Japanese J.League

FT Sunday, July 20, 2025
Sanfrecce Hiroshima DWLLW 2
–
Albirex Niigata WLLLL 0
1st2ndT
SAN112
ALB000
Niigata Stadium Big Swan · 22,178 att.

Team Stats

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

Head to Head

ALB leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

ALB · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Kazuki FujitaG
  2. 35Kazuhiko ChibaCD-L
  3. 5Michael JamesCD-R
  4. 31Yuto HorigomeLB
  5. 50Hiroto UemuraRB
  6. 41Motoki HasegawaAM
  7. 8Eiji ShiraiLM
  8. 22Taiki AraiRM
  9. 99Yuji OnoF
  10. 30Jin OkumuraAM-L
  11. 46Keisuke KasaiAM-R

SAN · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Keisuke OsakoG
  2. 4Hayato ArakiCD
  3. 19Sho SasakiCD-L
  4. 33Tsukasa ShiotaniCD-R
  5. 14Satoshi TanakaCM-L
  6. 6Hayao KawabeCM-R
  7. 24Shunki HigashiLM
  8. 15Shuto NakanoRM
  9. 17Kosuke KinoshitaF
  10. 39Sota NakamuraCF-L
  11. 9Ryo GermainCF-R

Timeline

  1. 2' Shunki Higashi (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Goal at 2'
  2. 48' Kosuke Kinoshita (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Goal at 48'
  3. 59' Takuya Shimamura (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 59'
  4. 59' Yuji Hoshi (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 59'
  5. 69' Michael James (Albirex Niigata) Yellow Card at 69'
  6. 71' Yotaro Nakajima (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 71'
  7. 71' Mutsuki Kato (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 71'
  8. 72' Kento Hashimoto (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 72'
  9. 72' Funaki Kakeru (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 72'
  10. 78' Naoto Arai (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 78'
  11. 82' Kazuhiko Chiba (Albirex Niigata) Yellow Card at 82'
  12. 84' Ken Yamura (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 84'
  13. 90'+2' Valère Germain (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 92'
  14. 90'+2' Naoki Maeda (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 92'
  15. 90'+7' Yoshiaki Takagi (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 97'

Japanese J1 League News

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