Japanese J.League

Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Cerezo Osaka, 2026 Japanese J1 League, 2026 J1 100 Year Vision League

· Japanese J.League
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
  • 86': Dion Cools (OG)
  • 90'+3': Kosuke Kinoshita (P)
FT
2 - 1
Cerezo Osaka
  • 12': Thiago

About

Sanfrecce Hiroshima are hosting Cerezo Osaka at Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the Japanese J.League.

Match Commentary

  • 1': Taishi Matsumoto (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Blocked Pass at 1'
  • 1': Yotaro Nakajima (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Blocked Pass at 1'
  • 1': Tsukasa Shiotani (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Foul at 1'
  • 2': Masaya Shibayama (Cerezo Osaka) Free Kick at 2'
  • 2': Rikito Inoue (Cerezo Osaka) Shot Blocked at 2'
  • 2': Masaya Shibayama (Cerezo Osaka) Assists Shot at 2'
  • 2': Tsukasa Shiotani (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Save at 2'
  • 3': Hayato Okuda (Cerezo Osaka) Throw In at 3'
  • 3': Naoto Arai (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Blocked Pass at 3'
  • 3': Tolgay Arslan (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Shot On Target at 3'
  • 3': Kosuke Nakamura (Cerezo Osaka) Save at 3'
  • 5': Thiago (Cerezo Osaka) Shot Blocked at 5'
  • 5': Masaya Shibayama (Cerezo Osaka) Assists Shot at 5'
  • 5': Hayato Araki (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Save at 5'
  • 5': Motohiko Nakajima (Cerezo Osaka) Blocked Pass at 5'
  • 7': Motohiko Nakajima (Cerezo Osaka) Assists Shot at 7'
  • 7': Masaya Shibayama (Cerezo Osaka) Shot Hit Woodwork at 7'
  • 8': Shunta Tanaka (Cerezo Osaka) Offside at 8'
  • 8': Yotaro Nakajima (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Free Kick at 8'
  • 8': Hayato Okuda (Cerezo Osaka) Throw In at 8'
  • 9': Rikito Inoue (Cerezo Osaka) Throw In at 9'
  • 9': Hayato Okuda (Cerezo Osaka) Blocked Pass at 9'
  • 11': Shunta Tanaka (Cerezo Osaka) Offside at 11'
  • 11': Hayato Araki (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Free Kick at 11'
  • 12': Thiago (Cerezo Osaka) Goal at 12'
  • 14': Shunki Higashi (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Throw In at 14'
  • 14': Ayumu Ohata (Cerezo Osaka) Blocked Pass at 14'
  • 16': Mutsuki Kato (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Throw In at 16'
  • 17': Ayumu Ohata (Cerezo Osaka) Throw In at 17'
  • 17': Masaya Shibayama (Cerezo Osaka) Shot Off Target at 17'
  • 17': Nelson Ishiwatari (Cerezo Osaka) Assists Shot at 17'
  • 22': Sho Sasaki (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Throw In at 22'
  • 22': Motohiko Nakajima (Cerezo Osaka) Blocked Pass at 22'
  • 22': Sho Sasaki (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Throw In at 22'
  • 22': Shion Homma (Cerezo Osaka) Blocked Pass at 22'
  • 22': Akito Suzuki (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Foul at 22'
  • 22': Rikito Inoue (Cerezo Osaka) Free Kick at 22'
  • 23': Rikito Inoue (Cerezo Osaka) Offside at 23'
  • 23': Hayato Araki (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Free Kick at 23'
  • 23': Nelson Ishiwatari (Cerezo Osaka) Foul at 23'
  • 24': Naoto Arai (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Free Kick at 24'
  • 25': Shunki Higashi (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Throw In at 25'
  • 26': Shunki Higashi (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Throw In at 26'
  • 26': Shunki Higashi (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Throw In at 26'
  • 26': Tolgay Arslan (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Foul at 26'
  • 27': Rikito Inoue (Cerezo Osaka) Free Kick at 27'
  • 27': Sho Sasaki (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Throw In at 27'
  • 28': Hayato Okuda (Cerezo Osaka) Throw In at 28'
  • 29': Shunta Tanaka (Cerezo Osaka) Foul at 29'
  • 29': Tolgay Arslan (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Free Kick at 29'
  • 30': Hayato Okuda (Cerezo Osaka) Throw In at 30'
  • 30': Naoto Arai (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Shot Off Target at 30'
  • 30': Mutsuki Kato (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Assists Shot at 30'
  • 30': Rikito Inoue (Cerezo Osaka) Corner Kick at 30'
  • 30': Rikito Inoue (Cerezo Osaka) Corner Kick at 30'
  • 32': Hayato Okuda (Cerezo Osaka) Throw In at 32'
  • 33': Shinnosuke Hatanaka (Cerezo Osaka) Offside at 33'
