YOKOHAMA. Yokohama tops Tokushima Vortis 5-3 after playing a incredible match. It was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (72%).​

The match was played at the NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium stadium in Yokohama on Saturday and it started at 7:00 am local time. The referee was Yudai Yamamoto who was helped by Osamu Nomura and Noriyuki Suzuki. The 4th official was Yosuke Kubota. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 22.1 degrees Celsius or 71.69 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Tokushima Vortis had a superior ball possession 72% while Yokohama was struggling with a 28% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Tokushima Vortis was more aggressive with 59 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 4 were on target. Notwithstanding, Yokohama succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.​

Yokohama shot 10 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Tokushima Vortis shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Yokohama received 4 yellow cards (Gabriel, S. Brodersen, Saulo Mineiro and R. Yasunaga). On the opposite side, Tokushima Vortis received 1 yellow card (A. Hamashita).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Yokohama will have 25 points to stay in the 18th place. On the opposite side, Tokushima Vortis will stay with 29 points to stay in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the J-League, Yokohama will play away against Shonan Bellmare on the 23rd of October with a 2-1 head to head in favor of Yokohama (0 draws).

Tokushima Vortis will host Oita Trinita on the 23rd of October with a 0-0 head to head.

Yokohama – Formation

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

The manager Tomonobu Hayakawa decided to play with the following team: Svend Brodersen (6.1), Katsuya Iwatake (6.4), Hideto Takahashi (6.1), Gabriel França (7.1), Maguinho (6.3), Reo Yasunaga (6.5), Tatsuki Seko (8.6), Eijiro Takeda (6.4), Ryo Germain (6.3), Yusuke Matsuo (7.0) and Saulo Mineiro (8.4).

The home team had on the bench: Kazuma Watanabe (7.1), Arthur Silva (6.5), Yota Maejima (6.2), Yuya Takagi (7.5), H. Hogang, T. Matsuura and Y. Rokutan.

Yokohama could not rely on the presence of T. Matsuura (injured).

Substitutions

Yokohama made 5 changes: R. Germain for A. Feitoza (66′), E. Takeda for Y. Takagi (66′), Maguinho for Y. Maejima (77′), Saulo Mineiro for K. Watanabe (77′) and Y. Matsuo for T. Matsuura (90′).

Best player: Tatsuki Seko​

The player that probably impressed the most for Yokohama was Tatsuki Seko even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.6) with 31 passes (77% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 4. He performed 3 crosses.

Tokushima Vortis – Formation

Tokushima Vortis started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

On the opposite side, Daniel Poyatos Algaba played with: Naoto Kamifukumoto (4.9), Takeru Kishimoto (6.3), Cacá (6.3), Hidenori Ishii (6.3), Diego (6.3), Akira Hamashita (6.7), Tokuma Suzuki (7.0), Ken Iwao (7.2), Kazuki Nishiya (6.8), Yuki Kakita (8.6) and Mushaga Bakenga (6.5).

These were the players on the bench: Kazunari Ichimi (6.4), Taisei Miyashiro (7.1), T. Hasegawa, Dušan Cvetinović (6.2), J. Fujita, Yudai Konishi (6.2) and S. Fujita.

Substitutions

Tokushima Vortis made 4 changes: H. Ishii for D. Cvetinovic (46′), A. Hamashita for T. Miyashiro (46′), T. Suzuki for Y. Konishi (66′) and M. Bakenga for K. Ichimi (76′).

Best player: Yuki Kakita​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Tokushima Vortis was Yuki Kakita.

His rating is (8.6) with 2 goals, 26 passes (84% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 6.

Results of the day

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

• Sagan Tosu – Shonan Bellmare – 1-1
• Urawa Reds – Gamba Osaka – 1-1
• Shimizu S-Pulse – Kashiwa Reysol – 0-1
• Yokohama – Tokushima Vortis – 5-3
• Vissel Kobe – Avispa Fukuoka – 1-0
• Yokohama F. Marinos – Consadole Sapporo – 2-1