Match highlights
Albirex Niigata vs Sagan Tosu highlights
How the goals came
24' Matheus Moraes opens the scoring for Albirex Niigata → 80' Tadashi Kuwayama extends Albirex Niigata's lead (the winner) → 83' 合戸 晴矢 pulls one back for Sagan Tosu. Full time: 2-1, Albirex Niigata win.
The match, goal by goal
2 of the 3 goals came after half-time.
24' Matheus Moraes (Albirex Niigata) 1-0
The match was still level at 0-0 when Mateus Moraes broke the deadlock in the 24th minute, putting Albirex Niigata ahead 1-0 at home. It was the first goal of the evening and the start of a lead Niigata would never surrender. From that point on, Sagan Tosu played the rest of the match from behind.
80' Tadashi Kuwayama (Albirex Niigata) 2-0
With the score locked at 1-0 deep into the second half, Tadashi Kuwayama doubled Albirex Niigata's lead in the 80th minute for 2-0. In a match that finished 2-1, this was the goal that settled the outcome. It also meant Niigata entered the closing stretch with a two-goal cushion rather than a single-goal lead to protect.
83' 合戸 晴矢 (Sagan Tosu) 2-1
Only three minutes after conceding the second goal, Sagan Tosu replied in the 83rd minute to make it 2-1. The away side had pulled back to within a single goal with time still remaining. No further goal came, and the match ended 2-1 in favour of Albirex Niigata.
