Japanese J.League

FT Saturday, May 16, 2026
Vissel Kobe LWLWL 2
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V-Varen Nagasaki WLWLW 2
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VIS200022
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V-Varen Nagasaki win 3-2 on penalties · PEACE STADIUM Connected by SoftBank · 20,361 att.

Team Stats

9
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
3
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
4
57.9
Possession
42.1
15
SHOTS
13
6
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
329
Accurate Passes
214
426
Passes
302
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
6
Accurate Crosses
2
16
Crosses
16
0.4
Cross %
0.1
70
Long Balls
61
32
Accurate Long Balls
18
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
2
Blocked Shots
2
12
Effective Tackles
12
16
Tackles
15
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
12
Interceptions
6
24
Effective Clearances
32
24
Clearances
32

Head to Head

VIS leads series 2-1-1

Lineups

VVN · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Masaaki GotoG
  2. 25Kazuki KushibikiCD
  3. 4EduardoCD-L
  4. 22Hijiri OnagaCD-R
  5. 24Riku YamadaCM-L
  6. 5Hotaru YamaguchiCM-R
  7. 23Shunya YonedaLM
  8. 3Masahiro SekiguchiRM
  9. 9Thiago SantanaF
  10. 10Matheus JesusCF-L
  11. 41Motoki HasegawaCF-R

VIS · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Daiya MaekawaG
  2. 3ThulerCD
  3. 16CaetanoCD-L
  4. 80Boniface NdukaCD-R
  5. 7Yosuke IdeguchiCM-L
  6. 24Gotoku SakaiCM-R
  7. 15DiegoLM
  8. 2Nanasei IinoRM
  9. 10Yuya OsakoF
  10. 13Daiju SasakiCF-L
  11. 11Yoshinori MutoCF-R

Timeline

  1. 21' Hotaru Yamaguchi (V-Varen Nagasaki) Goal at 21'
  2. 27' Yoshinori Muto (Vissel Kobe) Goal - Header at 27'
  3. 32' Thuler (Vissel Kobe) Goal - Header at 32'
  4. 37' Caetano (Vissel Kobe) Yellow Card at 37'
  5. 45' Eduardo (V-Varen Nagasaki) Goal at 45'
  6. 58' Rikuto Hirose (Vissel Kobe) Substitution at 58'
  7. 63' Ryogo Yamasaki (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 63'
  8. 64' Ren Komatsu (Vissel Kobe) Substitution at 64'
  9. 66' Hijiri Onaga (V-Varen Nagasaki) Yellow Card at 66'
  10. 71' Yusei Egawa (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 71'
  11. 79' Makoto Mitsuta (Vissel Kobe) Substitution at 79'
  12. 79' Jean Patric (Vissel Kobe) Substitution at 79'
  13. 81' Norman Campbell (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 81'
  14. 81' Diego Pituca (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 81'
  15. 81' Hayato Teruyama (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 81'
  16. 90'+2' Diego Pituca (V-Varen Nagasaki) Yellow Card at 92'
  17. 90'
  18. 98'

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