Albirex Niigata vs Kawasaki Frontale, 2025 Japanese J1 League

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Albirex Niigata

7': Eiji Shirai

FT
1 - 1

Kawasaki Frontale

45'+1': Tatsuya Ito

About

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

Match Timeline

7': Eiji Shirai (Albirex Niigata) Goal at 7'
45'+1': Tatsuya Ito (Kawasaki Frontale) Goal at 46'
45'+4': Marcinho (Kawasaki Frontale) Yellow Card at 49'
55': Ryuga Tashiro (Albirex Niigata) Yellow Card at 55'
57': Takuya Shimamura (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 57'
63': Yuto Ozeki (Kawasaki Frontale) Substitution at 63'
71': Taiki Arai (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 71'
72': Kaito Taniguchi (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 72'
77': So Kawahara (Kawasaki Frontale) Substitution at 77'
83': Ken Yamura (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 83'
85': Yuki Yamamoto (Kawasaki Frontale) Yellow Card at 85'
87': Soma Kanda (Kawasaki Frontale) Substitution at 87'
87': Hiroto Noda (Kawasaki Frontale) Substitution at 87'
90'+4': Soya Fujiwara (Albirex Niigata) Yellow Card at 94'

Statistics

KAW		ALB
13	Fouls	8
2	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
6	Corner Kicks	5
3	Saves	1
49.7	Possession	50.3
12	SHOTS	15
2	ON GOAL	4
0.2	On Target %	0.3
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
2	Blocked Shots	6
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: 26,493

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
21	Ryuga Tashiro (GK)
77	Funaki Kakeru
5	Michael James
42	Kento Hashimoto
25	Soya Fujiwara
41	Motoki Hasegawa
8	Eiji Shirai
50	Hiroto Uemura
65	Abdelrahman Boudah Saidi
14	Motoki Ohara
55	Matheus Moraes

Albirex Niigata Substitutes:

Yuto Horigome, Taiki Arai, Daisuke Yoshimitsu, Ken Yamura, Takuya Shimamura, Jin Okumura, Fumiya Hayakawa, Yoshiaki Takagi, Kaito Taniguchi.

Kawasaki Frontale (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
98	Louis Yamaguchi (GK)
35	Yuichi Maruyama
4	Jesiel
13	Sota Miura
5	Asahi Sasaki
14	Yasuto Wakisaka
6	Yuki Yamamoto
8	Kento Tachibanada
9	Erison
23	Marcinho
17	Tatsuya Ito

Kawasaki Frontale Substitutes:

Jung Sung-Ryong, Soma Kanda, So Kawahara, Hiroto Noda, Akihiro Ienaga, Yuto Ozeki, Ryota Kamihashi, Kaito Tsuchiya, Shunsuke Ando.

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