Japanese J.League

FT Saturday, August 16, 2025
Kawasaki Frontale WLWLL 1
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Albirex Niigata LLLLL 1
1st2ndT
KAW101
ALB101
Niigata Stadium Big Swan · 26,493 att.

Team Stats

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

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

ALB · 4-2-3-1

  1. 21Ryuga TashiroG
  2. 77Funaki KakeruCD-L
  3. 5Michael JamesCD-R
  4. 42Kento HashimotoLB
  5. 25Soya FujiwaraRB
  6. 41Motoki HasegawaAM
  7. 8Eiji ShiraiLM
  8. 50Hiroto UemuraRM
  9. 65Abdelrahman Boudah SaidiF
  10. 14Motoki OharaAM-L
  11. 55Matheus MoraesAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 31Yuto HorigomeSUB
  2. 22Taiki AraiSUB
  3. 23Daisuke YoshimitsuSUB
  4. 9Ken YamuraSUB
  5. 28Takuya ShimamuraSUB
  6. 30Jin OkumuraSUB
  7. 15Fumiya HayakawaSUB
  8. 33Yoshiaki TakagiSUB
  9. 7Kaito TaniguchiSUB

KAW · 4-2-3-1

  1. 98Louis YamaguchiG
  2. 35Yuichi MaruyamaCD-L
  3. 4JesielCD-R
  4. 13Sota MiuraLB
  5. 5Asahi SasakiRB
  6. 14Yasuto WakisakaAM
  7. 6Yuki YamamotoLM
  8. 8Kento TachibanadaRM
  9. 9ErisonF
  10. 23MarcinhoAM-L
  11. 17Tatsuya ItoAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 1Jung Sung-RyongSUB
  2. 38Soma KandaSUB
  3. 19So KawaharaSUB
  4. 30Hiroto NodaSUB
  5. 41Akihiro IenagaSUB
  6. 16Yuto OzekiSUB
  7. 27Ryota KamihashiSUB
  8. 39Kaito TsuchiyaSUB
  9. 21Shunsuke AndoSUB

Timeline

  1. 7' Eiji Shirai (Albirex Niigata) Goal at 7'
  2. 45'+1' Tatsuya Ito (Kawasaki Frontale) Goal at 46'
  3. 45'+4' Marcinho (Kawasaki Frontale) Yellow Card at 49'
  4. 55' Ryuga Tashiro (Albirex Niigata) Yellow Card at 55'
  5. 57' Takuya Shimamura (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 57'
  6. 63' Yuto Ozeki (Kawasaki Frontale) Substitution at 63'
  7. 71' Taiki Arai (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 71'
  8. 72' Kaito Taniguchi (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 72'
  9. 77' So Kawahara (Kawasaki Frontale) Substitution at 77'
  10. 83' Ken Yamura (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 83'
  11. 85' Yuki Yamamoto (Kawasaki Frontale) Yellow Card at 85'
  12. 87' Soma Kanda (Kawasaki Frontale) Substitution at 87'
  13. 87' Hiroto Noda (Kawasaki Frontale) Substitution at 87'
  14. 90'+4' Soya Fujiwara (Albirex Niigata) Yellow Card at 94'

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