Japanese J.League

Kyoto Sanga vs V-Varen Nagasaki, 2026 Japanese J1 League, 2026 J1 100 Year Vision League

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Kyoto Sanga are hosting V-Varen Nagasaki at Sanga Stadium by Kyocera, Kyoto, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the Japanese J.League.

Match Commentary

  • 1': Kyo Sato (Kyoto Sanga) Throw In at 1'
  • 1': Kyo Sato (Kyoto Sanga) Throw In at 1'
  • 1': Kyo Sato (Kyoto Sanga) Throw In at 1'
  • 2': Kyo Sato (Kyoto Sanga) Throw In at 2'
  • 2': Shunya Yoneda (V-Varen Nagasaki) Throw In at 2'
  • 2': Masaaki Goto (V-Varen Nagasaki) Offside at 2'
  • 3': Hisashi Appiah Tawiah (Kyoto Sanga) Free Kick at 3'
  • 3': Matheus Jesus (V-Varen Nagasaki) Blocked Pass at 3'
  • 3': Matheus Jesus (V-Varen Nagasaki) Foul at 3'
  • 5': Ryuma Nakano (Kyoto Sanga) Shot Blocked at 5'
  • 5': Thiago Santana (V-Varen Nagasaki) Save at 5'
  • 5': Ryuma Nakano (Kyoto Sanga) Corner Kick at 5'
  • 5': Thiago Santana (V-Varen Nagasaki) Corner Kick at 5'
  • 6': Temma Matsuda (Kyoto Sanga) Assists Shot at 6'
  • 6': Hisashi Appiah Tawiah (Kyoto Sanga) Shot Off Target at 6'
  • 7': Temma Matsuda (Kyoto Sanga) Blocked Pass at 7'
  • 7': Yoon Sung-Jun (Kyoto Sanga) Offside at 7'
  • 8': Eduardo (V-Varen Nagasaki) Free Kick at 8'
  • 8': Motoki Hasegawa (V-Varen Nagasaki) Assists Shot at 8'
  • 8': Diego Pituca (V-Varen Nagasaki) Shot Off Target at 8'
  • 9': Thiago Santana (V-Varen Nagasaki) Blocked Pass at 9'
  • 9': Thiago Santana (V-Varen Nagasaki) Foul at 9'
  • 9': Thiago Santana (V-Varen Nagasaki) Yellow Card at 9'
  • 10': Gakuji Ota (Kyoto Sanga) Free Kick at 10'
  • 10': Temma Matsuda (Kyoto Sanga) Throw In at 10'
  • 10': Masahiro Sekiguchi (V-Varen Nagasaki) Blocked Pass at 10'
  • 11': Kyo Sato (Kyoto Sanga) Throw In at 11'
  • 11': Kazuki Kushibiki (V-Varen Nagasaki) Blocked Pass at 11'
  • 11': Hisashi Appiah Tawiah (Kyoto Sanga) Foul at 11'
  • 12': Hotaru Yamaguchi (V-Varen Nagasaki) Free Kick at 12'
  • 14': Masahiro Sekiguchi (V-Varen Nagasaki) Blocked Pass at 14'
  • 15': Yoshinori Suzuki (Kyoto Sanga) Foul at 15'
  • 15': Matheus Jesus (V-Varen Nagasaki) Free Kick at 15'
  • 16': Hidehiro Sugai (Kyoto Sanga) Throw In at 16'
  • 16': Masaya Okugawa (Kyoto Sanga) Shot Blocked at 16'
  • 16': Papagaio (Kyoto Sanga) Assists Shot at 16'
  • 16': Hijiri Onaga (V-Varen Nagasaki) Save at 16'
  • 18': Shunya Yoneda (V-Varen Nagasaki) Throw In at 18'
  • 18': Thiago Santana (V-Varen Nagasaki) Foul at 18'
  • 18': Hidehiro Sugai (Kyoto Sanga) Free Kick at 18'
  • 19': Kyo Sato (Kyoto Sanga) Throw In at 19'
  • 20': Shunya Yoneda (V-Varen Nagasaki) Blocked Pass at 20'
  • 21': Shunya Yoneda (V-Varen Nagasaki) Throw In at 21'
  • 22': Papagaio (Kyoto Sanga) Corner Kick at 22'
  • 22': Kazuki Kushibiki (V-Varen Nagasaki) Corner Kick at 22'
  • 22': Masaya Okugawa (Kyoto Sanga) Shot Off Target at 22'
  • 22': Temma Matsuda (Kyoto Sanga) Assists Shot at 22'
  • 23': Haruki Arai (Kyoto Sanga) Throw In at 23'
  • 24': Papagaio (Kyoto Sanga) Offside at 24'
  • 24': Masaaki Goto (V-Varen Nagasaki) Free Kick at 24'
  • 25': Haruki Arai (Kyoto Sanga) Foul at 25'
  • 25': Matheus Jesus (V-Varen Nagasaki) Free Kick at 25'
  • 25': Thiago Santana (V-Varen Nagasaki) Assists Shot at 25'
