Tokyo Verdy 1969 vs Cerezo Osaka, 2025 Japanese J1 League

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Tokyo Verdy 1969

33': Yuta Arai

FT
1 - 0

Cerezo Osaka

About

Tokyo Verdy 1969 are hosting Cerezo Osaka at Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the Japanese J.League.

Match Commentary

1': Yuya Fukuda (Tokyo Verdy 1969) Yellow Card at 1'
7': Sota Kitano (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 7'
33': Yuta Arai (Tokyo Verdy 1969) Goal at 33'
45': Reiya Sakata (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 45'
53': Koki Morita (Tokyo Verdy 1969) Substitution at 53'
63': Niko Takahashi (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 63'
64': Shinji Kagawa (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 64'
64': Soma Meshino (Tokyo Verdy 1969) Substitution at 64'
64': Yuan Matsuhashi (Tokyo Verdy 1969) Substitution at 64'
72': Kazuya Miyahara (Tokyo Verdy 1969) Substitution at 72'
73': Itsuki Someno (Tokyo Verdy 1969) Substitution at 73'
80': Masaya Shibayama (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 80'

Statistics

CER		TYKV
7	Fouls	14
0	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
6	Corner Kicks	2
3	Saves	7
75	Possession	25
14	SHOTS	15
7	ON GOAL	5
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
3	Blocked Shots	2
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: Tokyo Stadium
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Attendance: 11,334

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

Tokyo Verdy 1969 (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Matheus Vidotto (GK)
5	Kaito Chida
3	Hiroto Taniguchi
23	Yuto Tsunashima
16	Rei Hirakawa
8	Kosuke Saito
40	Yuta Arai
22	Hijiri Onaga
10	Yudai Kimura
11	Hiroto Yamami
14	Yuya Fukuda

Tokyo Verdy 1969 Substitutes:

Koki Morita, Yuya Nagasawa, Itsuki Someno, Soma Meshino, Shuhei Kawasaki, Yuan Matsuhashi, Tetsuyuki Inami, Kaito Suzuki, Kazuya Miyahara.

Cerezo Osaka (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Koki Fukui (GK)
44	Shinnosuke Hatanaka
3	Ryosuke Shindo
6	Kyohei Noborizato
33	Ryuya Nishio
55	Vitor Bueno
13	Motohiko Nakajima
10	Shunta Tanaka
9	Rafael Ratão
11	Thiago
77	Lucas Fernandes

Cerezo Osaka Substitutes:

Masaya Shibayama, Hinata Kida, Funaki Kakeru, Reiya Sakata, Sota Kitano, Niko Takahashi, Satoki Uejo, Kim Jin-Hyeon, Shinji Kagawa.

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