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

· 2nd Leg - V-Varen Nagasaki advance 2-0 on aggregate

Mito Hollyhock

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2nd Leg - V-Varen Nagasaki advance 2-0 on aggregate

V-Varen Nagasaki

15': Harumu Nabeshima

About

Mito Hollyhock are hosting V-Varen Nagasaki at , , , starting on . The match is a part of the Japanese J.League.

Match Timeline

15': Harumu Nabeshima (V-Varen Nagasaki) Goal at 15'
45': Shunya Yoneda (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 45'
64': Patryck Ferreira (Mito Hollyhock) Substitution at 64'
64': Norman Campbell (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 64'
64': Diego Pituca (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 64'
68': Ryo Nemoto (Mito Hollyhock) Substitution at 68'
68': Shohei Aihara (Mito Hollyhock) Substitution at 68'
69': Yuto Nagao (Mito Hollyhock) Substitution at 69'
78': Keita Nakamura (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 78'
80': Matheus Leiria Dos Santos (Mito Hollyhock) Substitution at 80'
88': Ryogo Yamasaki (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 88'

Statistics

VVN		MITO
10	Fouls	6
0	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	0
1	Corner Kicks	7
5	Saves	2
29.4	Possession	70.6
5	SHOTS	16
3	ON GOAL	5
0.6	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
197	Accurate Passes	589
291	Passes	681
0.7	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
0	Blocked Shots	4
8	Effective Tackles	5
12	Tackles	12
0.7	Tackle %	0.4
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
29	Clearances	8

Game Information

Competition: Japanese J.League

Venue:
Location: ,
Attendance: 7,435

Line-Ups

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
39	Hayata Yamamoto
11	Yoshiki Torikai
10	Arata Wantanabe
29	Keisuke Tada

Mito Hollyhock Substitutes:

Patryck Ferreira, Kiichi Yamazaki, Takeshi Ushizawa, Ryo Nemoto, Yuto Nagao, Shuhei Matsubara, Matheus Leiria Dos Santos, Seiya Inoue, Shohei Aihara.

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, Roh Hyeong-Jun, Keita Nakamura, Tenmu Matsumoto, Go Hatano, Diego Pituca, Norman Campbell, Ryogo Yamasaki.

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