Kashima vs Kyoto Sanga match stats & report

3–4 Full time

J1 League · Japan · Regular Season - 9 · Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima · Ref Masuya Ueda, Japan

Kashima stats & fixtures · Kyoto Sanga stats & fixtures

Kashima lost to Kyoto Sanga 3–4 in the J1 League on 6 April 2025. Expected goals finished 2.26–1.35. Kashima had 56% of the ball.

Kashima vs Kyoto Sanga match statistics

KashimaKyoto Sanga

56% Ball possession 44%
2.26 Expected goals (xG) 1.35
13 Total shots 10
5 Shots on target 4
2 Shots off target 4
6 Blocked shots 2
7 Shots inside the box 7
4 Corners 6
12 Fouls 19
2 Offsides 2
1 Yellow cards 5
379 Passes 296
75% Pass accuracy 72%
0 Goalkeeper saves 1

Goals and cards

7' Yellow card T. Hara Kyoto Sanga
16' Yellow card S. Fukuoka Kyoto Sanga
18' Goal Léo Ceará (assist Y. Suzuki) Kashima
19' Yellow card H. Tawiah Kyoto Sanga
30' Goal Léo Ceará (assist N. Ueda) Kashima
47' Yellow card João Pedro Kyoto Sanga
61' Goal M. Okugawa Kyoto Sanga
64' Yellow card Y. Matsumura Kashima
80' Goal Rafael Elias (assist T. Hara) Kyoto Sanga
82' Goal Rafael Elias (assist H. Sugai) Kyoto Sanga
90' Goal S. Morooka (assist K. Anzai) Kashima
90' Goal Rafael Elias (assist T. Hara) Kyoto Sanga
90+10' Yellow card G. Ota Kyoto Sanga

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Kashima

Confirmed 4-4-2 Toru Oniki

1 T. Hayakawa

2 K. Anzai 5 I. Sekigawa 55 N. Ueda 22 K. Nono

27 Y. Matsumura 10 G. Shibasaki 14 Y. Higuchi 71 Ryotaro Araki

40 Y. Suzuki 9 Léo Ceará

Bench Y. Kajikawa , Kim Tae-Hyeon , K. Tsukui , K. Misao , Y. Funabashi , R. Koike , S. Mizoguchi , K. Tagawa , S. Morooka

Kyoto Sanga

Confirmed 4-3-3 Kwi-Jae Cho

26 G. Ota

44 K. Sato 50 Y. Suzuki 5 H. Tawiah 22 H. Sugai

7 S. Kawasaki 10 S. Fukuoka 39 T. Hirato

14 T. Hara 9 Rafael Elias 29 M. Okugawa

Bench K. Kakoi , S. Fukuda , K. Nagata , Y. Miyamoto , João Pedro , T. Yonemoto , T. Matsuda , Marco Túlio , Murilo

Form guide

Kashima at home

9–0–1 in 10 matches

Scored: 2.3 per game
Conceded: 0.5 per game
Clean sheets: 6 / 10
Corners: 3.5 per game
Shots on target: 4.5 per game

17% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Kyoto Sanga away

2–3–5 in 10 matches

Scored: 0.7 per game
Conceded: 1.5 per game
Clean sheets: 2 / 10
Corners: 3.7 per game
Shots on target: 3.4 per game

14% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Kashima vs Kyoto Sanga head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
17 Nov 24	Kyoto Sanga v Kashima	0–0
13 Apr 24	Kashima v Kyoto Sanga	1–0
1 Jul 23	Kashima v Kyoto Sanga	0–0
18 Feb 23	Kyoto Sanga v Kashima	0–2

Only 4 previous meetings on record. The Ghost weights head-to-head lightly — form is a stronger signal.

The full Kashima vs Kyoto Sanga head-to-head record