Kashima Antlers vs Machida Zelvia, 2024 Japanese J1 League

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Kashima Antlers

5': Shu Morooka
16': Yuta Higuchi
45'+2': Yuma Suzuki

FT
3 - 1

Machida Zelvia

23': Hokuto Shimoda

About

Kashima Antlers are hosting Machida Zelvia at mercari Stadium, Kashima, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the Japanese J.League.

Match Timeline

5': Shu Morooka (Kashima Antlers) Goal at 5'
8': Erik (Machida Zelvia) Yellow Card at 8'
15': Hayato Nakama (Kashima Antlers) Substitution at 15'
16': Yuta Higuchi (Kashima Antlers) Goal at 16'
23': Hokuto Shimoda (Machida Zelvia) Goal at 23'
45'+2': Yuma Suzuki (Kashima Antlers) Goal at 47'
45': Shota Fujio (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 45'
45': Yuta Nakayama (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 45'
64': Kazuki Fujimoto (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 64'
74': Mitchell Duke (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 74'
83': Shunta Araki (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 83'
84': Homare Tokuda (Kashima Antlers) Substitution at 84'
84': Tomoya Fujii (Kashima Antlers) Substitution at 84'
90': Mitchell Duke (Machida Zelvia) Yellow Card at 90'
90': Ikuma Sekigawa (Kashima Antlers) Yellow Card at 90'
90'+3': Yu Funabashi (Kashima Antlers) Substitution at 93'

Statistics

ZEL		KAN
22	Fouls	6
2	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
9	Corner Kicks	3
3	Saves	2
53.3	Possession	46.7
9	SHOTS	11
3	ON GOAL	6
0.3	On Target %	0.5
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
3	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: mercari Stadium
Location: Kashima, Japan
Attendance: 32,840

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

Kashima Antlers (4-4-2)

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

Kashima Antlers Substitutes:

Hayato Nakama, Keisuke Tsukui, Naoki Suto, Yu Funabashi, Tomoya Fujii, Taiki Yamada, Homare Tokuda.

Machida Zelvia (3-1-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Kosei Tani (GK)
14	Jang Min-gyu
3	Gen Shoji
5	Ibrahim Dresevic
18	Hokuto Shimoda
7	Yuki Soma
23	Ryohei Shirasaki
26	Kotaro Hayashi
33	Henry Mochizuki
90	Oh Se-Hun
11	Erik

Machida Zelvia Substitutes:

Shunta Araki, Keiya Sento, Koki Fukui, Kazuki Fujimoto, Shota Fujio, Mitchell Duke, Yuta Nakayama.

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