Japanese J.League

FT Sunday, August 31, 2025
Albirex Niigata LLLDL 0
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Urawa Red Diamonds WDWWL 1
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ALB000
URA101
Saitama Stadium 2002 · 30,968 att.

Team Stats

11
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
9
Corner Kicks
1
4
Saves
5
51
Possession
49
17
SHOTS
14
4
ON GOAL
5
0.2
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
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

Head to Head

URA leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

URA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Shusaku NishikawaG
  2. 5Marius HoibratenCD-L
  3. 3Danilo BozaCD-R
  4. 26Takuya OgiwaraLB
  5. 4Hirokazu IshikaraRB
  6. 10Shoya NakajimaAM
  7. 11Samuel GustafssonLM
  8. 25Kaito YasuiRM
  9. 17Hiiro KomoriF
  10. 8Matheus SávioAM-L
  11. 77Takuro KanekoAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 24Yusuke MatsuoSUB
  2. 28Kenta NemotoSUB
  3. 21Tomoaki OkuboSUB
  4. 22Kai ShibatoSUB
  5. 88Yoichi NaganumaSUB
  6. 12Thiago SantanaSUB
  7. 6Taishi MatsumotoSUB
  8. 16Ayumi NiekawaSUB
  9. 14Takahiro SekineSUB

ALB · 4-4-2

  1. 21Ryuga TashiroG
  2. 77Funaki KakeruCD-L
  3. 5Michael JamesCD-R
  4. 31Yuto HorigomeLB
  5. 25Soya FujiwaraRB
  6. 8Eiji ShiraiCM-L
  7. 50Hiroto UemuraCM-R
  8. 14Motoki OharaLM
  9. 55Matheus MoraesRM
  10. 41Motoki HasegawaCF-L
  11. 65Abdelrahman Boudah SaidiCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 22Taiki AraiSUB
  2. 7Kaito TaniguchiSUB
  3. 30Jin OkumuraSUB
  4. 23Daisuke YoshimitsuSUB
  5. 15Fumiya HayakawaSUB
  6. 33Yoshiaki TakagiSUB
  7. 35Kazuhiko ChibaSUB
  8. 28Takuya ShimamuraSUB
  9. 42Kento HashimotoSUB

Timeline

  1. 30' Matheus Sávio (Urawa Red Diamonds) Goal at 30'
  2. 42' Matheus Sávio (Urawa Red Diamonds) Yellow Card at 42'
  3. 59' Yusuke Matsuo (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 59'
  4. 59' Taishi Matsumoto (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 59'
  5. 64' Takuya Shimamura (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 64'
  6. 76' Kaito Taniguchi (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 76'
  7. 76' Kento Hashimoto (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 76'
  8. 76' Jin Okumura (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 76'
  9. 81' Kai Shibato (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 81'
  10. 81' Yoichi Naganuma (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 81'
  11. 86' Yoshiaki Takagi (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 86'
  12. 88' Takahiro Sekine (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 88'
  13. 90'+5' Michael James (Albirex Niigata) Yellow Card at 95'

Japanese J1 League News

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