Japanese J.League

FT Saturday, March 21, 2026
Nagoya Grampus LLWLW 1
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Kyoto Sanga WWLLW 1
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NAG100041
KYO010051
Kyoto Sanga win 5-4 on penalties · Sanga Stadium by Kyocera · 18,841 att.

Team Stats

6
Fouls
14
0
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
7
Corner Kicks
9
6
Saves
3
53.8
Possession
46.2
16
SHOTS
21
5
ON GOAL
7
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
235
Accurate Passes
208
323
Passes
288
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
9
Accurate Crosses
4
31
Crosses
17
0.3
Cross %
0.2
65
Long Balls
46
29
Accurate Long Balls
12
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
5
Blocked Shots
7
4
Effective Tackles
11
12
Tackles
15
0.3
Tackle %
0.7
12
Interceptions
14
20
Effective Clearances
29
20
Clearances
29

Head to Head

KYO leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

KYO · 4-3-3

  1. 1Gakuji OtaG
  2. 34HenriqueCD-L
  3. 50Yoshinori SuzukiCD-R
  4. 44Kyo SatoLB
  5. 22Hidehiro SugaiRB
  6. 25Yoon Sung-JunCM
  7. 16Taiyo HiraokaLM
  8. 48Ryuma NakanoRM
  9. 11Marco TúlioF
  10. 77Haruki AraiLF
  11. 7Masaya OkugawaRF

Substitutes

  1. 21Kentaro KakoiSUB
  2. 99Fuchi HondaSUB
  3. 39Taiki HiratoSUB
  4. 32Mitsuki SaitoSUB
  5. 18Temma MatsudaSUB
  6. 17Alex NeguebaSUB
  7. 3Shogo AsadaSUB
  8. 2Shinnosuke FukudaSUB
  9. 88BarretoSUB

NAG · 3-4-2-1

  1. 35Alexandre PisanoG
  2. 13Haruya FujiiCD
  3. 31Tomoki TakamineCD-L
  4. 2Yuki NogamiCD-R
  5. 14Tsukasa MorishimaCM-L
  6. 15Sho InagakiCM-R
  7. 27Katsuhiro NakayamaLM
  8. 19Hidemasa KodaRM
  9. 11Yuya YamagishiF
  10. 22Yudai KimuraCF-L
  11. 7Ryuji IzumiCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 18Kensuke NagaiSUB
  2. 55Shuhei TokumotoSUB
  3. 17Takuya UchidaSUB
  4. 16Yohei TakedaSUB
  5. 33Taichi KikuchiSUB
  6. 9Yuya AsanoSUB
  7. 20Kenedeiebusu MikuniSUB
  8. 44Soichiro MoriSUB
  9. 30Shungo SugiuraSUB

Timeline

  1. 19' Hidemasa Koda (Nagoya Grampus) Goal at 19'
  2. 35' Kensuke Nagai (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 35'
  3. 45' Shinnosuke Fukuda (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 45'
  4. 59' Kenedeiebusu Mikuni (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 59'
  5. 59' Shuhei Tokumoto (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 59'
  6. 61' Fuchi Honda (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 61'
  7. 61' Taiki Hirato (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 61'
  8. 65' Taiki Hirato (Kyoto Sanga) Yellow Card at 65'
  9. 73' Alex Negueba (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 73'
  10. 77' Marco Túlio (Kyoto Sanga) Goal - Header at 77'
  11. 80' Soichiro Mori (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 80'
  12. 80' Taichi Kikuchi (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 80'
  13. 81' Alex Negueba (Kyoto Sanga) Yellow Card at 81'
  14. 90' Fuchi Honda (Kyoto Sanga) Yellow Card at 90'
  15. 90'
  16. 101'

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