Japanese J.League

Albirex Niigata vs Kyoto Sanga, 2025 Japanese J1 League

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Albirex Niigata
  • 19': Ken Yamura (P)
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1 - 2
Kyoto Sanga
  • 72': Papagaio
  • 86': Masaya Okugawa

About

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

Game Information

Competition: Japanese J.League

Venue: Niigata Stadium Big Swan
Location: Niigata, Japan
Attendance: 22,266

Japanese J1 League Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Kashima Antlers 13 +11 25
2 Kashiwa Reysol 13 +5 24
3 Kyoto Sanga 14 +3 24
4 Urawa Red Diamonds 13 +4 22
Full Table

Line-Ups

ALB Albirex Niigata (4-4-2)

No. Name
1 Kazuki Fujita (GK)
3 Hayato Inamura
2 Jason Geria
31 Yuto Horigome
25 Soya Fujiwara
19 Yuji Hoshi
6 Hiroki Akiyama
30 Jin Okumura
16 Yota Komi
41 Motoki Hasegawa
9 Ken Yamura
Albirex Niigata Substitutes:
Daisuke Yoshimitsu, Yamato Wakatsuki, Michael James, Kento Hashimoto, Yoshiaki Takagi, Keisuke Kasai, Yuji Ono, Danilo Gomes, Fumiya Hayakawa.

KYO Kyoto Sanga (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Gu Sung-Yun (GK)
50 Yoshinori Suzuki
24 Yuta Miyamoto
44 Kyo Sato
2 Shinnosuke Fukuda
10 Shimpei Fukuoka
39 Taiki Hirato
8 Takuji Yonemoto Yellow Card
9 Papagaio
18 Temma Matsuda Yellow Card
14 Taichi Hara
Kyoto Sanga Substitutes:
Gakuji Ota, Sota Kawasaki, Patrick, Masaya Okugawa, Sora Hiraga, Hidehiro Sugai, Murilo, João Pedro Mendes, Kodai Nagata.

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