Japanese J.League

Nagoya Grampus vs Machida Zelvia, 2026 Japanese J1 League, Placement Playoffs

· 1st Leg

NAG

10': Yudai Kimura
90'+2': Tomoki Takamine

FT
2 - 2
1st Leg

ZEL

6': Hotaka Nakamura
78': Erik

About

Nagoya Grampus are hosting Machida Zelvia at , , , starting on . The match is a part of the Japanese J.League.

Match Timeline

6': Hotaka Nakamura (Machida Zelvia) Goal at 6'
10': Yudai Kimura (Nagoya Grampus) Goal at 10'
21': Hotaka Nakamura (Machida Zelvia) Yellow Card at 21'
31': Hiroyuki Mae (Machida Zelvia) Yellow Card at 31'
75': Hidemasa Koda (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 75'
75': Kensuke Nagai (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 75'
75': Ryohei Shirasaki (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 75'
75': Kanji Kuwayama (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 75'
78': Erik (Machida Zelvia) Goal at 78'
78': Erik (Machida Zelvia) Yellow Card at 78'
84': Keiya Sento (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 84'
84': Futa Tokumura (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 84'
86': Taichi Kikuchi (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 86'
87': Kenedeiebusu Mikuni (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 87'
90': Gen Shoji (Machida Zelvia) Yellow Card at 90'
90'+2': Tomoki Takamine (Nagoya Grampus) Goal at 92'
90'+4': Henry Mochizuki (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 94'

Statistics

ZEL		NAG
13	Fouls	7
4	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	2
2	Corner Kicks	1
5	Saves	6
42	Possession	58
17	SHOTS	12
8	ON GOAL	7
0.5	On Target %	0.6
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
321	Accurate Passes	466
387	Passes	532
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
0	Accurate Crosses	0
0	Crosses	0
0.0	Cross %	0.0
0	Long Balls	0
0	Accurate Long Balls	0
0.0	Long Balls %	0.0
7	Blocked Shots	1
8	Effective Tackles	6
13	Tackles	8
0.6	Tackle %	0.8
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
22	Clearances	17

Game Information

Competition: Japanese J.League

Venue:
Location: ,

Line-Ups

Nagoya Grampus (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
35	Alexandre Pisano (GK)
13	Haruya Fujii
3	Yota Sato
2	Yuki Nogami
31	Tomoki Takamine
14	Tsukasa Morishima
27	Katsuhiro Nakayama
9	Yuya Asano
11	Yuya Yamagishi
22	Yudai Kimura
7	Ryuji Izumi

Nagoya Grampus Substitutes:

Takuya Uchida, Hiroaki Hagi, Taichi Kikuchi, Hidemasa Koda, Kenedeiebusu Mikuni, Soichiro Mori, Kensuke Nagai, Masahito Ono, Shungo Sugiura.

Machida Zelvia (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Kosei Tani (GK)
50	Daihachi Okamura
19	Yuta Nakayama
3	Gen Shoji
16	Hiroyuki Mae
31	Neta Lavi
26	Kotaro Hayashi
88	Hotaka Nakamura
9	Shota Fujio
7	Yuki Soma
27	Erik

Machida Zelvia Substitutes:

Futa Tokumura, Hokuto Shimoda, Keiya Sento, Tatsuya Morita, Henry Mochizuki, Asahi Masuyama, Kanji Kuwayama, Ibrahim Dresevic, Ryohei Shirasaki.

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