Albirex Niigata vs Vegalta Sendai (25 October 2026) ⋆ J2 League ⋆ Live Score, Results, H2H, Stats & Lineups

Match events

3' Yellow card - T. Arai
5' Yellow card - Mateus Moraes
34' Goal - Y. SugiyamaAssist - H. Iwabuchi • 0 : 1
36' Yellow card - Y. Sugiyama
41' Goal - K. ShimabukuAssist - M. Moraes • 1 : 1
47' Yellow card - K. Miyazaki
55' Goal - M. SekiguchiAssist - Y. Wakatsuki • 2 : 1
60' SubstitutionM. Okuyama off - H. Kamada on
60' SubstitutionK. Miyazaki off - K. Kobayashi on
66' Yellow card - H. Kamada
68' SubstitutionT. Arai off - K. Kasai on
72' Yellow card - T. Kato
73' SubstitutionY. Sugiyama off - S. Araki on
73' SubstitutionH. Iwabuchi off - R. Asakura on
76' SubstitutionK. Shimabuku off - M. Sato on
76' SubstitutionT. Osawa off - C. Konagaya on
76' SubstitutionY. Wakatsuki off - K. Kuwayama on
84' SubstitutionM. Nakajima off - Y. Nakada on
85' Yellow card - K. Kuwayama
87' SubstitutionM. Moraes off - M. Fitzgerald on

Match statistics

39%Ball Possession61%

4On Target4

36Dangerous Attacks71

80Attacks109

4Corners6

4Off Target8

Full statistics

Match information

Country: Japan
Competition: J2 League
Season: 2026/2027
Round: 13
Date: 25 October 2026
Kick-off: 05:00
Stadium: Denka Big Swan Stadium
Referee: Y. Nakagawa

Standings

#	Team	P	GD	Pts
1	Vegalta Sendai	13	+11	27
2	Albirex Niigata	13	-2	26
3	Toyama	13	+11	22

Full standings

Recent form

Albirex Niigata

LWDLW

Vegalta Sendai

WWWDW

Head-to-head

8 October 2022 • J2 League • Albirex Niigata 3 : 0 Vegalta Sendai (Half-time 0 : 0)
20 February 2022 • J2 League • Vegalta Sendai 0 : 0 Albirex Niigata (Half-time 0 : 0)

Full H2H

Clubs

Albirex Niigata

Founded: 1955 / 199
Country: Japan
Stadium: Denka Big Swan Stadium
City: Niigata
Capacity: 41 684
Surface: grass

Vegalta Sendai

Founded: 1988
Country: Japan
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
City: Sendai
Capacity: 19 694
Surface: grass

Match commentary

It is all over: Albirex Niigata 2 : 1 Vegalta Sendai.
87'Albirex Niigata make a change: M. Moraes off, M. Fitzgerald on.
85'Yellow card for K. Kuwayama (Albirex Niigata).
84'Vegalta Sendai make a change: M. Nakajima off, Y. Nakada on.
76'Albirex Niigata make a change: Y. Wakatsuki off, K. Kuwayama on.
76'Albirex Niigata make a change: T. Osawa off, C. Konagaya on.
76'Albirex Niigata make a change: K. Shimabuku off, M. Sato on.
73'Vegalta Sendai make a change: H. Iwabuchi off, R. Asakura on.
73'Vegalta Sendai make a change: Y. Sugiyama off, S. Araki on.
72'Yellow card for T. Kato (Albirex Niigata).
68'Albirex Niigata make a change: T. Arai off, K. Kasai on.
66'Yellow card for H. Kamada (Vegalta Sendai).
60'Vegalta Sendai make a change: K. Miyazaki off, K. Kobayashi on.
60'Vegalta Sendai make a change: M. Okuyama off, H. Kamada on.
55'Albirex Niigata score! Y. Wakatsuki sets it up and M. Sekiguchi finishes. 2 : 1.
47'Yellow card for K. Miyazaki (Vegalta Sendai).
We are back for the second half.
Half-time. 1 : 1.
41'Albirex Niigata score! M. Moraes sets it up and K. Shimabuku finishes. 1 : 1.
36'Yellow card for Y. Sugiyama (Vegalta Sendai).
34'Vegalta Sendai score! H. Iwabuchi sets it up and Y. Sugiyama finishes. 0 : 1.
5'Yellow card for Mateus Moraes (Vegalta Sendai).
3'Yellow card for T. Arai (Albirex Niigata).
Kick-off! The match is under way.

