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    2025 Japanese J1 League
    Albirex
    Albirex Niigata

    Albirex Niigata

    0-2-2, 2 PTS
    2
    Cerezo Osaka
    Cerezo Osaka

    Cerezo Osaka

    1-1-2, 4 PTS
    2
    • Ken Yamura - 17'
    • Motoki Hasegawa - 62'
    • Motohiko Nakajima - 28'
    • Rafael Ratão - 90'+1'
    • Summary
    • Commentary
    • Statistics
    • Line-Ups
    Albirex Niigata4-4-2
    • 1
      Fujita
    • 31
      Horigome
    • 3
      Inamura
    • 5
      James
    • 25
      Fujiwara
    • 7
      Taniguchi
    • 19
      Hoshi
    • 22
      Arai
    • 28
      Ota
    • 9
      Yamura
    • 41
      Hasegawa
    No.Name
    1Kazuki Fujita
    3Hayato Inamura
    5Michael James
    31Yuto Horigome
    25Soya Fujiwara
    19Yuji Hoshi
    33Yoshiaki Takagi
    22Taiki Arai
    7Kaito Taniguchi
    30Jin Okumura
    28Shusuke Ota
    11Danilo Gomes
    9Ken Yamura
    2Jason Geria
    41Motoki Hasegawa
    16Yota Komi
    Substitutes
    38Kodai Mori
    18Yamato Wakatsuki
    13Riku Ochiai
    23Daisuke Yoshimitsu
    Cerezo Osaka4-3-3
    • 21
      Jin-Hyeon
    • 14
      Kakeru
    • 44
      Hatanaka
    • 33
      Nishio
    • 16
      Okuda
    • 38
      Kitano
    • 10
      Tanaka
    • 55
      Bueno
    • 11
      Andrade
    • 13
      Nakajima
    • 77
      Fernandes
    No.Name
    21Kim Jin-Hyeon
    44Shinnosuke Hatanaka
    33Ryuya Nishio
    14Funaki Kakeru
    22Niko Takahashi
    16Hayato Okuda
    9Rafael Ratão
    10Shunta Tanaka
    38Sota Kitano
    55Vitor Bueno
    5Hinata Kida
    13Motohiko Nakajima
    11Thiago
    17Reiya Sakata
    77Lucas Fernandes
    48Masaya Shibayama
    Substitutes
    8Shinji Kagawa
    2Takumi Nakamura
    1Koki Fukui
    7Satoki Uejo

    Game Information

    Niigata Stadium Big Swan
    12:00 AM, March 2, 2025
    Niigata, Japan
    Line: ALB -0.5
    Over/Under: 2.5
    Attendance: 22,933
    • Referees:
    • Atsushi Kamimura

    Japanese J.League Standings

    TeamGPWDLGDP
    Kashima Antlers191315+1440
    Kyoto Sanga201046+834
    Urawa Red Diamonds21975+634
    Kashiwa Reysol19973+534
    Sanfrecce Hiroshima181026+632
    Vissel Kobe18936+430
    Kawasaki Frontale18783+1129
    Cerezo Osaka20857+429
    Shimizu S-Pulse19748025
    Machida Zelvia19748-125
    Fagiano Okayama19667-124
    Gamba Osaka19739-424
    Tokyo Verdy 196919667-524
    Nagoya Grampus19658-223
    Avispa Fukuoka19658-423
    Shonan Bellmare19649-922
    Yokohama FC195410-719
    FC Tokyo18549-919
    Albirex Niigata18378-816
    Yokohama F. Marinos183510-814
    Full Table

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    Dion Cools becomes first Malaysian to join Japanese top-flight club with Cerezo Osaka move

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