Vissel Kobe vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima, 2025 Japanese J1 League

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Vissel Kobe

66': Erik

FT
1 - 0

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

About

Vissel Kobe are hosting Sanfrecce Hiroshima at Kobe Wing Stadium, Kobe, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the Japanese J.League.

Match Timeline

21': Yotaro Nakajima (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Yellow Card at 21'
61': Rikuto Hirose (Vissel Kobe) Substitution at 61'
66': Erik (Vissel Kobe) Goal at 66'
68': Naoki Maeda (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 68'
68': Shunki Higashi (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 68'
75': Valère Germain (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 75'
78': Kakeru Yamauchi (Vissel Kobe) Substitution at 78'
78': Kosuke Kinoshita (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 78'
78': Daiki Suga (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 78'
83': Gotoku Sakai (Vissel Kobe) Substitution at 83'
83': Takuya Iwanami (Vissel Kobe) Substitution at 83'

Statistics

SAN		VIS
10	Fouls	7
1	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
3	Corner Kicks	3
5	Saves	4
48.7	Possession	51.3
14	SHOTS	10
4	ON GOAL	6
0.3	On Target %	0.6
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	1
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: Kobe Wing Stadium
Location: Kobe, Japan
Attendance: 14,950

Japanese J1 League Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Machida Zelvia	6	+13	16
2	Vissel Kobe	6	+5	13
3	Kashima Antlers	6	+2	12
4	Kashiwa Reysol	6	+2	12

Full Table

Line-Ups

Vissel Kobe (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Daiya Maekawa (GK)
3	Thuler
4	Tetsushi Yamakawa
41	Katsuya Nagato
25	Yuya Kuwasaki
6	Takahiro Ogihara
9	Taisei Miyashiro
7	Yosuke Ideguchi
13	Daiju Sasaki
14	Koya Yuruki
27	Erik

Vissel Kobe Substitutes:

Caetano, Klismahn, Rikuto Hirose, Riku Matsuda, Gotoku Sakai, Takuya Iwanami, Shota Arai, Mitsuki Hidaka, Kakeru Yamauchi.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Keisuke Osako (GK)
4	Hayato Araki
19	Sho Sasaki
33	Tsukasa Shiotani
35	Yotaro Nakajima
6	Hayao Kawabe
13	Naoto Arai
15	Shuto Nakano
9	Ryo Germain
51	Mutsuki Kato
39	Sota Nakamura

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Substitutes:

Naoki Maeda, Sota Koshimichi, Kosuke Kinoshita, Shunki Higashi, Taichi Yamasaki, Daiki Suga, Hiroya Matsumoto, Valère Germain, Jeong Min-Ki.

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