Albirex Niigata vs Vegalta Sendai
Result, Stats, Lineups & H2H

J2-League

2026/2027

Albirex Niigata

Shimabuku41'

Sekiguchi55'

-FT

Oct 25, 2026

Denka Big Swan Stadium

Match Timeline

Man of the Match

Hidetoshi Takeda

Vegalta Sendai

7.4

87'Substitution

Michael James Fitzgerald· In

Matheus Moraes· Out

Albirex Niigata

84'Substitution

Yu Nakada· In

Motohiko Nakajima· Out

Vegalta Sendai

84'Yellow Card

Kanji Kuwayama

Albirex Niigata

76'Substitution

Chihiro Konagaya· In

Tomoya Osawa· Out

Albirex Niigata

76'Substitution

Kanji Kuwayama· In

Yamato Wakatsuki· Out

Albirex Niigata

76'Substitution

Mihiro Sato· In

Kazuyoshi Shimabuku· Out

Albirex Niigata

73'Substitution

Shunta Araki· In

Yota Sugiyama· Out

Vegalta Sendai

73'Substitution

Ren Asakura· In

Hiroto Iwabuchi· Out

Vegalta Sendai

72'Yellow Card

Tetsuya Kato

Albirex Niigata

68'Substitution

Keisuke Kasai· In

Taiki Arai· Out

Albirex Niigata

66'Yellow Card

Hiromu Kamada

Vegalta Sendai

60'Substitution

Hiromu Kamada· In

Masayuki Okuyama· Out

Vegalta Sendai

60'Substitution

Kokoro Kobayashi· In

Ko Miyazaki· Out

Vegalta Sendai

Goal!

2-1

Masahiro Sekiguchi

55'·Albirex Niigata

⚽

48'Yellow Card

Ko Miyazaki

Vegalta Sendai

Goal!

1-1

Kazuyoshi Shimabuku

41'·Albirex Niigata

⚽

36'Yellow Card

Yota Sugiyama

Vegalta Sendai

Goal!

