Albirex Niigata vs Cerezo Osaka, 2025 Japanese J1 League

· Japanese J.League

Albirex Niigata

17': Ken Yamura
62': Motoki Hasegawa

FT
2 - 2

Cerezo Osaka

28': Motohiko Nakajima
90'+1': Rafael Ratão

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

Match Timeline

17': Ken Yamura (Albirex Niigata) Goal at 17'
28': Motohiko Nakajima (Cerezo Osaka) Goal at 28'
49': Thiago (Cerezo Osaka) Yellow Card at 49'
54': Reiya Sakata (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 54'
54': Niko Takahashi (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 54'
62': Motoki Hasegawa (Albirex Niigata) Goal at 62'
63': Hinata Kida (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 63'
64': Danilo Gomes (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 64'
64': Jin Okumura (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 64'
69': Yoshiaki Takagi (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 69'
74': Shunta Tanaka (Cerezo Osaka) Yellow Card at 74'
75': Masaya Shibayama (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 75'
75': Rafael Ratão (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 75'
80': Hinata Kida (Cerezo Osaka) Yellow Card at 80'
84': Jason Geria (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 84'
84': Yota Komi (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 84'
90'+1': Rafael Ratão (Cerezo Osaka) Goal at 91'

Statistics

CER		ALB
11	Fouls	4
3	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
5	Corner Kicks	9
3	Saves	2
55.6	Possession	44.4
10	SHOTS	16
4	ON GOAL	6
0.4	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
3	Blocked Shots	5
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: 22,933

Japanese J1 League Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Avispa Fukuoka	0	0	0
2	Cerezo Osaka	0	0	0
3	Fagiano Okayama	0	0	0
4	Gamba Osaka	0	0	0

Full Table

Line-Ups

Albirex Niigata (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Kazuki Fujita (GK)
3	Hayato Inamura
5	Michael James
31	Yuto Horigome
25	Soya Fujiwara
19	Yuji Hoshi
22	Taiki Arai
7	Kaito Taniguchi
28	Shusuke Ota
9	Ken Yamura
41	Motoki Hasegawa

Albirex Niigata Substitutes:

Danilo Gomes, Yoshiaki Takagi, Jason Geria, Kodai Mori, Jin Okumura, Yamato Wakatsuki, Yota Komi, Riku Ochiai, Daisuke Yoshimitsu.

Cerezo Osaka (4-3-3)

No.	Name
21	Kim Jin-Hyeon (GK)
44	Shinnosuke Hatanaka
33	Ryuya Nishio
14	Funaki Kakeru
16	Hayato Okuda
10	Shunta Tanaka
38	Sota Kitano
55	Vitor Bueno
13	Motohiko Nakajima
11	Thiago
77	Lucas Fernandes

Cerezo Osaka Substitutes:

Rafael Ratão, Shinji Kagawa, Niko Takahashi, Takumi Nakamura, Masaya Shibayama, Koki Fukui, Satoki Uejo, Reiya Sakata, Hinata Kida.

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