  • 25': Diego Pituca (V-Varen Nagasaki) Shot Blocked at 25'
  • 25': Ryuma Nakano (Kyoto Sanga) Save at 25'
  • 25': Ryuma Nakano (Kyoto Sanga) Corner Kick at 25'
  • 25': Diego Pituca (V-Varen Nagasaki) Corner Kick at 25'
  • 26': Hijiri Onaga (V-Varen Nagasaki) Throw In at 26'
  • 28': Haruki Arai (Kyoto Sanga) Foul at 28'
  • 28': Haruki Arai (Kyoto Sanga) Yellow Card at 28'
  • 29': Eduardo (V-Varen Nagasaki) Free Kick at 29'
  • 30': Eduardo (V-Varen Nagasaki) Foul at 30'
  • 30': Yoon Sung-Jun (Kyoto Sanga) Free Kick at 30'
  • 31': Temma Matsuda (Kyoto Sanga) Corner Kick at 31'
  • 31': Temma Matsuda (Kyoto Sanga) Corner Kick at 31'
  • 32': Papagaio (Kyoto Sanga) Shot On Target at 32'
  • 32': Masaaki Goto (V-Varen Nagasaki) Save at 32'
  • 32': Papagaio (Kyoto Sanga) Assists Shot at 32'
  • 32': Hidehiro Sugai (Kyoto Sanga) Shot Off Target at 32'
  • 33': Kyo Sato (Kyoto Sanga) Throw In at 33'
  • 33': Haruki Arai (Kyoto Sanga) Foul at 33'
  • 33': Hijiri Onaga (V-Varen Nagasaki) Free Kick at 33'
  • 33': Hidehiro Sugai (Kyoto Sanga) Corner Kick at 33'
  • 33': Hidehiro Sugai (Kyoto Sanga) Corner Kick at 33'
  • 35': Masahiro Sekiguchi (V-Varen Nagasaki) Throw In at 35'
  • 35': Shunya Yoneda (V-Varen Nagasaki) Blocked Pass at 35'
  • 35': Masaya Okugawa (Kyoto Sanga) Throw In at 35'
  • 36': Papagaio (Kyoto Sanga) Blocked Pass at 36'
  • 36': Temma Matsuda (Kyoto Sanga) Assists Shot at 36'
  • 36': Papagaio (Kyoto Sanga) Shot Blocked at 36'
  • 36': Masahiro Sekiguchi (V-Varen Nagasaki) Save at 36'
  • 36': Hidehiro Sugai (Kyoto Sanga) Assists Shot at 36'
  • 36': Ryuma Nakano (Kyoto Sanga) Shot Off Target at 36'
  • 36': Masahiro Sekiguchi (V-Varen Nagasaki) Throw In at 36'
  • 37': Masahiro Sekiguchi (V-Varen Nagasaki) Throw In at 37'
  • 37': Kyo Sato (Kyoto Sanga) Throw In at 37'
  • 38': Hidehiro Sugai (Kyoto Sanga) Blocked Pass at 38'
  • 39': Yoshinori Suzuki (Kyoto Sanga) Corner Kick at 39'
  • 39': Yoshinori Suzuki (Kyoto Sanga) Corner Kick at 39'
  • 41': Shunya Yoneda (V-Varen Nagasaki) Throw In at 41'
  • 41': Masahiro Sekiguchi (V-Varen Nagasaki) Throw In at 41'
  • 43': Papagaio (Kyoto Sanga) Shot On Target at 43'
  • 43': Masaaki Goto (V-Varen Nagasaki) Save at 43'
  • 45': Eduardo (V-Varen Nagasaki) Throw In at 45'
  • 45': Masahiro Sekiguchi (V-Varen Nagasaki) Throw In at 45'
  • 45': Masaya Okugawa (Kyoto Sanga) Blocked Pass at 45'
  • 45'+1': Motoki Hasegawa (V-Varen Nagasaki) Foul at 46'
  • 45'+1': Yoon Sung-Jun (Kyoto Sanga) Free Kick at 46'
  • 46': Masahiro Sekiguchi (V-Varen Nagasaki) Shot Off Target at 46'
  • 47': Hijiri Onaga (V-Varen Nagasaki) Throw In at 47'
  • 47': Hijiri Onaga (V-Varen Nagasaki) Throw In at 47'
  • 48': Shunya Yoneda (V-Varen Nagasaki) Throw In at 48'
  • 48': Eduardo (V-Varen Nagasaki) Throw In at 48'
  • 49': Hotaru Yamaguchi (V-Varen Nagasaki) Foul at 49'
  • 49': Yoshinori Suzuki (Kyoto Sanga) Free Kick at 49'
  • 49': Hisashi Appiah Tawiah (Kyoto Sanga) Blocked Pass at 49'
  • 50': Masaya Okugawa (Kyoto Sanga) Shot Off Target at 50'
  • 50': Ryuma Nakano (Kyoto Sanga) Assists Shot at 50'
  • 51': Ryuma Nakano (Kyoto Sanga) Throw In at 51'
  • 51': Papagaio (Kyoto Sanga) Goal - Header at 51'
  • 51': Masaya Okugawa (Kyoto Sanga) Assist at 51'
