Kyoto Sanga vs Kashiwa Reysol, 2026 Japanese J1 League, Placement Playoffs

· 1st Leg

Kyoto Sanga

2': Haruki Arai
67': Papagaio

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2 - 6
1st Leg

Kashiwa Reysol

1': Yoshio Koizumi
39': Yuki Kakita
45'+1': Daiki Sugioka
87': Yota Komi
90': Tojiro Kubo
90'+6': Yota Komi

About

Kyoto Sanga are hosting Kashiwa Reysol at Sanga Stadium by Kyocera, Kyoto, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the Japanese J.League.

Match Timeline

1': Yoshio Koizumi (Kashiwa Reysol) Goal at 1'
2': Haruki Arai (Kyoto Sanga) Goal at 2'
14': Ryuma Nakano (Kyoto Sanga) Yellow Card at 14'
29': Hinata Yamauchi (Kashiwa Reysol) Yellow Card at 29'
39': Yuki Kakita (Kashiwa Reysol) Goal at 39'
45'+1': Daiki Sugioka (Kashiwa Reysol) Goal at 46'
45': João Pedro Mendes (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 45'
45': Yusuke Segawa (Kashiwa Reysol) Substitution at 45'
61': Taiyo Hiraoka (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 61'
61': Fuchi Honda (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 61'
61': Mao Hosoya (Kashiwa Reysol) Substitution at 61'
66': Hisashi Appiah Tawiah (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 66'
67': Papagaio (Kyoto Sanga) Goal at 67'
71': João Pedro Mendes (Kyoto Sanga) Yellow Card at 71'
77': Riki Harakawa (Kashiwa Reysol) Substitution at 77'
83': Seiya Baba (Kashiwa Reysol) Substitution at 83'
83': Alex Negueba (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 83'
83': Yota Komi (Kashiwa Reysol) Substitution at 83'
87': Yota Komi (Kashiwa Reysol) Goal at 87'
90': Tojiro Kubo (Kashiwa Reysol) Goal at 90'
90'+6': Yota Komi (Kashiwa Reysol) Goal at 96'

Statistics

KRE		KYO
9	Fouls	4
1	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
3	Offsides	2
4	Corner Kicks	2
3	Saves	4
46.4	Possession	53.6
18	SHOTS	10
10	ON GOAL	5
0.6	On Target %	0.5
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
318	Accurate Passes	379
411	Passes	472
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
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
4	Blocked Shots	2
11	Effective Tackles	9
17	Tackles	17
0.6	Tackle %	0.5
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
24	Clearances	23

Game Information

Competition: Japanese J.League

Venue: Sanga Stadium by Kyocera
Location: Kyoto, Japan
Attendance: 12,503

Line-Ups

Kyoto Sanga (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Gakuji Ota (GK)
22	Hidehiro Sugai
50	Yoshinori Suzuki
34	Henrique
44	Kyo Sato
48	Ryuma Nakano
25	Yoon Sung-Jun
18	Temma Matsuda
7	Masaya Okugawa
9	Papagaio
77	Haruki Arai

Kyoto Sanga Substitutes:

Alex Negueba, Shun Nagasawa, João Pedro Mendes, Kentaro Kakoi, Fuchi Honda, Taiyo Hiraoka, Shimpei Fukuoka, Shogo Asada, Hisashi Appiah Tawiah.

Kashiwa Reysol (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
25	Ryosuke Kojima (GK)
4	Taiyo Koga
42	Wataru Harada
26	Daiki Sugioka
2	Hiromu Mitsumaru
39	Nobuteru Nakagawa
21	Yudai Konishi
24	Tojiro Kubo
87	Hinata Yamauchi
8	Yoshio Koizumi
18	Yuki Kakita

Kashiwa Reysol Substitutes:

Yusei Yamanouchi, Seiya Baba, Riki Harakawa, Mao Hosoya, Yota Komi, Kengo Nagai, Hiroki Noda, Yusuke Segawa, Sachiro Toshima.

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