Albirex Niigata vs Kashima Antlers, 2024 Japanese J1 League

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Albirex Niigata

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Kashima Antlers

12': Kazuhiko Chiba (OG)
15': Yuta Higuchi
45'+2': Yuta Higuchi
53': Yuma Suzuki

About

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

Match Timeline

12': Kazuhiko Chiba (Albirex Niigata) Own Goal at 12'
15': Yuta Higuchi (Kashima Antlers) Goal at 15'
45'+2': Yuta Higuchi (Kashima Antlers) Goal at 47'
53': Yuma Suzuki (Kashima Antlers) Goal at 53'
57': Thomas Deng (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 57'
58': Shusuke Ota (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 58'
58': Yuji Ono (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 58'
58': Kaito Taniguchi (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 58'
62': Kei Chinen (Kashima Antlers) Yellow Card at 62'
68': Motoki Nagakura (Albirex Niigata) Yellow Card at 68'
69': Radomir Milosavljevic (Kashima Antlers) Substitution at 69'
79': Talles (Kashima Antlers) Substitution at 79'
80': Hidehiro Sugai (Kashima Antlers) Substitution at 80'
86': Homare Tokuda (Kashima Antlers) Substitution at 86'
90': Yuji Ono (Albirex Niigata) Yellow Card at 90'

Statistics

KAN		ALB
15	Fouls	13
1	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
1	Corner Kicks	5
1	Saves	3
32.5	Possession	67.5
11	SHOTS	8
6	ON GOAL	1
0.5	On Target %	0.1
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
1	Blocked Shots	3
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: Niigata Stadium Big Swan
Location: Niigata, Japan
Attendance: 27,552

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 (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Ryosuke Kojima (GK)
35	Kazuhiko Chiba
5	Michael James
31	Yuto Horigome
25	Soya Fujiwara
27	Motoki Nagakura
8	Eiji Miyamoto
6	Hiroki Akiyama
9	Koji Suzuki
16	Yota Komi
33	Yoshiaki Takagi

Albirex Niigata Substitutes:

Yuji Ono, Shusuke Ota, Yuzuru Shimada, Yuji Hoshi, Kaito Taniguchi, Thomas Deng, Koto Abe.

Kashima Antlers (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Tomoki Hayakawa (GK)
55	Naomichi Ueda
5	Ikuma Sekigawa
6	Kento Misao
13	Kei Chinen
10	Gaku Shibasaki
2	Koki Anzai
14	Yuta Higuchi
40	Yuma Suzuki
30	Shintaro Nago
36	Shu Morooka

Kashima Antlers Substitutes:

Hidehiro Sugai, Naoki Suto, Yu Funabashi, Taiki Yamada, Talles, Homare Tokuda, Radomir Milosavljevic.

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