Japanese J.League

FT Friday, March 9, 2018
Vissel Kobe LLDLD 1
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Vegalta Sendai DLWWD 1
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VIS101
VEG011
Yurtec Stadium Sendai · 14,270 att.

Head to Head

VIS leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

VEG

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

Substitutes

  1. 25Naoki SugaiSUB
  2. 22Goro KawanamiSUB
  3. 34Keiya ShiihashiSUB
  4. 30Takuma NishimuraSUB
  5. 39Jung-Ya KimSUB
  6. 19Ryo GermainSUB
  7. 31Shunsuke MotegiSUB

VIS

  1. 18Kim Seung-GyuG
  2. 5Jung Woo-YoungD
  3. 3Hirofumi WatanabeD
  4. 30Theerathon BunmathanD
  5. 39Masahiko InohaD
  6. 10Lukas PodolskiM
  7. 24Masatoshi MiharaM
  8. 21Junya TanakaM
  9. 20Asahi MasuyamaM
  10. 8Hitotaka MitaM
  11. 9Mike HavenaarF

Substitutes

  1. 19Kazuma WatanabeSUB
  2. 22Wataru HashimotoSUB
  3. 17Wellington Luis de SousaSUB
  4. 2Daisuke NasuSUB
  5. 1Daiya MaekawaSUB
  6. 13Keijiro OgawaSUB
  7. 23Yoshiki MatsushitaSUB

Timeline

  1. 3' Junya Tanaka (Vissel Kobe) Yellow Card at 3'
  2. 27' Masatoshi Mihara (Vissel Kobe) Goal at 27'
  3. 56' Jung Wooyoung (Vissel Kobe) Yellow Card at 56'
  4. 58' Shota Kobayashi (Vegalta Sendai) Yellow Card at 59'
  5. 59' Keijiro Ogawa (Vissel Kobe) Substitution at 59'
  6. 63' Kazuma Watanabe (Vissel Kobe) Substitution at 63'
  7. 64' Takuma Nishimura (Vegalta Sendai) Substitution at 64'
  8. 68' Theerathon Bunmatan (Vissel Kobe) Yellow Card at 68'
  9. 73' Naoki Sugai (Vegalta Sendai) Substitution at 74'
  10. 74' Ryo Germain (Vegalta Sendai) Substitution at 74'
  11. 86' Naoki Ishihara (Vegalta Sendai) Goal at 86'
  12. 87' Wellington (Vissel Kobe) Substitution at 87'

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