Albirex Niigata defeats Kawasaki Frontale 3-2

KAWASAKI. Albirex Niigata prevailed over Kawasaki Frontale.

September 30, 2023

KAWASAKI. Albirex Niigata prevailed over Kawasaki Frontale. Albirex Niigata was definitely better in terms of ball possession (64%) and that was among the factors of its victory.

The match was played at the Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium stadium in Kawasaki on Friday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. In front of 17,557 spectators. The referee was Takuto Okabe who had the assistance of Satoshi Karakami and Toshiyuki Wazumi. The 4th official was Masashige Abe. The weather was light rain. The temperature was hot at 25.45 degrees Celsius or 77.81 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.

Match Statistics

Kawasaki Frontale

2 - 3

Albirex Niigata

! 36 Ball Possession 64

Shots

6 Total 21
3 On Target 9
2 Off Target 7
1 Shots blocked 5

94 Attack 100
21 Dangerous attack 44
54 Ball safe 55

1 Penalties 0
3 Corners 7
1 Off Sides 1

Fouls

15 Total 9
2 Yellow Cards 0
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Albirex Niigata had a strong ball possession 64% while Kawasaki Frontale was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Albirex Niigata was putting more pressure with 44 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Albirex Niigata won the contest.

Kawasaki Frontale shot 6 times, 3 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, Albirex Niigata shot 21 times, 9 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Kawasaki Frontale received 2 yellow cards (Kazuya Yamamura and Kyohei Noborizato). Talking about the opposition, Albirex Niigata didn’t receive any yellow card.

Match Timeline

23'

30'

K. Suzuki(goal)

Yusuke Segawa- sub ->Yu Kobayashi

46'

Shin Yamada- sub ->Bafetimbi Gomis

46'

55'

Y. Hoshi- sub ->Hiroki Akiyama

59'

65'

M. Nagakura- sub ->Koji Suzuki

65'

66'

Kento Tachibanada- sub ->Yasuto Wakizaka

66'

73'

E. Matsuda- sub ->Takumi Hasegawa

73'

S. Ota- sub ->Yoshiaki Takagi

Shin Yamada(penalty)

76'

Tatsuki Seko- sub ->Daiya Tono

79'

80'

S. Ota(goal)Yuji Hoshi

87'

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this match, Kawasaki Frontale will stay with 39 points to remain in the 9th place. On the other side, Albirex Niigata will have 36 points like Tokyo to hold in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the J-League, Kawasaki Frontale will play away with Sagan Tosu on the 2nd of December with a 11-5 head to head record in favor of Kawasaki Frontale (7 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).

Kawasaki Frontale – Formation

Kawasaki Frontale

Sung-ryong Jung 1.South Korea

7.0

Kyohei Noborizato 2.Japan

6.3

90'

Miki Yamane 13.Japan

6.4

Shuto Tanabe 15.Japan

6.7

Kazuya Yamamura 31.Japan

6.6

87'

João Schmidt 6.Brazil

7.5

23'

Yasuto Wakizaka 14.Japan

7.0

66'

Daiya Tono 17.Japan

7.0

79'

Yu Kobayashi 11.Japan

6.4

46'

Bafétimbi Gomis 18.France

6.4

46'

Marcinho 23.Brazil

6.8

66'

Substitutes

Naoto Kamifukumoto 99.Japan

K. Takai 29.Japan

Kento Tachibanada 8.Japan

6.4

66'

Tatsuki Seko 16.Japan

6.4

79'

Yusuke Segawa 30.Japan

6.6

46'

Leandro Damião 9.Brazil

6.8

66'

Shin Yamada 20.Japan

7.7

46'

76'

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

The manager Toru Oniki decided to play with the following team: Sung-Ryong Jung (7.0), Miki Yamane (6.4), Kazuya Yamamura (6.6), Shuto Tanabe (6.7), Kyohei Noborizato (6.3), Yasuto Wakizaka (7.0), João Schmidt (7.5), Daiya Tono (7.0), Yu Kobayashi (6.4), Bafetimbi Gomis (6.4) and Marcinho (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Kento Tachibanada (6.4), Leandro Damião (6.8), Tatsuki Seko (6.4), Shin Yamada (7.7), Kota Takai, Yusuke Segawa (6.6) and Naoto Kamifukumoto.

Kawasaki Frontale could not rely on the presence of Tatsuki Seko (injured).

Substitutions

Kawasaki Frontale made 5 changes: Yasuto Wakizaka for Kento Tachibanada (66′), Yu Kobayashi for Yusuke Segawa (46′), Bafetimbi Gomis for Shin Yamada (46′), Marcinho for Leandro Damião (66′) and Daiya Tono for Tatsuki Seko (79′).

Best player: Shin Yamada

The most impressive player for Kawasaki Frontale was Shin Yamada.

His rating is (7.7) with 1 goal, 9 passes (78% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 6.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 46′.

Albirex Niigata – Formation

Albirex Niigata

R. Kojima 1.Japan

6.3

Naoto Arai 2.Japan

7.5

59'

Thomas Deng 3.Australia

6.8

Y. Horigome 31.Japan

6.0

K. Chiba 35.Japan

7.1

65'

H. Akiyama 6.Japan

7.1

55'

Takahiro Ko 8.Japan

7.1

S. Mito 14.Japan

7.3

T. Hasegawa 32.Japan

6.8

73'

Y. Takagi 33.Japan

7.0

73'

K. Suzuki 9.Japan

7.0

65'

30'

Substitutes

K. Abe 21.Japan

M. Fitzgerald 5.New Zealand

Taiki Watanabe 15.Japan

6.1

65'

S. Ota 11.Japan

7.0

73'

80'

Y. Hoshi 19.Japan

7.1

55'

M. Nagakura 27.Japan

7.7

65'

E. Matsuda 22.Japan

6.7

73'

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

Rikizo Matsuhashi played with: Ryosuke Kojima (6.3), Naoto Arai (7.5), Thomas Deng (6.8), Kazuhiko Chiba (7.1), Yuto Horigome (6.0), Hiroki Akiyama (7.1), Takahiro Ko (7.1), Takumi Hasegawa (6.8), Yoshiaki Takagi (7.0), Shunsuke Mito (7.3) and Koji Suzuki (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Michael James Fitzgerald, Shusuke Ota (7.0), Taiki Watanabe (6.1), Yuji Hoshi (7.1), Koto Abe, Eitaro Matsuda (6.7) and Motoki Nagakura (7.7).

Albirex Niigata could not rely on the presence of Yuji Hoshi (injured).

Substitutions

Albirex Niigata made 5 changes: Hiroki Akiyama for Yuji Hoshi (55′), Koji Suzuki for Motoki Nagakura (65′), Kazuhiko Chiba for Taiki Watanabe (65′), Takumi Hasegawa for Eitaro Matsuda (73′) and Yoshiaki Takagi for Shusuke Ota (73′).