NIIGATA. Albirex Niigata beats Yokohama 3-1. Albirex Niigata made the most 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 with the support 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
- 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 had a strong ball possession 56% while Yokohama was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Yokohama was putting more pressure with 62 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, Albirex Niigata managed to find the solution to win this match.
Albirex Niigata shot 13 times, 4 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Yokohama shot 10 times, 5 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Albirex Niigata didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Yokohama received 2 yellow cards (Kyohei Yoshino and Boniface Nduka).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Albirex Niigata will have 33 points like Consadole Sapporo and Kyoto Sanga to hold in the 14th place. Talking about 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 statistic 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 statistic in favor of Kashima Antlers (0 draws).
Albirex Niigata – Formation
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
, Soya Fujiwara , Michael James Fitzgerald , Taiki Watanabe , Yuto Horigome , Hiroki Akiyama , Yuzuru Shimada , Eitaro Matsuda , Yoshiaki Takagi , Shunsuke Mito and Koji Suzuki .The home team had on the bench: Naoto Arai
, Thomas Deng, Takahiro Ko , Shusuke Ota , Koto Abe, Motoki Nagakura and Takumi Hasegawa .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 most impressive player for Albirex Niigata was Yoshiaki Takagi even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is
with 25 passes (76% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 14. He performed 2 crosses.Yokohama – Formation
Yokohama started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Shuhei Yomoda played with: Kengo Nagai
, Katsuya Iwatake , Boniface Nduka , Kyohei Yoshino , Towa Yamane , Yuri Lara , Shion Inoue , Kotaro Hayashi , Caprini , Ryoya Yamashita and Sho Ito .The following players were sitting on the bench: Kazuma Takai
, Mateus Moraes, Hirotaka Mita , Koki Sakamoto , Tomoki Kondo , Svend Brodersen and Keijiro Ogawa .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 most impressive player for Yokohama was Yuri Lara.
His rating is
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.
- Vissel Kobe – Cerezo Osaka – 1-0
- Kyoto Sanga – Sanfrecce Hiroshima – 1-0
- Nagoya Grampus – Consadole Sapporo – 1-1
- Albirex Niigata – Yokohama – 3-1
- Tokyo – Sagan Tosu – 3-2
- Kashiwa Reysol – Avispa Fukuoka – 1-3