Japanese J.League

FT Sunday, May 17, 2026
Machida Zelvia WLWWW 1
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Kawasaki Frontale WLLWL 1
1st2nd3rd4thOTT
ZEL100041
KAW010051
Kawasaki Frontale win 5-4 on penalties · Uvance Todoroki Stadium by Fujitsu · 20,889 att.

Team Stats

10
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
9
8
Saves
1
35.5
Possession
64.5
6
SHOTS
20
2
ON GOAL
9
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
293
Accurate Passes
589
370
Passes
672
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
7
9
Crosses
28
0.4
Cross %
0.3
56
Long Balls
45
23
Accurate Long Balls
18
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
4
7
Effective Tackles
8
14
Tackles
11
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
6
Interceptions
6
23
Effective Clearances
11
23
Clearances
11

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

KAW · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Louis YamaguchiG
  2. 28Yuichi MaruyamaCD-L
  3. 5Asahi SasakiCD-R
  4. 13Sota MiuraLB
  5. 29Reon YamaharaRB
  6. 14Yasuto WakisakaAM
  7. 6Yuki YamamotoLM
  8. 8Kento TachibanadaRM
  9. 91Roman LazarF
  10. 24Ten MiyagiAM-L
  11. 17Tatsuya ItoAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 19So KawaharaSUB
  2. 32Shunsuke HayashiSUB
  3. 34Ryuki OsaSUB
  4. 2Yuto MatsunaganeSUB
  5. 20Kyosuke MochiyamaSUB
  6. 23MarcinhoSUB
  7. 49Svend BrodersenSUB
  8. 22Filip UremovicSUB
  9. 38Soma KandaSUB

ZEL · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Kosei TaniG
  2. 50Daihachi OkamuraCD
  3. 5Ibrahim DresevicCD-L
  4. 3Gen ShojiCD-R
  5. 18Hokuto ShimodaCM-L
  6. 16Hiroyuki MaeCM-R
  7. 34Futa TokumuraLM
  8. 88Hotaka NakamuraRM
  9. 99Tete YengiF
  10. 10Na Sang-HoCF-L
  11. 27ErikCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 13Tatsuya MoritaSUB
  2. 8Keiya SentoSUB
  3. 11Asahi MasuyamaSUB
  4. 9Shota FujioSUB
  5. 2Tomoki ImaiSUB
  6. 19Yuta NakayamaSUB
  7. 26Kotaro HayashiSUB
  8. 31Neta LaviSUB
  9. 23Ryohei ShirasakiSUB

Timeline

  1. 28' Lazar Romanić (Kawasaki Frontale) Yellow Card at 28'
  2. 40' Tete Yengi (Machida Zelvia) Goal - Header at 40'
  3. 45' Yuta Nakayama (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 45'
  4. 62' Shota Fujio (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 62'
  5. 62' Neta Lavi (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 62'
  6. 65' Marcinho (Kawasaki Frontale) Substitution at 65'
  7. 70' Keiya Sento (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 70'
  8. 72' Ryuki Osa (Kawasaki Frontale) Substitution at 72'
  9. 72' So Kawahara (Kawasaki Frontale) Substitution at 72'
  10. 72' Kyosuke Mochiyama (Kawasaki Frontale) Substitution at 72'
  11. 82' Kotaro Hayashi (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 82'
  12. 89' Yasuto Wakisaka (Kawasaki Frontale) Penalty - Scored at 89'
  13. 90'+7' Neta Lavi (Machida Zelvia) Yellow Card at 97'
  14. 90'
  15. 99'

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