NIIGATA. Albirex Niigata snatched a late win Cerezo Osaka 1-0 after M. Nagakura scored just 1 goal (87′).
The match was played at the Denka Big Swan Stadium stadium in Niigata on Sunday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. In front of 22,605 spectators. The referee was Hajime Matsuo with the support of Hideaki Nishio and Hiroyoshi Iwata. The 4th official was Yosuke Kubota. The weather was heavy intensity rain. The temperature was cold at 7.66 degrees Celsius or 45.79 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.
Match Statistics
- 53 Ball Possession 47
Shots
- 17 Total 4
- 4 On Target 1
- 8 Off Target 2
- 5 Shots blocked 1
- 115 Attack 101
- 73 Dangerous attack 30
- 75 Ball safe 70
- 0 Penalties 0
- 8 Corners 2
Fouls
- 5 Total 5
- 1 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Albirex Niigata was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Cerezo Osaka that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Albirex Niigata was more pushing with 73 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Albirex Niigata won the match.
Albirex Niigata shot 17 times, 4 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, Cerezo Osaka shot 4 times, 1 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Albirex Niigata received 1 yellow card (Yuji Hoshi). On the opposite side, Cerezo Osaka didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Albirex Niigata has 45 points to hold in the 10th place. On the opposite side, Cerezo Osaka will stays with 49 points to sit in the 9th place.
Next matches
Albirex Niigata – Formation
Albirex Niigata
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87'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 , Thomas Deng , Taiki Watanabe , Naoto Arai , Yuji Hoshi , Takahiro Ko , Eitaro Matsuda , Yoshiaki Takagi , Shunsuke Mito and Kaito Taniguchi .
The home team had on the bench: Hiroki Akiyama, Shusuke Ota , Yota Komi , Fumiya Hayakawa, Koto Abe, Motoki Nagakura and Takumi Hasegawa.
Substitutions
Albirex Niigata made 3 changes: Kaito Taniguchi for Motoki Nagakura (68′), Eitaro Matsuda for Shusuke Ota (68′) and Yoshiaki Takagi for Yota Komi (77′).
Player of the match: Taiki Watanabe
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Albirex Niigata was Taiki Watanabe even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 80 passes (95% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 2.
Cerezo Osaka – Formation
Cerezo Osaka
Cerezo Osaka started with a 4-2-1-3 line-up (4-2-1-3).
Akio Kogiku played with: Jin-hyeon Kim , Seiya Maikuma , Ryosuke Shindo , Koji Toriumi , Kakeru Funaki , Hiroaki Okuno , Shinji Kagawa , Reiya Sakata , Masaya Shibayama , Capixaba and Léo Ceará .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Han-been Yang, Ryosuke Yamanaka , Satoki Uejo , Hiroshi Kiyotake , Tokuma Suzuki, Hirotaka Tameda and Ryuya Nishio.
Substitutions
Cerezo Osaka made 4 changes: Reiya Sakata for Hirotaka Tameda (61′), Masaya Shibayama for Hiroshi Kiyotake (61′), Léo Ceará for Satoki Uejo (77′) and Kakeru Funaki for Ryosuke Yamanaka (77′).
Player of the match: Shinji Kagawa
The player that probably impressed the most for Cerezo Osaka was Shinji Kagawa.
His rating is with 91 passes (95% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 5 duels out of 5.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the J-League.
- Sagan Tosu – Kawasaki Frontale – 0-1
- Avispa Fukuoka – Sanfrecce Hiroshima – 0-1
- Gamba Osaka – Vissel Kobe – 0-1
- Kyoto Sanga – Yokohama F. Marinos – 3-1
- Nagoya Grampus – Kashiwa Reysol – 1-1
- Albirex Niigata – Cerezo Osaka – 1-0
- Shonan Bellmare – Tokyo – 0-1
- Kashima Antlers – Yokohama – 2-1
- Consadole Sapporo – Urawa Reds – 0-2
