Japanese J.League

FT Saturday, August 15, 2026
Machida Zelvia LWDWW 4
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JEF United Ichihara-Chiba LLDLL 0
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ZEL224
JEF000
Fukuda Denshi Arena

Team Stats

13
Fouls
16
0
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
8
Corner Kicks
2
2
Saves
1
48.1
Possession
51.9
18
SHOTS
9
5
ON GOAL
2
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
317
Accurate Passes
363
390
Passes
432
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
1
6
Effective Tackles
11
15
Tackles
17
0.4
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
19
Clearances
19

Head to Head

ZEL leads series 2-0

Lineups

JEF · 3-4-2-1

  1. 19José SuárezG
  2. 66Daniel HallCD
  3. 28Takashi KawanoCD-L
  4. 24Koji ToriumiCD-R
  5. 25IndioCM-L
  6. 4Taishi TaguchiCM-R
  7. 8Takumi TsukuiLM
  8. 22Takahiro IldaRM
  9. 99ErisonF
  10. 30Takumi MatsumuraCF-L
  11. 37Makoto HimenoCF-R

ZEL · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Kosei TaniG
  2. 50Daihachi OkamuraCD
  3. 19Yuta NakayamaCD-L
  4. 3Gen ShojiCD-R
  5. 31Neta LaviCM-L
  6. 16Hiroyuki MaeCM-R
  7. 33Takahiro AkimotoLM
  8. 88Hotaka NakamuraRM
  9. 99Tete YengiF
  10. 7Yuki SomaCF-L
  11. 15Mitchell DukeCF-R

Timeline

  1. 17' Yuta Nakayama (Machida Zelvia) Goal at 17'
  2. 34' Tete Yengi (Machida Zelvia) Goal at 34'
  3. 45'+3' Takumi Tsukui (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Yellow Card at 45'+3'
  4. 56' Daniel Hall (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Yellow Card at 56'
  5. 63' Takuma Nishimura (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 63'
  6. 65' Daichi Ishikawa (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Substitution at 65'
  7. 65' Ken Yamura (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Substitution at 65'
  8. 70' Takuma Nishimura (Machida Zelvia) Goal at 70'
  9. 71' Takayuki Mae (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Substitution at 71'
  10. 71' Kazuki Tanaka (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Substitution at 71'
  11. 81' Hokuto Shimoda (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 81'
  12. 82' Shota Fujio (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 82'
  13. 82' Hotaka Nakamura (Machida Zelvia) Goal at 82'
  14. 83' Leonardo Rocha (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Substitution at 83'
  15. 87' Erison (JEF United Ichihara-Chiba) Yellow Card at 87'
  16. 88' Futa Tokumura (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 88'
  17. 88' Henry Mochizuki (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 88'

Japanese J1 League News

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