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Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Albirex Niigata : J-League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Tue 29th Apr, 06:00 BST, EDION Stadium, Hiroshima

Michael Skibbe welcomes Daisuke Sudo to the EDION Stadium on Tuesday morning, as their Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Albirex Niigata charges clash in the J-League. You'll see statistics supporting our top of below, but be sure to take a look at the 16 other markets we're covering too. We aim 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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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
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Team To Score First

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Hiroshima
50%
--
Draw
29%
--
Albirex
20%
--
Hiroshima 1-0
18%
--
Draw 0-0
14%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Hiroshima 2-0
11%
--
Albirex 1-0
10%
--
Hiroshima 2-1
8%
--
Hiroshima 3-0
5%
--
Albirex 2-1
4%
--
Albirex 2-0
3%
--
Hiroshima 3-1
3%
--
Draw 2-2
3%
--
Hiroshima 4-0
2%
--
Hiroshima 3-2
1%
--
Hiroshima 4-1
1%
--
Albirex 3-1
1%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
31%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
69%
--
Home 1st Goal
53%
--
Away 1st Goal
37%
--
No 1st Goal
10%
--
BTTS - Yes
36%
--
BTTS - No
64%
--
BTTS - Home Win
14%
--
BTTS - Draw
15%
--
BTTS - Away Win
6%
--
Home/draw
80%
--
Away/draw
50%
--
Home/away
71%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
58%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
42%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
13%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
87%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
5%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
95%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
1%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
99%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
86%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
14%
--
Home DNB
71%
--
Away DNB
41%
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Hiroshima win to nil
36%
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Albirex win to nil
14%
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Win / draw / win J-League table

Hiroshima have played 9 matches so far this season and lay in 6th place in the J-League league table. Hiroshima are unbeaten in 6 games against teams below them in the league and kept 3 clean sheets out of 6 games.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 6 games against teams below in the table, having won 5, drawn 1 and lost no matches. They have kept 3 clean sheets and have scored in every game. They have been outscored by their opponents by 10 goals to 9 goals.

Home League Performance

Hiroshima have played 6 games at home winning 4, drawing 1 and losing 1 game. They have scored 6 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 3 goals at home.

Albirex are in 18th position in the J-League on 8 points having played 10 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

3 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 6 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 3 goals in total and failed to score in 2 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

9 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 4 games, drawn 4 and won 1. Albirex have conceded 13 goals, scored 9, failed to score in 4 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Hiroshima
Albirex
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Avispa10613319 
May 3
Sep 27
l
 
0-1A
Jun 21
2
Kyoto Sanga11533218 
Sep 13
l
 
1-0A
Apr 19
Jul 5
3
Kawasaki11452817 
May 31
Nov 30
Aug 16
Jun 25
4
Fagiano10523417 
l
 
0-1A
Jul 5
Oct 4
May 18
5
Kashiwa10451317 
d
 
1-1F
Sep 23
Nov 30
Apr 26
6
Hiroshima Home9522317 
-
-
Jul 20
Apr 29
7
Machida10523217 
Oct 4
w
 
1-2A
Jun 29
l
 
1-0A
8
Kashima10514616 
w
 
1-0F
Jun 14
Aug 23
l
 
2-1A
9
Urawa Reds11443116 
Nov 8
Apr 25
May 11
Aug 31
10
Shimizu11434215 
Aug 10
d
 
1-1A
Sep 13
l
 
2-0A
11
Vissel Kobe10433115 
Aug 20
Jul 2
Oct 25
w
 
0-1F
12
Shonan10424-414 
Dec 6
May 7
May 25
Nov 8
13
Gamba Osaka10415-413 
Aug 16
May 11
d
 
3-3F
Sep 27
14
Cerezo10334012 
w
 
2-1A
Aug 31
d
 
2-2F
Aug 11
15
Yokohama10325-111 
w
 
1-0F
Jun 22
d
 
0-00-0
Sep 20
16
Tokyo Verdy10244-510 
May 17
Aug 23
d
 
2-2A
Oct 18
17
Tokyo10235-59 
Oct 18
May 25
May 3
Dec 6
18
Albirex Away10154-48 
Apr 29
Jul 20
-
-
19
Yokohama FM11155-48 
w
 
