Albirex Niigata vs Fagiano Okayama, 2025 Japanese J1 League

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Albirex Niigata

67': Eiji Shirai

FT
1 - 1

Fagiano Okayama

24': Kazunari Ichimi

About

Albirex Niigata are hosting Fagiano Okayama at Niigata Stadium Big Swan, Niigata, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the Japanese J.League.

Match Timeline

24': Kazunari Ichimi (Fagiano Okayama) Goal at 24'
47': Fumiya Hayakawa (Albirex Niigata) Yellow Card at 47'
56': Lucas Marcos Meireles (Fagiano Okayama) Substitution at 56'
60': Abdelrahman Boudah Saidi (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 60'
61': Kento Hashimoto (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 61'
67': Eiji Shirai (Albirex Niigata) Goal at 67'
74': Motoki Ohara (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 74'
75': Masaya Matsumoto (Fagiano Okayama) Substitution at 75'
75': Yoshitake Suzuki (Fagiano Okayama) Substitution at 75'
75': Hiroto Iwabuchi (Fagiano Okayama) Substitution at 75'
83': Eiji Miyamoto (Fagiano Okayama) Yellow Card at 83'
84': Kaito Taniguchi (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 84'
84': Jason Geria (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 84'
88': Ryo Takeuchi (Fagiano Okayama) Substitution at 88'
90'+2': Kaito Fujii (Fagiano Okayama) Substitution at 92'
90'+3': Kento Hashimoto (Albirex Niigata) Yellow Card at 93'
90'+7': Hiroto Uemura (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 97'

Statistics

OKA		ALB
13	Fouls	11
1	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
5	Corner Kicks	4
1	Saves	0
31.9	Possession	68.1
5	SHOTS	10
1	ON GOAL	2
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
0	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: Niigata Stadium Big Swan
Location: Niigata, Japan
Attendance: 19,567

Japanese J1 League Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Avispa Fukuoka	0	0	0
2	Cerezo Osaka	0	0	0
3	Fagiano Okayama	0	0	0
4	Gamba Osaka	0	0	0

Full Table

Line-Ups

Albirex Niigata (4-4-2)

No.	Name
21	Ryuga Tashiro (GK)
15	Fumiya Hayakawa
5	Michael James
31	Yuto Horigome
25	Soya Fujiwara
8	Eiji Shirai
22	Taiki Arai
30	Jin Okumura
28	Takuya Shimamura
99	Yuji Ono
41	Motoki Hasegawa

Albirex Niigata Substitutes:

Yoshiaki Takagi, Kazuki Fujita, Kento Hashimoto, Jason Geria, Abdelrahman Boudah Saidi, Yamato Wakatsuki, Kaito Taniguchi, Hiroto Uemura, Motoki Ohara.

Fagiano Okayama (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
49	Svend Brodersen (GK)
18	Daichi Tagami
15	Kota Kudo
4	Kaito Abe
41	Eiji Miyamoto
33	Yuta Kamiya
50	Hijiri Kato
26	Haruka Motoyama
22	Kazunari Ichimi
8	Ataru Esaka
27	Takaya Kimura

Fagiano Okayama Substitutes:

Kaito Fujii, Masaya Matsumoto, Goro Kawanami, Rui Sueyoshi, Hiroto Iwabuchi, Lucas Marcos Meireles, Yoshitake Suzuki, Ryo Takeuchi, Takahiro Yanagi.

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