Cerezo Osaka vs Kyoto Sanga, 2025 Japanese J1 League

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Cerezo Osaka

57': Dion Cools

FT
1 - 2

Kyoto Sanga

44': Temma Matsuda
87': Shun Nagasawa

About

Cerezo Osaka are hosting Kyoto Sanga at Yodoko Sakura Stadium, Osaka, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the Japanese J.League.

Match Timeline

25': Fuki Yamada (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 25'
26': Shion Homma (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 26'
44': Temma Matsuda (Kyoto Sanga) Goal at 44'
45'+5': Yuta Miyamoto (Kyoto Sanga) Yellow Card at 50'
55': João Pedro Mendes (Kyoto Sanga) Yellow Card at 55'
57': Dion Cools (Cerezo Osaka) Goal at 57'
59': Ryuma Nakano (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 59'
59': Kyo Sato (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 59'
70': Rikito Inoue (Cerezo Osaka) Yellow Card at 70'
75': Léo Gomes (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 75'
75': Shun Nagasawa (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 75'
82': Kyohei Yoshino (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 82'
82': Motohiko Nakajima (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 82'
87': Shun Nagasawa (Kyoto Sanga) Goal at 87'
88': Niko Takahashi (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 88'
88': Vitor Bueno (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 88'
90'+6': Motohiko Nakajima (Cerezo Osaka) Yellow Card at 96'

Statistics

KYO		CER
14	Fouls	12
2	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
6	Corner Kicks	13
2	Saves	1
44.6	Possession	55.4
13	SHOTS	14
3	ON GOAL	3
0.2	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
6	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: Yodoko Sakura Stadium
Location: Osaka, Japan
Attendance: 21,935

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

Cerezo Osaka (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Koki Fukui (GK)
44	Shinnosuke Hatanaka
31	Rikito Inoue
66	Ayumu Ohata
27	Dion Cools
48	Masaya Shibayama
8	Shinji Kagawa
10	Shunta Tanaka
9	Rafael Ratão
11	Thiago
77	Lucas Fernandes

Cerezo Osaka Substitutes:

Motohiko Nakajima, Kim Jin-Hyeon, Hinata Kida, Kyohei Yoshino, Hayato Okuda, Vitor Bueno, Shion Homma, Niko Takahashi, Ryosuke Shindo.

Kyoto Sanga (4-3-3)

No.	Name
26	Gakuji Ota (GK)
50	Yoshinori Suzuki
24	Yuta Miyamoto
22	Hidehiro Sugai
2	Shinnosuke Fukuda
10	Shimpei Fukuoka
39	Taiki Hirato
6	João Pedro Mendes
9	Papagaio
18	Temma Matsuda
14	Taichi Hara

Kyoto Sanga Substitutes:

Masaya Okugawa, Fuki Yamada, Shun Nagasawa, Barreto, Ryuma Nakano, Léo Gomes, Kentaro Kakoi, Kyo Sato, Hisashi Appiah Tawiah.

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