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Sanfrecce Hiroshima v JEF United : J-League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima, Hiroshima

Saturday morning sees Bartosch Gaul’s Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Yoshiyuki Kobayashi’s JEF United go head to head in a J-League battle at the Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima. You'll see stats supporting our top of Hiroshima to win below, but there are 16 other betting markets we cover too. Each has been designed to deliver as full a picture as possible, with J-League performances and head-to-heads included, so that you're able to make the smartest bet choices. Finally, be sure to get the best odds from leading bookmakers.

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima's next match is v Urawa Reds at 11:00 on Saturday 15th August
JEF United's next match is v Machida at 11:00 on Saturday 15th August

The last Japanese J-League meeting between Hiroshima and JEF United was on Saturday 8th August 2026

Japanese J-League

August 8th 2026

Hiroshima 3	0 JEF United

S. Nakano 3'
A. Suzuki 79'
T. Kawamura 88'

	HIR JEF
Shots On	8 3
Shots Off	12 4
Corners	3
Possession	54% 46%
Fouls	5 14
Yellow/red cards	1/0 1/0

Hiroshima	JEF United

H. Araki H. Kawabe S. Higashi (N. Arai 80') A. Suzuki M. Kato (T. Kawamura 85') S. Sasaki T. Shiotani (T. Yamasaki 80') Y. Nakajima (T. Matsumoto 65') N. Maeda (S. Haller 46') I. Ouchi S. Nakano	J. Suárez García (M. Himeno 64') K. Tanaka T. Mae T. Iida K. Toriumi (M. Salgueiro Pains 46') Y. Kobayashi (R. Ishio 78') T. Tsukui (L. Miramar Rocha 80') D. Ishikawa D. Hall (K. Yamura 64') T. Matsumura E. de Souza

Best Tip: Hiroshima to win

Having examined the bookies' odds and collated statistics regarding the two teams ahead of this J-League clash, a bet on win / draw / win for Hiroshima to win in front of their own fans is our recommendation. We predict they will overpower JEF United, and head-to-head (H2H) records show they have the pedigree to do so. It may not all be plain sailing, but Hiroshima winning is the bet come Saturday morning.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Hiroshima are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 71% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.45.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Hiroshima 71%	3/10 2%	-
Draw 17%	17/4 4%	-
JEF United 12%	13/2 18%	-
Hiroshima 2-0 12%	6/1	-
Hiroshima 1-0 10%	13/2	-
Hiroshima 2-1 10%	15/2	-
Hiroshima 3-0 9%	8/1	-
Draw 1-1 8%	9/1	-
Hiroshima 3-1 7%	10/1	-
Hiroshima 4-0 5%	14/1	-
Draw 0-0 4%	14/1 8%	-
Hiroshima 4-1 4%	18/1 9%	-
Draw 2-2 4%	20/1	-
JEF United 1-0 4%	20/1 13%	-
JEF United 2-1 3%	22/1 24%	-
Hiroshima 3-2 3%	22/1	-
Hiroshima 5-0 2%	28/1	-
Hiroshima 5-1 2%	33/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 61%	3/5	-
Under 2.5 Goals 39%	13/10	-
Home 1st Goal 60%	1/3 3%	-
Away 1st Goal 37%	9/4 8%	-
No 1st Goal 3%	14/1 8%	-
BTTS - Yes 51%	19/20	-
BTTS - No 49%	4/5	-
BTTS - Home Win 31%	2/1	-
BTTS - Draw 13%	11/2	-
BTTS - Away Win 6%	12/1 18%	-
Home/draw 88%	1/10 3%	-
Away/draw 29%	9/4	-
Home/away 82%	1/6 2%	-
Over 1.5 Goals 82%	2/11	-
Under 1.5 Goals 18%	7/2	-
Over 3.5 Goals 38%	6/4	-
Under 3.5 Goals 62%	1/2	-
Over 4.5 Goals 21%	10/3	-
Under 4.5 Goals 79%	1/5	-
Over 5.5 Goals 10%	8/1	-
Under 5.5 Goals 90%	1/14	-
Over 0.5 Goals 96%	1/33	-
Under 0.5 Goals 4%	16/1	-
Home DNB 83%	1/9 1%	-
Away DNB 24%	11/2 11%	-
Hiroshima win to nil 40%	6/5 5%	-
JEF United win to nil 6%	14/1 10%	-
Hiroshima / Hiroshima 43%	10/11 2%	-
Hiroshima / JEF United 2%	50/1	-
Hiroshima / Draw 5%	16/1	-
Draw / Hiroshima 21%	3/1 8%	-
Draw / JEF United 5%	16/1	-
Draw / Draw 11%	13/2	-
JEF United / Hiroshima 4%	18/1	-
JEF United / JEF United 6%	14/1 9%	-
JEF United / Draw 4%	20/1 12%	-

