Japanese J.League

Nagoya Grampus vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima, 2020 Japanese J1 League

· Japanese J.League
Nagoya Grampus
  • 86': Naoki Maeda
FT
1 - 0
Sanfrecce Hiroshima

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    Game Information

    Competition: Japanese J.League

    Venue: Toyota Stadium
    Location: Toyota, Japan
    Attendance: 16,825

    Japanese J1 League Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Avispa Fukuoka 0 0 0
    2 Cerezo Osaka 0 0 0
    3 Fagiano Okayama 0 0 0
    4 Gamba Osaka 0 0 0
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    NAG Nagoya Grampus

    No. Name
    1 Mitch Langerak (GK)
    23 Yutaka Yoshida
    3 Yuichi Maruyama
    34 Oh Jae-Suk
    4 Shinnosuke Nakatani
    16 Mateus
    27 Yuki Soma
    2 Takuji Yonemoto
    15 Sho Inagaki
    11 Hiroyuki Abe
    17 Ryogo Yamasaki
    Nagoya Grampus Substitutes:
    Kazuya Miyahara, Shumpei Naruse, Yohei Takeda, João Schmidt, Ryotaro Ishida, Naoki Maeda, Haruya Fujii.

    SAN Sanfrecce Hiroshima

    No. Name
    1 Takuto Hayashi (GK)
    19 Sho Sasaki
    3 Akira Ibayashi
    23 Hayato Araki
    25 Yusuke Chajima
    8 Hayao Kawabe
    6 Toshihiro Aoyama
    24 Shunki Higashi
    29 Yuya Asano
    10 Tsukasa Morishima
    9 Douglas Vieira
    Sanfrecce Hiroshima Substitutes:
    Keisuke Osako, Yoshifumi Kashiwa, Kosei Shibasaki, Yuki Nogami, Kodai Dohi, Tomoya Fujii, Hiroya Matsumoto.

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