Anticipation builds as Albirex Niigata prepare to host Sanfrecce Hiroshima at Denka Big Swan Stadium on 2025-07-20 (kick-off 11:00 GMT), in week 32 of the 2025 J1 League.
D. Kimori versus M. Skibbe across 1 meeting, record stands at 1-0 with no draws.
In the table Albirex Niigata are 19th (16 pts) and Sanfrecce Hiroshima sit 5th with 32 pts.
Neither Albirex Niigata nor Sanfrecce Hiroshima are missing any players.
Projected to use a four-defender base in 4-4-2, Albirex Niigata should be met by Sanfrecce Hiroshima's expected 3-4-2-1.
The previous match saw Danilo Gomes lead Albirex Niigata with a 7.7 TheyScored rating, and Y. Nakajima top-rating for Sanfrecce Hiroshima at 8.2.
Albirex Niigata were beaten 1-2 by Toyo University, whereas Sanfrecce Hiroshima secured a win 5-2 against Fujieda MYFC.
Momentum favors Sanfrecce Hiroshima (3-0-2) after Albirex Niigata managed only 0-0-5 from 5 matches.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima hold the upper hand H2H: of 31 meetings, they've triumphed 15 times, conceded 6 times and shared 10 draws.
With both sides enjoying similar home/away returns (2-5-4 vs 6-2-4) and scoring roughly 1.27-1.09 goals, a 1-1 draw seems on the cards.
Albirex Niigata is going head to head with Sanfrecce Hiroshima on 20/7/2025 10:00 GMT at Denka Big Swan Stadium for the Japan J1 League. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Albirex Niigata v Sanfrecce Hiroshima H2H statistics!