NIIGATA. Albirex Niigata snatched a late win Nagoya Grampus 1-0 after M. Hasegawa scored just 1 goal (88′). Albirex Niigata was much better in terms of ball possession (61%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
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 Akihiko Ikeuchi with the support of Hideaki Nishio and Yusuke Shiotsu. The 4th official was Tomoyuki Umeda. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 3.93 degrees Celsius or 39.07 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.
Match Statistics
- ! 61 Ball Possession 39
Shots
- 17 Total 10
- 3 On Target 3
- 9 Off Target 5
- 5 Shots blocked 2
- 143 Attack 101
- 68 Dangerous attack 30
- 50 Ball safe 50
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 6
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 9 Total 8
- 0 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Albirex Niigata was in firm control of the ball 61% while Nagoya Grampus was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Albirex Niigata was putting more pressure with 68 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Albirex Niigata won the match.
Albirex Niigata shot 17 times, 3 on target, 9 off target. Regarding the opposition, Nagoya Grampus shot 10 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Albirex Niigata received 1 yellow card (Naoto Arai). On the opposite side, Nagoya Grampus received 1 yellow card (Kensuke Nagai).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Albirex Niigata has 6 points to occupy the 5th place in the standings. Regarding the opposition, Nagoya Grampus stays with 0 points (20th).
Next matches
Albirex Niigata – Formation
Albirex Niigata
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88'
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 , Thomas Deng , Yuto Horigome , Eiji Miyamoto , Hiroki Akiyama , Eitaro Matsuda , Yoshiaki Takagi , Yota Komi and Yuji Ono .
The home team had on the bench: Naoto Arai, Kaito Taniguchi , Motoki Hasegawa , Yuzuru Shimada, Koto Abe, Ryo Endo and Motoki Nagakura .
Substitutions
Albirex Niigata made 3 changes: Yuji Ono for Kaito Taniguchi (69′), Eitaro Matsuda for Motoki Nagakura (69′) and Yoshiaki Takagi for Motoki Hasegawa (78′).
Player of the match: Hiroki Akiyama
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Albirex Niigata was Hiroki Akiyama even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 109 passes (93% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 9.
Nagoya Grampus – Formation
Nagoya Grampus
Nagoya Grampus started with a 3-1-4-2 line-up (3-1-4-2).
Kenta Hasegawa played with: Mitchell Langerak , Takuya Uchida , Chang-rae Ha , Kennedy Mikuni , Keiya Shiihashi , Tojiro Kubo , Sho Inagaki , Ken Masui , Ryuji Izumi , Yuya Yamagishi and Kensuke Nagai .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Yuki Nogami, Haruki Yoshida, Noriyoshi Sakai , Patric, Tsukasa Morishima , Yohei Takeda and Katsuhiro Nakayama .
Substitutions
Nagoya Grampus made 4 changes: Tojiro Kubo for Katsuhiro Nakayama (79′), Kensuke Nagai for Noriyoshi Sakai (78′), Ken Masui for Tsukasa Morishima (59′) and Keiya Shiihashi for Patric (89′).
Player of the match: Yuya Yamagishi
The most impressive player for Nagoya Grampus was Yuya Yamagishi.
His rating is with 29 passes (59% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the J-League.
- Machida Zelvia – Kashima Antlers – 1-0
- Albirex Niigata – Nagoya Grampus – 1-0
- Júbilo Iwata – Kashiwa Reysol – 0-1
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima – Sagan Tosu – 4-0
- Avispa Fukuoka – Shonan Bellmare – 1-1
- Tokyo – Vissel Kobe – 1-2
- Kawasaki Frontale – Kyoto Sanga – 0-1
- Cerezo Osaka – Tokyo Verdy – 2-1
