Kawasaki Frontale vs Kyoto Sanga, 2026 Japanese J1 League, Regular Season

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Kawasaki Frontale

43': Lazar Romanić
64': Marcinho

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2 - 2

Kyoto Sanga

54': Shinnosuke Fukuda
58': Papagaio

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

Match Timeline

9': Alex Negueba (Kyoto Sanga) Yellow Card at 9'
11': Ren Kato (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 11'
43': Roman Lazar (Kawasaki Frontale) Goal at 43'
45': Yoon Sung-Jun (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 45'
45': Masaya Okugawa (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 45'
49': Weverton (Kyoto Sanga) Yellow Card at 49'
54': Shinnosuke Fukuda (Kyoto Sanga) Goal at 54'
58': Papagaio (Kyoto Sanga) Goal at 58'
59': Asahi Sasaki (Kawasaki Frontale) Substitution at 59'
64': Marcinho (Kawasaki Frontale) Goal at 64'
70': Fuchi Honda (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 70'
76': So Kawahara (Kawasaki Frontale) Substitution at 76'
76': Yuto Ozeki (Kawasaki Frontale) Substitution at 76'
80': Filip Uremovic (Kawasaki Frontale) Substitution at 80'
80': Ten Miyagi (Kawasaki Frontale) Substitution at 80'
80': Yuto Ozeki (Kawasaki Frontale) Yellow Card at 80'
90'+2': Hisashi Appiah Tawiah (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 90'+2'

Statistics

KYO		KAW
8	Fouls	9
2	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	1
1	Corner Kicks	6
5	Saves	4
44.2	Possession	55.8
13	SHOTS	21
6	ON GOAL	7
0.5	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
282	Accurate Passes	373
399	Passes	488
0.7	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
2	Blocked Shots	6
9	Effective Tackles	4
17	Tackles	11
0.5	Tackle %	0.4
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
42	Clearances	16

Game Information

Competition: Japanese J.League

Venue: Uvance Todoroki Stadium by Fujitsu
Location: Kawasaki, Japan

Japanese J1 League Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Machida Zelvia	3	+10	9
2	Kashiwa Reysol	3	+5	9
3	Kashima Antlers	3	+3	9
4	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	3	+6	7

Full Table

Line-Ups

Kawasaki Frontale (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
49	Svend Brodersen (GK)
3	Hiroto Taniguchi
4	Pedro Romano
13	Sota Miura
29	Reon Yamahara
14	Yasuto Wakisaka
6	Yuki Yamamoto
8	Kento Tachibanada
9	Lazar Romanić
23	Marcinho
17	Tatsuya Ito

Kawasaki Frontale Substitutes:

Kyosuke Mochiyama, Yuto Ozeki, Ryuki Osa, Louis Yamaguchi, Filip Uremovic, Kazuya Konno, Ten Miyagi, So Kawahara, Asahi Sasaki.

Kyoto Sanga (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Gakuji Ota (GK)
50	Yoshinori Suzuki
43	Weverton
44	Kyo Sato
2	Shinnosuke Fukuda
10	Shimpei Fukuoka
39	Taiki Hirato
6	João Pedro Mendes
9	Papagaio
77	Haruki Arai
17	Alex Negueba

Kyoto Sanga Substitutes:

Hisashi Appiah Tawiah, Yoon Sung-Jun, Everton Maceió, Masaya Okugawa, Ren Kato, Kentaro Kakoi, Ryuma Nakano, Fuchi Honda, Shun Nagasawa.

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