Japanese J.League

FT Saturday, February 28, 2026
Cerezo Osaka LLLWL 0
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V-Varen Nagasaki WWLLW 1
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CER000
VVN101
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Team Stats

11
Fouls
6
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
8
5
Saves
4
58.4
Possession
41.6
15
SHOTS
22
4
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
485
Accurate Passes
317
582
Passes
411
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
5
24
Crosses
22
0.1
Cross %
0.2
44
Long Balls
69
20
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
7
Blocked Shots
7
7
Effective Tackles
8
12
Tackles
15
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
11
Interceptions
14
30
Effective Clearances
39
30
Clearances
39

Head to Head

CER leads series 2-1

Lineups

VVN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Masaaki GotoG
  2. 6Yusei EgawaCD-L
  3. 50Ryosuke ShindoCD-R
  4. 23Shunya YonedaLB
  5. 22Hijiri OnagaRB
  6. 10Matheus JesusAM
  7. 5Hotaru YamaguchiLM
  8. 24Riku YamadaRM
  9. 9Thiago SantanaF
  10. 41Motoki HasegawaAM-L
  11. 11Norman CampbellAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 21Diego PitucaSUB
  2. 25Kazuki KushibikiSUB
  3. 19Takashi SawadaSUB
  4. 13Go HatanoSUB
  5. 18Ryogo YamasakiSUB
  6. 8Yuto IwasakiSUB
  7. 38Rio TadokoroSUB
  8. 34Tenmu MatsumotoSUB
  9. 33Tsubasa KasayanagiSUB

CER · 4-2-3-1

  1. 23Kosuke NakamuraG
  2. 44Shinnosuke HatanakaCD-L
  3. 4Rikito InoueCD-R
  4. 66Ayumu OhataLB
  5. 27Dion CoolsRB
  6. 48Masaya ShibayamaAM
  7. 10Shunta TanakaLM
  8. 8Shinji KagawaRM
  9. 9Soromon SakuragawaF
  10. 11ThiagoAM-L
  11. 17Reiya SakataAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 5Hinata KidaSUB
  2. 19Shion HommaSUB
  3. 6Kyohei NoborizatoSUB
  4. 16Hayato OkudaSUB
  5. 99Kusini YengiSUB
  6. 13Motohiko NakajimaSUB
  7. 14Yumeki YokoyamaSUB
  8. 1Koki FukuiSUB
  9. 18Nelson IshiwatariSUB

Timeline

  1. 26' Dion Cools (Cerezo Osaka) Yellow Card at 26'
  2. 38' Matheus Jesus (V-Varen Nagasaki) Goal at 38'
  3. 57' Motohiko Nakajima (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 57'
  4. 57' Yumeki Yokoyama (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 57'
  5. 64' Yuto Iwasaki (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 64'
  6. 64' Diego Pituca (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 64'
  7. 66' Shinnosuke Hatanaka (Cerezo Osaka) Yellow Card at 66'
  8. 71' Nelson Ishiwatari (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 71'
  9. 75' Kazuki Kushibiki (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 75'
  10. 75' Ryogo Yamasaki (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 75'
  11. 81' Kusini Yengi (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 81'
  12. 81' Hayato Okuda (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 81'
  13. 89' Diego Pituca (V-Varen Nagasaki) Yellow Card at 89'

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