Nagoya Grampus vs Machida Zelvia, 2025 Japanese J1 League

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Nagoya Grampus

20': Yota Sato

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1 - 2

Machida Zelvia

13': Takuma Nishimura
74': Na Sang-Ho

About

Nagoya Grampus are hosting Machida Zelvia at Toyota Stadium (Japan), Toyota, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the Japanese J.League.

Match Timeline

13': Takuma Nishimura (Machida Zelvia) Goal at 13'
20': Yota Sato (Nagoya Grampus) Goal at 20'
57': Yuya Yamagishi (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 57'
61': Na Sang-Ho (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 61'
69': Akinari Kawazura (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 69'
69': Teruki Hara (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 69'
71': Kanji Kuwayama (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 71'
74': Na Sang-Ho (Machida Zelvia) Goal at 74'
77': Yuya Asano (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 77'
77': Mateus (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 77'
81': Shota Fujio (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 81'
81': Ryohei Shirasaki (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 81'
82': Kanji Kuwayama (Machida Zelvia) Yellow Card at 82'
88': Ryohei Shirasaki (Machida Zelvia) Yellow Card at 88'

Statistics

ZEL		NAG
16	Fouls	13
2	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
2	Corner Kicks	3
1	Saves	0
51.2	Possession	48.8
7	SHOTS	4
2	ON GOAL	2
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
2	Blocked Shots	0
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: Toyota Stadium (Japan)
Location: Toyota, Japan
Attendance: 34,718

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

Nagoya Grampus (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
16	Yohei Takeda (GK)
20	Kenedeiebusu Mikuni
4	Daiki Miya
3	Yota Sato
8	Keiya Shiihashi
15	Sho Inagaki
55	Shuhei Tokumoto
2	Yuki Nogami
18	Kensuke Nagai
7	Ryuji Izumi
14	Tsukasa Morishima

Nagoya Grampus Substitutes:

Alexandre Pisano, Yuya Yamagishi, Taichi Kikuchi, Akinari Kawazura, Yuya Asano, Mateus, Gen Kato, Katsuhiro Nakayama, Teruki Hara.

Machida Zelvia (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Kosei Tani (GK)
50	Daihachi Okamura
3	Gen Shoji
5	Ibrahim Dresevic
18	Hokuto Shimoda
16	Hiroyuki Mae
19	Yuta Nakayama
26	Kotaro Hayashi
90	Oh Se-Hun
7	Yuki Soma
20	Takuma Nishimura

Machida Zelvia Substitutes:

Kanji Kuwayama, Henry Mochizuki, Shota Fujio, Keiya Sento, Mitchell Duke, Byron Vásquez, Ryohei Shirasaki, Na Sang-Ho, Tatsuya Morita.

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