Urawa Red Diamonds vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima, 2024 Japanese J1 League

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Urawa Red Diamonds

45': Yusuke Matsuo
56': Bryan Linssen
86': Genki Haraguchi

FT
3 - 0

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

About

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

Match Commentary

45': Yusuke Matsuo (Urawa Red Diamonds) Goal at 45'
52': Gonçalo Paciência (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 52'
56': Bryan Linssen (Urawa Red Diamonds) Goal at 56'
66': Makoto Mitsuta (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 66'
66': Yoshifumi Kashiwa (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 66'
76': Naoki Maeda (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 76'
76': Thiago Santana (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 76'
80': Genki Haraguchi (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 80'
80': Pieros Soteriou (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 80'
81': Douglas Vieira (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 81'
86': Genki Haraguchi (Urawa Red Diamonds) Goal at 86'
89': Shoya Nakajima (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 89'
90': Hidetoshi Takeda (Urawa Red Diamonds) Substitution at 90'
90'+1': Gonçalo Paciência (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Yellow Card at 91'

Statistics

SAN		URA
7	Fouls	14
1	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
13	Corner Kicks	1
4	Saves	5
62.5	Possession	37.5
29	SHOTS	12
6	ON GOAL	7
0.2	On Target %	0.6
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
7	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: Saitama Stadium 2002
Location: Saitama, Japan
Attendance: 42,076

Japanese J1 League Standings

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	FC Tokyo	14	+25	33
2	Kashiwa Reysol	14	+11	31
3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	14	+22	30
4	Machida Zelvia	14	+20	29

Full Standings

Line-Ups

Urawa Red Diamonds (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Shusaku Nishikawa (GK)
5	Marius Hoibraten
23	Rikito Inoue
88	Yoichi Naganuma
4	Hirokazu Ishikara
13	Ryoma Watanabe
25	Kaito Yasui
11	Samuel Gustafsson
9	Bryan Linssen
24	Yusuke Matsuo
14	Takahiro Sekine

Urawa Red Diamonds Substitutes:

Thiago Santana, Naoki Maeda, Genki Haraguchi, Ayumi Niekawa, Hidetoshi Takeda, Yota Sato, Shoya Nakajima.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Keisuke Osako (GK)
4	Hayato Araki
19	Sho Sasaki
15	Shuto Nakano
66	Hayao Kawabe
33	Tsukasa Shiotani
24	Shunki Higashi
13	Naoto Arai
51	Mutsuki Kato
30	Tolgay Arslan
14	Taishi Matsumoto

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Substitutes:

Pieros Soteriou, Goro Kawanami, Makoto Mitsuta, Yoshifumi Kashiwa, Toshihiro Aoyama, Douglas Vieira, Gonçalo Paciência.

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