Japanese J.League

FT Saturday, April 27, 2019
Sanfrecce Hiroshima WWWLW 0
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Nagoya Grampus LWLDW 1
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SAN000
NAG101
Toyota Stadium · 40,000 att.

Match Report

Associated Press

Misbah, Akmal complete clinical win

Pakistan put one foot in the final of the Asia Cup with a six-wicket win over a tired Sri Lankan outfit, which didn't have enough steam needed to defend a modest 188

Full story at ESPN →

Head to Head

NAG leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

NAG

  1. 1Mitch LangerakG
  2. 6Kazuya MiyaharaD
  3. 20Shinnosuke NakataniD
  4. 23Yutaka YoshidaD
  5. 17Yuichi MaruyamaD
  6. 25Naoki MaedaM
  7. 8João SchmidtM
  8. 2Takuji YonemotoM
  9. 29Ryuji IzumiM
  10. 9Aria Jasuru HasegawaF
  11. 7JôF

SAN

  1. 38Keisuke OsakoG
  2. 5Kyohei YoshinoD
  3. 19Sho SasakiD
  4. 2Yuki NogamiD
  5. 17Taishi MatsumotoM
  6. 40Hayao KawabeM
  7. 3Emil SalomonssonM
  8. 18Yoshifumi KashiwaM
  9. 16Daiki WatariF
  10. 7Gakuto NotsudaF
  11. 30Kosei ShibasakiF

Timeline

  1. 38' Naoki Maeda (Nagoya Grampus) Goal at 38'
  2. 56' Yuki Soma (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 56'
  3. 66' Yusuke Minagawa (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 66'
  4. 73' Tsukasa Morishima (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 73'
  5. 82' Rhayner (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 82'
  6. 87' Shuhei Akasaki (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 87'
  7. 90'+1' Yuki Kobayashi (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 91'

Japanese J1 League News

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