Albirex Niigata vs Kyoto Sanga, 2025 Japanese J1 League

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Albirex Niigata

19': Ken Yamura (P)

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Kyoto Sanga

72': Papagaio
86': Masaya Okugawa

About

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

Match Commentary

19': Ken Yamura (Albirex Niigata) Penalty - Scored at 19'
41': Takuji Yonemoto (Kyoto Sanga) Yellow Card at 41'
45': Sota Kawasaki (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 45'
45': Hidehiro Sugai (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 45'
46': Temma Matsuda (Kyoto Sanga) Yellow Card at 46'
56': Masaya Okugawa (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 56'
65': Yamato Wakatsuki (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 65'
65': Yuji Ono (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 65'
66': João Pedro Mendes (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 66'
72': Papagaio (Kyoto Sanga) Goal at 72'
80': Keisuke Kasai (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 80'
80': Kento Hashimoto (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 80'
86': Masaya Okugawa (Kyoto Sanga) Goal at 86'
87': Danilo Gomes (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 87'
90'+4': Patrick (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 94'

Statistics

KYO		ALB
20	Fouls	8
2	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
8	Corner Kicks	3
2	Saves	0
50.9	Possession	49.1
10	SHOTS	14
2	ON GOAL	3
0.2	On Target %	0.2
0	Penalty Goals	1
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
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
3	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: 22,266

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 (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Kazuki Fujita (GK)
3	Hayato Inamura
2	Jason Geria
31	Yuto Horigome
25	Soya Fujiwara
41	Motoki Hasegawa
19	Yuji Hoshi
6	Hiroki Akiyama
9	Ken Yamura
30	Jin Okumura
16	Yota Komi

Albirex Niigata Substitutes:

Daisuke Yoshimitsu, Yamato Wakatsuki, Michael James, Kento Hashimoto, Yoshiaki Takagi, Keisuke Kasai, Yuji Ono, Danilo Gomes, Fumiya Hayakawa.

Kyoto Sanga (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Gu Sung-Yun (GK)
50	Yoshinori Suzuki
24	Yuta Miyamoto
44	Kyo Sato
2	Shinnosuke Fukuda
10	Shimpei Fukuoka
39	Taiki Hirato
8	Takuji Yonemoto
9	Papagaio
18	Temma Matsuda
14	Taichi Hara

Kyoto Sanga Substitutes:

Gakuji Ota, Sota Kawasaki, Patrick, Masaya Okugawa, Sora Hiraga, Hidehiro Sugai, Murilo, João Pedro Mendes, Kodai Nagata.

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