  • 33': Hayato Araki (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Free Kick at 33'
  • 33': Nelson Ishiwatari (Cerezo Osaka) Foul at 33'
  • 33': Tolgay Arslan (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Free Kick at 33'
  • 34': Thiago (Cerezo Osaka) Assists Shot at 34'
  • 34': Motohiko Nakajima (Cerezo Osaka) Shot On Target at 34'
  • 34': Keisuke Osako (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Save at 34'
  • 34': Motohiko Nakajima (Cerezo Osaka) Corner Kick at 34'
  • 34': Keisuke Osako (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Corner Kick at 34'
  • 35': Ayumu Ohata (Cerezo Osaka) Corner Kick at 35'
  • 35': Taishi Matsumoto (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Corner Kick at 35'
  • 36': Hayato Okuda (Cerezo Osaka) Throw In at 36'
  • 36': Thiago (Cerezo Osaka) Foul at 36'
  • 36': Hayato Araki (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Free Kick at 36'
  • 37': Naoto Arai (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Assists Shot at 37'
  • 37': Akito Suzuki (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Shot On Target at 37'
  • 37': Kosuke Nakamura (Cerezo Osaka) Save at 37'
  • 38': Yotaro Nakajima (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Throw In at 38'
  • 39': Nelson Ishiwatari (Cerezo Osaka) Blocked Pass at 39'
  • 39': Masaya Shibayama (Cerezo Osaka) Blocked Pass at 39'
  • 39': Shunki Higashi (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Throw In at 39'
  • 39': Shunki Higashi (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Assists Shot at 39'
  • 39': Naoto Arai (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Shot Blocked at 39'
  • 39': Ayumu Ohata (Cerezo Osaka) Save at 39'
  • 39': Naoto Arai (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Corner Kick at 39'
  • 40': Naoto Arai (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Corner Kick at 40'
  • 40': Thiago (Cerezo Osaka) Corner Kick at 40'
  • 41': Yotaro Nakajima (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Throw In at 41'
  • 41': Shunki Higashi (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Corner Kick at 41'
  • 41': Shinnosuke Hatanaka (Cerezo Osaka) Corner Kick at 41'
  • 42': Naoto Arai (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Throw In at 42'
  • 43': Hayato Okuda (Cerezo Osaka) Handball at 43'
  • 43': Naoto Arai (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Free Kick at 43'
  • 44': Tsukasa Shiotani (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Foul at 44'
  • 45': Shion Homma (Cerezo Osaka) Free Kick at 45'
  • 45': Motohiko Nakajima (Cerezo Osaka) Assists Shot at 45'
  • 45': Masaya Shibayama (Cerezo Osaka) Shot Off Target at 45'
  • 45'+3': Shunki Higashi (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Throw In at 48'
  • 45': Soromon Sakuragawa (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 45'
  • 46': Tolgay Arslan (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Shot Off Target at 46'
  • 46': Naoto Arai (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Assists Shot at 46'
  • 47': Hayato Okuda (Cerezo Osaka) Blocked Pass at 47'
  • 48': Shion Homma (Cerezo Osaka) Assists Shot at 48'
  • 48': Soromon Sakuragawa (Cerezo Osaka) Shot On Target at 48'
  • 48': Keisuke Osako (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Save at 48'
  • 49': Yotaro Nakajima (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Blocked Pass at 49'
  • 49': Nelson Ishiwatari (Cerezo Osaka) Foul at 49'
  • 49': Taishi Matsumoto (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Free Kick at 49'
  • 50': Hayato Araki (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Blocked Pass at 50'
  • 50': Naoto Arai (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Throw In at 50'
  • 51': Taishi Matsumoto (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Shot Off Target at 51'
  • 51': Naoto Arai (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Assists Shot at 51'
  • 51': Tsukasa Shiotani (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Corner Kick at 51'
  • 52': Motohiko Nakajima (Cerezo Osaka) Corner Kick at 52'
  • 53': Ayumu Ohata (Cerezo Osaka) Foul at 53'
  • 53': Ayumu Ohata (Cerezo Osaka) Yellow Card at 53'
  • 54': Naoto Arai (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Free Kick at 54'
  • 54': Tsukasa Shiotani (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Assists Shot at 54'
  • 54': Mutsuki Kato (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Shot Blocked at 54'
