Tokyo overcomes Albirex Niigata 2-1. HIGHLIGHTS

CHōFU. Tokyo conquered Albirex Niigata to win 2-1.

April 30, 2023

CHōFU. Tokyo overcame Albirex Niigata to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the first half. It was Tokyo to strike first with an early goal of Teruhito Nakagawa at the 8′. Then it was a goal in the 12′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Diego Oliveira gave the win to Tokyo in the 34′ minute with a goal. Albirex Niigata lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (59%).

Diego Oliveira missed a penalty (60′) for Tokyo.

The match was played at the Ajinomoto Stadium stadium in Chōfu on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Hayato Shimizu who had the assistance of Takeshi Asada and Hideaki Nishio. The 4th official was Daisuke Sakurai. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 20.8 degrees Celsius or 69.4 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.

Match Statistics

Tokyo

2 - 1

Albirex Niigata

41 Ball Possession 59

Shots

8 Total 9
5 On Target 3
2 Off Target 4
1 Shots blocked 2

80 Attack 132
50 Dangerous attack 44
76 Ball safe 74

1 Penalties 0
3 Corners 2
3 Off Sides 2

Fouls

6 Total 12
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Albirex Niigata had a strong ball possession 59% while Tokyo was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Tokyo was putting more pressure with 50 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Tokyo won the match.

Tokyo shot 8 times, 5 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, Albirex Niigata shot 9 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Tokyo received 1 yellow card (Kei Koizumi). On the other side, Albirex Niigata received 3 yellow cards (Y. Komi, Y. Takagi and K. Chiba).

Match Timeline

Teruhito Nakagawa(goal)

12'

Diego Oliveira(goal)

34'

Teruhito Nakagawa(var)

58'

Diego Oliveira- missed penalty

60'

63'

G. Alves Silva- sub ->Y. Hoshi

63'

Y. Komi- sub ->T. Ko

63'

Y. Takagi- sub ->S. Ota

65'

Y. Komi- Yellow

Shuhei Tokumoto- sub ->K. Bangnagande

67'

K. Higashi- sub ->Teruhito Nakagawa

67'

78'

Y. Takagi- Yellow

84'

Y. Shimada- sub ->T. Ko

85'

89'

K. Chiba- Yellow

Kei Koizumi- Yellow

90'

Yuto Nagatomo- sub ->H. Nakamura

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this match, Tokyo will have 15 points like Avispa Fukuoka to hold in the 6th place. Regarding the opposition, Albirex Niigata will stay with 12 points like Kawasaki Frontale to remain in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the J-League, Tokyo will play away against Shonan Bellmare on the 2nd of December with a 12-4 head to head stats in favor of Tokyo (3 draws).

Albirex Niigata will host Cerezo Osaka on the 2nd of December with a 7-4 head to head in favor of Cerezo Osaka (6 draws).

Tokyo – Formation

Tokyo

Jakub Slowik 27.Poland

6.5

M. Morishige 3.Japan

6.8

Yasuki Kimoto 4.Japan

7.1

K. Bangnagande 49.Japan

6.8

67'

H. Nakamura 2.Japan

7.3

90'

Ryoma Watanabe 11.Japan

7.3

Kei Koizumi 37.Japan

6.9

90'

Shuto Abe 8.Japan

6.4

K. Matsuki 7.Japan

7.4

Teruhito Nakagawa 39.Japan

7.6

67'

Diego Oliveira 9.Brazil

6.2

85'

34'

Substitutes

T. Nozawa 41.Japan

Yuto Nagatomo 5.Japan

90'

S. Kimura 47.Japan

Shuhei Tokumoto 17.Japan

6.8

67'

K. Higashi 10.Japan

6.9

67'

Adailton 15.Brazil

6.4

85'

Perotti 22.Brazil

Tokyo adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Albert Puig Ortoneda decided to play with the following team: Jakub Słowik (6.5), Hotaka Nakamura (7.3), Yasuki Kimoto (7.1), Masato Morishige (6.8), Kashif Bangnagande (6.8), Kei Koizumi (6.9), Kuryu Matsuki (7.4), Teruhito Nakagawa (7.6), Shuto Abe (6.4), Ryoma Watanabe (7.3) and Diego Oliveira (6.2).

The home team had on the bench: Taishi Brandon Nozawa, Keigo Higashi (6.9), Yuto Nagatomo, Adailton (6.4), Perotti, Seiji Kimura and Shuhei Tokumoto (6.8).

Tokyo could not rely on the presence of Shuhei Tokumoto (injured) and K. Higashi (injured).

Substitutions

Tokyo made 4 changes: K. Bangnagande for Shuhei Tokumoto (67′), Teruhito Nakagawa for Keigo Higashi (67′), Diego Oliveira for Adailton (85′) and H. Nakamura for Yuto Nagatomo (90′).

Best player: Teruhito Nakagawa

The player that probably impressed the most for Tokyo was Teruhito Nakagawa.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 17 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 1 cross.

Albirex Niigata – Formation

Albirex Niigata

K. Abe 21.Japan

6.2

K. Chiba 35.Japan

6.3

89'

M. Fitzgerald 5.New Zealand

6.1

Y. Horigome 31.Japan

6.6

S. Fujiwara 25.Japan

6.4

78'

Ryotaro Ito 13.Japan

7.2

12'

Y. Hoshi 19.Japan

6.5

63'

Takahiro Ko 8.Japan

6.8

84'

S. Mito 14.Japan

6.8

S. Ota 11.Japan

6.1

63'

K. Taniguchi 7.Japan

6.9

Substitutes

H. Nishimura 39.Japan

Daichi Tagami 50.Japan

Naoto Arai 2.Japan

6.9

78'

Y. Shimada 20.Japan

84'

Y. Takagi 33.Japan

6.6

63'

78'

Y. Komi 16.Japan

6.2

63'

65'

G. Alves Silva 23.Brazil

6.5

63'

Also Albirex Niigata adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Rikizo Matsuhashi played with: Koto Abe (6.2), Soya Fujiwara (6.4), Michael James Fitzgerald (6.1), Kazuhiko Chiba (6.3), Yuto Horigome (6.6), Takahiro Ko (6.8), Yuji Hoshi (6.5), Shusuke Ota (6.1), Ryotaro Ito (7.2), Shunsuke Mito (6.8) and Kaito Taniguchi (6.9).

They had on the bench: Yuzuru Shimada, Yoshiaki Takagi (6.6), Yota Komi (6.2), Haruki Nishimura, Daichi Tagami, Gustavo Nescau (6.5) and Naoto Arai (6.9).

Substitutions

Albirex Niigata made 5 changes: Y. Hoshi for G. Alves Silva (63′), T. Ko for Yota Komi (63′), S. Ota for Yoshiaki Takagi (63′), S. Fujiwara for Naoto Arai (78′) and T. Ko for Yuzuru Shimada (84′).