Nagoya Grampus vs Cerezo Osaka, 2026 Japanese J1 League, Regular Season

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Nagoya Grampus

3': Katsuhiro Nakayama

FT
1 - 1

Cerezo Osaka

62': Pablo Sabbag

About

Nagoya Grampus are hosting Cerezo Osaka at Toyota Stadium (Japan), Toyota, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the Japanese J.League.

Match Commentary

3': Katsuhiro Nakayama (Nagoya Grampus) Goal at 3'
26': Dion Cools (Cerezo Osaka) Yellow Card at 26'
46': Yota Sato (Nagoya Grampus) Yellow Card at 46'
49': Shinji Kagawa (Cerezo Osaka) Yellow Card at 49'
59': Hidemasa Koda (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 59'
60': Tomoya Koyamatsu (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 60'
60': Yuya Yamagishi (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 60'
62': Pablo Sabbag (Cerezo Osaka) Goal at 62'
66': Lucas Fernandes (Cerezo Osaka) Yellow Card at 66'
69': Satoki Uejo (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 69'
70': Masahito Ono (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 70'
81': Soromon Sakuragawa (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 81'
90': Reiya Sakata (Cerezo Osaka) Substitution at 90'
90'+4': Hayato Okuda (Cerezo Osaka) Yellow Card at 90'+4'

Statistics

CER		NAG
10	Fouls	13
4	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	4
1	Corner Kicks	2
2	Saves	2
41.5	Possession	58.5
9	SHOTS	14
4	ON GOAL	3
0.4	On Target %	0.2
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
329	Accurate Passes	517
425	Passes	598
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
0	Accurate Crosses	0
0	Crosses	0
0.0	Cross %	0.0
0	Long Balls	0
0	Accurate Long Balls	0
0.0	Long Balls %	0.0
2	Blocked Shots	4
9	Effective Tackles	5
13	Tackles	9
0.7	Tackle %	0.6
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
30	Clearances	24

Game Information

Competition: Japanese J.League

Venue: Toyota Stadium (Japan)
Location: Toyota, Japan
Attendance: 18,236

Japanese J1 League Standings

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Machida Zelvia	11	+20	26
2	FC Tokyo	11	+13	24
3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	11	+15	23
4	Vissel Kobe	11	+7	22

Full Standings

Line-Ups

Nagoya Grampus (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Daniel Schmidt (GK)
3	Yota Sato
31	Tomoki Takamine
70	Teruki Hara
14	Tsukasa Morishima
15	Sho Inagaki
27	Katsuhiro Nakayama
7	Ryuji Izumi
18	Kensuke Nagai
22	Yudai Kimura
17	Takuya Uchida

Nagoya Grampus Substitutes:

Shungo Sugiura, Hidemasa Koda, Tomoya Koyamatsu, Taichi Kikuchi, Masahito Ono, Yuki Nogami, Shuhei Tokumoto, Alexandre Pisano, Yuya Yamagishi.

Cerezo Osaka (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
23	Kosuke Nakamura (GK)
97	Travis Takahashi
4	Rikito Inoue
27	Dion Cools
8	Shinji Kagawa
10	Shunta Tanaka
15	Javi Hernández
16	Hayato Okuda
19	Pablo Sabbag
41	Yota Komi
77	Lucas Fernandes

Cerezo Osaka Substitutes:

Yumeki Yokoyama, Koki Nagasoe, Soromon Sakuragawa, Kyohei Noborizato, Koto Abe, Kosei Okazawa, Takumi Nakamura, Satoki Uejo, Reiya Sakata.

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