J-League: Yokohama F. Marinos tops Tokyo 2-1
YOKOHAMA. Yokohama F. Marinos overcame Tokyo to win 2-1.
YOKOHAMA. Yokohama F. Marinos beat Tokyo to win 2-1. It was Yokohama F. Marinos to strike first with an early goal of T. Nishimura at the 8′. Then it was a goal in the 12′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, A. Lopes gave the win to Yokohama F. Marinos in the 47′ minute with a goal. Yokohama F. Marinos was vastly superior ball possession (63%) was among the key factors of its victory.
K. Matsuki received a red card (75′). This double yellow card was one of the reason why Tokyo lost the match.
The match was played at the Nissan Stadium stadium in Yokohama on Saturday and it started at 5:00 am local time. The referee was Yudai Yamamoto with the help of Yosuke Takabe and Yusuke Shiotsu. The 4th official was Koji Morikawa. The weather was rainy. The temperature was cold around 9.7 degrees Celsius or 49.53 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 63%.
Match Statistics
Yokohama F. Marinos was in firm control of the ball 63% while Tokyo was struggling with a 37% ball possession.
Yokohama F. Marinos was more aggressive with 72 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 6 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Yokohama F. Marinos won the match.
Yokohama F. Marinos shot 12 times, 6 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Tokyo shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
No yellow cards were issued to Yokohama F. Marinos. On the opposite side, Tokyo received 2 yellow cards (K. Matsuki and S. Abe).
Also, Tokyo didn’t manage to end the match with 11 players after K. Matsuki (Tokyo) was sent out after receiving a second yellow card (75′).
After playing this match, Yokohama F. Marinos will have 12 points like Kashima Antlers to move up in the 4th place. On the other side, Tokyo will stay with 9 points to move up in the 6th place.
Match Events
-
1'1'
K. Matsuki
-
8'8'
T. Nishimura
-
12'12'
S. Abe
-
24'24'
S. Abe
-
46'46'
K. Mizunuma
R. Miyaichi
-
46'46'
K. Nagai
Adailton
-
47'47'
A. Lopes
-
58'58'
J. Fujita
K. Watanabe
-
58'58'
Leo Ceara
A. Lopes
-
67'67'
R. Watanabe
T. Aoki
-
67'67'
H. Mita
K. Konno
-
72'72'
T. Nakagawa
Elber
-
75'75'
K. Matsuki
-
80'80'
S. Hatanaka
T. Kida
-
86'86'
K. Yamashita
S. Abe
Next match
In the upcoming J-League match, Yokohama F. Marinos will play away with Sanfrecce Hiroshima on the 6th of April with a 15-9 head to head record in favor of Yokohama F. Marinos (6 draws).
Tokyo will host Vissel Kobe on the 6th of April with a 11-5 head to head stats in favor of Tokyo (10 draws).
Yokohama F. Marinos: Formation and Lineups
Yokohama F. Marinos started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Kevin Muscat chose to play with the following team: Yohei Takaoka , Ryuta Koike , Tomoki Iwata , Ryotaro Tsunoda , Katsuya Nagato , Takuya Kida , Kota Watanabe , Ryo Miyaichi , Takuma Nishimura , Élber and Anderson Lopes .
Substitutes
Yokohama F. Marinos made 5 changes: R. Miyaichi for K. Mizunuma (46′), K. Watanabe for J. Fujita (58′), A. Lopes for Leo Ceara (58′), Elber for T. Nakagawa (72′) and T. Kida for S. Hatanaka (80′).
Top player: Katsuya Nagato
Probably the most impressive player in Yokohama F. Marinos was Katsuya Nagato even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 52 passes (73% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 4 crosses.
Tokyo: Formation and Lineups
Tokyo started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
On the other side, Albert Puig Ortoneda played with: Jakub Słowik , Yuto Nagatomo , Yasuki Kimoto , Masato Morishige , Henrique Trevisan , Takuya Aoki , Kazuya Konno , Shuto Abe , Kuryu Matsuki , Adailton and Diego Oliveira .
Substitutes
Tokyo made 4 changes: Adailton for K. Nagai (46′), T. Aoki for R. Watanabe (67′), K. Konno for H. Mita (67′) and S. Abe for K. Yamashita (86′).
Top player: Shuto Abe
Probably the most impressive player in Tokyo was Shuto Abe.
His rating is with 1 goal, 37 passes (81% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the J-League
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Saragna
I am one of the main columnists for Lootrs.com. I have been writing about football for the last 2 years. I am a decent club player, but I have never reached those heights. Interested in the nextgen. Favorite players: Ronaldo, Messi, Salah, Jamie Vardy, and Michail Antonio.