  • 53': Diego Pituca (V-Varen Nagasaki) Shot Blocked at 53'
  • 53': Hisashi Appiah Tawiah (Kyoto Sanga) Save at 53'
  • 53': Hidehiro Sugai (Kyoto Sanga) Throw In at 53'
  • 54': Thiago Santana (V-Varen Nagasaki) Shot Blocked at 54'
  • 54': Hisashi Appiah Tawiah (Kyoto Sanga) Save at 54'
  • 54': Hisashi Appiah Tawiah (Kyoto Sanga) Corner Kick at 54'
  • 54': Thiago Santana (V-Varen Nagasaki) Corner Kick at 54'
  • 54': Matheus Jesus (V-Varen Nagasaki) Assists Shot at 55'
  • 54': Kazuki Kushibiki (V-Varen Nagasaki) Shot Off Target at 54'
  • 56': Matheus Jesus (V-Varen Nagasaki) Foul at 56'
  • 57': Gakuji Ota (Kyoto Sanga) Free Kick at 57'
  • 57': Shunya Yoneda (V-Varen Nagasaki) Throw In at 57'
  • 57': Kyo Sato (Kyoto Sanga) Throw In at 57'
  • 58': Hidehiro Sugai (Kyoto Sanga) Foul at 58'
  • 58': Matheus Jesus (V-Varen Nagasaki) Free Kick at 58'
  • 58': Matheus Jesus (V-Varen Nagasaki) Assists Shot at 58'
  • 58': Thiago Santana (V-Varen Nagasaki) Shot Blocked at 58'
  • 58': Hisashi Appiah Tawiah (Kyoto Sanga) Save at 58'
  • 59': Thiago Santana (V-Varen Nagasaki) Assists Shot at 59'
  • 59': Shunya Yoneda (V-Varen Nagasaki) Shot Off Target at 59'
  • 59': Masaya Okugawa (Kyoto Sanga) Corner Kick at 59'
  • 60': Kazuki Kushibiki (V-Varen Nagasaki) Corner Kick at 60'
  • 60': Temma Matsuda (Kyoto Sanga) Assists Shot at 60'
  • 60': Kyo Sato (Kyoto Sanga) Shot Blocked at 60'
  • 60': Shunya Yoneda (V-Varen Nagasaki) Save at 60'
  • 65': Tsubasa Kasayanagi (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 65'
  • 65': Hijiri Onaga (V-Varen Nagasaki) Throw In at 65'
  • 67': Hijiri Onaga (V-Varen Nagasaki) Throw In at 67'
  • 67': Diego Pituca (V-Varen Nagasaki) Foul at 67'
  • 67': Papagaio (Kyoto Sanga) Free Kick at 67'
  • 67': Temma Matsuda (Kyoto Sanga) Shot Blocked at 67'
  • 67': Diego Pituca (V-Varen Nagasaki) Save at 67'
  • 68': Hidehiro Sugai (Kyoto Sanga) Assists Shot at 68'
  • 68': Yoon Sung-Jun (Kyoto Sanga) Shot On Target at 68'
  • 68': Masaaki Goto (V-Varen Nagasaki) Save at 68'
  • 68': Yoon Sung-Jun (Kyoto Sanga) Corner Kick at 68'
  • 68': Masaaki Goto (V-Varen Nagasaki) Corner Kick at 68'
  • 68': Hisashi Appiah Tawiah (Kyoto Sanga) Handball at 68'
  • 68': Hisashi Appiah Tawiah (Kyoto Sanga) Deleted After Review at 68'
  • 70': Hisashi Appiah Tawiah (Kyoto Sanga) VAR - Referee decision cancelled at 70'
  • 71': Masaaki Goto (V-Varen Nagasaki) Free Kick at 71'
  • 72': Haruki Arai (Kyoto Sanga) Corner Kick at 72'
  • 72': Haruki Arai (Kyoto Sanga) Corner Kick at 72'
  • 73': Hotaru Yamaguchi (V-Varen Nagasaki) Foul at 73'
  • 74': Papagaio (Kyoto Sanga) Shot Blocked at 74'
  • 74': Hotaru Yamaguchi (V-Varen Nagasaki) Save at 74'
  • 75': Hidehiro Sugai (Kyoto Sanga) Assists Shot at 75'
  • 75': Papagaio (Kyoto Sanga) Shot Off Target at 75'
  • 75': Norman Campbell (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 75'
  • 76': Taiyo Hiraoka (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 76'
  • 76': Motoki Hasegawa (V-Varen Nagasaki) Throw In at 76'
  • 76': Shunya Yoneda (V-Varen Nagasaki) Throw In at 76'
  • 76': Taiyo Hiraoka (Kyoto Sanga) Assists Shot at 76'
  • 76': Ryuma Nakano (Kyoto Sanga) Shot Blocked at 76'
  • 76': Diego Pituca (V-Varen Nagasaki) Save at 76'
