Japanese J.League

FT Wednesday, April 1, 2026
Shimizu S-Pulse LLWWW 0
–
Vissel Kobe WWLLW 2
1st2ndT
SHI000
VIS112
Kobe Wing Stadium · 10,069 att.

Team Stats

11
Fouls
7
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
2
6
Corner Kicks
0
1
Saves
2
53.2
Possession
46.8
5
SHOTS
9
2
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
2
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
324
Accurate Passes
281
451
Passes
408
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
3
20
Crosses
6
0.2
Cross %
0.5
81
Long Balls
80
32
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
2
Blocked Shots
3
6
Effective Tackles
9
10
Tackles
17
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
6
Interceptions
10
29
Effective Clearances
52
29
Clearances
52

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

VIS · 4-3-3

  1. 1Daiya MaekawaG
  2. 16CaetanoCD-L
  3. 3ThulerCD-R
  4. 15DiegoLB
  5. 2Nanasei IinoRB
  6. 6Takahiro OgiharaCM
  7. 7Yosuke IdeguchiLM
  8. 5Yuta GokeRM
  9. 29Ren KomatsuF
  10. 41Katsuya NagatoLF
  11. 23Rikuto HiroseRF

Substitutes

  1. 10Yuya OsakoSUB
  2. 28Kento HamasakiSUB
  3. 25Yuya KuwasakiSUB
  4. 24Gotoku SakaiSUB
  5. 40Kotaro UchinoSUB
  6. 26Jean PatricSUB
  7. 71Shuichi GondaSUB
  8. 80Boniface NdukaSUB
  9. 14Takashi InuiSUB

SHI · 4-4-2

  1. 16Togo UmedaG
  2. 51Jelani SumiyoshiCD-L
  3. 14Park Seung-wookCD-R
  4. 28Yutaka YoshidaLB
  5. 5Kengo KitazumeRB
  6. 81Kazuki KozukaCM-L
  7. 6Zento UnoCM-R
  8. 7CapixabaLM
  9. 11Hikaru NakaharaRM
  10. 23Kanta ChibaCF-L
  11. 9Oh Se-HunCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 25Mateus Brunetti ValorSUB
  2. 97Rinsei OhataSUB
  3. 1Yuya OkiSUB
  4. 47Yudai ShimamotoSUB
  5. 18Riku GunjiSUB
  6. 17Masaki YumibaSUB
  7. 70Sen TakagiSUB
  8. 39Haruto HidakaSUB
  9. 8Kenta InoueSUB

Timeline

  1. 28' Katsuya Nagato (Vissel Kobe) Goal - Header at 28'
  2. 35' Jean Patric (Vissel Kobe) Substitution at 35'
  3. 45' Yuya Osako (Vissel Kobe) Substitution at 45'
  4. 45' Kenta Inoue (Shimizu S-Pulse) Substitution at 45'
  5. 45' Mateus Brunetti Valor (Shimizu S-Pulse) Substitution at 45'
  6. 56' Yudai Shimamoto (Shimizu S-Pulse) Substitution at 56'
  7. 61' Takahiro Ogihara (Vissel Kobe) Penalty - Scored at 61'
  8. 68' Masaki Yumiba (Shimizu S-Pulse) Substitution at 68'
  9. 74' Kenta Inoue (Shimizu S-Pulse) Yellow Card at 74'
  10. 79' Haruto Hidaka (Shimizu S-Pulse) Substitution at 79'
  11. 79' Takashi Inui (Vissel Kobe) Substitution at 79'
  12. 90'+3' Gotoku Sakai (Vissel Kobe) Substitution at 93'
  13. 90'+3' Yuya Kuwasaki (Vissel Kobe) Substitution at 93'
  14. 90'+5' Thuler (Vissel Kobe) Yellow Card at 95'

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