Japanese J.League

FT Saturday, May 23, 2026
V-Varen Nagasaki WLWLW 0
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Kyoto Sanga LLLLL 1
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VVN000
KYO011
Sanga Stadium by Kyocera · 14,491 att.

Team Stats

10
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
4
Corner Kicks
7
7
Saves
0
45.4
Possession
54.6
10
SHOTS
22
0
ON GOAL
8
0.0
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
219
Accurate Passes
286
322
Passes
380
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
7
16
Crosses
24
0.3
Cross %
0.3
69
Long Balls
52
27
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
6
Blocked Shots
7
10
Effective Tackles
5
14
Tackles
17
0.7
Tackle %
0.3
11
Interceptions
10
17
Effective Clearances
23
17
Clearances
23

Head to Head

KYO leads series 1-0

Lineups

KYO · 4-3-3

  1. 1Gakuji OtaG
  2. 50Yoshinori SuzukiCD-L
  3. 5Hisashi Appiah TawiahCD-R
  4. 44Kyo SatoLB
  5. 22Hidehiro SugaiRB
  6. 25Yoon Sung-JunCM
  7. 18Temma MatsudaLM
  8. 48Ryuma NakanoRM
  9. 9PapagaioF
  10. 77Haruki AraiLF
  11. 7Masaya OkugawaRF

VVN · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Masaaki GotoG
  2. 25Kazuki KushibikiCD
  3. 4EduardoCD-L
  4. 22Hijiri OnagaCD-R
  5. 21Diego PitucaCM-L
  6. 5Hotaru YamaguchiCM-R
  7. 23Shunya YonedaLM
  8. 3Masahiro SekiguchiRM
  9. 9Thiago SantanaF
  10. 41Motoki HasegawaCF-L
  11. 10Matheus JesusCF-R

Timeline

  1. 9' Thiago Santana (V-Varen Nagasaki) Yellow Card at 9'
  2. 28' Haruki Arai (Kyoto Sanga) Yellow Card at 28'
  3. 51' Papagaio (Kyoto Sanga) Goal - Header at 51'
  4. 65' Tsubasa Kasayanagi (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 65'
  5. 75' Norman Campbell (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 75'
  6. 76' Taiyo Hiraoka (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 76'
  7. 84' Hisashi Appiah Tawiah (Kyoto Sanga) Yellow Card at 84'
  8. 85' Fuchi Honda (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 85'
  9. 85' Tenmu Matsumoto (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 85'
  10. 85' Keita Takahata (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 85'
  11. 85' Ryogo Yamasaki (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 85'
  12. 89' Shun Nagasawa (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 89'
  13. 89' Shogo Asada (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 89'

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