Japanese J.League

FT Friday, April 3, 2026
Tokyo Verdy 1969 LWLWL 2
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JEF United Ichihara-Chiba WLLLW 3
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TYKV022
JEF213
Fukuda Denshi Arena · 13,024 att.

Team Stats

7
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
10
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
5
51.2
Possession
48.8
18
SHOTS
11
7
ON GOAL
6
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
299
Accurate Passes
290
377
Passes
376
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
3
34
Crosses
13
0.1
Cross %
0.2
45
Long Balls
55
17
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
1
12
Effective Tackles
10
19
Tackles
16
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
10
Interceptions
13
25
Effective Clearances
46
25
Clearances
46

Head to Head

JEF leads series 2-1

Lineups

JEF · 4-4-2

  1. 35Tomoya WakaharaG
  2. 28Takashi KawanoCD-L
  3. 24Koji ToriumiCD-R
  4. 15Takayuki MaeLB
  5. 2Issei TakahashiRB
  6. 41Takuya YasuiCM-L
  7. 5Yusuke KobayashiCM-R
  8. 8Takumi TsukuiLM
  9. 42Zain IssakaRM
  10. 9Hiroto GoyaCF-L
  11. 20Daichi IshikawaCF-R

TYKV · 3-4-3

  1. 21Yuya NagasawaG
  2. 5Ryota InoueCD
  3. 6Kazuya MiyaharaCD-L
  4. 36Riku MatsudaCD-R
  5. 10Koki MoritaCM-L
  6. 16Rei HirakawaCM-R
  7. 23Daiki FukazawaLM
  8. 22Yosuke UchidaRM
  9. 9Itsuki SomenoF
  10. 14Yuya FukudaCF-L
  11. 7Yuan MatsuhashiCF-R

Timeline

  1. 19' Hiroto Goya (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Penalty - Saved at 19'
  2. 19' Hiroto Goya (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Goal at 19'
  3. 40' Hiroto Goya (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Goal at 40'
  4. 44' Takumi Tsukui (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Yellow Card at 44'
  5. 45' Taiju Yoshida (Tokyo Verdy 1969) Substitution at 45'
  6. 45' Yuta Arai (Tokyo Verdy 1969) Substitution at 45'
  7. 46' Yuya Fukuda (Tokyo Verdy 1969) Goal at 46'
  8. 62' Taiju Yoshida (Tokyo Verdy 1969) Goal - Free-kick at 62'
  9. 65' Kosuke Saito (Tokyo Verdy 1969) Substitution at 65'
  10. 70' Makoto Himeno (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Substitution at 70'
  11. 71' Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Substitution at 71'
  12. 73' Hiroto Yamami (Tokyo Verdy 1969) Substitution at 73'
  13. 75' Riku Matsuda (Tokyo Verdy 1969) Yellow Card at 75'
  14. 78' Issei Kumatoriya (Tokyo Verdy 1969) Substitution at 78'
  15. 82' Naohiro Sugiyama (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Substitution at 82'
  16. 83' Yuma Igari (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Substitution at 83'
  17. 85' Masaru Hidaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Goal at 85'
  18. 87' Takuro Iwai (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Substitution at 87'
  19. 89' Takayuki Mae (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Yellow Card at 89'
  20. 90'+6' Takashi Kawano (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Yellow Card at 96'

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