Kashima 4-0 Albirex (5 Oct, 2024) Final Score

Kashima Antlers

15-8-9, 53 PTS

Kazuhiko Chiba - 12' OG
Yuta Higuchi - 15', 45'+2'
Yuma Suzuki - 53'

1
Kojima
31
Horigome
35
Chiba
5
James
25
Fujiwara
8
Miyamoto
6
Akiyama
16
Komi
27
Nagakura
33
Takagi
9
Suzuki

No.Name
1Ryosuke Kojima
35Kazuhiko Chiba 11Shusuke Ota
5Michael James
31Yuto Horigome
25Soya Fujiwara
27Motoki Nagakura
8Eiji Miyamoto
6Hiroki Akiyama
9Koji Suzuki 7Kaito Taniguchi
16Yota Komi 3Thomas Deng
33Yoshiaki Takagi 99Yuji Ono

Substitutes
20Yuzuru Shimada
19Yuji Hoshi
21Koto Abe

Niigata Stadium Big Swan

6:00 AM, 5 October 2024

Niigata, Japan

Attendance: 27,552

Referees:
Hiroyuki Kimura

Albirex Niigata

Kashima Antlers

12
15
45+2
53
57
58
62
68
69
79
80
86
90

90' Yuji Ono (Albirex Niigata) Yellow Card at 90'
86' Homare Tokuda (Kashima Antlers) Substitution at 86'
80' Hidehiro Sugai (Kashima Antlers) Substitution at 80'

Match Stats

ALB

KAN

Possession

67.5%

32.5%

Shots on Goal

Shot Attempts

Yellow Cards

Corner Kicks

Saves

Team	GP	W	D	L	GD	P
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	33	18	11	4	+32	65
Vissel Kobe	33	19	7	7	+22	64
Machida Zelvia	33	17	8	8	+19	59
Kashima Antlers	32	15	8	9	+13	53
Gamba Osaka	33	14	11	8	+9	53
FC Tokyo	33	13	9	11	+3	48
Cerezo Osaka	33	12	12	9	0	48
Tokyo Verdy 1969	33	12	12	9	-2	48
Nagoya Grampus	33	14	4	15	+1	46
Kawasaki Frontale	32	11	10	11	+8	43
Avispa Fukuoka	33	10	13	10	-4	43
Yokohama F. Marinos	32	12	5	15	-2	41
Urawa Red Diamonds	31	10	9	12	+2	39
Albirex Niigata	33	10	9	14	-12	39
Shonan Bellmare	33	10	8	15	-4	38
Kashiwa Reysol	32	9	11	12	-9	38
Kyoto Sanga	32	10	8	14	-14	38
Jubilo Iwata	32	8	8	16	-16	32
Consadole Sapporo	33	7	8	18	-22	29
Sagan Tosu	33	7	5	21	-24	26

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