  • 54': Shinnosuke Hatanaka (Cerezo Osaka) Save at 54'
  • 54': Taishi Matsumoto (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Assists Shot at 54'
  • 54': Mutsuki Kato (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Shot Blocked at 54'
  • 54': Shinnosuke Hatanaka (Cerezo Osaka) Save at 54'
  • 54': Mutsuki Kato (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Corner Kick at 54'
  • 56': Shuto Nakano (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 56'
  • 56': Kosuke Kinoshita (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 56'
  • 56': Ayumu Ohata (Cerezo Osaka) Throw In at 56'
  • 56': Hayato Okuda (Cerezo Osaka) Shot On Target at 56'
  • 56': Keisuke Osako (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Save at 56'
  • 56': Keisuke Osako (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Corner Kick at 56'
  • 56': Keisuke Osako (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Corner Kick at 56'
  • 57': Akito Suzuki (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Throw In at 57'
  • 57': Mutsuki Kato (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Assists Shot at 57'
  • 57': Kosuke Kinoshita (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Shot Blocked at 57'
  • 57': Rikito Inoue (Cerezo Osaka) Save at 57'
  • 58': Shuto Nakano (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Throw In at 58'
  • 58': Shuto Nakano (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Throw In at 58'
  • 58': Shuto Nakano (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Assists Shot at 58'
  • 58': Kosuke Kinoshita (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Shot On Target at 58'
  • 58': Kosuke Nakamura (Cerezo Osaka) Save at 58'
  • 58': Shunki Higashi (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Throw In at 58'
  • 58': Rikito Inoue (Cerezo Osaka) Blocked Pass at 58'
  • 59': Akito Suzuki (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Throw In at 59'
  • 59': Ayumu Ohata (Cerezo Osaka) Throw In at 59'
  • 59': Taishi Matsumoto (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Handball at 59'
  • 59': Shinnosuke Hatanaka (Cerezo Osaka) Free Kick at 59'
  • 59': Akito Suzuki (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Foul at 59'
  • 60': Shunta Tanaka (Cerezo Osaka) Free Kick at 60'
  • 60': Sho Sasaki (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Foul at 60'
  • 61': Rikito Inoue (Cerezo Osaka) Free Kick at 61'
  • 61': Shuto Nakano (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Corner Kick at 61'
  • 61': Shuto Nakano (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Corner Kick at 61'
  • 63': Tsukasa Shiotani (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Foul at 63'
  • 63': Tsukasa Shiotani (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Yellow Card at 63'
  • 63': Satoki Uejo (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 63'
  • 64': Shinnosuke Hatanaka (Cerezo Osaka) Free Kick at 64'
  • 65': Hayato Okuda (Cerezo Osaka) Throw In at 65'
  • 65': Shuto Nakano (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Blocked Pass at 65'
  • 66': Ayumu Ohata (Cerezo Osaka) Throw In at 66'
  • 66': Ayumu Ohata (Cerezo Osaka) Throw In at 66'
  • 67': Soromon Sakuragawa (Cerezo Osaka) Assists Shot at 67'
  • 67': Satoki Uejo (Cerezo Osaka) Shot On Target at 67'
  • 67': Keisuke Osako (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Save at 67'
  • 67': Mutsuki Kato (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Corner Kick at 67'
  • 67': Nelson Ishiwatari (Cerezo Osaka) Corner Kick at 67'
  • 68': Taishi Matsumoto (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Shot Blocked at 68'
  • 68': Shunta Tanaka (Cerezo Osaka) Save at 68'
  • 68': Taishi Matsumoto (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Corner Kick at 68'
  • 68': Shunta Tanaka (Cerezo Osaka) Corner Kick at 68'
  • 69': Sho Sasaki (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Throw In at 69'
  • 69': Sho Sasaki (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Corner Kick at 69'
  • 69': Shunta Tanaka (Cerezo Osaka) Corner Kick at 69'
  • 69': Shuto Nakano (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Shot On Target at 69'
  • 69': Kosuke Nakamura (Cerezo Osaka) Save at 69'
  • 69': Shuto Nakano (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Offside at 69'
  • 70': Kosuke Nakamura (Cerezo Osaka) Free Kick at 70'
  • 70': Mutsuki Kato (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Blocked Pass at 70'
