Urawa Red Diamonds vs V-Varen Nagasaki, 2026 Japanese J1 League, Regular Season

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Urawa Red Diamonds

71': Matheus Sávio

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1 - 0

V-Varen Nagasaki

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Urawa Red Diamonds are hosting V-Varen Nagasaki at Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the Japanese J.League.

Match Commentary

64': Shuta Sasa (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 64'
64': Hiiro Komori (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 64'
68': Kenshin Yasuda (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 68'
71': Matheus Sávio (Urawa Red Diamonds) Goal at 71'
80': Asahi Masuyama (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 80'
80': Keita Nakamura (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 80'
81': Renji Hidano (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 81'
86': Emerson (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 86'
87': Harumi Minamino (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 87'
87': Yoichi Naganuma (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 87'
90'+1': Matheus Jesus (V-Varen Nagasaki) Yellow Card at 90'+1'

Statistics

VVN		URA
8	Fouls	9
1	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	2
4	Corner Kicks	7
4	Saves	1
39.3	Possession	60.7
6	SHOTS	19
1	ON GOAL	5
0.2	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
241	Accurate Passes	423
344	Passes	519
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.8
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
3	Blocked Shots	8
8	Effective Tackles	5
10	Tackles	10
0.8	Tackle %	0.5
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
39	Clearances	18

Game Information

Competition: Japanese J.League

Venue: Saitama Stadium 2002
Location: Saitama, Japan

Japanese J1 League Standings

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Machida Zelvia	12	+20	27
2	FC Tokyo	12	+19	27
3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	12	+19	26
4	Kashiwa Reysol	12	+6	25

Full Standings

Line-Ups

Urawa Red Diamonds (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Shusaku Nishikawa (GK)
5	Kenta Nemoto
2	Yuta Miyamoto
18	Kotaro Hayashi
3	Danilo Boza
11	Samuel Gustafsson
37	Hayate Ueki
12	Tatsuki Seko
45	Ado Onaiwu
10	Matheus Sávio
7	Takuro Kaneko

Urawa Red Diamonds Substitutes:

Takeshi Wada, Renji Hidano, Harumi Minamino, Jumpei Hayakawa, Koki Fukui, Hiiro Komori, Shuta Sasa, Kota Kudo, Yoichi Naganuma.

V-Varen Nagasaki (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Masaaki Goto (GK)
29	Ikki Arai
6	Yusei Egawa
31	Kanta Doi
41	Motoki Hasegawa
5	Hotaru Yamaguchi
23	Shunya Yoneda
22	Hijiri Onaga
99	Jonathan Júnior
34	Tenmu Matsumoto
10	Matheus Jesus

V-Varen Nagasaki Substitutes:

Ryogo Yamasaki, Riku Yamada, Ryosuke Shindo, Diego Pituca, Kenshin Yasuda, Emerson, Go Hatano, Asahi Masuyama, Keita Nakamura.

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