V-varen Nagasaki 4-0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima: result and AI prediction

AI match recap

This is a major test for Nagasaki against the league leaders at Peace Stadium. The hosts must correct their damaging early-game defending and turn Mateus Jesus into a reliable escape route rather than spending the match under pressure. Hiroshima bring excellent form, a settled defensive spine led by Araki, and a history of controlling this fixture. Nagasaki’s home backing and the occasion give them a route to disrupt the pattern, but they need their best defensive performance of the campaign.

Head-to-head analysis

Hiroshima have won all four previous league meetings, and every victory came by more than one goal. That history reinforces the scale of Nagasaki’s task, though this is their opportunity to reset the pattern at home.

Injuries and absences

The provided match feed shows no absences, but Football LAB lists several Nagasaki players missing, notably Radotic, Takahata and Campbell, alongside Hiroshima pair Yamasaki and Maeda. If confirmed, Nagasaki’s reduced depth in goal, at left-back and out wide is more disruptive than Hiroshima’s listed absences.

Form (last 5)

V-varen Nagasaki vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima stats

Last meetings

• 2026-04-18Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2-0 V-varen Nagasaki
• 2026-02-06V-varen Nagasaki 1-3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
• 2018-08-11Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2-0 V-varen Nagasaki
• 2018-04-28V-varen Nagasaki 0-2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Other J1 League matches

• Avispa Fukuoka – Gamba Osaka
• FC Tokyo – Kashiwa Reysol
• Kawasaki Frontale – Vissel Kobe
• Kyoto Sanga – Kashima
• Nagoya Grampus – Cerezo Osaka
• Fagiano Okayama – Mito Hollyhock
• Shimizu S-pulse – Machida Zelvia
• Yokohama F. Marinos – Tokyo Verdy