Kashima Antlers surprises Albirex Niigata with a 2-0 win. HIGHLIGHTS

KASHIMA. Kashima Antlers had a surprising win over Albirex Niigata with a 2-0 win with a goal from Y. Kakita (9') and a goal from Y. Suzuki (30').

David Brown

August 29, 2023

KASHIMA. Kashima Antlers had a surprising win over Albirex Niigata with a 2-0 win with a goal from Y. Kakita (9′) and a goal from Y. Suzuki (30′). Albirex Niigata was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (67%).

The match was played at the Kashima Soccer Stadium stadium in Kashima on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Takafumi Mikuriya with the support of Mitsuharu Taketa and Kentaro Matsui. The 4th official was Hiroyoshi Takayama. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was hot at 29.34 degrees Celsius or 84.81 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.

Match Statistics

Kashima Antlers

2 - 0

Albirex Niigata

! 33 Ball Possession 67

Shots

10 Total 9
3 On Target 3
3 Off Target 4
4 Shots blocked 4

70 Attack 124
69 Dangerous attack 38
53 Ball safe 55

0 Penalties 0
4 Corners 6
3 Off Sides 4

Fouls

8 Total 13
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Albirex Niigata had a strong ball possession 67% while Kashima Antlers was struggling with a 33% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Kashima Antlers had a more offensive attitude with 69 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Kashima Antlers won the match.

Kashima Antlers shot 10 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Albirex Niigata shot 9 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Kashima Antlers received 1 yellow card (Yuma Suzuki). On the other side, Albirex Niigata received 1 yellow card (Soya Fujiwara).

Match Timeline

Yuki Kakita(goal)Koki Anzai

Yuma Suzuki(goal)Yuki Kakita

30'

Yuma Suzuki- Yellow

33'

35'

S. Fujiwara- Yellow

Kei Chinen- sub ->Yuki Kakita

62'

Tomoya Fujii- sub ->Hayato Nakama

62'

65'

H. Akiyama- sub ->Yuzuru Shimada

65'

E. Matsuda- sub ->Takumi Hasegawa

Y. Matsumura- sub ->Rikuto Hirose

65'

K. Suzuki- sub ->Motoki Nagakura

78'

Yu Funabashi- sub ->Yuta Higuchi

78'

Y. Komi- sub ->Shunsuke Mito

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this match, Kashima Antlers will have 42 points like Cerezo Osaka to remain in the 5th place. On the opposite side, Albirex Niigata will stay with 28 points to remain in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the J-League, Kashima Antlers will host Yokohama on the 2nd of December with a 5-2 head to head in favor of Kashima Antlers (0 draws).

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

Kashima Antlers – Formation

Kashima Antlers

Tomoki Hayakawa 29.Japan

7.1

Koki Anzai 2.Japan

7.5

Ikuma Sekigawa 5.Japan

7.5

Rikuto Hirose 22.Japan

7.0

65'

Naomichi Ueda 55.Japan

7.0

Yuta Higuchi 14.Japan

6.8

78'

Diego Pituca 21.Brazil

6.4

Kaishu Sano 25.Japan

6.4

Hayato Nakama 33.Japan

6.7

62'

Yuki Kakita 37.Japan

8.2

62'

Yuma Suzuki 40.Japan

7.7

78'

33'

30'

Substitutes

Eui-jeong Park 38.South Korea

G. Shōji 3.Japan

Tomoya Fujii 15.Japan

6.7

62'

Arthur Caíke 17.Brazil

6.3

78'

Y. Matsumura 27.Japan

6.8

65'

Yu Funabashi 34.Japan

7.0

78'

Kei Chinen 13.Japan

6.6

62'

Kashima Antlers started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Daiki Iwamasa decided to play with the following team: Tomoki Hayakawa (7.1), Rikuto Hirose (7.0), Naomichi Ueda (7.0), Ikuma Sekigawa (7.5), Koki Anzai (7.5), Yuta Higuchi (6.8), Diego Pituca (6.4), Kaishu Sano (6.4), Hayato Nakama (6.7), Yuki Kakita (8.2) and Yuma Suzuki (7.7).

The home team had on the bench: Gen Shoji, Kei Chinen (6.6), Tomoya Fujii (6.7), Arthur Caíke (6.3), Yuta Matsumura (6.8), Yu Funabashi (7.0), Eui-Jeong Park and Eui-jeong Park.

Substitutions

Kashima Antlers made 5 changes: Yuki Kakita for Kei Chinen (62′), Rikuto Hirose for Yuta Matsumura (65′), Yuta Higuchi for Yu Funabashi (78′), Hayato Nakama for Tomoya Fujii (62′) and Yuma Suzuki for Arthur Caíke (78′).

Best player: Yuki Kakita

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Kashima Antlers was Yuki Kakita.

His rating is (8.2) with 1 goal, 10 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 8.

Albirex Niigata – Formation

Albirex Niigata

R. Kojima 1.Japan

6.4

Thomas Deng 3.Australia

7.7

M. Fitzgerald 5.New Zealand

6.3

S. Fujiwara 25.Japan

6.4

35'

Y. Horigome 31.Japan

7.0

Takahiro Ko 8.Japan

7.3

S. Mito 14.Japan

6.6

78'

Y. Shimada 20.Japan

6.7

65'

T. Hasegawa 32.Japan

6.8

65'

Y. Takagi 33.Japan

7.3

M. Nagakura 27.Japan

7.0

65'

Substitutes

K. Abe 21.Japan

Naoto Arai 2.Japan

K. Chiba 35.Japan

H. Akiyama 6.Japan

6.4

65'

K. Suzuki 9.Japan

6.8

65'

Y. Komi 16.Japan

6.4

78'

E. Matsuda 22.Japan

6.8

65'

Albirex Niigata started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Rikizo Matsuhashi played with: Ryosuke Kojima (6.4), Soya Fujiwara (6.4), Michael James Fitzgerald (6.3), Thomas Deng (7.7), Yuto Horigome (7.0), Takumi Hasegawa (6.8), Yuzuru Shimada (6.7), Takahiro Ko (7.3), Shunsuke Mito (6.6), Yoshiaki Takagi (7.3) and Motoki Nagakura (7.0).

They had on the bench: Naoto Arai, Hiroki Akiyama (6.4), Koji Suzuki (6.8), Yota Komi (6.4), Koto Abe, Eitaro Matsuda (6.8) and Kazuhiko Chiba.

Substitutions

Albirex Niigata made 4 changes: Shunsuke Mito for Yota Komi (78′), Yuzuru Shimada for Hiroki Akiyama (65′), Takumi Hasegawa for Eitaro Matsuda (65′) and Motoki Nagakura for Koji Suzuki (65′).