Kyoto Sanga vs Albirex Niigata, 2025 Japanese J1 League

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Kyoto Sanga

34': Marco Túlio
45'+5': Marco Túlio

FT
2 - 1

Albirex Niigata

29': Danilo Gomes

About

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

Match Timeline

29': Danilo Gomes (Albirex Niigata) Goal at 29'
34': Marco Túlio (Kyoto Sanga) Goal at 34'
42': Danilo Gomes (Albirex Niigata) Yellow Card at 42'
45'+5': Marco Túlio (Kyoto Sanga) Goal at 50'
45': Shusuke Ota (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 45'
57': Yuji Ono (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 57'
59': Temma Matsuda (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 59'
64': Motoki Hasegawa (Albirex Niigata) Yellow Card at 64'
77': Michael James (Albirex Niigata) Yellow Card at 77'
81': Eiji Miyamoto (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 81'
86': Léo Gomes (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 86'
86': Murilo (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 86'
87': Ken Yamura (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 87'
90'+4': Shogo Asada (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 94'
90'+4': Sora Hiraga (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 94'

Statistics

ALB		KYO
8	Fouls	6
3	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
7	Corner Kicks	6
4	Saves	2
58.4	Possession	41.6
12	SHOTS	14
3	ON GOAL	6
0.3	On Target %	0.4
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	2
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: 14,633

Japanese J1 League Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Machida Zelvia	6	+13	16
2	Vissel Kobe	6	+5	13
3	Kashima Antlers	6	+2	12
4	Kashiwa Reysol	6	+2	12

Full Table

Line-Ups

Kyoto Sanga (4-3-3)

No.	Name
26	Gakuji Ota (GK)
50	Yoshinori Suzuki
24	Yuta Miyamoto
22	Hidehiro Sugai
2	Shinnosuke Fukuda
10	Shimpei Fukuoka
39	Taiki Hirato
7	Sota Kawasaki
93	Shun Nagasawa
14	Taichi Hara
11	Marco Túlio

Kyoto Sanga Substitutes:

Ryuma Nakano, Sora Hiraga, Léo Gomes, Hisashi Appiah Tawiah, Shogo Asada, Kentaro Kakoi, Temma Matsuda, Patrick, Murilo.

Albirex Niigata (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Kazuki Fujita (GK)
35	Kazuhiko Chiba
5	Michael James
42	Kento Hashimoto
15	Fumiya Hayakawa
41	Motoki Hasegawa
6	Hiroki Akiyama
19	Yuji Hoshi
46	Keisuke Kasai
30	Jin Okumura
11	Danilo Gomes

Albirex Niigata Substitutes:

Yushin Otake, Shusuke Ota, Yamato Wakatsuki, Yoshiaki Takagi, Ryuga Tashiro, Yuji Ono, Taiki Arai, Eiji Miyamoto, Ken Yamura.

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