Japanese J.League

FT Saturday, February 21, 2026
Avispa Fukuoka WLWLL 0
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Kyoto Sanga WWLWW 2
1st2ndT
AVF000
KYO112
Sanga Stadium by Kyocera · 15,322 att.

Team Stats

11
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
2
5
Corner Kicks
7
4
Saves
0
44.4
Possession
55.6
5
SHOTS
15
0
ON GOAL
6
0.0
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
169
Accurate Passes
248
275
Passes
351
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.7
4
Accurate Crosses
4
21
Crosses
22
0.2
Cross %
0.2
63
Long Balls
55
10
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.2
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
4
9
Effective Tackles
8
18
Tackles
12
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
2
Interceptions
4
35
Effective Clearances
33
35
Clearances
33

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

KYO · 4-3-3

  1. 1Gakuji OtaG
  2. 34HenriqueCD-L
  3. 50Yoshinori SuzukiCD-R
  4. 44Kyo SatoLB
  5. 2Shinnosuke FukudaRB
  6. 6João Pedro MendesCM
  7. 25Yoon Sung-JunLM
  8. 22Hidehiro SugaiRM
  9. 9PapagaioF
  10. 18Temma MatsudaLF
  11. 11Marco TúlioRF

AVF · 3-4-2-1

  1. 24Yuma ObataG
  2. 37Masaya TashiroCD
  3. 16Teppei OkaCD-L
  4. 5Takumi KamijmaCD-R
  5. 11Tomoya MikiCM-L
  6. 8Kohei OkunoCM-R
  7. 22Kazuki FujimotoLM
  8. 29Yota MaejimaRM
  9. 9Shahab ZahediF
  10. 14Shintaro NagoCF-L
  11. 18Sonosuke SatoCF-R

Timeline

  1. 30' Henrique (Kyoto Sanga) Yellow Card at 30'
  2. 32' Papagaio (Kyoto Sanga) Goal at 32'
  3. 48' Yota Maejima (Avispa Fukuoka) Yellow Card at 48'
  4. 59' Yuji Kitajima (Avispa Fukuoka) Substitution at 59'
  5. 59' Kaoru Yamawaki (Avispa Fukuoka) Substitution at 59'
  6. 61' Shintaro Nago (Avispa Fukuoka) Yellow Card at 61'
  7. 69' Shosei Usui (Avispa Fukuoka) Substitution at 69'
  8. 69' Yu Hashimoto (Avispa Fukuoka) Substitution at 69'
  9. 77' Marco Túlio (Kyoto Sanga) Goal - Volley at 77'
  10. 78' Masaya Okugawa (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 78'
  11. 83' Yutaka Michiwaki (Avispa Fukuoka) Substitution at 83'
  12. 89' João Pedro Mendes (Kyoto Sanga) Yellow Card at 89'
  13. 90'+2' Haruki Arai (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 92'
  14. 90'+5' Yusuke Ishida (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 95'
  15. 90'+5' Kodai Nagata (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 95'
  16. 90'+6' Mitsuki Saito (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 96'
  17. 90'+8' Hidehiro Sugai (Kyoto Sanga) Yellow Card at 98'

Japanese J1 League News

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