Japanese J.League

FT Sunday, August 9, 2026
Kyoto Sanga LLWLW 1
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V-Varen Nagasaki LWLWW 2
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KYO011
VVN202
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Team Stats

13
Fouls
10
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
7
2
Saves
2
58.2
Possession
41.8
10
SHOTS
16
3
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
379
Accurate Passes
242
460
Passes
327
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
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
3
5
Effective Tackles
4
9
Tackles
4
0.6
Tackle %
1.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
35
Clearances
22

Head to Head

KYO leads series 2-0

Lineups

VVN · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Masaaki GotoG
  2. 25Takuma OminamiCD
  3. 4EduardoCD-L
  4. 31Kanta DoiCD-R
  5. 24Riku YamadaCM-L
  6. 5Hotaru YamaguchiCM-R
  7. 22Hijiri OnagaLM
  8. 3Masahiro SekiguchiRM
  9. 9Thiago SantanaF
  10. 8Yuto IwasakiCF-L
  11. 41Motoki HasegawaCF-R

KYO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Gakuji OtaG
  2. 34HenriqueCD-L
  3. 43WevertonCD-R
  4. 44Kyo SatoLB
  5. 2Shinnosuke FukudaRB
  6. 39Taiki HiratoAM
  7. 10Shimpei FukuokaLM
  8. 6João Pedro MendesRM
  9. 9PapagaioF
  10. 77Haruki AraiAM-L
  11. 26Ren KatoAM-R

Timeline

  1. 11' Thiago Santana (V-Varen Nagasaki) Goal at 11'
  2. 29' Thiago Santana (V-Varen Nagasaki) Goal at 29'
  3. 34' João Pedro Mendes (Kyoto Sanga) Yellow Card at 34'
  4. 45' Kodai Nagata (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 45'
  5. 45' Alex Negueba (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 45'
  6. 45' Yoon Sung-Jun (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 45'
  7. 50' Weverton (Kyoto Sanga) Yellow Card at 50'
  8. 54' Papagaio (Kyoto Sanga) Goal at 54'
  9. 63' Ikki Arai (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 63'
  10. 69' Takumi Kato (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 69'
  11. 73' Ryogo Yamasaki (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 73'
  12. 76' Yoshinori Suzuki (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 76'
  13. 78' Papagaio (Kyoto Sanga) Yellow Card at 78'
  14. 86' Diego Pituca (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 86'
  15. 86' Emerson (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 86'
  16. 87' Shun Nagasawa (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 87'
  17. 88' Ryosuke Shindo (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 88'
  18. 90'+3' Hijiri Onaga (V-Varen Nagasaki) Yellow Card at 90'+3'

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