Win / draw / win J-League table

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Hiroshima JEF United
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Kashiwa	1	1	0	0	1	3	May 22	Nov 28	Jun 6	Nov 20
2	Kashima	0	0	0	0	0	0	Dec 13	-	Dec 5	Mar 6
3	Cerezo	1	1	0	0	1	3	Sep 12	Mar 6	Dec 19	Oct 25
4	Vissel Kobe	1	1	0	0	1	3	Dec 6	Apr 3	May 22	Nov 28
5	V-V Nagasaki	0	0	0	0	0	0	May 9	Oct 21	Oct 11	Apr 24
6	Shimizu	1	1	0	0	1	3	Oct 24	Feb 27	May 9	Sep 19
7	Hiroshima	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	Apr 29	l 3-0A
8	Machida	0	0	0	0	0	0	Apr 24	Nov 8	Aug 15	Feb 13
9	Gamba Osaka	0	0	0	0	0	0	Mar 20	Aug 29	Sep 6	Apr 17
10	Tokyo Verdy	1	0	1	0	0	1	Feb 20	Oct 11	Mar 10	Sep 13
11	Kawasaki	1	0	1	0	0	1	Aug 22	Jun 6	Feb 20	Aug 29
12	Urawa Reds	1	0	0	1	-1	0	May 3	Aug 15	Mar 14	Oct 21
13	Yokohama FM	1	0	0	1	-1	0	Nov 21	Apr 10	Oct 17	May 29
14	Kyoto Sanga	1	0	0	1	-1	0	Oct 17	May 15	Apr 10	Dec 13
15	Fagiano	1	0	0	1	-1	0	Feb 13	Sep 6	Sep 2	May 15
16	Mito	1	0	0	1	-1	0	May 29	Oct 31	Nov 8	Apr 3
17	Avispa	1	0	0	1	-1	0	Mar 10	Sep 19	Nov 1	Mar 20
18	Nagoya	1	0	0	1	-1	0	Sep 2	Dec 19	Nov 25	May 3
19	JEF United	1	0	0	1	-3	0	w 3-0F	Apr 29	-	-
20	Tokyo	1	0	0	1	-4	0	Apr 16	Nov 25	Feb 27	Aug 21

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Win / draw / win form

Hiroshima have won 4 consecutive home league games

JEF United have won 4 consecutive league games

Hiroshima have not lost in 8 consecutive home league games

JEF United have not lost in 8 consecutive league games

JEF United have kept a clean sheet for 4 consecutive away league games

Home

Overall

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Conceded

Games: Scored

/ 0

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/ 0

Clean sheets

/ 0

Failed to score

/ 0

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win

Goals: Scored

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Games: Scored

/ 0

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/ 0

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/ 0

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OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win

Away

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/ 0

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/ 0

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/ 0

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/ 0

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win

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/ 0

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/ 0

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OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win

Goal Statistics

	Hiroshima 9th	JEF United 19th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	2.3 goals	0.8 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 10% 1 23% 2 26% 3 20% 4+ 20% There is a 67% probability that Hiroshima will score 2 or more goals in this match	0 44% 1 36% 2 15% 3 4+ There is a 80% probability of JEF United scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away league games

Attack defence ratings
J-League - 2026/2027 season

better

HIR

JEF

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Games scored	0		0
Failed to score	0		0
Scored first	0		0
Goals scored	0		0
Avg. goals scored	0		0
Avg. shots per game	0		0
Avg. shots per goal	0		0
Conversion rate for	0		0
Avg. XG for	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

better

HIR

JEF

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Games conceded	0		0
Clean sheets	0		0
Conceded first	0		0
Goals conceded	0		0
Avg. goals conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/game conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/goal conceded	0		0
Conversion rate against	0%		0%
Avg. XG against	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

Hiroshima v JEF United J-League lLine ups will show here when available.

Hiroshima J-League squad statistics 2026/2027

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
1	1	1	1
I Ouchi	S Nakano	T Matsumoto	Y Nakajima

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
I Ouchi GLK	1			-
T Shiotani DEF	1			-
H Araki DEF	1			-
S Sasaki DEF	1			-
S Nakano DEF	1	1		-
S Higashi DEF	1			-
H Kawabe MID	1			-
Y Nakajima MID	1			1 -
N Maeda MID	1			-
M Kato MID	1			-
A Suzuki FWD	1	1		-
Subs
S Haller	1			-
S. Kobayashi				-
K Osako				-
T Yamasaki	1			-
N Arai	1			-
T Kawamura	1	1		-
T Matsumoto	1		1	-
T Shichi				-
D Suga				-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
1	2	1	1
S Nakano	S Sasaki	T Matsumoto	N Maeda

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
S Nakano DEF	1	2
A Suzuki FWD	1	1
Subs
T Kawamura	1	1
S Sasaki DEF		2
N Maeda MID				1
M Kato MID		1
Subs
T Matsumoto			1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
72	6	7
H Kawabe	Y Nakajima	S Sasaki

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
H Kawabe MID	72		1
H Araki DEF	52		4
S Nakano DEF	51	3	7
S Sasaki DEF	47	3	7
T Shiotani DEF	42	2	3
Y Nakajima MID	42	6	7
I Ouchi GLK	28
S Higashi DEF	28	1	1
Subs
S Haller	27		3
M Kato MID	25	1	4
Subs
T Matsumoto	24
A Suzuki FWD	19		2
Subs
N Arai	18	1	2
T Yamasaki	14
T Kawamura	9		1
N Maeda MID	9		2

JEF United J-League squad statistics 2026/2027

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
1	0	0	1
T Iida			Erison

Line-up	Appserances	cards
J Suárez GLK		-
T Iida DEF	1	-
D. Hall DEF	1	-
K Toriumi DEF	1	-
K Tanaka DEF	1	-
T Tsukui DEF		-
Y Kobayashi MID		-
T Mae MID		-
T. Matsumura MID		-
I Daichi MID		-
Erison FWD	1	1 -
Subs
H Goya		-
R Suzuki		-
M Índio	1	-
T Kawano		-
K Yamura	1	-
M. Himeno		-
R Ishio		-
T Yasui		-
L Rocha	1	-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
0	1	0	0
	T Iida

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
T Iida DEF		1
K Tanaka DEF		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
79	1	6
K Toriumi	T Iida	Erison

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
K Toriumi DEF	79	1	3
D. Hall DEF	58	1	2
T Iida DEF	44	1	2
Subs
M Índio	30
Erison FWD	12	1	6
Subs
L Rocha	12	1	1
K Tanaka DEF	10		1
Subs
K Yamura	6		1

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima v JEF United : J-League match betting preview, prediction and odds

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