Japanese J.League

V-Varen Nagasaki vs Mito Hollyhock, 2026 Japanese J1 League, Placement Playoffs

· 1st Leg
V-Varen Nagasaki

vs
1st Leg
Mito Hollyhock

About

V-Varen Nagasaki are hosting Mito Hollyhock at PEACE STADIUM Connected by SoftBank, Nagasaki, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the Japanese J.League.

V-Varen Nagasaki Leaders

# Player Stats
10 Matheus Jesus Matches: 16, Goals: 6
9 Thiago Santana Matches: 15, Goals: 6
18 Ryogo Yamasaki Matches: 17, Goals: 2

Mito Hollyhock Leaders

# Player Stats
10 Arata Wantanab.. Matches: 16, Goals: 4
8 Chihiro Kato Matches: 8, Goals: 3
29 Keisuke Tada Matches: 15, Goals: 2

Statistics

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-16 Goal Difference -8
19 Total Goals 20
11 Assists 14
35 Goals Against 28

Game Information

Competition: Japanese J.League

Venue: PEACE STADIUM Connected by SoftBank
Location: Nagasaki, Japan

Line-Ups

VVN V-Varen Nagasaki (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
1 Masaaki Goto (GK)
4 Eduardo
6 Yusei Egawa
22 Hijiri Onaga
44 Harumu Nabeshima
5 Hotaru Yamaguchi
17 Keita Takahata
3 Masahiro Sekiguchi
10 Matheus Jesus
33 Tsubasa Kasayanagi
41 Motoki Hasegawa
V-Varen Nagasaki Substitutes:
Shunya Yoneda, Hayato Teruyama, Takashi Sawada, Roh Hyeong-Jun, Keita Nakamura, Tenmu Matsumoto, Go Hatano, Diego Pituca , Norman Campbell.

MITO Mito Hollyhock (4-4-2)

No. Name
34 Konosuke Nishikawa (GK)
17 Kenta Itakura
2 Danilo Cardoso
7 Sho Omori
25 Takumi Mase
8 Chihiro Kato
19 Taishi Senba
14 Mizuki Arai
70 Matheus Leiria Dos Santos
11 Yoshiki Torikai
29 Keisuke Tada
Mito Hollyhock Substitutes:
Patryck Ferreira, Shohei Aihara, Koki Ando, Takahiro Ilda, Seiya Inoue, Shuhei Matsubara, Yuto Nagao, Ryo Nemoto, Hayata Yamamoto.

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