Tokyo Verdy 1969 vs Kyoto Sanga, 2025 Japanese J1 League

· Japanese J.League

Tokyo Verdy 1969

90'+4': Yuta Arai

FT
1 - 0

Kyoto Sanga

67': Taiki Hirato

About

Tokyo Verdy 1969 are hosting Kyoto Sanga at Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the Japanese J.League.

Match Timeline

19': Shohei Takeda (Kyoto Sanga) Yellow Card at 19'
35': Kyo Sato (Kyoto Sanga) Yellow Card at 35'
66': Murilo (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 66'
66': Hidehiro Sugai (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 66'
67': Taiki Hirato (Kyoto Sanga) Red Card at 67'
73': Itsuki Someno (Tokyo Verdy 1969) Substitution at 73'
73': Shuhei Kawasaki (Tokyo Verdy 1969) Substitution at 73'
76': Papagaio (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 76'
88': Sora Hiraga (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 88'
88': Soma Meshino (Tokyo Verdy 1969) Substitution at 88'
88': Takuji Yonemoto (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 88'
89': Yuan Matsuhashi (Tokyo Verdy 1969) Substitution at 89'
90'+4': Yuta Arai (Tokyo Verdy 1969) Goal at 94'

Statistics

KYO		TYKV
20	Fouls	10
2	Yellow Cards	0
1	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
5	Corner Kicks	4
1	Saves	3
43.9	Possession	56.1
10	SHOTS	11
3	ON GOAL	2
0.3	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
4	Blocked Shots	4
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: Tokyo Stadium
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Attendance: 13,252

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

Tokyo Verdy 1969 (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Matheus Vidotto (GK)
2	Daiki Fukazawa
3	Hiroto Taniguchi
23	Yuto Tsunashima
7	Koki Morita
16	Rei Hirakawa
40	Yuta Arai
22	Hijiri Onaga
10	Yudai Kimura
8	Kosuke Saito
11	Hiroto Yamami

Tokyo Verdy 1969 Substitutes:

Kaito Suzuki, Yuan Matsuhashi, Itsuki Someno, Yuya Nagasawa, Tetsuyuki Inami, Soma Meshino, Issei Kumatoriya, Shuhei Kawasaki, Ryosuke Shirai.

Kyoto Sanga (4-3-3)

No.	Name
26	Gakuji Ota (GK)
50	Yoshinori Suzuki
24	Yuta Miyamoto
44	Kyo Sato
2	Shinnosuke Fukuda
16	Shohei Takeda
39	Taiki Hirato
7	Sota Kawasaki
93	Shun Nagasawa
18	Temma Matsuda
29	Masaya Okugawa

Kyoto Sanga Substitutes:

Takuji Yonemoto, Kentaro Kakoi, Murilo , Sora Hiraga, Papagaio , Shogo Asada, Kodai Nagata, Patrick, Hidehiro Sugai.

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