NIIGATA. Cerezo Osaka conquers Albirex Niigata 1-0 after L. Ceará scored just 1 goal (69′). Albirex Niigata was much superior in terms of ball possession (65%).
The match was played at the Denka Big Swan Stadium stadium in Niigata on Sunday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Yusuke Araki with the collaboration of Yukitaka Kumagai and Hiroyoshi Iwata. The 4th official was Osamu Akasaka. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was cold at 14.88 degrees Celsius or 58.78 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.
Match Statistics
- ! 65 Ball Possession 35
Shots
- 12 Total 8
- 2 On Target 2
- 4 Off Target 4
- 7 Shots blocked 2
- 108 Attack 95
- 70 Dangerous attack 35
- 68 Ball safe 74
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 4
- 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 5 Total 7
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Albirex Niigata had a strong ball possession 65% while Cerezo Osaka was struggling with a 35% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Albirex Niigata was more aggressive with 70 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 2 were on target. Nonetheless, Cerezo Osaka managed to find the solution to win this encounter.
Albirex Niigata shot 12 times, 2 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Cerezo Osaka shot 8 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Albirex Niigata received 2 yellow cards (Y. Shimada and Thomas Deng). Talking about the opposition, Cerezo Osaka received 2 yellow cards (Léo Ceará and Capixaba).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Albirex Niigata stays with 8 points to hold in the 14th place. Regarding the opposition, Cerezo Osaka will has 15 points like Sanfrecce Hiroshima to hold in the 3rd place.
Next matches
Albirex Niigata – Formation
Albirex Niigata
12'
70'
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: R. Kojima , S. Fujiwara , M. Fitzgerald , Thomas Deng , Y. Horigome , H. Akiyama , Y. Shimada , E. Matsuda , Y. Takagi , S. Ota and K. Taniguchi .
The home team had on the bench: E. Miyamoto , M. Hasegawa , Y. Komi , F. Hayakawa, K. Abe, M. Nagakura and K. Chiba.
Substitutions
Albirex Niigata made 4 changes: Y. Shimada for Y. Komi (70′), S. Ota for E. Miyamoto (70′), K. Taniguchi for M. Nagakura (70′) and Y. Takagi for M. Hasegawa (78′).
Player of the match: Y. Horigome
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Albirex Niigata was Y. Horigome.
His rating is with 65 passes (74% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 6 duels out of 11. He performed 4 crosses.
Cerezo Osaka – Formation
Cerezo Osaka
69'
Cerezo Osaka started with a 4-1-2-3 line-up (4-1-2-3).
Akio Kogiku played with: Jin-hyeon Kim , Seiya Maikuma , Koji Toriumi , Kakeru Funaki , Kyohei Noborizato , Hiroaki Okuno , Shunta Tanaka , S. Kitano , Lucas Fernandes , Léo Ceará and Capixaba .
These were the players on the bench: Satoki Uejo , H. Okuda, Justin Hubner, Keisuke Shimizu, Hiroto Yamada , Masaya Shibayama and Vitor Bueno.
Substitutions
Cerezo Osaka made 4 changes: Capixaba for Hiroto Yamada (61′), Lucas Fernandes for Justin Hubner (87′), S. Kitano for Masaya Shibayama (61′) and Hiroaki Okuno for Satoki Uejo (84′).
Player of the match: Kyohei Noborizato
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Cerezo Osaka was Kyohei Noborizato even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 43 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 9.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the J-League.
- Tokyo Verdy – Kashiwa Reysol – 1-1
- Albirex Niigata – Cerezo Osaka – 0-1
- Kyoto Sanga – Júbilo Iwata – 0-3
- Vissel Kobe – Yokohama F. Marinos – 1-2
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima – Shonan Bellmare – 2-0
- Urawa Reds – Sagan Tosu – 3-0
- Kawasaki Frontale – Machida Zelvia – 0-1
- Nagoya Grampus – Avispa Fukuoka – 0-0
- Tokyo – Kashima Antlers – 2-0
