English
Albirex Niigata and Kyoto Sanga played an exciting match in round 11 of the 2025 J1 League, held at the Denka Big Swan Stadium in Niigata on April 19th. The match, refereed by Koei Koya, ended in a 2-1 victory for Kyoto Sanga.
The home side, Albirex Niigata, took the lead in the 19th minute with a penalty goal scored by K. Yamura. However, Kyoto Sanga fought back in the second half. Rafael Elias equalized in the 73rd minute and M. Okugawa secured the victory in the 86th.
Despite slightly lower possession (48% compared to Kyoto Sanga’s 52%), Albirex Niigata created more goal-scoring opportunities (14 shots to 9), although with less accuracy (3 on target versus 2). Kyoto Sanga, however, proved more clinical, capitalizing on their chances. The match was characterized by Albirex Niigata’s discipline, receiving no yellow cards, while Kyoto Sanga received two.
Substitutions kyoto sanga: at minute 46 H. Sugai came in and S. Fukuda went out., at minute 46 S. Kawasaki came in and T. Yonemoto went out., at minute 56 M. Okugawa came in and T. Matsuda went out., at minute 66 Joao Pedro came in and S. Fukuoka went out., at minute 90 Patrick William came in and T. Hirato went out.
Substitutions albirex niigata: at minute 65 Y. Wakatsuki came in and J. Okumura went out., at minute 65 Y. Ono came in and K. Yamura went out., at minute 80 K. Kasai came in and M. Hasegawa went out., at minute 80 K. Hashimoto came in and Y. Horigome went out., at minute 88 Danilo Gomes came in and Y. Komi went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Albirex Niigata
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