Japanese J.League

FT Saturday, May 16, 2026
Nagoya Grampus WLWWW 1
–
Cerezo Osaka LWWLW 6
1st2ndT
NAG101
CER336
Yodoko Sakura Stadium · 19,001 att.

Team Stats

5
Fouls
12
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
6
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
4
4
Saves
3
58
Possession
42
12
SHOTS
15
4
ON GOAL
9
0.3
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
420
Accurate Passes
301
491
Passes
364
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
7
Accurate Crosses
2
30
Crosses
12
0.2
Cross %
0.2
72
Long Balls
43
45
Accurate Long Balls
18
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
4
9
Effective Tackles
6
16
Tackles
15
0.6
Tackle %
0.4
12
Interceptions
12
17
Effective Clearances
30
17
Clearances
30

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. 16Hayato OkudaLB
  5. 27Dion CoolsRB
  6. 13Motohiko NakajimaAM
  7. 10Shunta TanakaLM
  8. 18Nelson IshiwatariRM
  9. 11ThiagoF
  10. 14Yumeki YokoyamaAM-L
  11. 48Masaya ShibayamaAM-R

NAG · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Daniel SchmidtG
  2. 13Haruya FujiiCD
  3. 55Shuhei TokumotoCD-L
  4. 2Yuki NogamiCD-R
  5. 31Tomoki TakamineCM-L
  6. 17Takuya UchidaCM-R
  7. 27Katsuhiro NakayamaLM
  8. 9Yuya AsanoRM
  9. 11Yuya YamagishiF
  10. 22Yudai KimuraCF-L
  11. 7Ryuji IzumiCF-R

Timeline

  1. 12' Shunta Tanaka (Cerezo Osaka) Goal - Volley at 12'
  2. 22' Yumeki Yokoyama (Cerezo Osaka) Goal at 22'
  3. 39' Yumeki Yokoyama (Cerezo Osaka) Goal at 39'
  4. 42' Yudai Kimura (Nagoya Grampus) Goal at 42'
  5. 53' Ayumu Ohata (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 53'
  6. 54' Thiago (Cerezo Osaka) Goal at 54'
  7. 60' Kensuke Nagai (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 60'
  8. 60' Yota Sato (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 60'
  9. 67' Soromon Sakuragawa (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 67'
  10. 67' Hidemasa Koda (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 67'
  11. 67' Masahito Ono (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 67'
  12. 79' Ayumu Ohata (Cerezo Osaka) Yellow Card at 79'
  13. 82' Shinji Kagawa (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 82'
  14. 82' Satoki Uejo (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 82'
  15. 82' Shion Homma (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 82'
  16. 83' Soichiro Mori (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 83'
  17. 87' Soromon Sakuragawa (Cerezo Osaka) Goal at 87'
  18. 89' Soromon Sakuragawa (Cerezo Osaka) Goal at 89'

Japanese J1 League News

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