Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Kyoto Sanga, 2025 Japanese J1 League

· Japanese J.League

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

63': Sho Sasaki

FT
1 - 1

Kyoto Sanga

88': Papagaio

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima are hosting Kyoto Sanga at Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the Japanese J.League.

Match Timeline

45': Kosuke Kinoshita (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 45'
45': Masaya Okugawa (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 45'
56': Léo Gomes (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 56'
57': Shinnosuke Fukuda (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 57'
61': Valère Germain (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 61'
63': Sho Sasaki (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Goal at 63'
67': Papagaio (Kyoto Sanga) Yellow Card at 67'
72': Marco Túlio (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 72'
75': Ryuma Nakano (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 75'
86': Marco Túlio (Kyoto Sanga) Yellow Card at 86'
86': Hayao Kawabe (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 86'
88': Papagaio (Kyoto Sanga) Goal at 88'
90'+1': Hayato Araki (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 91'
90'+1': Naoto Arai (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 91'
90'+4': Gakuji Ota (Kyoto Sanga) Yellow Card at 94'

Statistics

KYO		SAN
16	Fouls	9
3	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
1	Corner Kicks	6
5	Saves	2
38.8	Possession	61.2
5	SHOTS	27
3	ON GOAL	5
0.6	On Target %	0.2
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
1	Blocked Shots	9
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: Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima
Location: Hiroshima, Japan
Attendance: 25,369

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

Sanfrecce Hiroshima (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Keisuke Osako (GK)
3	Taichi Yamasaki
19	Sho Sasaki
33	Tsukasa Shiotani
35	Yotaro Nakajima
14	Satoshi Tanaka
24	Shunki Higashi
15	Shuto Nakano
9	Ryo Germain
51	Mutsuki Kato
41	Naoki Maeda

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Substitutes:

Valère Germain, Marcos Júnior , Naoto Arai, Kim Ju-Sung, Jeong Min-Ki, Shimon Kobayashi, Hayato Araki, Kosuke Kinoshita, Hayao Kawabe.

Kyoto Sanga (4-3-3)

No.	Name
26	Gakuji Ota (GK)
50	Yoshinori Suzuki
24	Yuta Miyamoto
44	Kyo Sato
22	Hidehiro Sugai
10	Shimpei Fukuoka
39	Taiki Hirato
16	Shohei Takeda
9	Papagaio
14	Taichi Hara
27	Fuki Yamada

Kyoto Sanga Substitutes:

Temma Matsuda, Léo Gomes, Shun Nagasawa, Masaya Okugawa, Shinnosuke Fukuda, Ryuma Nakano, Marco Túlio, Hisashi Appiah Tawiah, Kentaro Kakoi.

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