Kashima Antlers vs Machida Zelvia, 2025 Japanese J1 League

· Japanese J.League

Kashima Antlers

39': Kyosuke Tagawa

FT
1 - 0

Machida Zelvia

About

Kashima Antlers are hosting Machida Zelvia at Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the Japanese J.League.

Match Timeline

20': Kim Tae-Hyeon (Kashima Antlers) Substitution at 20'
39': Kyosuke Tagawa (Kashima Antlers) Goal at 39'
45': Na Sang-Ho (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 45'
45': Oh Se-Hun (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 45'
53': Kim Tae-Hyeon (Kashima Antlers) Yellow Card at 53'
60': Yuta Matsumura (Kashima Antlers) Substitution at 60'
60': Kei Chinen (Kashima Antlers) Substitution at 60'
74': Ryohei Shirasaki (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 74'
76': Léo Pereira (Kashima Antlers) Substitution at 76'
82': Mitchell Duke (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 82'
87': Aleksandar Cavric (Kashima Antlers) Yellow Card at 87'

Statistics

ZEL		KAN
8	Fouls	11
0	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
2	Corner Kicks	5
1	Saves	5
42.2	Possession	57.8
11	SHOTS	10
5	ON GOAL	2
0.5	On Target %	0.2
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	5
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: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Location: Kashima, Japan
Attendance: 33,762

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

Kashima Antlers (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Tomoki Hayakawa (GK)
5	Ikuma Sekigawa
55	Naomichi Ueda
2	Koki Anzai
23	Keisuke Tsukui
10	Gaku Shibasaki
6	Kento Misao
71	Ryotaro Araki
77	Aleksandar Cavric
40	Yuma Suzuki
11	Kyosuke Tagawa

Kashima Antlers Substitutes:

Shuhei Mizoguchi, Léo Pereira, Mihiro Sato, Yu Funabashi, Talles, Yuta Matsumura, Kim Tae-Hyeon, Yuji Kajikawa, Kei Chinen.

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
6	Henry Mochizuki
49	Kanji Kuwayama
7	Yuki Soma
8	Keiya Sento

Machida Zelvia Substitutes:

Daigo Takahashi, Oh Se-Hun, Mitchell Duke, Kotaro Hayashi, Ryohei Shirasaki, Tatsuya Morita, Byron Vásquez, Na Sang-Ho, Shota Fujio.

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