Albirex Niigata vs Vissel Kobe, 2025 Japanese J1 League

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Albirex Niigata

74': Takuya Shimamura
90': Yamato Wakatsuki

FT
2 - 2

Vissel Kobe

45'+3': Yuya Osako
52': Yuya Osako (P)

About

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

Match Timeline

45'+3': Yuya Osako (Vissel Kobe) Goal at 48'
45': Daiju Sasaki (Vissel Kobe) Substitution at 45'
48': Takuya Shimamura (Albirex Niigata) Yellow Card at 48'
51': Soya Fujiwara (Albirex Niigata) Yellow Card at 51'
52': Yuya Osako (Vissel Kobe) Penalty - Scored at 52'
62': Matheus Moraes (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 62'
62': Rikuto Hirose (Vissel Kobe) Substitution at 62'
74': Takuya Shimamura (Albirex Niigata) Goal at 74'
74': Yamato Wakatsuki (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 74'
74': Yuto Horigome (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 74'
74': Yoshiaki Takagi (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 74'
75': Yosuke Ideguchi (Vissel Kobe) Substitution at 75'
81': Koya Yuruki (Vissel Kobe) Substitution at 81'
81': Yuki Honda (Vissel Kobe) Substitution at 81'
90': Yamato Wakatsuki (Albirex Niigata) Goal at 90'
90'+4': Takahiro Ogihara (Vissel Kobe) Yellow Card at 94'

Statistics

VIS		ALB
7	Fouls	12
1	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
2	Corner Kicks	6
2	Saves	5
46.7	Possession	53.3
18	SHOTS	6
7	ON GOAL	4
0.4	On Target %	0.7
1	Penalty Goals	0
1	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
5	Blocked Shots	1
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: 19,480

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

Albirex Niigata (4-4-1-1)

No.	Name
21	Ryuga Tashiro (GK)
15	Fumiya Hayakawa
2	Jason Geria
42	Kento Hashimoto
25	Soya Fujiwara
41	Motoki Hasegawa
8	Eiji Shirai
7	Kaito Taniguchi
28	Takuya Shimamura
65	Abdelrahman Boudah Saidi
30	Jin Okumura

Albirex Niigata Substitutes:

Yamato Wakatsuki, Michael James, Yuto Horigome, Yoshiaki Takagi, Kazuhiko Chiba, Kazuki Fujita, Hiroto Uemura, Yuji Ono, Matheus Moraes.

Vissel Kobe (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Daiya Maekawa (GK)
3	Thuler
4	Tetsushi Yamakawa
41	Katsuya Nagato
2	Nanasei Iino
6	Takahiro Ogihara
18	Haruya Ide
25	Yuya Kuwasaki
10	Yuya Osako
9	Taisei Miyashiro
11	Yoshinori Muto

Vissel Kobe Substitutes:

Yosuke Ideguchi, Takuya Iwanami, Klismahn, Jean Patric, Powell Obinna Obi, Yuki Honda, Rikuto Hirose, Koya Yuruki, Daiju Sasaki.

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