Avispa Fukuoka vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima — J1 League 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 96+ matches
Avispa Fukuoka32%
Sanfrecce Hiroshima39%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50% correct across 579,794 matches, vs 44.6% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.2% correct · Away picks 49.2% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima creates 14% more chances
Season form · 96 home / 148 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under61
- Over39
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- No55
- Yes45
One side may not score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Avispa Fukuoka ↓
Most likely 0–1 (13%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Avispa Fukuoka at home — creates 1.03, concedes 1.09 · 96 matches
Sanfrecce Hiroshima away — creates 1.30, concedes 1.07 · 148 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Avispa Fukuoka attack 1.03 + Sanfrecce Hiroshima defence 1.07 → ÷2 → 1.05
Sanfrecce Hiroshima attack 1.30 + Avispa Fukuoka defence 1.09 → ÷2 → 1.20
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 39%?"
Sanfrecce Hiroshima at 39% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 39% does not mean "Sanfrecce Hiroshima will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
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P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
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Statistics
Avispa Fukuoka host Sanfrecce Hiroshima on Wednesday, 29 April 2026 at 05:00. The match is part of the J1 League 2018/2019 season.
Match Recap: Avispa Fukuoka vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Avispa Fukuoka and Sanfrecce Hiroshima drew 2-2 in J1 League on April 29, 2026.
Goals: S. Nakano (4'), S. Higashi (10'), S. Usui (19'), T. Miki (72').
Sanfrecce Hiroshima controlled possession (57%) and registered 15 shots to 11.
The match was played at Best Denki Stadium in Fukuoka.