Albirex Niigata vs Kashiwa Reysol, 2025 Japanese J1 League

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Albirex Niigata

72': Keisuke Kasai

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Kashiwa Reysol

20': Mao Hosoya
45': Mao Hosoya
55': Mao Hosoya

About

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

Match Timeline

20': Mao Hosoya (Kashiwa Reysol) Goal at 20'
28': Eiji Shirai (Albirex Niigata) Yellow Card at 28'
45': Mao Hosoya (Kashiwa Reysol) Goal at 45'
45': Abdelrahman Boudah Saidi (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 45'
45': Keisuke Kasai (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 45'
55': Mao Hosoya (Kashiwa Reysol) Goal at 55'
61': Sachiro Toshima (Kashiwa Reysol) Substitution at 61'
62': Tomoya Koyamatsu (Kashiwa Reysol) Substitution at 62'
62': Tojiro Kubo (Kashiwa Reysol) Substitution at 62'
63': Matheus Moraes (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 63'
64': Yuto Horigome (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 64'
72': Keisuke Kasai (Albirex Niigata) Goal at 72'
75': Hayato Nakama (Kashiwa Reysol) Substitution at 75'
81': Yuki Kakita (Kashiwa Reysol) Substitution at 81'
83': Michael James (Albirex Niigata) Yellow Card at 83'
87': Yoshiaki Takagi (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 87'

Statistics

KRE		ALB
7	Fouls	9
0	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
2	Corner Kicks	3
0	Saves	5
56.6	Possession	43.4
14	SHOTS	5
8	ON GOAL	1
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
2	Blocked Shots	3
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: 25,346

Japanese J1 League Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Machida Zelvia	1	+4	3
2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1	+3	3
3	Gamba Osaka	1	+1	3
4	Kashima Antlers	1	+1	3

Full Table

Line-Ups

Albirex Niigata (4-4-2)

No.	Name
21	Ryuga Tashiro (GK)
15	Fumiya Hayakawa
5	Michael James
42	Kento Hashimoto
25	Soya Fujiwara
8	Eiji Shirai
22	Taiki Arai
7	Kaito Taniguchi
14	Motoki Ohara
30	Jin Okumura
41	Motoki Hasegawa

Albirex Niigata Substitutes:

Matheus Moraes, Kazuki Fujita, Yushin Otake, Yuto Horigome, Kazuhiko Chiba, Abdelrahman Boudah Saidi, Yoshiaki Takagi, Keisuke Kasai, Funaki Kakeru.

Kashiwa Reysol (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
25	Ryosuke Kojima (GK)
4	Taiyo Koga
2	Hiromu Mitsumaru
42	Wataru Harada
39	Nobuteru Nakagawa
21	Yudai Konishi
3	Diego
32	Yusei Yamanouchi
9	Mao Hosoya
20	Yusuke Segawa
8	Yoshio Koizumi

Kashiwa Reysol Substitutes:

Yuki Kakita, Hayato Nakama, Daiki Sugioka, Tomoya Koyamatsu, Tojiro Kubo, Kengo Nagai, Sachiro Toshima, Hiroki Noda, Seiya Baba.

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