Japanese J.League

FT Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Shimizu S-Pulse LWLLW 1
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Avispa Fukuoka LLLLL 1
1st2nd3rd4thOTT
SHI010051
AVF010041
Shimizu S-Pulse win 5-4 on penalties · Best Denki Stadium · 4,126 att.

Team Stats

7
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
4
2
Corner Kicks
5
1
Saves
1
46.8
Possession
53.2
7
SHOTS
13
2
ON GOAL
2
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
250
Accurate Passes
302
352
Passes
407
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
5
Accurate Crosses
7
21
Crosses
20
0.2
Cross %
0.4
67
Long Balls
72
19
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
8
10
Effective Tackles
6
13
Tackles
10
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
10
Interceptions
3
41
Effective Clearances
32
41
Clearances
32

Head to Head

SHI leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

AVF · 3-4-2-1

  1. 24Yuma ObataG
  2. 37Masaya TashiroCD
  3. 15Yuma TsujiokaCD-L
  4. 16Teppei OkaCD-R
  5. 11Tomoya MikiCM-L
  6. 6Masato ShigemiCM-R
  7. 29Yota MaejimaLM
  8. 47Yu HashimotoRM
  9. 13Nassim Ben KhalifaF
  10. 25Yuji KitajimaCF-L
  11. 18Sonosuke SatoCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 3Tatsuki NaraSUB
  2. 22Kazuki FujimotoSUB
  3. 28Reiju TsurunoSUB
  4. 55Kokoro MaedaSUB
  5. 33Kaoru YamawakiSUB
  6. 32Sani BrownSUB
  7. 41Kazuki FujitaSUB
  8. 14Shintaro NagoSUB
  9. 9Shahab ZahediSUB

SHI · 4-3-3

  1. 16Togo UmedaG
  2. 15Yuki HondaCD-L
  3. 51Jelani SumiyoshiCD-R
  4. 28Yutaka YoshidaLB
  5. 5Kengo KitazumeRB
  6. 10Matheus BuenoCM
  7. 81Kazuki KozukaLM
  8. 6Zento UnoRM
  9. 9Oh Se-HunF
  10. 7CapixabaLF
  11. 49Koya KitagawaRF

Substitutes

  1. 50Alfredo StephensSUB
  2. 38Toshiki TakahashiSUB
  3. 11Hikaru NakaharaSUB
  4. 17Masaki YumibaSUB
  5. 23Kanta ChibaSUB
  6. 97Rinsei OhataSUB
  7. 70Sen TakagiSUB
  8. 21Kai MatsuzakiSUB
  9. 1Yuya OkiSUB

Timeline

  1. 14' Kazuki Kozuka (Shimizu S-Pulse) Yellow Card at 14'
  2. 45' Kokoro Maeda (Avispa Fukuoka) Substitution at 45'
  3. 54' Kai Matsuzaki (Shimizu S-Pulse) Substitution at 54'
  4. 58' Shintaro Nago (Avispa Fukuoka) Substitution at 58'
  5. 58' Sani Brown (Avispa Fukuoka) Substitution at 58'
  6. 59' Kengo Kitazume (Shimizu S-Pulse) Goal at 59'
  7. 66' Sani Brown (Avispa Fukuoka) Yellow Card at 66'
  8. 71' Kazuki Fujimoto (Avispa Fukuoka) Substitution at 71'
  9. 73' Sen Takagi (Shimizu S-Pulse) Substitution at 73'
  10. 80' Shahab Zahedi (Avispa Fukuoka) Substitution at 80'
  11. 85' Shahab Zahedi (Avispa Fukuoka) Goal - Header at 85'
  12. 86' Kanta Chiba (Shimizu S-Pulse) Substitution at 86'
  13. 87' Rinsei Ohata (Shimizu S-Pulse) Substitution at 87'
  14. 87' Toshiki Takahashi (Shimizu S-Pulse) Substitution at 87'
  15. 90'+7' Tatsuki Nara (Avispa Fukuoka) Yellow Card at 97'
  16. 90'
  17. 103'

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