting under 2.5 goals. That means we a suggesting 2 goals or fewer will be scored in total as Hiroshima and Avispa go head-to-head. Good performances all round will be required to deliver us a winner, but we have faith in both sides to deliver exactly that. The statistics and the odds below suggest it's a sound bet too.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Hiroshima are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 42% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.75.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Change odds
Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Hiroshima
42%
17/20
6%
-
Draw
32%
23/10
6%
-
Avispa
25%
7/2
10%
-
Hiroshima 1-0
17%
9/2-
Draw 0-0
16%
6/1
7%
-
Draw 1-1
13%
11/2
7%
-
Avispa 1-0
12%
17/2
5%
-
Hiroshima 2-0
9%
13/2
7%
-
Hiroshima 2-1
7%
8/1-
Avispa 2-1
5%
14/1
12%
-
Avispa 2-0
5%
20/1
9%
-
Hiroshima 3-0
3%
14/1
15%
-
Draw 2-2
3%
18/1
10%
-
Hiroshima 3-1
2%
16/1-
Avispa 3-1
1%
40/1-
Avispa 3-0
1%
50/1-
Hiroshima 3-2
1%
33/1-
Hiroshima 4-0
1%
33/1
17%
-
Over 2.5 Goals
27%
7/5
2%
-
Under 2.5 Goals
73%
8/15
3%
-
Home 1st Goal
49%
4/7
5%
-
Away 1st Goal
39%
2/1
6%
-
No 1st Goal
12%
6/1
7%
-
BTTS - Yes
35%
11/10
5%
-
BTTS - No
65%
4/6
3%
-
BTTS - Home Win
11%
4/1
5%
-
BTTS - Draw
16%
4/1
9%
-
BTTS - Away Win
7%
9/1
9%
-
Home/draw
75%
2/11
1%
-
Away/draw
58%
10/11
5%
-
Home/away
68%
1/3
3%
-
Over 1.5 Goals
54%
4/9
3%
-
Under 1.5 Goals
46%
13/8
5%
-
Over 3.5 Goals
11%
7/2
4%
-
Under 3.5 Goals
89%
2/11
2%
-
Over 4.5 Goals
4%
10/1
10%
-
Under 4.5 Goals
96%
1/20
1%
-
Over 5.5 Goals
1%
22/1
10%
-
Under 5.5 Goals
99%
1/80-
Over 0.5 Goals
84%
1/12-
Under 0.5 Goals
16%
7/1
7%
-
Home DNB
65%
1/3
3%
-
Away DNB
48%
9/4
7%
-
Hiroshima win to nil
31%
7/4
5%
-
Avispa win to nil
18%
11/2
7%
-
Hiroshima / Hiroshima
28%
2/1
9%
-
Hiroshima / Avispa
2%
40/1-
Hiroshima / Draw
6%
14/1-
Draw / Hiroshima
18%
7/2
4%
-
Draw / Avispa
9%
8/1
5%
-
Draw / Draw
18%
7/2
5%
-
Avispa / Hiroshima
3%
25/1-
Avispa / Avispa
11%
13/2
12%
-
Avispa / Draw
5%
16/1-
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Win / draw / win J-League table

Hiroshima have played 12 matches so far this season and are in 12th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

7 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 3 games, drawn 2 and won 2. Hiroshima have conceded 6 goals, scored 5, failed to score in 3 matches and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Hiroshima have played 7 games at home, winning 4, drawing 1 and losing 2 fixtures. They have scored 6 goals, conceded 4 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 2 times in home league games.

Avispa lay in 6th place on 21 points in the J-League league table having played 13 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 9 games against teams below them in the table, winning 4, drawing 3 and losing 2 games. They have scored 10 goals and kept 4 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Avispa have conceded 8 goals and have failed to score in 1 match.