Line-up - Albirex Niigata • 3-5-2

55Moraes18Wakatsuki

17Shimabuku22Arai30Sekiguchi8Shirai16Osawa

2Geria15Hayakawa3Kato

46Baumann

16T. Osawa
46N. Baumann
3T. Kato
15F. Hayakawa
2J. Geria
8E. Shirai
18Y. Wakatsuki
30M. Sekiguchi
22T. Arai
55M. Moraes
17K. Shimabuku

Substitutes

26M. Sato
5M. Fitzgerald
9Iury Castilho
77K. Funaki
38K. Mori
6K. Kasai
71S. Uchiyama
14C. Konagaya
32K. Kuwayama

Line-up - Vegalta Sendai • 5-2-3

7Nakajima27Iwabuchi9Miyazaki

8Takeda37Sugiyama

19Moraes3Okuyama42Ishii5Sugata22Takada

33Hayashi

22R. Takada
5M. Sugata
42H. Ishii
9K. Miyazaki
27H. Iwabuchi
37Y. Sugiyama
33A. Hayashi
3M. Okuyama
7M. Nakajima
8H. Takeda
19Mateus Moraes

Substitutes

11K. Kobayashi
10H. Kamada
20Y. Nakada
17A. Kudo
55Han Ho-gang
1D. Hotta
14R. Sagara
47S. Araki
80R. Asakura

Coaches

Albirex Niigata: Yuzo Funakoshi
Vegalta Sendai: Yoshiro Moriyama

Team statistics

Albirex NiigataVegalta Sendai

4Corners6

0Throw In0

0Free Kick0

0Goal Kick0

0Penalty0

5Substitution6

80Attacks109

36Dangerous Attacks71

4On Target4

4Off Target8

39%Ball Possession61%

Head-to-head

Last 2 meetings

Albirex Niigata wins1

Draws1

Vegalta Sendai wins0

Goals: Albirex Niigata: 3 (1.5)
Goals: Vegalta Sendai: 0 (0.0)
Goals per match: 1.5
Both teams scored: 0 / 2
Over 2.5 goals: 1 / 2

Results

8 October 2022 • J2 League • Albirex Niigata 3 : 0 Vegalta Sendai (Half-time 0 : 0)
20 February 2022 • J2 League • Vegalta Sendai 0 : 0 Albirex Niigata (Half-time 0 : 0)

Form: last 9 matches

	Albirex Niigata	Vegalta Sendai
W-D-L	4-2-3	6-2-1
Scored (per match)	11 (1.2)	18 (2.0)
Conceded (per match)	17 (1.9)	9 (1.0)
Clean sheets	1 / 9	3 / 9
Both teams scored	6 / 9	6 / 9
Over 2.5 goals	6 / 9	5 / 9

Recent form - Albirex Niigata

W21 October 2026 • J2 League • Albirex Niigata 2 : 1 Sagan Tosu (Half-time 1 : 0)
L17 October 2026 • J2 League • Oita Trinita 5 : 1 Albirex Niigata (Half-time 2 : 1)
D11 October 2026 • J2 League • Shonan Bellmare 1 : 1 Albirex Niigata (Half-time 0 : 0)
W3 October 2026 • J2 League • Albirex Niigata 2 : 1 Tokushima (Half-time 2 : 1)
L29 September 2026 • J-League Cup • Yamaga 1 : 0 Albirex Niigata (Half-time 1 : 0)
D26 September 2026 • J2 League • Blaublitz 2 : 2 Albirex Niigata (Half-time 1 : 1)
W19 September 2026 • J2 League • Albirex Niigata 2 : 1 Iwata (Half-time 1 : 0)
W13 September 2026 • J2 League • Albirex Niigata 1 : 0 Montedio Yamagata (Half-time 0 : 0)
L6 September 2026 • J2 League • Yokohama FC 5 : 0 Albirex Niigata (Half-time 1 : 0)

