Japanese J.League

FT Saturday, May 9, 2026
V-Varen Nagasaki LLWLW 2
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Cerezo Osaka WLWWL 3
1st2ndT
VVN112
CER123
Yodoko Sakura Stadium · 17,227 att.

Team Stats

14
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
5
3
Corner Kicks
8
5
Saves
2
34.2
Possession
65.8
7
SHOTS
21
4
ON GOAL
8
0.6
On Target %
0.4
2
Penalty Goals
2
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
2
178
Accurate Passes
440
276
Passes
523
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
6
8
Crosses
23
0.5
Cross %
0.3
55
Long Balls
43
12
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.2
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
6
6
Effective Tackles
4
8
Tackles
8
0.8
Tackle %
0.5
20
Interceptions
16
31
Effective Clearances
29
31
Clearances
29

Head to Head

CER leads series 3-1

Lineups

CER · 4-2-3-1

  1. 23Kosuke NakamuraG
  2. 44Shinnosuke HatanakaCD-L
  3. 4Rikito InoueCD-R
  4. 16Hayato OkudaLB
  5. 27Dion CoolsRB
  6. 13Motohiko NakajimaAM
  7. 10Shunta TanakaLM
  8. 18Nelson IshiwatariRM
  9. 11ThiagoF
  10. 14Yumeki YokoyamaAM-L
  11. 48Masaya ShibayamaAM-R

VVN · 3-4-2-1

  1. 13Go HatanoG
  2. 4EduardoCD
  3. 22Hijiri OnagaCD-L
  4. 48Hayato TeruyamaCD-R
  5. 24Riku YamadaCM-L
  6. 5Hotaru YamaguchiCM-R
  7. 23Shunya YonedaLM
  8. 3Masahiro SekiguchiRM
  9. 18Ryogo YamasakiF
  10. 11Norman CampbellCF-L
  11. 41Motoki HasegawaCF-R

Timeline

  1. 25' Ryogo Yamasaki (V-Varen Nagasaki) Penalty - Scored at 25'
  2. 28' Thiago (Cerezo Osaka) Goal at 28'
  3. 62' Kazuki Kushibiki (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 62'
  4. 63' Tsubasa Kasayanagi (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 63'
  5. 63' Matheus Jesus (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 63'
  6. 63' Shunta Tanaka (Cerezo Osaka) Goal - Header at 63'
  7. 71' Thiago Santana (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 71'
  8. 72' Matheus Jesus (V-Varen Nagasaki) Goal at 72'
  9. 83' Tenmu Matsumoto (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 83'
  10. 83' Motohiko Nakajima (Cerezo Osaka) Penalty - Saved at 83'
  11. 85' Shion Homma (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 85'
  12. 85' Shinji Kagawa (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 85'
  13. 85' Satoki Uejo (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 85'
  14. 86' Riku Yamada (V-Varen Nagasaki) Yellow Card at 86'
  15. 86' Thiago Santana (V-Varen Nagasaki) Yellow Card at 86'
  16. 88' Soromon Sakuragawa (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 88'
  17. 90'+4' Shinji Kagawa (Cerezo Osaka) Penalty - Scored at 94'
  18. 90'+11' Hayato Tanaka (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 101'
  19. 90'+11' Kosuke Nakamura (Cerezo Osaka) Yellow Card at 101'

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