Albirex Niigata vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima, 2025 Japanese J1 League

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Albirex Niigata

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima

2': Shunki Higashi
48': Kosuke Kinoshita

About

Albirex Niigata are hosting Sanfrecce Hiroshima at Niigata Stadium Big Swan, Niigata, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the Japanese J.League.

Match Timeline

2': Shunki Higashi (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Goal at 2'
48': Kosuke Kinoshita (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Goal at 48'
59': Takuya Shimamura (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 59'
59': Yuji Hoshi (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 59'
69': Michael James (Albirex Niigata) Yellow Card at 69'
71': Yotaro Nakajima (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 71'
71': Mutsuki Kato (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 71'
72': Kento Hashimoto (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 72'
72': Funaki Kakeru (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 72'
78': Naoto Arai (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 78'
82': Kazuhiko Chiba (Albirex Niigata) Yellow Card at 82'
84': Ken Yamura (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 84'
90'+2': Valère Germain (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 92'
90'+2': Naoki Maeda (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 92'
90'+7': Yoshiaki Takagi (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 97'

Statistics

SAN		ALB
13	Fouls	10
0	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
2	Corner Kicks	5
1	Saves	6
44.9	Possession	55.1
19	SHOTS	12
8	ON GOAL	1
0.4	On Target %	0.1
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
3	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: Niigata Stadium Big Swan
Location: Niigata, Japan
Attendance: 22,178

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

Albirex Niigata (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Kazuki Fujita (GK)
35	Kazuhiko Chiba
5	Michael James
31	Yuto Horigome
50	Hiroto Uemura
41	Motoki Hasegawa
8	Eiji Shirai
22	Taiki Arai
99	Yuji Ono
30	Jin Okumura
46	Keisuke Kasai

Albirex Niigata Substitutes:

Fumiya Hayakawa, Takuya Shimamura, Kento Hashimoto, Yoshiaki Takagi, Yamato Wakatsuki, Funaki Kakeru, Ryuga Tashiro, Yuji Hoshi, Ken Yamura.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Keisuke Osako (GK)
4	Hayato Araki
19	Sho Sasaki
33	Tsukasa Shiotani
14	Satoshi Tanaka
6	Hayao Kawabe
24	Shunki Higashi
15	Shuto Nakano
17	Kosuke Kinoshita
39	Sota Nakamura
9	Ryo Germain

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Substitutes:

Valère Germain, Yudai Tanaka, Naoki Maeda, Mutsuki Kato, Yotaro Nakajima, Naoto Arai, Sota Koshimichi, Marcos Júnior, Daiki Suga.

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