Kawasaki Frontale vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima, 2026 Japanese J1 League, Placement Playoffs

· 2nd Leg - Sanfrecce Hiroshima advance 3-1 on aggregate

Kawasaki Frontale

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2nd Leg - Sanfrecce Hiroshima advance 3-1 on aggregate

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

44': Sota Nakamura

About

Kawasaki Frontale are hosting Sanfrecce Hiroshima at Uvance Todoroki Stadium by Fujitsu, Kawasaki, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the Japanese J.League.

Match Timeline

24': Yuichi Maruyama (Kawasaki Frontale) Yellow Card at 24'
37': Hayao Kawabe (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Yellow Card at 37'
44': Sota Nakamura (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Goal at 44'
57': Naoki Maeda (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 57'
64': Ten Miyagi (Kawasaki Frontale) Substitution at 64'
65': Tatsuya Ito (Kawasaki Frontale) Yellow Card at 65'
69': Ryo Germain (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 69'
69': Yusuke Chajima (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 69'
74': Kazuya Konno (Kawasaki Frontale) Substitution at 74'
82': Toya Myogan (Kawasaki Frontale) Substitution at 82'
85': Takaaki Shichi (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 85'
85': Kosuke Kinoshita (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 85'

Statistics

SAN		KAW
18	Fouls	10
1	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
3	Offsides	3
9	Corner Kicks	5
6	Saves	6
41.1	Possession	58.9
21	SHOTS	12
8	ON GOAL	5
0.4	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
266	Accurate Passes	433
345	Passes	510
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
7	Blocked Shots	2
10	Effective Tackles	6
15	Tackles	7
0.7	Tackle %	0.9
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
22	Clearances	17

Game Information

Competition: Japanese J.League

Venue: Uvance Todoroki Stadium by Fujitsu
Location: Kawasaki, Japan
Attendance: 23,692

Line-Ups

Kawasaki Frontale (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Louis Yamaguchi (GK)
28	Yuichi Maruyama
2	Yuto Matsunagane
13	Sota Miura
29	Reon Yamahara
14	Yasuto Wakisaka
19	So Kawahara
8	Kento Tachibanada
20	Kyosuke Mochiyama
23	Marcinho
17	Tatsuya Ito

Kawasaki Frontale Substitutes:

Kota Yui, Filip Uremovic, Hiroto Noda, Toya Myogan, Ten Miyagi, Kazuya Konno, Ryota Kamihashi, Yuki Hayasaka, Svend Brodersen.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
99	Issei Ouchi (GK)
3	Taichi Yamasaki
19	Sho Sasaki
15	Shuto Nakano
6	Hayao Kawabe
14	Taishi Matsumoto
24	Shunki Higashi
13	Naoto Arai
10	Akito Suzuki
39	Sota Nakamura
11	Mutsuki Kato

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Substitutes:

Yudai Tanaka, Takaaki Shichi, Motoki Ohara, Naoki Maeda, Kosuke Kinoshita, Ryo Germain, Yusuke Chajima, Shun Ayukawa, Daiki Suga.

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