  • 71': Hayato Okuda (Cerezo Osaka) Foul at 71'
  • 71': Hayato Araki (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Free Kick at 71'
  • 72': Naoto Arai (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Assists Shot at 72'
  • 72': Kosuke Kinoshita (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Shot On Target at 72'
  • 72': Kosuke Nakamura (Cerezo Osaka) Save at 72'
  • 72': Shunki Higashi (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Shot Off Target at 72'
  • 72': Ryo Germain (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 72'
  • 72': Naoki Maeda (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 72'
  • 73': Shuto Nakano (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Throw In at 73'
  • 73': Masaya Shibayama (Cerezo Osaka) Blocked Pass at 73'
  • 73': Masaya Shibayama (Cerezo Osaka) Shot Off Target at 73'
  • 75': Kosuke Kinoshita (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Shot Blocked at 75'
  • 75': Shunki Higashi (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Assists Shot at 75'
  • 75': Rikito Inoue (Cerezo Osaka) Save at 75'
  • 75': Kosuke Kinoshita (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Corner Kick at 75'
  • 75': Soromon Sakuragawa (Cerezo Osaka) Corner Kick at 75'
  • 76': Taishi Matsumoto (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Corner Kick at 76'
  • 76': Motohiko Nakajima (Cerezo Osaka) Corner Kick at 76'
  • 77': Shuto Nakano (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Throw In at 77'
  • 77': Kosuke Kinoshita (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Shot Off Target at 77'
  • 78': Shinji Kagawa (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 78'
  • 78': Dion Cools (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 78'
  • 79': Ayumu Ohata (Cerezo Osaka) Throw In at 79'
  • 79': Ayumu Ohata (Cerezo Osaka) Throw In at 79'
  • 79': Shuto Nakano (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Throw In at 79'
  • 82': Soromon Sakuragawa (Cerezo Osaka) Foul at 82'
  • 82': Shuto Nakano (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Free Kick at 82'
  • 82': Satoki Uejo (Cerezo Osaka) Offside at 82'
  • 83': Hayato Araki (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Free Kick at 83'
  • 83': Satoki Uejo (Cerezo Osaka) Foul at 83'
  • 83': Shuto Nakano (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Free Kick at 83'
  • 84': Shuto Nakano (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Throw In at 84'
  • 84': Hayato Araki (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Foul at 84'
  • 85': Motoki Ohara (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 85'
  • 85': Kosuke Nakamura (Cerezo Osaka) Free Kick at 85'
  • 86': Dion Cools (Cerezo Osaka) Own Goal at 86'
  • 88': Yumeki Yokoyama (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 88'
  • 89': Shinnosuke Hatanaka (Cerezo Osaka) Blocked Pass at 89'
  • 89': Naoki Maeda (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Corner Kick at 89'
  • 90'+1': Kosuke Kinoshita (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) VAR - Referee decision cancelled at 91'
  • 90'+3': Kosuke Kinoshita (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Penalty - Scored at 93'
  • 90'+6': Tsukasa Shiotani (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Blocked Pass at 96'
  • 90'+6': Shinji Kagawa (Cerezo Osaka) Blocked Pass at 96'
  • 90'+6': Shinji Kagawa (Cerezo Osaka) Foul at 96'
  • 90'+7': Tsukasa Shiotani (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Free Kick at 97'
  • 90'+7': Ayumu Ohata (Cerezo Osaka) Blocked Pass at 97'
  • 90'+7': Naoto Arai (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Throw In at 97'
  • 90'+8': Ayumu Ohata (Cerezo Osaka) Throw In at 98'
  • 90'+8': Soromon Sakuragawa (Cerezo Osaka) Foul at 98'
  • 90'+8': Shuto Nakano (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Free Kick at 98'
  • 90'+8': Satoki Uejo (Cerezo Osaka) Offside at 98'
  • 90'+9': Keisuke Osako (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Free Kick at 99'
  • 90'+9': Satoki Uejo (Cerezo Osaka) Blocked Pass at 99'
  • 90'+10': Shuto Nakano (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Throw In at 100'
  • 90'+10': Nelson Ishiwatari (Cerezo Osaka) Foul at 100'
  • 90'+11': Shunki Higashi (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Free Kick at 101'
  • 90'+11': Shinji Kagawa (Cerezo Osaka) Blocked Pass at 101'
  • 90'+11': Dion Cools (Cerezo Osaka) Throw In at 101'

