Japanese J.League

FT Saturday, May 16, 2026
Sanfrecce Hiroshima WLLLW 4
–
Kyoto Sanga WLLLL 0
1st2ndT
SAN134
KYO000
Sanga Stadium by Kyocera · 16,040 att.

Team Stats

14
Fouls
6
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
10
Corner Kicks
1
2
Saves
3
44.7
Possession
55.3
17
SHOTS
3
9
ON GOAL
2
0.5
On Target %
0.7
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
211
Accurate Passes
284
301
Passes
396
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
5
Accurate Crosses
2
27
Crosses
11
0.2
Cross %
0.2
56
Long Balls
54
19
Accurate Long Balls
15
0.3
Long Balls %
0.3
4
Blocked Shots
1
12
Effective Tackles
8
22
Tackles
10
0.5
Tackle %
0.8
15
Interceptions
7
35
Effective Clearances
34
35
Clearances
34

Head to Head

KYO leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

KYO · 4-3-3

  1. 94Masaaki MurakamiG
  2. 34HenriqueCD-L
  3. 50Yoshinori SuzukiCD-R
  4. 44Kyo SatoLB
  5. 22Hidehiro SugaiRB
  6. 25Yoon Sung-JunCM
  7. 48Ryuma NakanoLM
  8. 6João Pedro MendesRM
  9. 9PapagaioF
  10. 17Alex NeguebaLF
  11. 18Temma MatsudaRF

Substitutes

  1. 5Hisashi Appiah TawiahSUB
  2. 3Shogo AsadaSUB
  3. 7Masaya OkugawaSUB
  4. 40Yusuke IshidaSUB
  5. 99Fuchi HondaSUB
  6. 77Haruki AraiSUB
  7. 1Gakuji OtaSUB
  8. 93Shun NagasawaSUB
  9. 16Taiyo HiraokaSUB

SAN · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Keisuke OsakoG
  2. 3Taichi YamasakiCD
  3. 19Sho SasakiCD-L
  4. 33Tsukasa ShiotaniCD-R
  5. 13Naoto AraiCM-L
  6. 6Hayao KawabeCM-R
  7. 24Shunki HigashiLM
  8. 15Shuto NakanoRM
  9. 10Akito SuzukiF
  10. 39Sota NakamuraCF-L
  11. 11Mutsuki KatoCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 45Shimon KobayashiSUB
  2. 40Motoki OharaSUB
  3. 14Taishi MatsumotoSUB
  4. 25Yusuke ChajimaSUB
  5. 41Naoki MaedaSUB
  6. 17Kosuke KinoshitaSUB
  7. 9Ryo GermainSUB
  8. 16Takaaki ShichiSUB
  9. 99Issei OuchiSUB

Timeline

  1. 29' Sota Nakamura (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Goal at 29'
  2. 36' Henrique (Kyoto Sanga) Yellow Card at 36'
  3. 45' Fuchi Honda (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 45'
  4. 49' Akito Suzuki (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Goal at 49'
  5. 51' Mutsuki Kato (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Goal - Header at 51'
  6. 52' Haruki Arai (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 52'
  7. 61' Naoto Arai (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Yellow Card at 61'
  8. 64' Masaya Okugawa (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 64'
  9. 65' Ryo Germain (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 65'
  10. 65' Taishi Matsumoto (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 65'
  11. 66' João Pedro Mendes (Kyoto Sanga) Yellow Card at 66'
  12. 75' Taishi Matsumoto (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Goal at 75'
  13. 76' Shogo Asada (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 76'
  14. 76' Taiyo Hiraoka (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 76'
  15. 79' Kosuke Kinoshita (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 79'
  16. 79' Naoki Maeda (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 79'
  17. 86' Shimon Kobayashi (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 86'

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