Kyoto Sanga vs Cerezo Osaka, 2025 Japanese J1 League

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Kyoto Sanga

12': Taichi Hara
14': Temma Matsuda

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2 - 3

Cerezo Osaka

18': Lucas Fernandes
43': Kengo Furuyama
65': Motohiko Nakajima

About

Kyoto Sanga are hosting Cerezo Osaka at Sanga Stadium by Kyocera, Kyoto, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the Japanese J.League.

Match Timeline

4': Hidehiro Sugai (Kyoto Sanga) Yellow Card at 4'
12': Taichi Hara (Kyoto Sanga) Goal at 12'
14': Temma Matsuda (Kyoto Sanga) Goal at 14'
18': Lucas Fernandes (Cerezo Osaka) Goal at 18'
24': João Pedro Mendes (Kyoto Sanga) Yellow Card at 24'
43': Kengo Furuyama (Cerezo Osaka) Goal at 43'
45': Sota Kitano (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 45'
61': Shohei Takeda (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 61'
62': Rafael Ratão (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 62'
65': Motohiko Nakajima (Cerezo Osaka) Goal at 65'
69': Sora Hiraga (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 69'
69': Kyo Sato (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 69'
75': Reiya Sakata (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 75'
80': Murilo (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 80'
80': Papagaio (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 80'
81': Koki Fukui (Cerezo Osaka) Yellow Card at 81'
88': Shinji Kagawa (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 88'

Statistics

CER		KYO
8	Fouls	17
1	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
3	Corner Kicks	7
5	Saves	1
48.1	Possession	51.9
10	SHOTS	22
4	ON GOAL	7
0.4	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	8
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: Sanga Stadium by Kyocera
Location: Kyoto, Japan
Attendance: 18,452

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

Kyoto Sanga (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Gu Sung-Yun (GK)
50	Yoshinori Suzuki
24	Yuta Miyamoto
22	Hidehiro Sugai
2	Shinnosuke Fukuda
7	Sota Kawasaki
39	Taiki Hirato
6	João Pedro Mendes
14	Taichi Hara
18	Temma Matsuda
29	Masaya Okugawa

Kyoto Sanga Substitutes:

Patrick, Gakuji Ota, Papagaio , Murilo , Sora Hiraga, Shohei Takeda, Takuji Yonemoto, Kyo Sato, Kodai Nagata.

Cerezo Osaka (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Koki Fukui (GK)
33	Ryuya Nishio
44	Shinnosuke Hatanaka
22	Niko Takahashi
16	Hayato Okuda
5	Hinata Kida
13	Motohiko Nakajima
77	Lucas Fernandes
29	Kengo Furuyama
11	Thiago
7	Satoki Uejo

Cerezo Osaka Substitutes:

Masaya Shibayama, Kyohei Noborizato, Shinji Kagawa, Chimezie Kai Ezemuokwe, Reiya Sakata, Rafael Ratão, Kim Jin-Hyeon, Sota Kitano, Takumi Nakamura.

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