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V-Varen Nagasaki — FC Tokyo, J1 League

J1 League
V-Varen Nagasaki L29 Aug · Home FC Tokyo · 0:3D2 Sep · Home Gamba Osaka · 2:2L6 Sep · Away Vissel Kobe · 1:3W9 Sep · Away Kochi United · 1:0W12 Sep · Home Nagoya Grampus · 2:0D19 Sep · Home Cerezo Osaka · 1:1
0:3
Finished

Kick-off was BST

FC Tokyo W26 Aug · Home Parceiro Nagano · 6:0W29 Aug · Away V-Varen Nagasaki · 3:0D2 Sep · Away Shimizu S-Pulse · 1:1W6 Sep · Home Kyoto Sanga · 2:0W12 Sep · Away Gamba Osaka · 2:0W19 Sep · Home Nagoya Grampus · 1:0
Venue: Peace Stadium City: Nagasaki

In the J1 League game on 29 August 2026, FC Tokyo beat V-Varen Nagasaki 0:3. Match numbers: shots on target 1:6, corners 7:3.

Match report

Tokyo moved up the J-League 1 table with a thorough 3-0 victory over V-Varen Nagasaki at Pis Stadium on Saturday. The visitors took all three points from the fourth round of the regular season, extending a run that had seen them win their last two league fixtures in a row. By then, the gap between fifth and eighteenth place looked wider than ever.

Motoki Nagakura opened the scoring in the thirty-seventh minute, giving Tokyo a lead they never surrendered. Shion Homma added a second just before half-time with a strike in the forty-fifth minute and forty-fourth second, and Marcelo Ryan completed the tally in the fifty-fifth minute. Three goals from four big chances created — and here's the thing, that efficiency is what separates the top sides from the rest.

The statistics tell the story without embellishment. Tokyo registered six shots on target against V-Varen's single attempt, and their accuracy of forty-six per cent contrasted sharply with the hosts' twenty per cent. The visitors pushed 123 passes into the final third while Nagasaki managed 97, and created four big chances to none. To be fair, V-Varen did control possession at fifty-one per cent, but possession without penetration is just passing in circles.

Nagasaki had started the season with a win against Ehime before losing three straight league games, and this defeat left them rooted to eighteenth place with just three points from four matches. Tokyo, meanwhile, sat fifth with seven points after two victories and a draw. The visitors had also beaten JEF United Chiba 2-0 in their previous outing, so this was a statement performance rather than a one-off.

What stood out was how Tokyo seized control after the first goal. They doubled their lead before the break and then moved away in the second half with a goal that killed any hope of a comeback. The hosts made seven substitutions in a desperate bid to change the game, but the old head in the visitors' side kept their heads and ran out comfortable winners.

Prepared from match data

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Match highlights V-Varen Nagasaki — FC Tokyo J.LEAGUE International

Key numbers

Possession, % 51 – 49
Shots on target 1 – 6
Shots off target 0 – 6
Big chances 0 – 4

Match events

  1. 3' 0:0 V-Varen Nagasaki Yellow card Iwasaki Yuto
  2. 20' 0:0 V-Varen Nagasaki Substitution Arai Ikki off: Masahiro Sekiguchi
  3. 37' 0:1 FC Tokyo Goal Motoki Nagakura assist: Kashif Bangnagande
  4. 45+4' 0:2 FC Tokyo Goal Shion Homma assist: Marcelo Ryan
  5. 46' 0:2 V-Varen Nagasaki Substitution Yamaguchi Hotaru off: Kenshin Yasuda
  6. 48' 0:2 FC Tokyo Yellow card Takahiro Ko
  7. 55' 0:3 FC Tokyo Goal Marcelo Ryan assist: Motoki Nagakura
  8. 58' 0:3 V-Varen Nagasaki Substitution Iwasaki Yuto off: Norman Campbell
  9. 60' 0:3 FC Tokyo Substitution Shion Homma off: Soma Anzai
  10. 60' 0:3 FC Tokyo Substitution Marcelo Ryan off: Fuki Yamada
  11. 60' 0:3 FC Tokyo Substitution Kashif Bangnagande off: Kento Hashimoto
  12. 67' 0:3 FC Tokyo Substitution Motoki Nagakura off: Teruhito Nakagawa
  13. 70' 0:3 V-Varen Nagasaki Substitution Riku Yamada off: Diego Pituca
  14. 70' 0:3 V-Varen Nagasaki Substitution Thiago Santana off: Reijin Kou
  15. 77' 0:3 V-Varen Nagasaki Substitution Yoneda Shunya off: Matheus Jesus
  16. 78' 0:3 V-Varen Nagasaki Yellow card Norman Campbell
  17. 79' 0:3 FC Tokyo Substitution Takahiro Ko off: Kyota Tokiwa
  18. 83' 0:3 FC Tokyo Substitution Kein Sato off: Hirokazu Ishihara

Statistics

51 Possession, % 49
1 Shots on target 6
0 Shots off target 6
0 Big chances 4
93 Attacks 112
7 Corners 3
6 Fouls 11
11 Free kicks 6
2 Offsides 1
2 Yellow cards 1
0 Red cards 0
7 Goal kicks 2
24 Throw-ins 8
All statistics
10/2245% Aerial duels 12/2255%
95 Backward passes 108
4 Blocked shots 1
21 Clearances 22
1/119% Crosses 1/714%
2/1513% Dribbles 6/1155%
96 Failed passes 71
3 Goalkeeper saves 1
7 Interceptions 6
5 Key passes 12
18/5433% Long passes 20/5139%
97 Passes into the final third 123
275 Passes in the opposition half 311
290 Passes in own half 239
0.20 Shot accuracy 0.46
3 Shots from outside the box 6
2 Shots inside the box 7
8/1267% Tackles 16/2662%
554 Total passes 543

The data source provides no per-player statistics for this match: only team totals are available.

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