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2016 Japanese J League, 2016 Japanese J League - 2nd Stage
Vegalta Sendai
4-1-6
, 13 PTS
0
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
5-2-4
, 17 PTS
2
Winner Icon Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Toshihiro Aoyama
(30')
Kosei Shibasaki
(78')
Summary
Statistics
Line-Ups
Match Formations
VEG
SAN
No.
Name
21
Kentaro Seki
27
Kazuki Oiwa
5
Naoki Ishikawa
32
Masaya Kojima
3
Hirofumi Watanabe
25
Naoki Sugai
36
Pablo
26
Keita Fujimura
18
Hitotaka Mita
17
Shingo Tomita
7
Hiroaki Okuno
31
Shunsuke Motegi
9
Wilson Fonseca
20
Ramon Lopes
Substitutes
29
Koki Mizuno
22
Kei Ishikawa
6
Kim Min-Tae
30
Takuma Nishimura
Game Information
Yurtec Stadium Sendai
11:00 AM, 27 August 2016
Sendai, Japan
Attendance: 14,486
Match Timeline
Vegalta Sendai
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