NIIGATA. Albirex Niigata overcomes Yokohama 3-1. Albirex Niigata took advantage of its superior ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Denka Big Swan Stadium stadium in Niigata on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Jumpei Iida who had the assistance of Naoya Okawa and Mikiya Nishimura. The 4th official was Tomokazu Tajiri. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 22.33 degrees Celsius or 72.19 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 57%.​

Match Statistics​

Albirex Niigata

3 - 1

Yokohama

  • 56 Ball Possession 44
Shots
  • 13 Total 10
  • 4 On Target 5
  • 6 Off Target 3
  • 3 Shots blocked 2
  • 106 Attack 121
  • 30 Dangerous attack 62
  • 76 Ball safe 71
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 2 Corners 3
  • 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
  • 9 Total 12
  • 0 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Albirex Niigata was in firm control of the ball 56% while Yokohama was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Yokohama was more pushing with 62 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 5 were on target. Even so, Albirex Niigata was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Albirex Niigata shot 13 times, 4 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Yokohama shot 10 times, 5 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Albirex Niigata didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Yokohama received 2 yellow cards (Kyohei Yoshino and Boniface Nduka).

Match Timeline

6'
25'
Yuri Lara(goal)Kotaro Hayashi
36'
Boniface Nduka- Yellow
61'
62'
64'
64'
M. Nagakura- sub ->Koji Suzuki
66'
S. Ota- sub ->Eitaro Matsuda
66'
T. Hasegawa- sub ->Yoshiaki Takagi
74'
74'
78'
Hirotaka Mita- sub ->Shion Inoue
80'
83'
Keijiro Ogawa- sub ->Kotaro Hayashi
84'
Kazuma Takai- sub ->Caprini
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Vissel Kobe
71
34
Yokohama F. Marinos
64
34
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
58
34
Urawa Reds
57
34
Kashima Antlers
52
34
Nagoya Grampus
52
34
Avispa Fukuoka
51
34
Kawasaki Frontale
50
34
Cerezo Osaka
49
34
Albirex Niigata
45
34
Tokyo
43
34
Consadole Sapporo
40
34
Kyoto Sanga
40
34
Sagan Tosu
38
34
Shonan Bellmare
34
34
Gamba Osaka
34
34
Kashiwa Reysol
33
34
Yokohama
29
34

After this contest, Albirex Niigata will have 33 points like Consadole Sapporo and Kyoto Sanga to hold in the 14th place. Regarding the opposition, Yokohama will stay with 22 points to sit in the 17th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the J-League, 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).

Yokohama will play away agasint Kashima Antlers on the 2nd of December with a 5-2 head to head stats in favor of Kashima Antlers (0 draws).

Albirex Niigata – Formation

Albirex Niigata
G
R. Kojima 1.Japan
7.3
D
M. Fitzgerald 5.New Zealand
7.1
D
Taiki Watanabe 15.Japan
7.8
62'
D
S. Fujiwara 25.Japan
7.0
D
Y. Horigome 31.Japan
7.3
M
H. Akiyama 6.Japan
6.8
74'
M
S. Mito 14.Japan
7.3
6'
M
Y. Shimada 20.Japan
6.8
80'
M
E. Matsuda 22.Japan
6.3
66'
M
Y. Takagi 33.Japan
8.1
74'
F
K. Suzuki 9.Japan
6.8
66'
Substitutes
G
K. Abe 21.Japan
D
Naoto Arai 2.Japan
7.5
80'
D
Thomas Deng 3.Australia
D
T. Hasegawa 32.Japan
7.0
74'
M
Takahiro Ko 8.Japan
7.9
74' 90'
M
S. Ota 11.Japan
6.7
66'
M
M. Nagakura 27.Japan
6.8
66'

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

The manager Rikizo Matsuhashi decided to play with the following team: Ryosuke Kojima (7.3), Soya Fujiwara (7.0), Michael James Fitzgerald (7.1), Taiki Watanabe (7.8), Yuto Horigome (7.3), Hiroki Akiyama (6.8), Yuzuru Shimada (6.8), Eitaro Matsuda (6.3), Yoshiaki Takagi (8.1), Shunsuke Mito (7.3) and Koji Suzuki (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Naoto Arai (7.5), Thomas Deng, Takahiro Ko (7.9), Shusuke Ota (6.7), Koto Abe, Motoki Nagakura (6.8) and Takumi Hasegawa (7.0).

Substitutions

Albirex Niigata made 5 changes: Eitaro Matsuda for Shusuke Ota (66′), Yuzuru Shimada for Naoto Arai (80′), Koji Suzuki for Motoki Nagakura (66′), Yoshiaki Takagi for Takumi Hasegawa (74′) and Hiroki Akiyama for Takahiro Ko (74′).

Best player: Yoshiaki Takagi​

The player that probably impressed the most for Albirex Niigata was Yoshiaki Takagi even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.1) with 25 passes (76% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 14. He performed 2 crosses.

Yokohama – Formation

Yokohama
G
Kengo Nagai 1.Japan
5.3
D
Boniface Nduka 2.Japan
6.4
36'
D
Katsuya Iwatake 22.Japan
6.3
D
K. Yoshino 27.Japan
6.6
61'
M
Yuri Lara 4.Brazil
7.7
25'
M
Ryoya Yamashita 7.Japan
6.4
64'
M
Caprini 10.Brazil
6.4
84'
M
Shion Inoue 20.Japan
6.7
78'
M
K. Hayashi 26.Japan
7.0
83'
M
Towa Yamane 30.Japan
6.4
64'
F
Sho Ito 15.Japan
7.0
Substitutes
G
Svend Brodersen 49.Germany
D
Mateus Moraes 19.Brazil
M
Kazuma Takai 14.Japan
6.3
84'
M
Hirotaka Mita 25.Japan
6.8
78'
M
Koki Sakamoto 31.Japan
6.4
64'
M
T. Kondo 33.Japan
6.3
64'
M
Keijiro Ogawa 50.Japan
6.6
83'

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

Shuhei Yomoda played with: Kengo Nagai (5.3), Katsuya Iwatake (6.3), Boniface Nduka (6.4), Kyohei Yoshino (6.6), Towa Yamane (6.4), Yuri Lara (7.7), Shion Inoue (6.7), Kotaro Hayashi (7.0), Caprini (6.4), Ryoya Yamashita (6.4) and Sho Ito (7.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Kazuma Takai (6.3), Mateus Moraes, Hirotaka Mita (6.8), Koki Sakamoto (6.4), Tomoki Kondo (6.3), Svend Brodersen and Keijiro Ogawa (6.6).

Substitutions

Yokohama made 5 changes: Towa Yamane for Tomoki Kondo (64′), Ryoya Yamashita for Koki Sakamoto (64′), Kotaro Hayashi for Keijiro Ogawa (83′), Caprini for Kazuma Takai (84′) and Shion Inoue for Hirotaka Mita (78′).

Best player: Yuri Lara​

The player that probably impressed the most for Yokohama was Yuri Lara.

His rating is (7.7) with 1 goal, 46 passes (85% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 12 duels out of 23. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the J-League.​