Kyoto Sanga vs Machida Zelvia, 2025 Japanese J1 League

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Kyoto Sanga

90'+3': Taichi Hara (P)

FT
1 - 1

Machida Zelvia

16': Daihachi Okamura

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Kyoto Sanga are hosting Machida Zelvia at Sanga Stadium by Kyocera, Kyoto, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the Japanese J.League.

Match Timeline

16': Daihachi Okamura (Machida Zelvia) Goal at 16'
20': João Pedro Mendes (Kyoto Sanga) Yellow Card at 20'
49': Hiroyuki Mae (Machida Zelvia) Yellow Card at 49'
53': Shohei Takeda (Kyoto Sanga) Yellow Card at 53'
56': Fuki Yamada (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 56'
62': Hokuto Shimoda (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 62'
67': Taiki Hirato (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 67'
74': Papagaio (Kyoto Sanga) Penalty - Saved at 74'
75': Na Sang-Ho (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 75'
75': Mitchell Duke (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 75'
75': Takaya Numata (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 75'
85': Kyo Sato (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 85'
85': Léo Gomes (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 85'
85': Shun Nagasawa (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 85'
89': Ryohei Shirasaki (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 89'
90'+1': Takaya Numata (Machida Zelvia) Yellow Card at 91'
90'+3': Taichi Hara (Kyoto Sanga) Penalty - Scored at 93'

Statistics

ZEL		KYO
13	Fouls	7
2	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
1	Corner Kicks	10
4	Saves	1
30	Possession	70
9	SHOTS	19
2	ON GOAL	5
0.2	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	1
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	2
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

Game Information

Competition: Japanese J.League

Venue: Sanga Stadium by Kyocera
Location: Kyoto, Japan
Attendance: 18,964

Japanese J1 League Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Machida Zelvia	6	+13	16
2	Vissel Kobe	6	+5	13
3	Kashima Antlers	6	+2	12
4	Kashiwa Reysol	6	+2	12

Full Table

Line-Ups

Kyoto Sanga (4-3-3)

No.	Name
26	Gakuji Ota (GK)
50	Yoshinori Suzuki
24	Yuta Miyamoto
22	Hidehiro Sugai
2	Shinnosuke Fukuda
16	Shohei Takeda
48	Ryuma Nakano
6	João Pedro Mendes
9	Papagaio
14	Taichi Hara
29	Masaya Okugawa

Kyoto Sanga Substitutes:

Kyo Sato, Léo Gomes, Fuki Yamada, Taiki Hirato, Shun Nagasawa, Hisashi Appiah Tawiah, Shimpei Fukuoka, Temma Matsuda, Kentaro Kakoi.

Machida Zelvia (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Kosei Tani (GK)
50	Daihachi Okamura
3	Gen Shoji
5	Ibrahim Dresevic
19	Yuta Nakayama
16	Hiroyuki Mae
26	Kotaro Hayashi
6	Henry Mochizuki
9	Shota Fujio
7	Yuki Soma
20	Takuma Nishimura

Machida Zelvia Substitutes:

Na Sang-Ho, Keiya Sento, Asahi Masuyama, Oh Se-Hun, Mitchell Duke, Ryohei Shirasaki, Hokuto Shimoda, Tatsuya Morita, Takaya Numata.

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