0-1

Yota Sugiyama

34'·Vegalta Sendai

⚽

5'Yellow Card

Mateus Moraes

Vegalta Sendai

3'Yellow Card

Taiki Arai

Albirex Niigata

Statistics of the Game

Albirex Niigata

Vegalta Sendai

39%Ball Possession61%

8Shots Total18

4Shots On Target6

4Corners6

12Fouls9

3Yellow Cards4

1Offsides1

3Saves2

2Shots Off Target7

80Attacks109

36Dangerous Attacks71

2Goals1

10Free Kicks13

2Shots Blocked5

5Substitutions5

2Assists1

Albirex Niigata

Manager: Yuzo Funakoshi

Starting XI

6.5

7.3

6.8

6.5

6.9

6.7

6.3

6.5

Tomoya Osawa

6.9

Kazuyoshi Shimabuku

7.0

Yamato Wakatsuki

6.9

Substitutes

Michael James Fitzgerald

6.5

Keisuke Kasai

6.6

lury Castilho

Chihiro Konagaya

6.5

Mihiro Sato

6.3

6.2

Shota Uchiyama

Manager: Yoshiro Moriyama

Starting XI

6.4

7.1

7.1

6.7

Yota Sugiyama

6.7

7.4

6.6

6.2

7.0

6.8

7.4

Substitutes

Daiki Hotta

Hiromu Kamada

6.6

Kokoro Kobayashi

6.4

Ryunosuke Sagara

Aoi Kudo

Yu Nakada

6.5

Shunta Araki

6.7

Ho-gang Han

Ren Asakura

6.5

Player Stats

Player	Rating	Min	Goals	Assists	Shots	Passes	Tackles	Duels
Masahiro Sekiguchi DF	7.3	90'	1	0	1/2	42	-	6/11
Kazuyoshi Shimabuku MF	7.0	77'	1	0	1/2	18	-	1/7
Tetsuya Kato DF	6.9	90'	0	0	0/1	31	1	7/13
Yamato Wakatsuki FW	6.9	77'	0	1	-	9	-	6/15
Tomoya Osawa MF	6.9	77'	0	0	0/2	19	-	11/15
Jason Geria DF	6.8	90'	0	0	-	29	-	11/17
Eiji Shirai MF	6.7	90'	0	0	-	34	1	5/14
Keisuke Kasai MF	6.6	28'	0	0	-	4	1	1/1
Matheus Moraes MF	6.5	88'	0	1	2/3	21	-	5/14
Michael James Fitzgerald DF	6.5	9'	0	0	-	-	-	1/1
Noam Baumann GK	6.5	90'	0	0	-	15	-	-
Fumiya Hayakawa DF	6.5	90'	0	0	-	25	-	3/7
Chihiro Konagaya MF	6.5	21'	0	0	-	4	-	1/2
Taiki Arai MF	6.3	69'	0	0	-	25	-	4/7
Mihiro Sato MF	6.3	21'	0	0	-	3	-	1/3
Kanji Kuwayama FW	6.2	21'	0	0	-	-	-	4/9

Albirex Niigata vs Vegalta Sendai H2H, Form & Key Stats

This defeat ended Vegalta Sendai's 11-match unbeaten run in J2-League.(Run from 2026-08-15: 8W 3D; league matches of this season only.)
Albirex Niigata won 2-1 after trailing 0-1.(Score by goal: 34' 0-1, 41' 1-1, 55' 2-1.)

Current streaks (all competitions)

Team	Games	Run	Unbeaten	Winless	Scored in	Conceded in	Last-5 pts	Last-5 goals
Albirex Niigata	15	W1	1	0	4	7	7/15	6-9
Vegalta Sendai	15	W1	7	0	1	1	13/15	8-2

Albirex Niigata — last 5 games

L0-1 @ Matsumoto Yamaga2026-09-29
W2-1 vs Tokushima Vortis2026-10-03
D1-1 @ Shonan Bellmare2026-10-11
L1-5 @ Oita Trinita2026-10-17
W2-1 vs Sagan Tosu2026-10-21

Vegalta Sendai — last 5 games

W2-0 @ Iwaki2026-09-26
W2-1 vs Júbilo Iwata2026-10-04
W1-0 @ Montedio Yamagata2026-10-11
D0-0 vs Tokushima Vortis2026-10-17
W3-1 vs Imabari2026-10-21

Goal markets & scoring rates

Team	Games	Avg goals	Over 1.5	Over 2.5	Over 3.5	BTTS	Clean sheets	Failed to score
Albirex Niigata	15	3.13	80%	73%	33%	67%	13%	20%
Vegalta Sendai	15	3	80%	53%	40%	53%	33%	27%

Venue split (Home vs Away)

Team	Where	Pld	W	D	L	Goals	PPG	Over 2.5	Clean sheets
Albirex Niigata	Home	8	7	0	1	12-9	2.63	75%	25%
Vegalta Sendai	Away	8	5	0	3	14-13	1.88	50%	38%

1st half vs 2nd half scoring

Team	Games	1H goals	2H goals	2H share	1H Over 0.5	HT W-D-L
Albirex Niigata	14	9-10	10-15	53%	79%	3-7-4
Vegalta Sendai	15	13-8	12-12	48%	80%	6-6-3

Head-to-head, computed

Meetings on record: 4
Period covered: 2018-03-07 – 2022-10-08
Albirex Niigata wins: 2
Draws: 2
Vegalta Sendai wins: 0
Avg goals per meeting: 2.25
Over 2.5 goals: 50%
Both teams scored: 50%
Home side won: 50%share of all meetings won by whichever team hosted

Most recent meetings

Date	Home	Score	Away
2022-10-08	Albirex Niigata	3-0	Vegalta Sendai
2022-02-20	Vegalta Sendai	0-0	Albirex Niigata
2018-04-18	Albirex Niigata	3-1	Vegalta Sendai
2018-03-07	Vegalta Sendai	1-1	Albirex Niigata

Standings before kickoff (rebuilt from 122 earlier results)

Team	Pos	Pld	Pts	GD	Form	Form rank	Form vs pos
Albirex Niigata	2	12	23	-3	DWDLW	6	-4
Vegalta Sendai	1	12	27	12	WWWDW	1	0

Table context

Points gap: 4 ptsAlbirex Niigata 23 · Vegalta Sendai 27
Positions: #2 vs #1
Goals per game: 1.42/1.67 vs 1.75/0.75scored/conceded per game · league average 1.3

