Cerezo Osaka vs V-Varen Nagasaki, 2018 Japanese J1 League, 2018 Japanese J1 League

· Japanese J.League

Cerezo Osaka

30': Yoichiro Kakitani
37': Yusuke Maruhashi
86': Kota Mizunuma

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3 - 1

V-Varen Nagasaki

54': Keita Nakamura

About

Cerezo Osaka are hosting V-Varen Nagasaki at Yanmar Stadium Nagai, Nagai, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the Japanese J.League.

Game Information

Competition: Japanese J.League

Venue: Yanmar Stadium Nagai
Location: Nagai, Japan
Attendance: 29,845

Japanese J1 League Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Kashima Antlers	18	+20	45
2	FC Tokyo	18	+12	37
3	Machida Zelvia	18	+4	37
4	Kawasaki Frontale	18	-4	28

Full Table

Line-Ups

Cerezo Osaka

No.	Name
21	Kim Jin-Hyeon (GK)
22	Matej Jonjic
2	Riku Matsuda
23	Tatsuya Yamashita
14	Yusuke Maruhashi
43	Osmar Barba
17	Takaki Fukumitsu
6	Hotaru Yamaguchi
13	Toshiyuki Takagi
8	Yoichiro Kakitani
18	Dong-Hyun Yang

Cerezo Osaka Substitutes:

Eiichi Katayama, Kota Mizunuma, Atomu Tanaka, Kenta Tanno, Kota Fujimoto, Kazuya Yamamura, Noriyuki Sakemoto.

V-Varen Nagasaki

No.	Name
30	Kenta Tokushige (GK)
4	Ryota Takasugi
5	Daichi Tagami
32	Yuhei Tokunaga
28	Hijiri Onaga
3	Ryutaro Iio
17	Shogo Nakahara
27	Ryo Niizato
11	Musashi Suzuki
20	Keita Nakamura
19	Takashi Sawada

V-Varen Nagasaki Substitutes:

Choi Kyu-Baek, Yusuke Maeda, Ben Halloran, Shunya Yoneda, Shu Hiramatsu, Takuya Masuda, Juanma.

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