  • 77': Ryuma Nakano (Kyoto Sanga) Corner Kick at 77'
  • 77': Ryuma Nakano (Kyoto Sanga) Corner Kick at 77'
  • 78': Thiago Santana (V-Varen Nagasaki) Assists Shot at 78'
  • 78': Matheus Jesus (V-Varen Nagasaki) Shot Blocked at 78'
  • 78': Kyo Sato (Kyoto Sanga) Save at 78'
  • 79': Hijiri Onaga (V-Varen Nagasaki) Throw In at 79'
  • 79': Taiyo Hiraoka (Kyoto Sanga) Shot Hit Woodwork at 79'
  • 79': Ryuma Nakano (Kyoto Sanga) Assists Shot at 79'
  • 80': Shunya Yoneda (V-Varen Nagasaki) Blocked Pass at 80'
  • 81': Hidehiro Sugai (Kyoto Sanga) Throw In at 81'
  • 82': Hidehiro Sugai (Kyoto Sanga) Throw In at 82'
  • 82': Ryuma Nakano (Kyoto Sanga) Assists Shot at 82'
  • 82': Masaya Okugawa (Kyoto Sanga) Shot On Target at 82'
  • 82': Masaaki Goto (V-Varen Nagasaki) Save at 82'
  • 83': Ryuma Nakano (Kyoto Sanga) Assists Shot at 83'
  • 83': Papagaio (Kyoto Sanga) Shot On Target at 83'
  • 83': Masaaki Goto (V-Varen Nagasaki) Save at 83'
  • 83': Hidehiro Sugai (Kyoto Sanga) Throw In at 83'
  • 83': Eduardo (V-Varen Nagasaki) Throw In at 83'
  • 84': Diego Pituca (V-Varen Nagasaki) Blocked Pass at 84'
  • 84': Hisashi Appiah Tawiah (Kyoto Sanga) Foul at 84'
  • 84': Hisashi Appiah Tawiah (Kyoto Sanga) Yellow Card at 84'
  • 85': Fuchi Honda (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 85'
  • 85': Tenmu Matsumoto (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 85'
  • 85': Keita Takahata (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 85'
  • 85': Ryogo Yamasaki (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 85'
  • 86': Keita Takahata (V-Varen Nagasaki) Free Kick at 86'
  • 86': Taiyo Hiraoka (Kyoto Sanga) Foul at 86'
  • 86': Hijiri Onaga (V-Varen Nagasaki) Free Kick at 86'
  • 87': Tenmu Matsumoto (V-Varen Nagasaki) Assists Shot at 87'
  • 87': Matheus Jesus (V-Varen Nagasaki) Shot Off Target at 87'
  • 88': Tsubasa Kasayanagi (V-Varen Nagasaki) Assists Shot at 88'
  • 88': Ryogo Yamasaki (V-Varen Nagasaki) Shot Blocked at 88'
  • 88': Taiyo Hiraoka (Kyoto Sanga) Save at 88'
  • 88': Eduardo (V-Varen Nagasaki) Throw In at 88'
  • 89': Shun Nagasawa (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 89'
  • 89': Shogo Asada (Kyoto Sanga) Substitution at 89'
  • 90'+1': Shun Nagasawa (Kyoto Sanga) Foul at 91'
  • 90'+1': Eduardo (V-Varen Nagasaki) Free Kick at 91'
  • 90'+1': Kyo Sato (Kyoto Sanga) Blocked Pass at 91'
  • 90'+2': Keita Takahata (V-Varen Nagasaki) Foul at 92'
  • 90'+2': Gakuji Ota (Kyoto Sanga) Free Kick at 92'
  • 90'+3': Hijiri Onaga (V-Varen Nagasaki) Throw In at 93'
  • 90'+3': Papagaio (Kyoto Sanga) Assists Shot at 93'
  • 90'+3': Shun Nagasawa (Kyoto Sanga) Shot On Target at 93'
  • 90'+3': Masaaki Goto (V-Varen Nagasaki) Save at 93'
  • 90'+3': Papagaio (Kyoto Sanga) Shot On Target at 93'
  • 90'+3': Masaaki Goto (V-Varen Nagasaki) Save at 93'
  • 90'+3': Hijiri Onaga (V-Varen Nagasaki) Blocked Pass at 93'
  • 90'+4': Keita Takahata (V-Varen Nagasaki) Throw In at 94'
  • 90'+4': Hidehiro Sugai (Kyoto Sanga) Throw In at 94'
  • 90'+5': Hijiri Onaga (V-Varen Nagasaki) Throw In at 95'
  • 90'+5': Papagaio (Kyoto Sanga) Blocked Pass at 95'
  • 90'+5': Shun Nagasawa (Kyoto Sanga) Offside at 95'
  • 90'+6': Masaaki Goto (V-Varen Nagasaki) Free Kick at 96'

