KYOTO. Albirex Niigata conquers Kyoto Sanga 1-0 after T. Watanabe scored just 1 goal (34′).

The match was played at the Kyōto Nishikyogoku Stadium stadium in Kyoto on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. In front of 14,673 spectators.​ The referee was Yusuke Araki assisted by Kota Watanabe and Koji Morikawa. The 4th official was Bumpei Ueda. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 18.99 degrees Celsius or 66.18 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 55%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Kyoto Sanga was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Albirex Niigata that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Kyoto Sanga was putting more pressure with 62 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 2 were on target. Notwithstanding, Albirex Niigata was able to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Kyoto Sanga shot 10 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Albirex Niigata shot 14 times, 2 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Kyoto Sanga received 2 yellow cards (Shogo Asada and Kyo Sato). On the other side, Albirex Niigata received 1 yellow card (Shunsuke Mito).

Standings

After this encounter, Kyoto Sanga will stay with 33 points to sit in the 15th place. On the other side, Albirex Niigata will have 40 points to remain in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the J-League, Kyoto Sanga will host Yokohama F. Marinos on the 2nd of December with a 6-2 head to head stats in favor of Yokohama F. Marinos (1 draw).

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).

Kyoto Sanga – Formation

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

The manager Kwi-Jea Cho decided to play with the following team: Gakuji Ota (6.4), Shinnosuke Fukuda (7.1), Rikito Inoue (7.1), Shogo Asada (6.8), Kyo Sato (6.4), Sota Kawasaki (6.3), Daiki Kaneko (7.5), Shohei Takeda (6.8), Fuki Yamada (6.8), Ryogo Yamasaki (6.3) and Temma Matsuda (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Tomoya Wakahara, Patric (6.8), Shimpei Fukuoka, Taichi Hara (7.1), Kosuke Kinoshita (7.1), Osamu Iyoha (7.0) and Teppei Yachida (7.5).

Substitutions

Kyoto Sanga made 5 changes: Shohei Takeda for Teppei Yachida (56′), Kyo Sato for Osamu Iyoha (77′), Fuki Yamada for Patric (77′), Ryogo Yamasaki for Kosuke Kinoshita (56′) and Temma Matsuda for Taichi Hara (46′).

Best player: Daiki Kaneko​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Kyoto Sanga was Daiki Kaneko.

His rating is (7.5) with 34 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 11.

Albirex Niigata – Formation

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

Rikizo Matsuhashi played with: Ryosuke Kojima (7.3), Soya Fujiwara (7.0), Thomas Deng (7.3), Taiki Watanabe (7.9), Naoto Arai (7.1), Hiroki Akiyama (7.5), Takahiro Ko (7.1), Eitaro Matsuda (7.0), Yoshiaki Takagi (7.9), Shusuke Ota (6.8) and Koji Suzuki (6.8).

They had on the bench: Michael James Fitzgerald (6.8), Kaito Taniguchi (6.6), Shunsuke Mito (6.4), Yota Komi (6.8), Danilo Gomes (7.0), Yuji Hoshi and Koto Abe.

Substitutions

Albirex Niigata made 5 changes: Yoshiaki Takagi for Yota Komi (69′), Eitaro Matsuda for Danilo Gomes (69′), Koji Suzuki for Kaito Taniguchi (69′), Takahiro Ko for Michael James Fitzgerald (82′) and Shusuke Ota for Shunsuke Mito (63′).

Best player: Taiki Watanabe​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Albirex Niigata was Taiki Watanabe.

His rating is (7.9) with 1 goal, 43 passes (81% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9.

Results of the day

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

• Avispa Fukuoka – Yokohama F. Marinos – 0-4
• Cerezo Osaka – Gamba Osaka – 1-0
• Kyoto Sanga – Albirex Niigata – 0-1
• Shonan Bellmare – Vissel Kobe – 1-1
• Tokyo – Sanfrecce Hiroshima – 1-2
• Kashima Antlers – Urawa Reds – 0-0
• Consadole Sapporo – Yokohama – 2-1