Away league performance

Avispa have played 6 away games, winning 3, drawing 1 and losing 2 games. They have scored an average of 0.8 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.8 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Hiroshima
Avispa
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Kashima1611141434 
w
 
1-0F
Jun 14
l
 
0-1A
Aug 16
2
Kashiwa169611033 
d
 
1-1F
Sep 23
l
 
0-1A
Aug 31
3
Kyoto Sanga17845328 
Sep 13
l
 
1-0A
Jul 21
w
 
0-1F
4
Urawa Reds16754526 
Nov 8
l
 
1-0A
w
 
1-0F
Jul 27
5
Hiroshima Home15825326 
-
-
Sep 27
l
 
2-1A
6
Gamba Osaka16727-223 
Aug 16
w
 
0-1F
Nov 30
l
 
2-1A
7
Cerezo16646222 
w
 
2-1A
Aug 31
Sep 13
May 24
8
Shimizu16646222 
Aug 10
d
 
1-1A
Aug 23
l
 
3-1A
9
Kawasaki14563821 
May 31
Nov 30
l
 
1-2F
Aug 9
10
Vissel Kobe14635121 
Aug 20
Jul 2
Jun 28
w
 
0-1F
11
Machida16637-121 
Oct 4
w
 
1-2A
d
 
2-2A
Oct 18
12
Avispa Away16637-221 
w
 
2-1F
Sep 27
-
-
13
Shonan16637-721 
Dec 6
w
 
0-1F
Oct 25
d
 
0-00-0
14
Tokyo Verdy16556-520 
May 17
Aug 23
May 31
Nov 8
15
Tokyo15546-219 
Oct 18
May 25
w
 