1-0F
Oct 25
Jun 15
d
 
1-1F
20
Nagoya10226-88 
Jun 28
Apr 20
Sep 23
May 31
Afc Champions League
Afc Champions League Qualifiers
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Hiroshima 6TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
38
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
13
D
2
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Hiroshima2 - 3Nagoya
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
11
D
3
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
AHiroshima2 - 2Kashima
HHiroshima3 - 2Tokyo
HHiroshima2 - 0Kashiwa
Albirex 18TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
18
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
6
Draw
6
Lost
8
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Vissel Kobe0 - 1Albirex
Machida1 - 0Albirex
Kashima2 - 1Albirex
Shimizu2 - 0Albirex
Yokohama FM1 - 1Albirex
Urawa Reds0 - 0Albirex
Kashiwa1 - 1Albirex
Yokohama FM0 - 0Albirex
Kawasaki5 - 1Albirex
Nagoya3 - 0Albirex
Avispa0 - 1Albirex
Cerezo1 - 2Albirex
Tokyo2 - 0Albirex
Sapporo0 - 1Albirex
Hiroshima1 - 1Albirex
Kashima1 - 1Albirex
Machida1 - 3Albirex
Shonan2 - 1Albirex
Vissel Kobe3 - 2Albirex
Kyoto Sanga0 - 1Albirex
Goals: Scored
17
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
10 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
10 / 20
W
2
Draw
8
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HAlbirex0 - 0Yokohama
AAlbirex1 - 0Vissel Kobe
HAlbirex0 - 1Avispa
HAlbirex3 - 3Gamba Osaka
AAlbirex0 - 1Machida
HAlbirex2 - 2Tokyo Verdy
HAlbirex2 - 2Cerezo
AAlbirex1 - 2Kashima
AAlbirex0 - 2Shimizu
AAlbirex1 - 1Yokohama FM
AAlbirex0 - 0Urawa Reds
HAlbirex0 - 1Gamba Osaka
AAlbirex1 - 1Kashiwa
HAlbirex0 - 2Tokyo Verdy
AAlbirex0 - 0Yokohama FM
HAlbirex0 - 4Kashima
AAlbirex1 - 5Kawasaki
HAlbirex2 - 3Vissel Kobe
AAlbirex0 - 3Nagoya
HAlbirex3 - 1Shonan
Goal Statistics
Hiroshima 6th Albirex 18th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.3
goals
0.7
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
28%
1
36%
2
23%
3
4+
There is a 64% probability that Hiroshima will score no more than 1 goal
0
50%
1
35%
2
12%
3
4+
There is a 50% probability that Albirex will fail to score
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+9
Hiroshima’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-23
Albirex have scored 23% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.9
average goals scored
0.9
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
1.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
J-League - 2025/2025 season
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Hiroshima
PG (predicted goals)
Albirex
1.3
0.7
Attack rating
6%
better
HIR
ALB
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Games scored7
6
Failed to score2
4
Scored first4
4
Goals scored9
10
Avg. goals scored1
1
Avg. shots per game9
8
Avg. shots per goal9
8
Conversion rate for11
13
Avg. XG for1.4
1
KickOff rating
+6%
Defence rating
30%
better
HIR
ALB
view stats
Games conceded6
8
Clean sheets3
2
Conceded first5
5
Goals conceded6
14
Avg. goals conceded0.7
1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded6
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded9
6
Conversion rate against11%
17%
Avg. XG against0.8
1.3
KickOff rating
+30%

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

Hiroshima J-League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
8213
K OsakoS. NakamuraS. NakamuraS Sasaki
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
K Osako GLK8
-
S Nakano DEF8
1
-
H Araki  DEF81
-
T Shiotani DEF81
-
S Sasaki DEF8
3
-
S Higashi MID81
-
H Kawabe MID8
1
-
S. Nakamura FWD821
-
R Germain FWD811
1
-
M Kato FWD81
-
N Arai DEF71
-
S Tanaka MID7
-
D Suga MID7
1
-
S Koshimichi MID61
-
T Arslan MID41
2
-
Y Nakajima MID3
-
S Inoue MID1
-
Albirex J-League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
9421
K FujitaM HasegawaK HashimotoH Inamura
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
K Fujita GLK9
-
M Fitzgerald DEF91
-
M Hasegawa MID94
-
S Fujiwara MID9
-
K Yamura FWD93
-
J. Okumura MID811
-
K Taniguchi FWD8
-
J Geria DEF7
-
Y Komi FWD71
-
H Inamura DEF6
1
-
Y Horigome DEF61
-
H Akiyama MID6
1
S Ota FWD61
-
K Hashimoto DEF52
1
-
T Arai MID5
1
-
Y Hoshi MID51
-
E Miyamoto MID5
1
-
D Gomes MID4
-
Y Takagi MID3
-
K. Kasai MID3
-
Y Ono FWD31
-
K Mori DEF2
-
R Ochiai MID2
1
-
Miguel MID2
1
-
Y Wakatsuki FWD2
-
K Chiba DEF1
-
F Hayakawa DEF1
-