Japanese J.League

FT Friday, May 22, 2026
Nagoya Grampus LWWWL 2
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Sanfrecce Hiroshima LLLWW 4
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NAG112
SAN224
Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima · 26,884 att.

Team Stats

7
Fouls
12
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
6
Corner Kicks
2
1
Saves
3
61.9
Possession
38.1
13
SHOTS
12
4
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
449
Accurate Passes
257
541
Passes
344
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
12
Accurate Crosses
3
30
Crosses
13
0.4
Cross %
0.2
59
Long Balls
47
31
Accurate Long Balls
15
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
2
Blocked Shots
3
4
Effective Tackles
11
9
Tackles
17
0.4
Tackle %
0.6
10
Interceptions
7
19
Effective Clearances
36
19
Clearances
36

Head to Head

NAG leads series 3-2

Lineups

SAN · 3-4-2-1

  1. 99Issei OuchiG
  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

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. 33' Sota Nakamura (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Goal at 33'
  2. 42' Hayao Kawabe (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Yellow Card at 42'
  3. 45'+2' Yuya Yamagishi (Nagoya Grampus) Goal at 47'
  4. 45'+4' Hayao Kawabe (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Goal at 49'
  5. 46' Shuto Nakano (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Goal at 46'
  6. 55' Taishi Matsumoto (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 55'
  7. 55' Ryo Germain (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 55'
  8. 56' Akito Suzuki (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Goal at 56'
  9. 59' Hidemasa Koda (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 59'
  10. 59' Tsukasa Morishima (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 59'
  11. 67' Tsukasa Morishima (Nagoya Grampus) Goal at 67'
  12. 74' Kosuke Kinoshita (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 74'
  13. 81' Yusuke Chajima (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 81'
  14. 81' Naoki Maeda (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 81'

Japanese J1 League News

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