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2016 Japanese J League, 2016 Japanese J League - 2nd Stage
Albirex Niigata
1-0-4
, 3 PTS
1
Vegalta Sendai
2-0-3
, 6 PTS
2
Winner Icon Vegalta Sendai
Michael James
(61')
Wilson Fonseca
(54')
Hiroaki Okuno
(66')
Summary
Statistics
Line-Ups
Match Formations
ALB
VEG
No.
Name
21
Tatsuya Morita
7
Bruno Cortez
5
Takanori Maeno
4
Michael James
27
Ken Matsubara
2
Kazunari Ono
8
Léo Silva
10
Rafael Silva
11
Hiroshi Ibusuki
37
Gakuto Notsuda
6
Yuki Kobayashi
14
Tatsuya Tanaka
17
Yuta Ito
9
Ryohei Yamazaki
Substitutes
13
Masaru Kato
25
Kei Koizumi
18
Sho Naruoka
22
Goro Kawanami
Game Information
Niigata Stadium Big Swan
6:00 AM, July 17, 2016
Niigata, Japan
Attendance: 19,388
Match Timeline
Albirex Niigata
Vegalta Sendai
15
43
54
61
66
66
71
73
79
83
84
87
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