In the J2 League game on 6 September 2026, Yokohama FC beat Albirex Niigata 5:0. Match numbers: shots on target 7:4, corners 5:1.
Match report
Yokohama defeated Albirex Niigata 5:0 at NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium in the fifth round of J-League 2 on Saturday. The hosts opened their account through K. Shimbo in the twenty-eighth minute, then never looked back. By then, the pattern was clear — three goals in the second half sealed the contest before the visitors could mount any real resistance. And here's the thing, matches like this are decided in stretches, not across ninety minutes.
T. Murata doubled the lead fifty-two minutes in, followed by K. Hosoi sixty-three and K. Iwatake sixty-seven. Adailton added a fourth goal in stoppage time to round off the scoring. The visitors made changes — E. Shirai and Y. Wakatsuki came on together at the break, then T. Shimamura joined them sixty-one minutes in. By seventy-two minutes, Lukian had replaced Murata, but the damage was done.
Yokohama controlled the floor with 63 per cent possession and 114 attacks against 89 for the visitors. Seven shots on target produced five goals, while Niigata managed four on target from eight attempts. And here's the thing, when you're hitting this many shots on target, you're not just knocking on the door — you're kicking it down. The corners tell part of the story too: five to one in favour of the hosts.
The result keeps Yokohama second on ten points from five games, one behind the leaders. Niigata sit eighth with nine points after three wins and two defeats. To be fair, both sides had mixed form coming in — Yokohama had lost to Yamagata and drawn with Tosu, while Niigata had beaten Gunma and lost heavily to Kagoshima. This win extends their unbeaten run to eight in all competitions.
Prepared from match data
Key numbers
Possession, %63–37
Shots on target7–4
Shots off target6–8
Attacks114–89
HT🟨2' H. Sugita — Yellow card⚽28' K. Shimbo — Goal⇄46' C. Konagaya — Substitution⇄46' H. Sugita — Substitution⚽52' T. Murata — Goal⇄59' E. Shirai — Substitution⇄59' Y. Wakatsuki — Substitution⇄61' T. Shimamura — Substitution⚽63' K. Hosoi — Goal⚽67' K. Iwatake — Goal⇄71' K. Kasai — Substitution⇄72' T. Murata — Substitution⇄72' Lukian — Substitution⇄82' H. Ogura — Substitution⇄82' K. Shimbo — Substitution🟨83' R. Iwasaki — Yellow card⇄86' K. Shimabuku — Substitution⇄86' Y. Onishi — Substitution⚽90' Adailton — Goal🟨90+5' A. Ichikawa — Yellow card
