Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Tokyo Verdy

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Preview

11:00

Tokyo Verdy

2/20/2027

J1 League · Round 22Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima

49%

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

model favours

49%27%24%

Sanfrecce Hiroshima have scored in 15 games running

brightest fact of this match

1–0

likely score

59%

under 2.5 goals

45%

both teams score

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 46+ matches

Sanfrecce Hiroshima49%

×Draw27%

Tokyo Verdy24%

✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side

Model

49.7%

Always home

44.3%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 49.7% correct across 106,786 matches, vs 44.3% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.7% correct · Away picks 47.3% correct

Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Sanfrecce HiroshimaExpected goals in this matchTokyo Verdy

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.

1.41

0.90

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

1.41

Tokyo Verdy

0.90

Sanfrecce Hiroshima creates 57% more chances

Season form · 149 home / 46 away

1.52

creates per match

0.85

0.95

allows per match

1.30

creates per match

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

1.52

Tokyo Verdy

0.85

allows per match

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

0.95

Tokyo Verdy

1.30

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

Sanfrecce Hiroshima+0.00on par

Tokyo Verdy+0.00on par

Total goals

Under59
Over41

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

No55
Yes45

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Sanfrecce Hiroshima ↓

Tokyo Verdy →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–010%

0–19%

0–24%

0–31%

0–40%

1

1–014%

1–113%

1–26%

1–32%

1–40%

2

2–010%

2–19%

2–24%

2–31%

2–40%

3

3–05%

3–14%

3–22%

3–31%

3–40%

4

4–02%

4–11%

4–21%

4–30%

4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (14%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5

90%10%1.5

67%33%2.5

41%59%3.5

20%80%4.5

8%92%

Double chance

Sanfrecce Hiroshima or draw

76%

Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Tokyo Verdy

73%

Draw or Tokyo Verdy

51%

Winning margin

Sanfrecce Hiroshima wins by 2+

24%

Tokyo Verdy wins by 2+

8%

Team goals

Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1+ goals

76%

Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2+ goals

41%

Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3+ goals

17%

Tokyo Verdy 1+ goals

59%

Tokyo Verdy 2+ goals

23%

Tokyo Verdy 3+ goals

6%

Draw no bet

Sanfrecce Hiroshima (draw refunded)

67%

Tokyo Verdy (draw refunded)

33%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

32%

Both score & under 3

13%

Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.

How is this calculated?

Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.

1

Recent form of each side

Sanfrecce Hiroshima at home — creates 1.52, concedes 0.95 · 149 matches

Tokyo Verdy away — creates 0.85, concedes 1.30 · 46 matches

⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.

2

Expected goals for this match

Sanfrecce Hiroshima attack 1.52 + Tokyo Verdy defence 1.30 → ÷2 → 1.41

Tokyo Verdy attack 0.85 + Sanfrecce Hiroshima defence 0.95 → ÷2 → 0.90

Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.

3

Chance of every scoreline

From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.

4

The answer to "why 49%?"

Sanfrecce Hiroshima scores more

49%

level

27%

Tokyo Verdy scores more

24%

Sanfrecce Hiroshima at 49% 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 49% 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.

Match Insights

Tokyo Verdy score first in only 10% of matches
Sanfrecce Hiroshima have won 4 of the last 4 meetings

Based on historical data — not a prediction.

Style Matchup

Similar styles

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Defensively solid

Tokyo Verdy

Defensively solid

50%Possession47%

74%Pass accuracy76%

16.8Shots10.2

1.49xGBiggest gap0.88

Sanfrecce HiroshimaTokyo Verdy

Head-to-head

4 previous meetings

4

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

0

Draws

0

Tokyo Verdy

Avg goals: 3BTTS: 50%

3–02–11–04–1

Playing styles from match stats. Historical H2H record. Not a prediction.

Form

Hiroshima

WLWW

Verdy

LDLWD

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff