Japanese J.League

FT Saturday, March 17, 2018
Vegalta Sendai DLWWD 1
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Shimizu S-Pulse LWDWW 1
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VEG011
SHI101
IAI Stadium Nihondaira · 13,965 att.

Head to Head

VEG leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

SHI

  1. 13Yuji RokutanG
  2. 25Kou MatsubaraD
  3. 4Leandro FreireD
  4. 28Yugo TatsutaD
  5. 3Hwang Seok-HoD
  6. 30Shota KanekoM
  7. 17Yosuke KawaiM
  8. 19Mitchell DukeM
  9. 6Ryo TakeuchiM
  10. 20CrislanF
  11. 23Koya KitagawaF

Substitutes

  1. 14Jumpei KusukamiSUB
  2. 26Hiroshi FutamiSUB
  3. 45Makoto KakudaSUB
  4. 34Yuta TakiSUB
  5. 1Yohei NishibeSUB
  6. 7Mitsunari MusakaSUB
  7. 9Jong Tae-SeSUB

VEG

  1. 21Kentaro SekiG
  2. 13Yasuhiro HiraokaD
  3. 27Kazuki OiwaD
  4. 39Jung-Ya KimD
  5. 17Shingo TomitaM
  6. 2Katsuya NagatoM
  7. 7Hiroaki OkunoM
  8. 29Shota KobayashiM
  9. 16Gakuto NotsudaF
  10. 20Takuma AbeF
  11. 11Naoki IshiharaF

Substitutes

  1. 19Ryo GermainSUB
  2. 25Naoki SugaiSUB
  3. 34Keiya ShiihashiSUB
  4. 31Shunsuke MotegiSUB
  5. 30Takuma NishimuraSUB
  6. 22Goro KawanamiSUB
  7. 23Yoshihiro NakanoSUB

Timeline

  1. 9' Shota Kaneko (Shimizu S-Pulse) Goal at 9'
  2. 61' Takuma Nishimura (Vegalta Sendai) Substitution at 61'
  3. 66' Jong Tae-Se (Shimizu S-Pulse) Substitution at 66'
  4. 69' Yoshihiro Nakano (Vegalta Sendai) Substitution at 69'
  5. 70' Takuma Abe (Vegalta Sendai) Goal at 70'
  6. 74' Yoshihiro Nakano (Vegalta Sendai) Yellow Card at 74'
  7. 80' Ryo Germain (Vegalta Sendai) Substitution at 80'
  8. 82' Jumpei Kusukami (Shimizu S-Pulse) Substitution at 82'

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