Japanese J.League

FT Friday, October 16, 2026
Kawasaki Frontale LWWDL 4
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Cerezo Osaka WDLDD 2
1st2ndT
KAW224
CER112
Yodoko Sakura Stadium

Team Stats

15
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
1
7
Offsides
0
2
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
1
58.7
Possession
41.3
9
SHOTS
12
5
ON GOAL
3
0.6
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
528
Accurate Passes
329
591
Passes
412
0.9
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
1
Blocked Shots
2
8
Effective Tackles
7
13
Tackles
12
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
25
Clearances
11

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

CER · 3-4-2-1

  1. 23Kosuke NakamuraG
  2. 97Travis TakahashiCD
  3. 4Rikito InoueCD-L
  4. 27Dion CoolsCD-R
  5. 36Jackson IrvineCM-L
  6. 10Shunta TanakaCM-R
  7. 66Ayumu OhataLM
  8. 16Hayato OkudaRM
  9. 19Pablo SabbagF
  10. 41Yota KomiCF-L
  11. 77Lucas FernandesCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 2Takumi NakamuraSUB
  2. 7Satoki UejoSUB
  3. 15Javi HernándezSUB
  4. 31Koto AbeSUB
  5. 8Shinji KagawaSUB
  6. 14Yumeki YokoyamaSUB
  7. 28Kosei OkazawaSUB
  8. 9Soromon SakuragawaSUB
  9. 17Reiya SakataSUB

KAW · 4-2-3-1

  1. 49Svend BrodersenG
  2. 22Filip UremovicCD-L
  3. 4Pedro RomanoCD-R
  4. 13Sota MiuraLB
  5. 5Asahi SasakiRB
  6. 14Yasuto WakisakaAM
  7. 6Yuki YamamotoLM
  8. 8Kento TachibanadaRM
  9. 97Derik LacerdaF
  10. 23MarcinhoAM-L
  11. 17Tatsuya ItoAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 11Yu KobayashiSUB
  2. 34Ryuki OsaSUB
  3. 29Reon YamaharaSUB
  4. 25Shuto YamaichiSUB
  5. 19So KawaharaSUB
  6. 28Yuichi MaruyamaSUB
  7. 20Kyosuke MochiyamaSUB
  8. 16Yuto OzekiSUB
  9. 1Louis YamaguchiSUB

Timeline

  1. 10' Pedro Romano (Kawasaki Frontale) Goal at 10'
  2. 19' Ayumu Ohata (Cerezo Osaka) Red Card at 19'
  3. 31' Reon Yamahara (Kawasaki Frontale) Substitution at 31'
  4. 36' Pedro Romano (Kawasaki Frontale) Yellow Card at 36'
  5. 41' Reon Yamahara (Kawasaki Frontale) Yellow Card at 41'
  6. 43' Lucas Fernandes (Cerezo Osaka) Penalty - Scored at 43'
  7. 45'+3' Kento Tachibanada (Kawasaki Frontale) Goal at 45'+3'
  8. 45' Yuichi Maruyama (Kawasaki Frontale) Substitution at 45'
  9. 48' Yota Komi (Cerezo Osaka) Goal at 48'
  10. 53' Jackson Irvine (Cerezo Osaka) Yellow Card at 53'
  11. 65' Pablo Sabbag (Cerezo Osaka) Yellow Card at 65'
  12. 66' Soromon Sakuragawa (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 66'
  13. 74' Yasuto Wakisaka (Kawasaki Frontale) Goal at 74'
  14. 75' Yuto Ozeki (Kawasaki Frontale) Substitution at 75'
  15. 76' Shinji Kagawa (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 76'
  16. 76' Yumeki Yokoyama (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 76'
  17. 85' Kosei Okazawa (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 85'
  18. 86' Yu Kobayashi (Kawasaki Frontale) Substitution at 86'
  19. 87' So Kawahara (Kawasaki Frontale) Substitution at 87'
  20. 89' Yuto Ozeki (Kawasaki Frontale) Goal at 89'

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