Japanese J.League

FT Saturday, September 19, 2026
Cerezo Osaka WLWDL 1
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V-Varen Nagasaki LLDLW 1
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CER011
VVN101
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Team Stats

9
Fouls
10
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
6
4
Corner Kicks
7
0
Saves
5
56.1
Possession
43.9
17
SHOTS
14
6
ON GOAL
1
0.4
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
388
Accurate Passes
306
478
Passes
375
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
4
Blocked Shots
6
12
Effective Tackles
6
13
Tackles
10
0.9
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
18
Clearances
21

Head to Head

CER leads series 3-1

Lineups

VVN · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Masaaki GotoG
  2. 29Ikki AraiCD
  3. 6Yusei EgawaCD-L
  4. 50Ryosuke ShindoCD-R
  5. 24Riku YamadaCM-L
  6. 5Hotaru YamaguchiCM-R
  7. 22Hijiri OnagaLM
  8. 23Shunya YonedaRM
  9. 9Thiago SantanaF
  10. 41Motoki HasegawaCF-L
  11. 10Matheus JesusCF-R

CER · 3-4-2-1

  1. 23Kosuke NakamuraG
  2. 44Shinnosuke HatanakaCD
  3. 4Rikito InoueCD-L
  4. 27Dion CoolsCD-R
  5. 36Jackson IrvineCM-L
  6. 10Shunta TanakaCM-R
  7. 66Ayumu OhataLM
  8. 16Hayato OkudaRM
  9. 9Soromon SakuragawaF
  10. 28Kosei OkazawaCF-L
  11. 77Lucas FernandesCF-R

Timeline

  1. 17' Javi Hernández (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 17'
  2. 17' Riku Yamada (V-Varen Nagasaki) Yellow Card at 17'
  3. 34' Matheus Jesus (V-Varen Nagasaki) Goal at 34'
  4. 41' Jackson Irvine (Cerezo Osaka) Yellow Card at 41'
  5. 50' Shunya Yoneda (V-Varen Nagasaki) Yellow Card at 50'
  6. 51' Lucas Fernandes (Cerezo Osaka) Penalty - Scored at 51'
  7. 58' Asahi Masuyama (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 58'
  8. 58' Diego Pituca (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 58'
  9. 68' Kosuke Nakamura (Cerezo Osaka) Yellow Card at 68'
  10. 73' Tenmu Matsumoto (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 73'
  11. 77' Thiago (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 77'
  12. 82' Ryogo Yamasaki (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 82'
  13. 83' Kanta Doi (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 83'
  14. 84' Dion Cools (Cerezo Osaka) Yellow Card at 84'
  15. 88' Satoki Uejo (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 88'

Japanese J1 League News

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