Vissel Kobe vs V-Varen Nagasaki, 2026 Japanese J1 League, Regular Season

· Japanese J.League

Vissel Kobe

2': Katsuya Nagato
34': Yuta Goke
52': Yuta Goke

FT
3 - 1

V-Varen Nagasaki

90'+3': Tenmu Matsumoto

About

Vissel Kobe are hosting V-Varen Nagasaki at Kobe Wing Stadium, Kobe, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the Japanese J.League.

Match Commentary

2': Katsuya Nagato (Vissel Kobe) Goal at 2'
34': Yuta Goke (Vissel Kobe) Goal at 34'
40': Motoki Hasegawa (V-Varen Nagasaki) Yellow Card at 40'
45': Matheus Jesus (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 45'
52': Yuta Goke (Vissel Kobe) Goal at 52'
57': Norman Campbell (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 57'
66': Ren Komatsu (Vissel Kobe) Substitution at 66'
66': Yoshinori Muto (Vissel Kobe) Substitution at 66'
71': Shunya Yoneda (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 71'
71': Kenshin Yasuda (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 71'
80': Caetano (Vissel Kobe) Substitution at 80'
80': Mitsuki Hidaka (Vissel Kobe) Substitution at 80'
80': Tenmu Matsumoto (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 80'
85': Yuan Iwamoto (Vissel Kobe) Substitution at 85'
89': Norman Campbell (V-Varen Nagasaki) Yellow Card at 89'
90'+3': Tenmu Matsumoto (V-Varen Nagasaki) Goal at 90'+3'

Statistics

VVN		VIS
15	Fouls	6
2	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	1
1	Corner Kicks	2
4	Saves	0
45.3	Possession	54.7
10	SHOTS	15
1	ON GOAL	7
0.1	On Target %	0.5
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
356	Accurate Passes	418
442	Passes	521
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
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	2
6	Effective Tackles	10
8	Tackles	12
0.8	Tackle %	0.8
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
30	Clearances	13

Game Information

Competition: Japanese J.League

Venue: Kobe Wing Stadium
Location: Kobe, Japan
Attendance: 16,868

Japanese J1 League Standings

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Vissel Kobe	8	+7	19
2	Kashiwa Reysol	8	+5	18
3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	8	+14	17
4	Machida Zelvia	8	+11	17

Full Standings

Line-Ups

Vissel Kobe (4-3-3)

No.	Name
71	Shuichi Gonda (GK)
3	Thuler
4	Tetsushi Yamakawa
15	Diego
17	Issei Takahashi
24	Gotoku Sakai
5	Yuta Goke
7	Yosuke Ideguchi
10	Yuya Osako
41	Katsuya Nagato
2	Nanasei Iino

Vissel Kobe Substitutes:

Daiya Maekawa, Ren Komatsu, Boniface Nduka, Mitsuki Hidaka, Caetano, Yoshinori Muto, Hyoei Kawabata, Yuan Iwamoto, Yuya Kuwasaki.

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

No.	Name
1	Masaaki Goto (GK)
50	Ryosuke Shindo
6	Yusei Egawa
31	Kanta Doi
24	Riku Yamada
5	Hotaru Yamaguchi
22	Hijiri Onaga
3	Masahiro Sekiguchi
9	Thiago Santana
8	Yuto Iwasaki
41	Motoki Hasegawa

V-Varen Nagasaki Substitutes:

Ikki Arai, Tenmu Matsumoto, Kenshin Yasuda, Go Hatano, Matheus Jesus, Norman Campbell, Diego Pituca, Ryogo Yamasaki, Shunya Yoneda.

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