Cerezo Osaka vs Albirex Niigata, 2025 Japanese J1 League

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Cerezo Osaka

13': Motohiko Nakajima
54': Lucas Fernandes
81': Soya Fujiwara (OG)

FT
3 - 1

Albirex Niigata

2': Yuto Horigome

About

Cerezo Osaka are hosting Albirex Niigata at Yodoko Sakura Stadium, Osaka, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the Japanese J.League.

Match Timeline

2': Yuto Horigome (Albirex Niigata) Goal at 2'
13': Motohiko Nakajima (Cerezo Osaka) Goal at 13'
54': Lucas Fernandes (Cerezo Osaka) Goal at 54'
61': Takuya Shimamura (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 61'
61': Kento Hashimoto (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 61'
71': Rafael Ratão (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 71'
71': Thiago (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 71'
73': Kaito Taniguchi (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 73'
73': Hiroto Uemura (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 73'
78': Ryuya Nishio (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 78'
78': Kyohei Yoshino (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 78'
78': Soya Fujiwara (Albirex Niigata) Yellow Card at 78'
81': Soya Fujiwara (Albirex Niigata) Own Goal at 81'
82': Ken Yamura (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 82'
84': Shinji Kagawa (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 84'

Statistics

ALB		CER
8	Fouls	2
1	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
4	Corner Kicks	12
3	Saves	1
48	Possession	52
10	SHOTS	26
2	ON GOAL	5
0.2	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	10
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: Yodoko Sakura Stadium
Location: Osaka, Japan
Attendance: 18,674

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

Cerezo Osaka (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Koki Fukui (GK)
44	Shinnosuke Hatanaka
31	Rikito Inoue
16	Hayato Okuda
27	Dion Cools
48	Masaya Shibayama
10	Shunta Tanaka
5	Hinata Kida
13	Motohiko Nakajima
19	Shion Homma
77	Lucas Fernandes

Cerezo Osaka Substitutes:

Reiya Sakata, Thiago, Shinji Kagawa, Kim Jin-Hyeon, Kyohei Yoshino, Vitor Bueno, Kengo Furuyama, Rafael Ratão, Ryuya Nishio.

Albirex Niigata (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Kazuki Fujita (GK)
77	Funaki Kakeru
35	Kazuhiko Chiba
31	Yuto Horigome
25	Soya Fujiwara
8	Eiji Shirai
22	Taiki Arai
30	Jin Okumura
46	Keisuke Kasai
41	Motoki Hasegawa
65	Abdelrahman Boudah Saidi

Albirex Niigata Substitutes:

Kaito Taniguchi, Ryuga Tashiro, Hiroto Uemura, Motoki Ohara, Fumiya Hayakawa, Kento Hashimoto, Takuya Shimamura, Ken Yamura, Yoshiaki Takagi.

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