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Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Kyoto Sanga : J-League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 13th Sep, 01:00 BST, EDION Stadium, Hiroshima

Kyoto Sanga are away from home on Saturday morning, as manager Kwi-Jea Cho takes his men to visit Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Michael Skibbe at the EDION Stadium in the J-League. This preview has odds for 17 different betting markets, alongside bespoke data that updates as you explore. Our predictions are based on 20-game form, so all stats are shown from a 20-game perspective. Home, away and overall performance can be found, while there's also head-to-head history later on in the preview.


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Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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Hiroshima
33%
--
Draw
26%
--
Kyoto Sanga
41%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Kyoto Sanga 1-0
10%
--
Kyoto Sanga 2-1
9%
--
Hiroshima 1-0
8%
--
Hiroshima 2-1
8%
--
Kyoto Sanga 2-0
7%
--
Draw 0-0
7%
--
Draw 2-2
6%
--
Hiroshima 2-0
5%
--
Kyoto Sanga 3-1
4%
--
Kyoto Sanga 3-0
3%
--
Hiroshima 3-1
3%
--
Kyoto Sanga 3-2
3%
--
Hiroshima 3-2
2%
--
Hiroshima 3-0
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
51%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
49%
--
Home 1st Goal
46%
--
Away 1st Goal
50%
--
No 1st Goal
4%
--
BTTS - Yes
55%
--
BTTS - No
45%
--
BTTS - Home Win
16%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
20%
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Home/draw
59%
--
Away/draw
67%
--
Home/away
74%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
75%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
25%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
29%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
71%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
14%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
86%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
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Under 0.5 Goals
7%
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Home DNB
51%
--
Away DNB
59%
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Hiroshima win to nil
17%
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Kyoto Sanga win to nil
22%
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Win / draw / win J-League table

Hiroshima have played 29 matches so far this season and are in 6th 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 14 games at home, winning 7, drawing 2 and losing 5 fixtures. They have scored 13 goals, conceded 11 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and failed to score 4 times in home league games.

Kyoto Sanga lay in 1st place on 54 points in the J-League league table having played 28 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 28 games against teams below them in the table, winning 16, drawing 6 and losing 6 games. They have scored 52 goals and kept 7 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Kyoto Sanga have conceded 31 goals and have failed to score in 3 matches.

Away league performance

Kyoto Sanga have played 15 away games, winning 8, drawing 3 and losing 4 games. They have scored an average of 1.9 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.4 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Hiroshima
Kyoto Sanga
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Kyoto Sanga2816662254 
Sep 13
l
 
1-0A
-
-
2
Kashiwa2815851453 
d
 
1-1F
Sep 23
d
 
1-1A
d
 
3-3A
3
Vissel Kobe2916581153 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
1-0A
Dec 6
d
 
1-1F
4
Kashima2816481452 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1F
Oct 25
w
 
3-4A
5
Machida2915591450 
Oct 4
w
 
1-2A
Sep 23
w
 
1-2A
6
Hiroshima2915591450 
-
-
w
 
1-0F
Sep 13
7
Urawa Reds281387947 
Nov 8
l
 
1-0A
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-1A
8
Kawasaki2812971245 
l
 
1-2A
Nov 30
Oct 4
w
 
0-1F
9
Gamba Osaka2912413-640 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
w
 
3-1F
l
 
2-1A
10
Cerezo281099339 
w
 
2-1A
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-3F
Sep 27
11
Fagiano2811611-239 
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-1F
w
 
5-0F
l
 
2-0A
12
Avispa289109037 
w
 
2-1F
Sep 27
l
 
0-1A
d
 
2-2F
13
Shimizu288911-533 
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1A
Sep 20
w
 
1-2F
14
Tokyo Verdy288812-1232 
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-3F
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
15
Tokyo288713-1231 
Oct 18
w
 
0-3F
w
 
3-0F
w
 
1-4F
16
Nagoya287813-829 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
2-1A
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-2A
17
Yokohama FM286715-925 
w
 