1-0F
Sep 23
16
Fagiano16547-219 
l
 
0-1A
Jul 5
d
 
1-1F
Jun 15
17
Nagoya16448-616 
Jun 28
l
 
2-1A
May 17
Dec 6
18
Yokohama16439-715 
w
 
1-0F
Jun 22
Oct 4
l
 
1-0A
19
Albirex15276-513 
l
 
0-1A
Jul 20
Jun 21
w
 
0-1F
20
Yokohama FM14158-98 
w
 
1-0F
Oct 25
w
 
2-1A
Sep 20
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Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Hiroshima 5TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
36
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
13
D
2
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Hiroshima0 - 1Albirex
Hiroshima0 - 1Fagiano
Hiroshima2 - 1Cerezo
Hiroshima1 - 0Kashima
Hiroshima1 - 1Kashiwa
Hiroshima1 - 0Yokohama
Hiroshima1 - 0Yokohama FM
Hiroshima5 - 1Sapporo
Hiroshima0 - 1Kyoto Sanga
Hiroshima2 - 0Machida
Hiroshima6 - 2Yokohama FM
Hiroshima3 - 2Tokyo
Hiroshima2 - 0Kashiwa
Hiroshima2 - 0Cerezo
Hiroshima1 - 0Avispa
Hiroshima1 - 3Vissel Kobe
Hiroshima1 - 1Albirex
Hiroshima4 - 1Tokyo Verdy
Hiroshima2 - 0Jubilo Iwata
Hiroshima1 - 3Kashima
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
9
D
2
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HHiroshima0 - 1Albirex
AHiroshima0 - 1Urawa Reds
AHiroshima1 - 2Nagoya
HHiroshima0 - 1Fagiano
HHiroshima2 - 1Cerezo
HHiroshima1 - 0Kashima
AHiroshima0 - 1Kyoto Sanga
HHiroshima1 - 1Kashiwa
HHiroshima1 - 0Yokohama
AHiroshima1 - 1Shimizu
HHiroshima1 - 0Yokohama FM
AHiroshima2 - 1Machida
AHiroshima1 - 3Gamba Osaka
HHiroshima5 - 1Sapporo
AHiroshima0 - 3Urawa Reds
HHiroshima0 - 1Kyoto Sanga
AHiroshima1 - 2Shonan
AHiroshima2 - 1Jubilo Iwata
HHiroshima2 - 0Machida
HHiroshima6 - 2Yokohama FM
Avispa 11TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
16
Conceded
17
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
6
Draw
8
Lost
6
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Shonan0 - 0Avispa
Shimizu3 - 1Avispa
Albirex0 - 1Avispa
Kyoto Sanga0 - 1Avispa
Vissel Kobe0 - 1Avispa
Gamba Osaka2 - 1Avispa
Kawasaki3 - 1Avispa
Cerezo1 - 0Avispa
Kashima0 - 0Avispa
Sagan Tosu0 - 0Avispa
Jubilo Iwata0 - 0Avispa
Gamba Osaka2 - 2Avispa
Sapporo2 - 2Avispa
Shonan1 - 1Avispa
Hiroshima1 - 0Avispa
Tokyo0 - 1Avispa
Machida0 - 0Avispa
Kashiwa0 - 2Avispa
Albirex1 - 2Avispa
Vissel Kobe1 - 0Avispa
Goals: Scored
18
Conceded
17
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
9
Draw
5
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AAvispa0 - 0Shonan
HAvispa1 - 1Fagiano
AAvispa1 - 3Shimizu
HAvispa2 - 1Yokohama FM
HAvispa1 - 0Urawa Reds
AAvispa1 - 0Albirex
HAvispa2 - 2Machida
HAvispa1 - 0Tokyo
AAvispa1 - 0Kyoto Sanga
AAvispa1 - 0Vissel Kobe
HAvispa1 - 2Kawasaki
AAvispa1 - 2Gamba Osaka
HAvispa0 - 1Kashiwa
AAvispa1 - 3Kawasaki
HAvispa1 - 0Urawa Reds
AAvispa0 - 1Cerezo
HAvispa2 - 1Kashiwa
AAvispa0 - 0Kashima
HAvispa1 - 0Nagoya
AAvispa0 - 0Sagan Tosu
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
3
Hiroshima have beaten Avispa in 3 consecutive home league meetings
7
Hiroshima have not lost to Avispa in 7 consecutive league meetings
League games at Hiroshima since 2021
Hiroshima
Avispa
Goals: Scored
6
3
Games: Scored
4 / 4
2 / 4
Clean sheets
2 / 4
0 / 4
HIR
3
AVI
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Hiroshima
Hiroshima1 - 0
Hiroshima3 - 1
Hiroshima1 - 0
1 - 2Avispa
League games at Avispa since 2021
Avispa
Hiroshima
Goals: Scored
3
6
Games: Scored
3 / 4
4 / 4
Clean sheets
0 / 4
1 / 4
HIR
2
D
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Avispa
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 1Hiroshima
1 - 3Hiroshima
Draw1 - 1Draw
Goal Statistics
Hiroshima 5th Avispa 11th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.1
goals
0.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
35%
1
37%
2
20%
3
4+
There is a 72% probability that Hiroshima will score no more than 1 goal
0
47%
1
35%
2
13%
3
4+
There is a 82% probability of Avispa scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+5
Hiroshima’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-24
Avispa have scored 24% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.8
average goals scored
0.8
average goals scored
0.9
conceded
0.9
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
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0
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Avg. goals scored0
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Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
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KickOff rating
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Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
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0
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Hiroshima v Avispa J-League lLine ups will show here when available.

Hiroshima J-League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
15323
K OsakoR GermainS. NakamuraS Sasaki
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
K Osako GLK15
-
T Shiotani DEF152
1
-
H Araki  DEF151
-
S Sasaki DEF15
3
-
S. Nakamura MID1522
-
H Kawabe MID15
3
-
S Tanaka MID13
-
S Higashi MID151
-
N Maeda FWD91
1
-
M Kato FWD1511
-
R Germain FWD1532
1
-
Subs
M. Jeong GLK
-
T Yamasaki DEF
-
S Nakano DEF14
3
-
H Matsumoto MID3
-
D Suga MID121
2
-
S Inoue MID4
-
S Koshimichi MID121
-
T Semba MID
-
A. Inoue FWD1
-
Avispa J-League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
16415
T MikiT MikiM TashiroT Kamijima
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T Nagaishi GLK4
-
M Tashiro DEF1411
2
-
T Ando DEF163
2
-
T Kamijima DEF12
4
1
Y. Hashimoto MID6
-
D Matsuoka MID15
-
T Miki MID1641
2
-
Y Iwasaki MID161
-
K Konno FWD151
1
-
T Kanamori FWD10
-
Wellington FWD121
1
-
Subs
M Murakami GLK9
-
Y Maejima DEF131
2
-
M Shigemi MID8
-
S Nago MID161
-
H Akino MID91
2
-
S Zahedi FWD151
-
I Maeda FWD
-