MITO. Kashima Antlers snatched a late win Kyoto Sanga 1-0 after K. Nono scored just 1 goal (85′). Kashima Antlers took advantage of its superior ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the K’s Denki Stadium (Mito) stadium in Mito on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Yuichi Nishimura with the support of Yukitaka Kumagai and Mikiya Nishimura. The 4th official was Soichi Iwasaki. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 15.29 degrees Celsius or 59.52 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 73%.
Match Statistics
- 56 Ball Possession 44
Shots
- 19 Total 9
- 4 On Target 1
- 9 Off Target 6
- 6 Shots blocked 2
- 100 Attack 97
- 56 Dangerous attack 34
- 73 Ball safe 66
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 4
- 2 Off Sides 4
Fouls
- 7 Total 7
- 0 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Kashima Antlers was in firm control of the ball 56% while Kyoto Sanga was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Kashima Antlers was putting more pressure with 56 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Kashima Antlers won the match.
Kashima Antlers shot 19 times, 4 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Kyoto Sanga shot 9 times, 1 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
None of the teams received any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Kashima Antlers has 13 points like Kashiwa Reysol and Nagoya Grampus to sit in the 6th place. Talking about the opposition, Kyoto Sanga will stays with 6 points like Shonan Bellmare to hold in the 18th place.
Next matches
Kashima Antlers – Formation
Kashima Antlers
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90'
Kashima Antlers started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Ranko Popović decided to play with the following team: Tomoki Hayakawa , Kimito Nono , Naomichi Ueda , Ikuma Sekigawa , Koki Anzai , Kei Chinen , Kaishu Sano , Aleksandar Cavric , Yuta Higuchi , Tomoya Fujii and Yuma Suzuki .
The home team had on the bench: Shoma Doi , Hidehiro Sugai, Y. Matsumura , Yuji Kajikawa, Hayato Nakama, Shu Morooka and Guilherme Parede.
Kashima Antlers could not rely on the presence of Guilherme Parede (injured).
Substitutions
Kashima Antlers made 3 changes: Yuta Higuchi for Shu Morooka (69′), Aleksandar Cavric for Guilherme Parede (90′) and Tomoya Fujii for Y. Matsumura (84′).
Player of the match: Aleksandar Cavric
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Kashima Antlers was Aleksandar Cavric even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 28 passes (75% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 15. He performed 1 cross. He hit the woodwork once times.
Kyoto Sanga – Formation
Kyoto Sanga
Kyoto Sanga started with a 4-1-2-3 line-up (4-1-2-3).
Kwi-Jea Cho played with: Sung-yun Gu , Shinnosuke Fukuda , Yuta Miyamoto , Shogo Asada , Kyo Sato , Teppei Yachida , Shohei Takeda , Temma Matsuda , Yuta Toyokawa , Ryogo Yamasaki and Taichi Hara .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Keita Matsuda, Koki Tsukagawa , Marco Túlio, Yuto Anzai , W. Hahn, Toichi Suzuki and R. Iida.
Substitutions
Kyoto Sanga made 4 changes: Teppei Yachida for Koki Tsukagawa (65′), Ryogo Yamasaki for Yuto Anzai (71′), Temma Matsuda for Marco Túlio (87′) and Yuta Toyokawa for Toichi Suzuki (87′).
Player of the match: Taichi Hara
The most impressive player for Kyoto Sanga was Taichi Hara.
His rating is with 24 passes (46% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 8 duels out of 16. He performed 4 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the J-League.
- Yokohama F. Marinos – Shonan Bellmare – 2-2
- Albirex Niigata – Consadole Sapporo – 1-1
- Júbilo Iwata – Nagoya Grampus – 0-1
- Avispa Fukuoka – Sanfrecce Hiroshima – 1-1
- Kashima Antlers – Kyoto Sanga – 1-0
- Machida Zelvia – Vissel Kobe – 1-2
- Cerezo Osaka – Kawasaki Frontale – 1-0
- Tokyo Verdy – Tokyo – 2-2
