Japanese J.League

Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Urawa Red Diamonds, 2023 Japanese J1 League

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima
  • 69': Mutsuki Kato
  • 90'+3': Nassim Ben Khalifa
FT
2 - 1
Urawa Red Diamonds
  • 29': José Kanté

About

Sanfrecce Hiroshima are hosting Urawa Red Diamonds at Edion Stadium Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the Japanese J.League.

Game Information

Competition: Japanese J.League

Venue: Edion Stadium Hiroshima
Location: Hiroshima, Japan
Attendance: 21,108

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

SAN Sanfrecce Hiroshima

No. Name
38 Keisuke Osako (GK)
19 Sho Sasaki Yellow Card
4 Hayato Araki
33 Tsukasa Shiotani
8 Takuma Kawamura
7 Gakuto Notsuda
15 Shuto Nakano
16 Takaaki Shichi
20 Pieros Soteriou
11 Makoto Mitsuta
51 Mutsuki Kato
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Substitutes:
Taishi Matsumoto, Goro Kawanami, Douglas Vieira, Kosei Shibasaki, Sota Koshimichi, Shunki Higashi, Nassim Ben Khalifa.

URA Urawa Red Diamonds

No. Name
1 Shusaku Nishikawa (GK)
26 Takuya Ogiwara
5 Marius Hoibraten
28 Alexander Scholz Yellow Card
2 Hiroki Sakai
15 Takahiro Akimoto
25 Kaito Yasui
19 Ken Iwao
3 Atsuki Ito
21 Tomoaki Okubo
11 José Kanté
Urawa Red Diamonds Substitutes:
Kai Shibato, Ayumi Niekawa, Ayumu Ohata, Takahiro Sekine, Shinzo Koroki, Shoya Nakajima, Takuya Iwanami.

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