Albirex Niigata vs Yokohama FC, J. League 2025 REGULAR SEASON
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Match Preview
Albirex Niigata vs Yokohama FC — J. League at Denka Big Swan Stadium.
- Albirex Niigata 16 games · 17 pts (2026/26)
- Yokohama FC 36 games · 27 pts (2026/26)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Kawasaki Frontale 36 88 2 Yokohama F.Marinos 36 75 3 Vissel Kobe 36 70 4 Nagoya Grampus 36 65 5 Kashima Antlers 36 63 6 Urawa Red Diamonds 36 62 7 Sagan Tosu FC 36 59 8 Avispa Fukuoka 36 52 9 FC Tokyo 36 49 10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 36 46 11 Cerezo Osaka FC 36 45 12 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 36 45 13 Gamba Osaka 36 43 14 Kashiwa Reysol 36 41 15 Shonan Bellmare 36 36 16 Shimizu S-Pulse 36 36 17 Tokushima Vortis 36 33 18 Oita FC Trinita 36 29 19 Vegalta Sendai 36 27 20 Yokohama FC 36 27 -
Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Albirex Niigata is hosting Yokohama FC for another epic battle.
- 5' It’s high time Shuhei Yomoda made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 10' Yokohama FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 10.
- 15' Yokohama FC is showing some good football. However, Yokohama FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 20' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 25' Albirex Niigata is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 30' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Hayato Inamura suffering a number of foals already.
- 35' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 40' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Albirex Niigata needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 45' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 50' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Yuri made 320 appearances and scored 2 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 55' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 60' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Albirex Niigata that had 93 games and scored 103 goals.
- 63' Time for substitution for Yokohama FC. Musashi Suzuki is replaced by Naoya Komazawa.
- 64' Another substitution for Albirex Niigata to replace Kaito Taniguchi by Jin Okumura on 64 minute.
- 69' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 73' Albirex Niigata manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Ken Yamura is hanging Yuji Ono on the field on 73 minute.
- 78' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 78 minutes.
- 79' Time for substitution for Yokohama FC. Yoshiaki Komai is replaced by Hinata Ogura.
- 84' It looks surprising Yokohama FC does not make any changes. Akinori Ichikawa has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 88' Fumiya Hayakawa has so much to prove this time. He replaces Yuto Horigome on 88 minute.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 0-0.
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Albirex Niigata
Starting XI-
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Yuji Ono ↓ Ken Yamura 73'
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Yuto Horigome ↓ Fumiya Hayakawa 88'
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7
Kaito Taniguchi ↓ Jin Okumura 64'
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41
Motoki Hasegawa ↓ Keisuke Kasai 88'
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Bench- 5
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Fumiya Hayakawa ↑ 88'
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Jin Okumura ↑ 64'
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Ken Yamura ↑ 73'
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Keisuke Kasai ↑ 88'
Coach Daisuke KimoriYokohama FC
Starting XI-
7
Musashi Suzuki ↓ Naoya Komazawa 63'
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Yoshiaki Komai ↓ Hinata Ogura 79'
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Kota Yamada ↓ Mizuki Arai 73'
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Lukian ↓ Solomon Sakuragawa 73'
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Junya Suzuki ↓ Towa Yamane 63'
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Bench- 15
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Towa Yamane ↑ 63'
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Mizuki Arai ↑ 73'
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Hinata Ogura ↑ 79'
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Solomon Sakuragawa ↑ 73'
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49
Naoya Komazawa ↑ 63'
Coach Shuhei Yomoda -
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Head to Head
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