Recent form - Vegalta Sendai

W21 October 2026 • J2 League • Vegalta Sendai 3 : 1 Imabari (Half-time 0 : 1)
D17 October 2026 • J2 League • Vegalta Sendai 0 : 0 Tokushima (Half-time 0 : 0)
W11 October 2026 • J2 League • Montedio Yamagata 0 : 1 Vegalta Sendai (Half-time 0 : 1)
W4 October 2026 • J2 League • Vegalta Sendai 2 : 1 Iwata (Half-time 1 : 1)
W26 September 2026 • J2 League • Iwaki 0 : 2 Vegalta Sendai (Half-time 0 : 1)
W20 September 2026 • J2 League • Tochigi City 1 : 3 Vegalta Sendai (Half-time 0 : 2)
D13 September 2026 • J2 League • Vegalta Sendai 1 : 1 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo (Half-time 1 : 1)
L9 September 2026 • J-League Cup • Fukushima Utd 4 : 3 Vegalta Sendai (Half-time 1 : 0)
W5 September 2026 • J2 League • Shonan Bellmare 1 : 3 Vegalta Sendai (Half-time 1 : 2)

Standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Vegalta Sendai	13	8	3	2	22	11	+11	27
2	Albirex Niigata	13	8	2	3	19	21	-2	26
3	Toyama	13	6	4	3	23	12	+11	22
4	Yokohama FC	13	6	4	3	25	16	+9	22
5	Shonan Bellmare	13	5	7	1	15	12	+3	22
6	Omiya Ardija	13	5	6	2	23	16	+7	21
7	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	13	5	5	3	19	16	+3	20
8	Oita Trinita	13	4	7	2	17	10	+7	19
9	Iwaki	13	5	2	6	20	19	+1	17
10	Sagan Tosu	13	5	2	6	14	15	-1	17
11	Tokushima	13	5	2	6	11	13	-2	17
12	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	13	5	2	6	16	19	-3	17
13	Blaublitz	13	4	4	5	14	14	0	16
14	Iwata	13	4	4	5	14	15	-1	16
15	Fujieda MYFC	13	3	6	4	15	14	+1	15
16	Vanraure	13	4	2	7	10	22	-12	14
17	Montedio Yamagata	13	4	1	8	11	13	-2	13
18	Tochigi City	13	3	3	7	20	22	-2	12
19	Imabari	13	3	2	8	15	26	-11	11
20	Kofu	13	3	2	8	10	27	-17	11

Top scorers

#	Player	Team	Goals	Pen.	Assists
1	Jesus Matheus	V-Varen Nagasaki	18	0	0
2	Vinicius Marcus	Imabari	17	0	0
3	Barcelos Lucas	Tokushima	14	0	0
4	A. Watanabe	Mito	13	0	0
5	M. Caprini Pinto	Omiya Ardija	11	0	0
6	A. S. Disaro	Montedio Yamagata	11	0	0
7	Peixoto Matheus	Iwata	10	0	0
7	Y. Goke	Vegalta Sendai	10	0	0
9	R. Komatsu	Blaublitz	10	0	0
10	D. Ishikawa	Chiba	10	0	0
10	R. Shiohama	Kumamoto	10	0	0
10	T. Takamine	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	10	0	0
13	C. A. de Souza Junior	Chiba	10	0	0
13	O. Yamamoto	Renofa Yamaguchi	10	0	0
15	R. Asakura	Fujieda MYFC	9	0	0
16	Y. Torikai	Kofu	9	0	0
17	S. Doi	Montedio Yamagata	8	0	0
18	K. Miyazaki	Vegalta Sendai	8	0	0
19	K. Kumashiro	Kumamoto	8	0	0
20	S. Saito	Mito	8	0	0
1	M. Nakajima	Vegalta Sendai	2	1	0
2	Eron	Vegalta Sendai	1	0	2
3	Y. Goke	Vegalta Sendai	1	0	0