Albirex Niigata vs Avispa Fukuoka, 2025 Japanese J1 League

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Albirex Niigata

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Avispa Fukuoka

60': Masaya Tashiro

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

Match Commentary

58': Shahab Zahedi (Avispa Fukuoka) Substitution at 58'
60': Masaya Tashiro (Avispa Fukuoka) Goal at 60'
62': Yuji Ono (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 62'
62': Danilo Gomes (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 62'
71': Kazuya Konno (Avispa Fukuoka) Substitution at 71'
71': Yuji Kitajima (Avispa Fukuoka) Substitution at 71'
77': Yuji Kitajima (Avispa Fukuoka) Yellow Card at 77'
78': Keisuke Kasai (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 78'
78': Eiji Miyamoto (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 78'
86': Takumi Kamijma (Avispa Fukuoka) Substitution at 86'
86': Yuto Iwasaki (Avispa Fukuoka) Substitution at 86'
86': Yamato Wakatsuki (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 86'

Statistics

AVF		ALB
4	Fouls	5
1	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
5	Corner Kicks	8
4	Saves	4
33.5	Possession	66.5
11	SHOTS	16
5	ON GOAL	4
0.5	On Target %	0.3
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
1	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: 13,627

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

Albirex Niigata (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Kazuki Fujita (GK)
5	Michael James
2	Jason Geria
42	Kento Hashimoto
25	Soya Fujiwara
6	Hiroki Akiyama
19	Yuji Hoshi
30	Jin Okumura
16	Yota Komi
41	Motoki Hasegawa
9	Ken Yamura

Albirex Niigata Substitutes:

Shosei Okamoto, Yamato Wakatsuki, Eiji Miyamoto, Keisuke Kasai, Danilo Gomes, Kazuhiko Chiba, Daisuke Yoshimitsu, Fumiya Hayakawa, Yuji Ono.

Avispa Fukuoka (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
31	Masaaki Murakami (GK)
20	Tomoya Ando
37	Masaya Tashiro
77	Takaaki Shichi
29	Yota Maejima
11	Tomoya Miki
15	Hiroki Akino
88	Daiki Matsuoka
13	Nassim Ben Khalifa
22	Kazuki Fujimoto
14	Shintaro Nago

Avispa Fukuoka Substitutes:

Kazuya Konno, Takumi Kamijma, Masato Shigemi, Yuji Kitajima, Takumi Nagaishi, Yuto Iwasaki, Yu Hashimoto, Wellington Luis de Sousa, Shahab Zahedi.

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