Japanese J.League

FT Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Machida Zelvia WLWWW 5
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Shimizu S-Pulse LWWWD 0
1st2ndT
ZEL145
SHI000
IAI Stadium Nihondaira

Team Stats

12
Fouls
18
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
1
1
Offsides
2
5
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
7
67.2
Possession
32.8
25
SHOTS
6
12
ON GOAL
2
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
489
Accurate Passes
195
553
Passes
274
0.9
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
1
9
Effective Tackles
9
16
Tackles
12
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
13
Clearances
20

Head to Head

ZEL leads series 1-0-1

Lineups

SHI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 16Togo UmedaG
  2. 15Yuki HondaCD-L
  3. 4Sodai HasukawaCD-R
  4. 25Mateus Brunetti ValorLB
  5. 24Hidehiro SugaiRB
  6. 47Yudai ShimamotoAM
  7. 17Masaki YumibaLM
  8. 37Kei KoizumiRM
  9. 9Oh Se-HunF
  10. 7CapixabaAM-L
  11. 21Kai MatsuzakiAM-R

ZEL · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Kosei TaniG
  2. 50Daihachi OkamuraCD
  3. 2Thomas OuwejanCD-L
  4. 3Gen ShojiCD-R
  5. 31Neta LaviCM-L
  6. 16Hiroyuki MaeCM-R
  7. 33Takahiro AkimotoLM
  8. 6Henry MochizukiRM
  9. 9Koki OgawaF
  10. 7Yuki SomaCF-L
  11. 20Takuma NishimuraCF-R

Timeline

  1. 17' Yuki Honda (Shimizu S-Pulse) Yellow Card at 17'
  2. 31' Kai Matsuzaki (Shimizu S-Pulse) Yellow Card at 31'
  3. 35' Neta Lavi (Machida Zelvia) Goal at 35'
  4. 50' Koki Ogawa (Machida Zelvia) Goal at 50'
  5. 57' Kenta Inoue (Shimizu S-Pulse) Substitution at 57'
  6. 57' Tomoya Fujii (Shimizu S-Pulse) Substitution at 57'
  7. 62' Takuma Nishimura (Machida Zelvia) Goal at 62'
  8. 63' Kai Matsuzaki (Shimizu S-Pulse) Red Card at 63'
  9. 69' Ryo Germain (Shimizu S-Pulse) Substitution at 69'
  10. 73' Ryohei Shirasaki (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 73'
  11. 73' Mitchell Duke (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 73'
  12. 73' Hotaka Nakamura (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 73'
  13. 77' Takuma Nishimura (Machida Zelvia) Goal at 77'
  14. 79' Yutaka Yoshida (Shimizu S-Pulse) Substitution at 79'
  15. 79' Kazuki Kozuka (Shimizu S-Pulse) Substitution at 79'
  16. 79' Hokuto Shimoda (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 79'
  17. 82' Takuma Nishimura (Machida Zelvia) Goal at 82'
  18. 86' Futa Tokumura (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 86'

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