Albirex Niigata vs Urawa Red Diamonds, 2024 Japanese J1 League

· Japanese J.League

Albirex Niigata

75': Shusuke Ota
87': Motoki Nagakura

FT
2 - 4

Urawa Red Diamonds

4': Thiago Santana
65': Samuel Gustafsson
69': Naoki Maeda
90'+12': Thiago Santana (P)

About

Albirex Niigata are hosting Urawa Red Diamonds at Niigata Stadium Big Swan, Niigata, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the Japanese J.League.

Match Timeline

4': Thiago Santana (Urawa Red Diamonds) Goal at 4'
45': Ayumu Ohata (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 45'
51': Yota Komi (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 51'
65': Samuel Gustafsson (Urawa Red Diamonds) Goal at 65'
66': Shusuke Ota (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 66'
66': Kaito Yasui (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 66'
66': Kaito Taniguchi (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 66'
66': Yoshio Koizumi (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 66'
69': Naoki Maeda (Urawa Red Diamonds) Goal at 69'
75': Shusuke Ota (Albirex Niigata) Goal at 75'
75': Jin Okumura (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 75'
75': Yuji Hoshi (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 75'
82': Soya Fujiwara (Albirex Niigata) Yellow Card at 82'
82': Ekanit Panya (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 82'
87': Motoki Nagakura (Albirex Niigata) Goal at 87'
90'+2': Yota Sato (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 92'
90'+12': Thiago Santana (Urawa Red Diamonds) Penalty - Scored at 102'

Game Information

Competition: Japanese J.League

Venue: Niigata Stadium Big Swan
Location: Niigata, Japan
Attendance: 24,652

Japanese J1 League Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Vissel Kobe	8	+7	19
2	Kashiwa Reysol	8	+5	18
3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	8	+14	17
4	Machida Zelvia	8	+11	17

Full Table

Line-Ups

Albirex Niigata

No.	Name
1	Ryosuke Kojima (GK)
26	Ryo Endo
18	Fumiya Hayakawa
25	Soya Fujiwara
5	Michael James
22	Eitaro Matsuda
14	Motoki Hasegawa
6	Hiroki Akiyama
20	Yuzuru Shimada
27	Motoki Nagakura
99	Yuji Ono

Albirex Niigata Substitutes:

Kaito Taniguchi, Yuji Hoshi, Koto Abe, Jin Okumura, Hayato Inamura, Shusuke Ota, Yota Komi.

Urawa Red Diamonds

No.	Name
1	Shusaku Nishikawa (GK)
13	Ryoma Watanabe
4	Hirokazu Ishikara
5	Marius Hoibraten
28	Alexander Scholz
3	Atsuki Ito
21	Tomoaki Okubo
11	Samuel Gustafsson
38	Naoki Maeda
12	Thiago Santana
10	Shoya Nakajima

Urawa Red Diamonds Substitutes:

Kaito Yasui, Yota Sato, Yoshio Koizumi, Ayumi Niekawa, Bryan Linssen, Ayumu Ohata, Ekanit Panya.

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