Japanese J.League

FT Friday, February 27, 2026
Kashima Antlers WLWWW 3
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Urawa Red Diamonds WWLWL 2
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KAN123
URA202
Saitama Stadium 2002 · 52,841 att.

Team Stats

10
Fouls
17
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
7
Corner Kicks
6
1
Saves
2
56
Possession
44
13
SHOTS
11
4
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.3
2
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
325
Accurate Passes
237
415
Passes
321
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
12
Accurate Crosses
9
19
Crosses
20
0.6
Cross %
0.5
58
Long Balls
59
24
Accurate Long Balls
16
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
3
Blocked Shots
2
12
Effective Tackles
15
20
Tackles
16
0.6
Tackle %
0.9
6
Interceptions
10
22
Effective Clearances
18
22
Clearances
18

Head to Head

KAN leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

URA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Shusaku NishikawaG
  2. 5Kenta NemotoCD-L
  3. 3Danilo BozaCD-R
  4. 26Takuya OgiwaraLB
  5. 14Takahiro SekineRB
  6. 13Ryoma WatanabeAM
  7. 22Kai ShibatoLM
  8. 25Kaito YasuiRM
  9. 36Renji HidanoF
  10. 8Matheus SávioAM-L
  11. 77Takuro KanekoAM-R

KAN · 4-4-2

  1. 1Tomoki HayakawaG
  2. 3Kim Tae-HyeonCD-L
  3. 55Naomichi UedaCD-R
  4. 16Shuhei MizoguchiLB
  5. 22Kimito NonoRB
  6. 6Kento MisaoCM-L
  7. 14Yuta HiguchiCM-R
  8. 17ÉlberLM
  9. 71Ryotaro ArakiRM
  10. 40Yuma SuzukiCF-L
  11. 9Léo PereiraCF-R

Timeline

  1. 14' Renji Hidano (Urawa Red Diamonds) Goal at 14'
  2. 19' Ryoma Watanabe (Urawa Red Diamonds) Goal at 19'
  3. 45' Léo Pereira (Kashima Antlers) Penalty - Scored at 45'
  4. 47' Matheus Sávio (Urawa Red Diamonds) Yellow Card at 47'
  5. 55' Yuma Suzuki (Kashima Antlers) Goal - Header at 55'
  6. 63' Rio Nitta (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 63'
  7. 63' Isaac Kiese Thelin (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 63'
  8. 68' Haruki Hayashi (Kashima Antlers) Substitution at 68'
  9. 72' Ado Onaiwu (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 72'
  10. 74' Yuta Higuchi (Kashima Antlers) Yellow Card at 74'
  11. 78' Aleksandar Cavric (Kashima Antlers) Substitution at 78'
  12. 78' Kei Chinen (Kashima Antlers) Substitution at 78'
  13. 88' Gaku Shibasaki (Kashima Antlers) Substitution at 88'
  14. 89' Kyosuke Tagawa (Kashima Antlers) Substitution at 89'
  15. 90' Aleksandar Cavric (Kashima Antlers) Goal - Header at 90'
  16. 90'+3' Shoya Nakajima (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 93'

Japanese J1 League News

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