Statistics

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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

Game Information

Competition: Japanese J.League

Venue: Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima
Location: Hiroshima, Japan
Attendance: 25,547

Japanese J1 League Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Vissel Kobe 18 +6 35
2 Cerezo Osaka 18 +7 31
3 Nagoya Grampus 18 +3 31
4 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 +8 30
Full Standings

Line-Ups

SAN Sanfrecce Hiroshima (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
1 Keisuke Osako (GK)
4 Hayato Araki
19 Sho Sasaki
33 Tsukasa Shiotani Yellow Card
14 Taishi Matsumoto
35 Yotaro Nakajima
24 Shunki Higashi
13 Naoto Arai
10 Akito Suzuki
30 Tolgay Arslan
11 Mutsuki Kato
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Substitutes:
Shuto Nakano, Issei Ouchi, Naoki Maeda, Motoki Ohara, Kosuke Kinoshita, Daiki Suga, Yusuke Chajima, Taichi Yamasaki, Ryo Germain.

CER Cerezo Osaka (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
23 Kosuke Nakamura (GK)
44 Shinnosuke Hatanaka
4 Rikito Inoue
66 Ayumu Ohata Yellow Card
16 Hayato Okuda
13 Motohiko Nakajima
10 Shunta Tanaka
18 Nelson Ishiwatari
11 Thiago
19 Shion Homma
48 Masaya Shibayama
Cerezo Osaka Substitutes:
Kyohei Yoshino, Hayato Tanaka, Shinji Kagawa, Soromon Sakuragawa, Kim Jin-Hyeon, Satoki Uejo, Dion Cools, Yumeki Yokoyama, Hinata Kida.

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