Japanese J.League

FT Friday, March 27, 2026
Kawasaki Frontale LWLWL 1
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Machida Zelvia DWWLW 1
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KAW010011
ZEL100031
Machida Zelvia win 3-1 on penalties · Machida Gion Stadium · 11,316 att.

Team Stats

6
Fouls
11
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
1
0
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
1
53.5
Possession
46.5
10
SHOTS
12
2
ON GOAL
3
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
432
Accurate Passes
361
513
Passes
443
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
8
23
Crosses
20
0.2
Cross %
0.4
50
Long Balls
58
22
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
2
6
Effective Tackles
11
12
Tackles
14
0.5
Tackle %
0.8
5
Interceptions
9
22
Effective Clearances
29
22
Clearances
29

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

ZEL · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Kosei TaniG
  2. 50Daihachi OkamuraCD
  3. 19Yuta NakayamaCD-L
  4. 3Gen ShojiCD-R
  5. 31Neta LaviCM-L
  6. 16Hiroyuki MaeCM-R
  7. 26Kotaro HayashiLM
  8. 6Henry MochizukiRM
  9. 99Tete YengiF
  10. 7Yuki SomaCF-L
  11. 27ErikCF-R

KAW · 3-4-2-1

  1. 49Svend BrodersenG
  2. 28Yuichi MaruyamaCD
  3. 13Sota MiuraCD-L
  4. 2Yuto MatsunaganeCD-R
  5. 8Kento TachibanadaCM-L
  6. 19So KawaharaCM-R
  7. 23MarcinhoLM
  8. 29Reon YamaharaRM
  9. 9ErisonF
  10. 24Ten MiyagiCF-L
  11. 17Tatsuya ItoCF-R

Timeline

  1. 41' Erik (Machida Zelvia) Goal - Volley at 41'
  2. 59' Erison (Kawasaki Frontale) Goal - Volley at 59'
  3. 61' Shota Fujio (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 61'
  4. 76' Yuki Yamamoto (Kawasaki Frontale) Substitution at 76'
  5. 78' Erik (Machida Zelvia) Red Card at 78'
  6. 80' Ryohei Shirasaki (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 80'
  7. 86' Yu Kobayashi (Kawasaki Frontale) Substitution at 86'
  8. 86' Toya Myogan (Kawasaki Frontale) Substitution at 86'
  9. 90'+1' Soma Kanda (Kawasaki Frontale) Substitution at 91'
  10. 90'+1' Roman Lazar (Kawasaki Frontale) Substitution at 91'
  11. 90'+4' Hiroyuki Mae (Machida Zelvia) Yellow Card at 94'
  12. 90'+6' Ibrahim Dresevic (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 96'
  13. 90'+6' Na Sang-Ho (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 96'
  14. 90'
  15. 99'

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