FC Tokyo 3-1 Albirex (Apr 27, 2024) Commentary

FC Tokyo

4-3-3, 15 PTS

Fumiya Hayakawa - 90'

Teruhito Nakagawa - 39'
Kosuke Shirai - 49'
Diego Oliveira - 62'

No.Name
1Ryosuke Kojima
25Soya Fujiwara
35Kazuhiko Chiba 11Shusuke Ota
18Fumiya Hayakawa
5Michael James
8Eiji Miyamoto
33Yoshiaki Takagi 32Takumi Hasegawa
16Yota Komi 45Hayato Inamura
6Hiroki Akiyama
22Eitaro Matsuda 14Motoki Hasegawa
7Kaito Taniguchi 99Yuji Ono

Substitutes
21Koto Abe
20Yuzuru Shimada

Niigata Stadium Big Swan

1:00 AM, April 27, 2024

Niigata, Japan

Line: ALB -0.5

Over/Under: 2.5

Attendance: 24,438

Referees:
Yudai Yamamoto

Albirex Niigata

FC Tokyo

90' Fumiya Hayakawa (Albirex Niigata) Goal at 90'
82' Shusuke Ota (Albirex Niigata) Yellow Card at 82'
81' Riki Harakawa (FC Tokyo) Substitution at 81'
81' Leon Nozawa (FC Tokyo) Substitution at 81'
73' Motoki Hasegawa (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 73'
73' Takumi Hasegawa (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 73'
68' Yuto Nagatomo (FC Tokyo) Substitution at 68'
68' Ryunosuke Sato (FC Tokyo) Substitution at 68'
63' Yuji Ono (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 63'
63' Shusuke Ota (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 63'
63' Hayato Inamura (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 63'
62' Diego Oliveira (FC Tokyo) Goal at 62'
49' Kosuke Shirai (FC Tokyo) Goal at 49'
39' Teruhito Nakagawa (FC Tokyo) Goal at 39'
34' Kazuhiko Chiba (Albirex Niigata) Yellow Card at 34'
26' Eiji Miyamoto (Albirex Niigata) Yellow Card at 26'
19' Diego Oliveira (FC Tokyo) Substitution at 19'

Team	GP	W	D	L	GD	P
Vissel Kobe	36	20	8	8	+22	68
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	36	18	11	7	+27	65
Machida Zelvia	36	18	9	9	+21	63
Gamba Osaka	36	16	12	8	+11	60
Kashima Antlers	36	16	11	9	+15	59
Tokyo Verdy 1969	36	14	13	9	+1	55
Cerezo Osaka	36	13	13	10	0	52
FC Tokyo	36	14	9	13	0	51
Yokohama F. Marinos	36	14	7	15	0	49
Urawa Red Diamonds	36	12	11	13	+5	47
Nagoya Grampus	36	14	5	17	-2	47
Avispa Fukuoka	36	11	14	11	-4	47
Kawasaki Frontale	36	11	13	12	+6	46
Kyoto Sanga	36	12	10	14	-11	46
Shonan Bellmare	36	12	9	15	-1	45
Albirex Niigata	36	10	11	15	-14	41
Kashiwa Reysol	36	9	13	14	-11	40
Jubilo Iwata	36	9	8	19	-19	35
Consadole Sapporo	36	8	10	18	-20	34
Sagan Tosu	36	8	5	23	-26	29

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