Urawa Red Diamonds vs Avispa Fukuoka, 2024 Japanese J1 League

· Japanese J.League

Urawa Red Diamonds

65': Ryoma Watanabe
73': Thiago Santana (P)

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Avispa Fukuoka

28': Shahab Zahedi

About

Urawa Red Diamonds are hosting Avispa Fukuoka at Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the Japanese J.League.

Match Timeline

28': Shahab Zahedi (Avispa Fukuoka) Goal at 28'
42': Daiki Miya (Avispa Fukuoka) Yellow Card at 42'
59': Wellington Luis de Sousa (Avispa Fukuoka) Substitution at 59'
59': Seiya Inoue (Avispa Fukuoka) Substitution at 59'
59': Ayumu Ohata (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 59'
65': Ryoma Watanabe (Urawa Red Diamonds) Goal at 65'
72': Seiya Inoue (Avispa Fukuoka) Yellow Card at 72'
73': Thiago Santana (Urawa Red Diamonds) Penalty - Scored at 73'
75': Itsuki Oda (Avispa Fukuoka) Substitution at 75'
75': Takeshi Kanamori (Avispa Fukuoka) Substitution at 75'
77': Shoya Nakajima (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 77'
87': Masato Shigemi (Avispa Fukuoka) Substitution at 87'
88': Reiju Tsuruno (Avispa Fukuoka) Substitution at 88'
88': Shinzo Koroki (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 88'

Game Information

Competition: Japanese J.League

Venue: Saitama Stadium 2002
Location: Saitama, Japan
Attendance: 37,826

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

Urawa Red Diamonds

No.	Name
1	Shusaku Nishikawa (GK)
2	Hiroki Sakai
20	Yota Sato
5	Marius Hoibraten
13	Ryoma Watanabe
3	Atsuki Ito
6	Ken Iwao
11	Samuel Gustafsson
12	Thiago Santana
38	Naoki Maeda
21	Tomoaki Okubo

Urawa Red Diamonds Substitutes:

Yusuke Matsuo, Ayumi Niekawa, Shoya Nakajima, Yoshio Koizumi, Ayumu Ohata, Shinzo Koroki, Hirokazu Ishikara.

Avispa Fukuoka

No.	Name
1	Takumi Nagaishi (GK)
3	Tatsuki Nara
37	Masaya Tashiro
5	Daiki Miya
2	Masato Yuzawa
29	Yota Maejima
6	Hiroyuki Mae
88	Daiki Matsuoka
9	Shahab Zahedi
18	Yuto Iwasaki
8	Kazuya Konno

Avispa Fukuoka Substitutes:

Masato Shigemi, Itsuki Oda, Takeshi Kanamori, Seiya Inoue, Masaaki Murakami, Reiju Tsuruno, Wellington Luis de Sousa.

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