Japanese J.League

FT Saturday, August 23, 2025
Kashima Antlers LLWWD 2
–
Albirex Niigata LLLLD 1
1st2ndT
KAN112
ALB101
Niigata Stadium Big Swan · 26,100 att.

Team Stats

8
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
8
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
3
49
Possession
51
13
SHOTS
9
4
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.4
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
6
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

KAN leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

ALB · 4-4-2

  1. 21Ryuga TashiroG
  2. 77Funaki KakeruCD-L
  3. 5Michael JamesCD-R
  4. 42Kento HashimotoLB
  5. 50Hiroto UemuraRB
  6. 8Eiji ShiraiCM-L
  7. 22Taiki AraiCM-R
  8. 14Motoki OharaLM
  9. 55Matheus MoraesRM
  10. 41Motoki HasegawaCF-L
  11. 65Abdelrahman Boudah SaidiCF-R

KAN · 4-4-2

  1. 1Tomoki HayakawaG
  2. 3Kim Tae-HyeonCD-L
  3. 55Naomichi UedaCD-R
  4. 7Ryoya OgawaLB
  5. 22Kimito NonoRB
  6. 13Kei ChinenCM-L
  7. 20Yu FunabashiCM-R
  8. 18ÉlberLM
  9. 14Yuta HiguchiRM
  10. 40Yuma SuzukiCF-L
  11. 11Kyosuke TagawaCF-R

Timeline

  1. 4' Yuma Suzuki (Kashima Antlers) Goal at 4'
  2. 17' Matheus Moraes (Albirex Niigata) Goal at 17'
  3. 45'+5' Abdelrahman Boudah Saidi (Albirex Niigata) Yellow Card at 50'
  4. 45' Aleksandar Cavric (Kashima Antlers) Substitution at 45'
  5. 50' Yuta Higuchi (Kashima Antlers) Yellow Card at 50'
  6. 52' Kei Chinen (Kashima Antlers) Yellow Card at 52'
  7. 66' Takuya Shimamura (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 66'
  8. 66' Jin Okumura (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 66'
  9. 69' Léo Pereira (Kashima Antlers) Substitution at 69'
  10. 70' Yuta Matsumura (Kashima Antlers) Substitution at 70'
  11. 84' Kento Misao (Kashima Antlers) Substitution at 84'
  12. 87' Léo Pereira (Kashima Antlers) Goal at 87'
  13. 88' Keisuke Tsukui (Kashima Antlers) Substitution at 88'
  14. 89' Kaito Taniguchi (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 89'

Japanese J1 League News

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