FC Tokyo vs Albirex Niigata, 2024 Japanese J1 League

· Japanese J.League

FC Tokyo

6': Keita Endo
77': Leon Nozawa

FT
2 - 0

Albirex Niigata

About

FC Tokyo are hosting Albirex Niigata at New Japan National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the Japanese J.League.

Match Timeline

6': Keita Endo (FC Tokyo) Goal at 6'
24': Ryo Endo (Albirex Niigata) Yellow Card at 24'
36': Yuto Horigome (Albirex Niigata) Yellow Card at 36'
42': Yasuki Kimoto (FC Tokyo) Yellow Card at 42'
61': Kuryu Matsuki (FC Tokyo) Substitution at 61'
71': Leon Nozawa (FC Tokyo) Substitution at 71'
75': Yuji Ono (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 75'
76': Eitaro Matsuda (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 76'
77': Leon Nozawa (FC Tokyo) Goal at 77'
83': Eiji Miyamoto (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 83'
83': Yoshiaki Takagi (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 83'
86': Masato Morishige (FC Tokyo) Substitution at 86'
86': Yuto Nagatomo (FC Tokyo) Substitution at 86'
86': Riki Harakawa (FC Tokyo) Substitution at 86'

Statistics

ALB		FCT
13	Fouls	14
2	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
1	Corner Kicks	3
1	Saves	3
66.6	Possession	33.4
14	SHOTS	7
3	ON GOAL	3
0.2	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
0	Accurate Passes	0
0	Passes	0
0.0	Pass Completion %	0.0
0	Accurate Crosses	0
0	Crosses	0
0.0	Cross %	0.0
0	Long Balls	0
0	Accurate Long Balls	0
0.0	Long Balls %	0.0
4	Blocked Shots	2
0	Effective Tackles	0
0	Tackles	0
0.0	Tackle %	0.0
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
0	Clearances	0

Game Information

Competition: Japanese J.League

Venue: New Japan National Stadium
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Attendance: 57,885

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

FC Tokyo (4-3-3)

No.	Name
41	Taishi Nozawa (GK)
30	Teppei Oka
4	Yasuki Kimoto
43	Shuhei Tokumoto
99	Kosuke Shirai
39	Teruhito Nakagawa
8	Takahiro Koh
37	Kei Koizumi
9	Diego Oliveira
22	Keita Endo
38	Soma Anzai

FC Tokyo Substitutes:

Leon Nozawa, Yuto Nagatomo, Go Hatano, Masato Morishige, Kuryu Matsuki, Riki Harakawa, Jajá.

Albirex Niigata (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
21	Koto Abe (GK)
3	Thomas Deng
26	Ryo Endo
31	Yuto Horigome
25	Soya Fujiwara
14	Motoki Hasegawa
20	Yuzuru Shimada
6	Hiroki Akiyama
27	Motoki Nagakura
7	Kaito Taniguchi
16	Yota Komi

Albirex Niigata Substitutes:

Yuji Ono, Eiji Miyamoto, Eitaro Matsuda, Takumi Hasegawa, Yoshiaki Takagi, Daisuke Yoshimitsu, Kazuhiko Chiba.

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