1-0F
Oct 25
Nov 8
w
 
0-3F
18
Shonan286715-2125 
Dec 6
w
 
0-1F
w
 
2-0F
Oct 18
19
Yokohama286517-1723 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-4F
w
 
2-1F
Nov 30
20
Albirex284816-2120 
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-2F
w
 
2-1A
w
 
1-2A
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Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Hiroshima 6TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
17
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
12
D
2
Lost
6
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Hiroshima0 - 1Vissel Kobe
Hiroshima1 - 0Gamba Osaka
Hiroshima0 - 0Shimizu
Hiroshima1 - 2Nagoya
Hiroshima1 - 2Kawasaki
Hiroshima2 - 1Tokyo Verdy
Hiroshima2 - 1Avispa
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
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
14
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
10
D
3
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AHiroshima1 - 1Cerezo
AHiroshima3 - 0Tokyo Verdy
HHiroshima0 - 1Vissel Kobe
HHiroshima1 - 0Gamba Osaka
HHiroshima0 - 0Shimizu
AHiroshima2 - 0Albirex
AHiroshima1 - 0Fagiano
AHiroshima0 - 1Vissel Kobe
HHiroshima1 - 2Nagoya
AHiroshima4 - 0Yokohama
AHiroshima1 - 1Kashima
HHiroshima1 - 2Kawasaki
AHiroshima3 - 0Tokyo
HHiroshima2 - 1Tokyo Verdy
AHiroshima1 - 0Gamba Osaka
AHiroshima1 - 0Shonan
HHiroshima2 - 1Avispa
HHiroshima0 - 1Albirex
AHiroshima0 - 1Urawa Reds
AHiroshima1 - 2Nagoya
Kyoto Sanga 1ST
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
36
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
11
D
3
Lost
6
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Tokyo1 - 4Kyoto Sanga
Nagoya1 - 2Kyoto Sanga
Avispa2 - 2Kyoto Sanga
Kashiwa3 - 3Kyoto Sanga
Tokyo Verdy1 - 0Kyoto Sanga
Yokohama FM0 - 3Kyoto Sanga
Machida1 - 2Kyoto Sanga
Gamba Osaka2 - 1Kyoto Sanga
Albirex1 - 2Kyoto Sanga
Urawa Reds2 - 1Kyoto Sanga
Kashima3 - 4Kyoto Sanga
Shimizu1 - 2Kyoto Sanga
Kawasaki0 - 1Kyoto Sanga
Vissel Kobe1 - 1Kyoto Sanga
Fagiano2 - 0Kyoto Sanga
Machida1 - 0Kyoto Sanga
Hiroshima0 - 1Kyoto Sanga
Sapporo2 - 0Kyoto Sanga
Yokohama FM1 - 2Kyoto Sanga
Cerezo3 - 5Kyoto Sanga
Goals: Scored
45
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
13
D
3
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HKyoto Sanga5 - 0Fagiano
AKyoto Sanga4 - 1Tokyo
HKyoto Sanga1 - 0Tokyo Verdy
AKyoto Sanga2 - 1Nagoya
AKyoto Sanga2 - 2Avispa
HKyoto Sanga2 - 1Albirex
HKyoto Sanga3 - 1Gamba Osaka
AKyoto Sanga3 - 3Kashiwa
HKyoto Sanga3 - 0Tokyo
AKyoto Sanga0 - 1Tokyo Verdy
AKyoto Sanga3 - 0Yokohama FM
HKyoto Sanga1 - 1Nagoya
AKyoto Sanga2 - 1Machida
HKyoto Sanga2 - 3Cerezo
AKyoto Sanga1 - 2Gamba Osaka
HKyoto Sanga2 - 1Yokohama
AKyoto Sanga2 - 1Albirex
AKyoto Sanga1 - 2Urawa Reds
HKyoto Sanga2 - 0Shonan
AKyoto Sanga4 - 3Kashima
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Hiroshima since 2022
Hiroshima
Kyoto Sanga
Goals: Scored
6
3
Games: Scored
2 / 3
3 / 3
Clean sheets
0 / 3
1 / 3
HIR
2
KYO
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Hiroshima
0 - 1Kyoto Sanga
Hiroshima3 - 1
Hiroshima3 - 1
League games at Kyoto Sanga since 2022
Kyoto Sanga
Hiroshima
Goals: Scored
3
6
Games: Scored
3 / 4
2 / 4
Clean sheets
2 / 4
1 / 4
HIR
1
D
1
KYO
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Kyoto Sanga
Kyoto Sanga1 - 0
0 - 5Hiroshima
Kyoto Sanga1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Goal Statistics

