GolVolt — Cerezo Osaka vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima: preview, line-ups, chances

What to watch for

Facts from our data worth knowing before kick-off. After the match we check them ✓ / ✗.

Streak

Cerezo Osaka without a win in 7 matches

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All competitions, friendlies excluded: 5 draws and 2 defeats. Last win: 2 September, 2:0 against Kashiwa Reysol.

Last time

Last meeting, 12 September: Sanfrecce Hiroshima – Cerezo Osaka 6:1

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Shun Ayukawa: 3 goals. Sanfrecce Hiroshima are unbeaten in the last 9 meetings.

Player in form

Akito Suzuki: 3 goals and 2 assists in 5 league matches

Goals3 xG2.35

Goals in line with the quality of his chances (xG 2.3).

Players to watch

J1 League, this season.

Solomon Sakuragawa

Cerezo Osaka · forward

4goals 0assists 6.95avg rating

Last match, JEF United: 1 goal, rating 7.8.

Akito Suzuki

Sanfrecce Hiroshima · forward

9goals 4assists 7.58avg rating

Last match, Shimizu S-Pulse: 1 goal, rating 7.4.

Who is out

Injuries and suspensions

The list usually arrives about 48 hours before kick-off. There is none for this match yet.

Recent matches

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“This set-up” is Cerezo Osaka at home and Sanfrecce Hiroshima away, as in this match.

Cerezo Osaka

at home · 10

4W3D3L1.3scored per match1.2conceded per match

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

away · 10

5W2D3L1.3scored per match1.3conceded per match

Head to head

33 meetings since 2005. The last 5 below.

Last time · 12 Sep 2026 · J1 League Sanfrecce Hiroshima 6:1 Cerezo Osaka Suzuki 10' (k), 45+3' · Ayukawa 18', 57', 80' (k) · Nakano 55' · Uejo 90+1'

0wins

2 draws3.2 goals per match · both scored in 4 of 5

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Expected lineups

For now, the last starting XI: Cerezo Osaka (3-4-2-1, last: JEF United) · Sanfrecce Hiroshima (3-4-2-1, last: Shimizu S-Pulse).

KNNakamura DCCools TTTakahashi RIInoue TNNakamura JIIrvine STTanaka AOOhata LFFernandes YKKomi PSSabbag KOOsako SNNakano HAAraki JKKim NAArai TMMatsumoto TKKawamura DSSuga MKKato ASSuzuki SAAyukawa

Cerezo OsakaSanfrecce Hiroshima

When the provider publishes the expected XI (usually a day before the match), it replaces the last one. A player on the absence list stays on the pitch as a pale, dashed “ghost”.

Who wins?

The provider's forecast usually arrives a few days before kick-off.

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