Fagiano Okayama vs Albirex Niigata, 2025 Japanese J1 League

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Fagiano Okayama

10': Ataru Esaka
58': Kazunari Ichimi (P)

FT
2 - 1

Albirex Niigata

15': Motoki Hasegawa

About

Fagiano Okayama are hosting Albirex Niigata at City Light Stadium, Okayama, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the Japanese J.League.

Match Timeline

10': Ataru Esaka (Fagiano Okayama) Goal at 10'
15': Motoki Hasegawa (Albirex Niigata) Goal at 15'
36': Michael James (Albirex Niigata) Yellow Card at 36'
58': Yoshiaki Takagi (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 58'
58': Kento Hashimoto (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 58'
58': Yota Komi (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 58'
58': Kazunari Ichimi (Fagiano Okayama) Penalty - Scored at 58'
67': Lucas Marcos Meireles (Fagiano Okayama) Substitution at 67'
67': Hiroto Iwabuchi (Fagiano Okayama) Substitution at 67'
78': Shusuke Ota (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 78'
79': Ken Yamura (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 79'
81': Ryo Takeuchi (Fagiano Okayama) Substitution at 81'
81': Yuta Kamiya (Fagiano Okayama) Substitution at 81'
89': Kota Kudo (Fagiano Okayama) Substitution at 89'
90'+2': Yugo Tatsuta (Fagiano Okayama) Yellow Card at 92'

Statistics

ALB		OKA
12	Fouls	11
1	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
2	Corner Kicks	7
4	Saves	2
56.2	Possession	43.8
7	SHOTS	21
3	ON GOAL	6
0.4	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	1
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
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	7
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: City Light Stadium
Location: Okayama, Japan
Attendance: 14,666

Japanese J1 League Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Machida Zelvia	6	+13	16
2	Vissel Kobe	7	+6	16
3	Kashiwa Reysol	7	+3	15
4	Kashima Antlers	7	+1	12

Full Table

Line-Ups

Fagiano Okayama (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
49	Svend Brodersen (GK)
18	Daichi Tagami
43	Yoshitake Suzuki
2	Yugo Tatsuta
14	Ryo Tabei
24	Ibuki Fujita
50	Hijiri Kato
39	Ryunosuke Sato
22	Kazunari Ichimi
8	Ataru Esaka
27	Takaya Kimura

Fagiano Okayama Substitutes:

Ryo Takeuchi, Hiroto Iwabuchi, Noah Browne, Yuta Kamiya, Kaito Abe, Lucas Marcos Meireles, Kohei Kawakami, Kota Kudo, Takahiro Yanagi.

Albirex Niigata (4-4-1-1)

No.	Name
23	Daisuke Yoshimitsu (GK)
5	Michael James
2	Jason Geria
31	Yuto Horigome
25	Soya Fujiwara
19	Yuji Hoshi
22	Taiki Arai
30	Jin Okumura
11	Danilo Gomes
46	Keisuke Kasai
41	Motoki Hasegawa

Albirex Niigata Substitutes:

Yoshiaki Takagi, Kazuki Fujita, Eiji Miyamoto, Shusuke Ota, Kento Hashimoto, Riku Ochiai, Ken Yamura, Yota Komi, Kazuhiko Chiba.

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