Albirex Niigata vs Sagan Tosu, 2024 Japanese J1 League

· Japanese J.League

Albirex Niigata

17': Kaito Taniguchi
61': Michael James
84': Soya Fujiwara

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3 - 4

Sagan Tosu

13': Kosuke Yamazaki
32': Ayumu Yokoyama
51': Yoichi Naganuma
53': Ayumu Yokoyama

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

Match Timeline

13': Kosuke Yamazaki (Sagan Tosu) Goal at 13'
17': Kaito Taniguchi (Albirex Niigata) Goal at 17'
32': Ayumu Yokoyama (Sagan Tosu) Goal at 32'
34': Michael James (Albirex Niigata) Yellow Card at 34'
43': Yoichi Naganuma (Sagan Tosu) Yellow Card at 43'
45': Yuki Horigome (Sagan Tosu) Substitution at 45'
51': Yoichi Naganuma (Sagan Tosu) Goal at 51'
53': Ayumu Yokoyama (Sagan Tosu) Goal at 53'
61': Michael James (Albirex Niigata) Goal at 61'
61': Danilo Gomes (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 61'
61': Yuji Ono (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 61'
61': Yoshiaki Takagi (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 61'
61': Hayato Inamura (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 61'
65': Kohei Tezuka (Sagan Tosu) Substitution at 65'
67': Danilo Gomes (Albirex Niigata) Yellow Card at 67'
79': So Kawahara (Sagan Tosu) Substitution at 79'
79': Hikaru Nakahara (Sagan Tosu) Substitution at 79'
84': Soya Fujiwara (Albirex Niigata) Goal at 84'
87': Katsunori Ueebisu (Sagan Tosu) Substitution at 87'

Game Information

Competition: Japanese J.League

Venue: Niigata Stadium Big Swan
Location: Niigata, Japan
Attendance: 23,217

Japanese J1 League Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Machida Zelvia	7	+13	17
2	Vissel Kobe	7	+6	16
3	Kashiwa Reysol	7	+3	15
4	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	7	+13	14

Full Table

Line-Ups

Albirex Niigata

No.	Name
21	Koto Abe (GK)
25	Soya Fujiwara
31	Yuto Horigome
5	Michael James
3	Thomas Deng
14	Motoki Hasegawa
16	Yota Komi
22	Eitaro Matsuda
20	Yuzuru Shimada
6	Hiroki Akiyama
7	Kaito Taniguchi

Albirex Niigata Substitutes:

Hayato Inamura, Daisuke Yoshimitsu, Danilo Gomes, Yuji Ono, Yoshiaki Takagi, Fumiya Hayakawa, Aozora Ishiyama.

Sagan Tosu

No.	Name
71	Il-Kyu Park (GK)
3	Seiji Kimura
88	Yoichi Naganuma
42	Wataru Harada
2	Kosuke Yamazaki
6	Akito Fukuta
22	Cayman Togashi
18	Shota Hino
13	Ayumu Yokoyama
23	Taichi Kikuchi
99	Marcelo Ryan

Sagan Tosu Substitutes:

So Kawahara, Hikaru Nakahara, Arnau Riera, Yuki Horigome, Kohei Tezuka, Vinícius Araújo, Katsunori Ueebisu.

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