Kashima Antlers vs Avispa Fukuoka, 2025 Japanese J1 League

· Japanese J.League

Kashima Antlers

84': Yu Funabashi

FT
1 - 1

Avispa Fukuoka

50': Shosei Usui

About

Kashima Antlers are hosting Avispa Fukuoka at Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the Japanese J.League.

Match Timeline

17': Yuta Higuchi (Kashima Antlers) Yellow Card at 17'
50': Shosei Usui (Avispa Fukuoka) Goal at 50'
55': Kei Chinen (Kashima Antlers) Substitution at 55'
55': Yuta Matsumura (Kashima Antlers) Substitution at 55'
55': Yu Funabashi (Kashima Antlers) Substitution at 55'
62': Élber (Kashima Antlers) Substitution at 62'
67': Wellington Luis de Sousa (Avispa Fukuoka) Substitution at 67'
69': Kyosuke Tagawa (Kashima Antlers) Substitution at 69'
72': Wellington Luis de Sousa (Avispa Fukuoka) Yellow Card at 72'
75': Yuto Iwasaki (Avispa Fukuoka) Substitution at 75'
75': Hiroki Akino (Avispa Fukuoka) Substitution at 75'
77': Kei Chinen (Kashima Antlers) Yellow Card at 77'
80': Tomoya Miki (Avispa Fukuoka) Substitution at 80'
80': Yu Hashimoto (Avispa Fukuoka) Substitution at 80'
84': Tomoya Ando (Avispa Fukuoka) Yellow Card at 84'
84': Yu Funabashi (Kashima Antlers) Goal at 84'
90'+2': Hiroki Akino (Avispa Fukuoka) Yellow Card at 92'
90'+8': Yuma Suzuki (Kashima Antlers) Yellow Card at 98'

Statistics

AVF		KAN
12	Fouls	7
3	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
3	Corner Kicks	4
2	Saves	2
36.8	Possession	63.2
12	SHOTS	12
3	ON GOAL	3
0.3	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
3	Blocked Shots	5
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: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Location: Kashima, Japan
Attendance: 30,672

Japanese J1 League Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Kashima Antlers	18	+20	45
2	FC Tokyo	18	+12	37
3	Machida Zelvia	18	+4	37
4	Kawasaki Frontale	18	-4	28

Full Table

Line-Ups

Kashima Antlers (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Tomoki Hayakawa (GK)
3	Kim Tae-Hyeon
55	Naomichi Ueda
7	Ryoya Ogawa
22	Kimito Nono
6	Kento Misao
10	Gaku Shibasaki
77	Aleksandar Cavric
14	Yuta Higuchi
40	Yuma Suzuki
9	Léo Pereira

Kashima Antlers Substitutes:

Kei Chinen, Yuta Matsumura, Élber, Kaito Chida, Shuhei Mizoguchi, Yuji Kajikawa, Yu Funabashi, Kyosuke Tagawa, Keisuke Tsukui.

Avispa Fukuoka (4-2-2-2)

No.	Name
24	Yuma Obata (GK)
3	Tatsuki Nara
5	Takumi Kamijma
20	Tomoya Ando
29	Yota Maejima
6	Masato Shigemi
88	Daiki Matsuoka
14	Shintaro Nago
27	Shosei Usui
22	Kazuki Fujimoto
8	Kazuya Konno

Avispa Fukuoka Substitutes:

Yuto Iwasaki, Yu Hashimoto, Tomoya Miki, Shahab Zahedi, Hiroki Akino, Wellington Luis de Sousa, Nassim Ben Khalifa, Masaya Tashiro, Masaaki Murakami.

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