Japanese J.League

FT Saturday, March 21, 2026
Vissel Kobe WWWWL 1
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Cerezo Osaka LLWWL 1
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CER100061
Cerezo Osaka win 6-5 on penalties · Yodoko Sakura Stadium · 20,496 att.

Team Stats

8
Fouls
11
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
0
7
Corner Kicks
8
2
Saves
0
49.6
Possession
50.4
11
SHOTS
7
1
ON GOAL
3
0.1
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
347
Accurate Passes
355
436
Passes
451
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
4
25
Crosses
18
0.1
Cross %
0.2
63
Long Balls
48
30
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
1
7
Effective Tackles
4
15
Tackles
9
0.5
Tackle %
0.4
17
Interceptions
6
34
Effective Clearances
33
34
Clearances
33

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

CER · 4-2-3-1

  1. 23Kosuke NakamuraG
  2. 44Shinnosuke HatanakaCD-L
  3. 4Rikito InoueCD-R
  4. 6Kyohei NoborizatoLB
  5. 16Hayato OkudaRB
  6. 48Masaya ShibayamaAM
  7. 10Shunta TanakaLM
  8. 18Nelson IshiwatariRM
  9. 19Shion HommaF
  10. 11ThiagoAM-L
  11. 17Reiya SakataAM-R

VIS · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Daiya MaekawaG
  2. 16CaetanoCD-L
  3. 3ThulerCD-R
  4. 6Takahiro OgiharaDM
  5. 15DiegoLB
  6. 43Kaito YamadaRB
  7. 14Takashi InuiCM-L
  8. 5Yuta GokeCM-R
  9. 41Katsuya NagatoLM
  10. 23Rikuto HiroseRM
  11. 29Ren KomatsuF

Timeline

  1. 12' Rikito Inoue (Cerezo Osaka) Goal - Header at 12'
  2. 33' Caetano (Vissel Kobe) Yellow Card at 33'
  3. 45' Ayumu Ohata (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 45'
  4. 45' Mitsuki Hidaka (Vissel Kobe) Substitution at 45'
  5. 45' Kento Hamasaki (Vissel Kobe) Substitution at 45'
  6. 45' Tetsushi Yamakawa (Vissel Kobe) Substitution at 45'
  7. 56' Takahiro Ogihara (Vissel Kobe) Yellow Card at 56'
  8. 59' Soromon Sakuragawa (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 59'
  9. 67' Mitsuki Hidaka (Vissel Kobe) Goal at 67'
  10. 68' Jean Patric (Vissel Kobe) Substitution at 68'
  11. 75' Yumeki Yokoyama (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 75'
  12. 75' Dion Cools (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 75'
  13. 76' Shinji Kagawa (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 76'
  14. 80' Soromon Sakuragawa (Cerezo Osaka) Yellow Card at 80'
  15. 81' Kotaro Uchino (Vissel Kobe) Substitution at 81'
  16. 90'
  17. 101'

Japanese J1 League News

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