Machida Zelvia vs Albirex Niigata, 2025 Japanese J1 League

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Machida Zelvia

25': Takuma Nishimura

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1 - 0

Albirex Niigata

About

Machida Zelvia are hosting Albirex Niigata at Machida Gion Stadium, Tokyo, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the Japanese J.League.

Match Timeline

16': Hokuto Shimoda (Machida Zelvia) Yellow Card at 16'
25': Takuma Nishimura (Machida Zelvia) Goal at 25'
45': Ken Yamura (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 45'
76': Kanji Kuwayama (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 76'
76': Na Sang-Ho (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 76'
77': Jin Okumura (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 77'
77': Yota Komi (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 77'
77': Kento Hashimoto (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 77'
84': Shota Fujio (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 84'
84': Ryohei Shirasaki (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 84'
85': Yoshiaki Takagi (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 85'

Statistics

ALB		ZEL
7	Fouls	10
0	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
2	Corner Kicks	6
3	Saves	1
55.7	Possession	44.3
5	SHOTS	14
1	ON GOAL	4
0.2	On Target %	0.3
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	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: Machida Gion Stadium
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Attendance: 10,152

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

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:

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

Albirex Niigata (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Kazuki Fujita (GK)
5	Michael James
38	Kodai Mori
2	Jason Geria
6	Hiroki Akiyama
22	Taiki Arai
31	Yuto Horigome
25	Soya Fujiwara
7	Kaito Taniguchi
41	Motoki Hasegawa
28	Shusuke Ota

Albirex Niigata Substitutes:

Ken Yamura, Yamato Wakatsuki, Jin Okumura, Daisuke Yoshimitsu, Kazuhiko Chiba, Yoshiaki Takagi, Eiji Miyamoto, Kento Hashimoto, Yota Komi.

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