Statistics

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10 Fouls 10
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 3
4 Corner Kicks 7
7 Saves 0
45.4 Possession 54.6
10 SHOTS 22
0 ON GOAL 8
0.0 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
219 Accurate Passes 286
322 Passes 380
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.8
5 Accurate Crosses 7
16 Crosses 24
0.3 Cross % 0.3
69 Long Balls 52
27 Accurate Long Balls 21
0.4 Long Balls % 0.4
6 Blocked Shots 7
10 Effective Tackles 5
14 Tackles 17
0.7 Tackle % 0.3
11 Interceptions 10
17 Effective Clearances 23
17 Clearances 23

Game Information

Competition: Japanese J.League

Venue: Sanga Stadium by Kyocera
Location: Kyoto, Japan
Attendance: 14,491

Japanese J1 League Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Vissel Kobe 18 +6 35
2 Cerezo Osaka 18 +7 31
3 Nagoya Grampus 18 +3 31
4 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 +8 30
Full Standings

Line-Ups

KYO Kyoto Sanga (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Gakuji Ota (GK)
50 Yoshinori Suzuki
5 Hisashi Appiah Tawiah Yellow Card
44 Kyo Sato
22 Hidehiro Sugai
25 Yoon Sung-Jun
18 Temma Matsuda
48 Ryuma Nakano
9 Papagaio
77 Haruki Arai Yellow Card
7 Masaya Okugawa

VVN V-Varen Nagasaki (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
1 Masaaki Goto (GK)
25 Kazuki Kushibiki
4 Eduardo
22 Hijiri Onaga
21 Diego Pituca
5 Hotaru Yamaguchi
23 Shunya Yoneda
3 Masahiro Sekiguchi
9 Thiago Santana Yellow Card
41 Motoki Hasegawa
10 Matheus Jesus

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