How we calculate this

J2-League Standings

J2-League · 2026/2027

Full standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	PTS	Form
1	Vegalta SendaiA	14	8	3	3	+10	27	WDWLL
2	Albirex NiigataH	14	8	2	4	-3	26	DLWWL
3	Kataller Toyama	14	7	4	3	+12	25	DDWLW
4	Yokohama	14	7	4	3	+10	25	LDWDW
···
20	Ventforet Kofu	14	3	3	8	-17	12	WLLDD

5 / 20Full standings →

Statistical Comparison

J2-League

Albirex Niigata14 matches

Vegalta Sendai

14 matches

#2Position#1

26Points27

8Wins8

2Draws3

4Losses3

21Goals23

1.50Goals per game1.64

24Goals conceded13

1.71Goals per game conceded0.93

Albirex Niigata vs Vegalta Sendai — Statistical Win Probability, Goal Markets & xG Projection

Poisson goal model computed from recent form (14 vs 14 matches) & H2H history

1X2 Statistical Win ProbabilityAlbirex Niigata 31% · X · Draw 25% · Vegalta Sendai 44%

1 · Home Win

31%

X · Draw

25%

2 · Away Win

44%

Projected Goals (xG Model)

1.23 vs 1.54

Projected Total: 2.77

Over 1.5 Goals

76%

Over 2.5 Goals

52%

Over 3.5 Goals

30%

Both Teams to Score (BTTS)

56%

Clean Sheet Prob. (H / A)

21% / 29%

Albirex Niigata / Vegalta Sendai

Most Likely Scorelines (Poisson):

1 - 1(11.9%)0 - 1(9.6%)1 - 2(9.1%)

Recent matches

Sep 29

0-1

@ Matsumoto Yamaga

Away

All Albirex Niigata fixtures & results

Previous Meetings

Last 4 matches

Won 50%

(2/4)

Draw 50%

(2/4)

Won 0%

(0/4)

Goals

7-2

Total matches

Recent matches

J2-League•Oct 8, 2022

Albirex Niigata

3-0

Vegalta Sendai

J2-League•Feb 20, 2022

Vegalta Sendai

0-0

Albirex Niigata

J-League Cup•Apr 18, 2018

Albirex Niigata

3-1

Vegalta Sendai

J-League Cup•Mar 7, 2018

Vegalta Sendai

1-1

Albirex Niigata

Albirex Niigata vs Vegalta Sendai — Head to Head

Last 4 matches

Albirex Niigata wins

Draws

Vegalta Sendai wins

Goals Scored

7 - 2

Oct 8, 2022 • J2-League

Albirex Niigata

3-0

Vegalta Sendai

Feb 20, 2022 • J2-League

Vegalta Sendai

0-0

Albirex Niigata

Apr 18, 2018 • J-League Cup

Albirex Niigata

3-1

Vegalta Sendai

Matchday 13 — J2-League

Match summary

Albirex Niigata beat Vegalta Sendai 2-1 in the J2-League, Regular Season.

Before kickoff, Vegalta Sendai (27 points) and Albirex Niigata (23 points) were first and second in the table. Across 4 previous meetings on record, Albirex Niigata won 2 and Vegalta Sendai won 0, with 2 draws (2.25 goals per game).

Albirex Niigata won with 39% of the possession. Goals came from Kazuyoshi Shimabuku (41') and Masahiro Sekiguchi (55') for Albirex Niigata and Yota Sugiyama (34') for Vegalta Sendai.

More details:

Albirex Niigata — live results and schedule Vegalta Sendai — live results and schedule

Match Timeline

Match Statistics

Statistics of the Game

Team Lineups

Starting XI

Substitutes

Starting XI

Substitutes

Player Stats

Albirex Niigata vs Vegalta Sendai H2H, Form & Key Stats

J2-League Standings

Statistical Comparison

Statistical Comparison

Albirex Niigata vs Vegalta Sendai — Statistical Win Probability, Goal Markets & xG Projection

Recent matches

Previous Meetings

Recent matches

Albirex Niigata vs Vegalta Sendai — Head to Head

Last 4 matches

Matchday 13 — J2-League

Match summary