Sanfrecce Hiroshima's defensive record is to be admired, Michael Skibbe's men having conceded 1 or less in 7 consecutive J-League outings. An average PG rating of 1.4 for Kyoto Sanga makes sense in this context.

Hiroshima 6th Kyoto Sanga 1st
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.3
goals
1.4
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
28%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 64% probability that Hiroshima will score no more than 1 goal
0
24%
1
34%
2
25%
3
12%
4+
There is a 76% probability that Kyoto Sanga will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-2
Hiroshima’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+43
Kyoto Sanga have scored 43% more goals when away than predicted
1.6
average goals scored
1.8
average goals scored
0.9
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
J-League - 2025/2025 season
Hiroshima
PG (predicted goals)
Kyoto Sanga
1.3
1.4
Attack rating
HIR
KYO
22%
better
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Games scored19
21
Failed to score5
3
Scored first12
13
Goals scored29
40
Avg. goals scored1
1.4
Avg. shots per game8
7
Avg. shots per goal8
5
Conversion rate for12
20
Avg. XG for1.5
1.3
KickOff rating
+22%
Defence rating
22%
better
HIR
KYO
view stats
Games conceded15
19
Clean sheets9
5
Conceded first12
11
Goals conceded18
29
Avg. goals conceded0.6
1
Avg. shots/game conceded6
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded9
7
Conversion rate against11%
13%
Avg. XG against1
1.4
KickOff rating
+22%

Hiroshima v Kyoto Sanga J-League lLine ups will show here when available.

Hiroshima J-League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
29564
K OsakoS. NakamuraS. NakamuraS Sasaki
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
K Osako GLK29
-
H Araki  DEF2932
-
S Higashi MID293
2
-
H Kawabe MID2921
3
-
R Germain FWD2943
3
-
S Nakano DEF281
3
-
S Sasaki DEF28
3
1
T Shiotani DEF2721
2
-
S. Nakamura FWD2756
1
-
M Kato FWD2621
1
-
N Maeda FWD221
2
-
N Arai DEF2142
-
S Tanaka MID20
-
S Koshimichi MID171
-
D Suga MID171
2
-
V Germain FWD1611
-
Y Nakajima MID13
2
-
K Kinoshita FWD1141
1
-
T Arslan MID41
2
-
K Ju-Sung DEF31
-
M Júnior MID3
-
T Yamasaki DEF2
-
Y Chajima MID1
-
S. Kobayashi FWD1
-
A. Inoue FWD1
-
Kyoto Sanga J-League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
2715107
Y SuzukiR EliasT HaraJ Pedro
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
H Sugai DEF284
2
-
Y Suzuki DEF281
-
G Ota GLK26
1
-
K Sato DEF26
5
-
T Hirato MID255
1
1
S Fukuoka MID241
6
-
T Hara FWD24410
1
-
Y Miyamoto DEF23
-
S Fukuda DEF2131
1
-
M Okugawa  FWD2172
-
R Elias FWD21154
3
-
T Matsuda MID1922
4
-
P William DEF17
2
-
T Yonemoto MID172
2
-
J Pedro MID151
7
-
S Nagasawa FWD1522
1
-
M Túlio FWD1252
-
S Hiraga FWD111
-
S Takeda MID101
3
-
H Tawiah DEF7
1
-
R. Nakano MID711
-
S Asada DEF5
-
L Gomes MID4
1
-
F Yamada FWD3
2
-
K. Nagata DEF1
-
Barreto MID1
-