Kashima 7–1 Newcastle Jets
Kashima
7–1HT 5–0
Newcastle Jets
Kashima played Newcastle Jets in the AFC Champions League Elite on 15 September 2026 at Kashima Soccer Stadium. The match finished 7–1.
Goals and cards
- 11'A. Cavric (assist by H. Tokuda)
- 16'A. Cavric (assist by Y. Matsumura)
- 19'J. Delianov (OG)
- 40'H. Tokuda (assist by R. Ogawa)
- 42'A. Cavric (assist by Yan)
- 56'H. Tokuda
- 70'R. Ogawa — Yellow card
- 73'K. Tagawa (assist by H. Hayashu)
- 75'P. Wood — Yellow card
- 79'P. Wood (assist by J. Lolley)
- 87'Kim Tae-Hyeon — Yellow card
Line-ups
Kashima 4-4-2
- Tomoki Hayakawa
- Rikuto Hirose
- Naomichi Ueda
- Kim Tae-hyeon
- Ryoya Ogawa
- Yan Matheus
- Gaku Shibasaki
- Kento Misao
- Yuta Matsumura
- Homare Tokuda
- Aleksandar Čavrić
- SUBSTITUTES
- Keisuke Tsukui
- Haruki Hayashi
- Yuma Suzuki
- Kyosuke Tagawa
- Taiki Yamada
- Yugo Okawa
- Kaito Chida
- Ikuma Sekigawa
- Ryuta Koike
- Matheus Bueno
- Minato Yoshida
- Léo Ceará
- COACHES: Toru Oniki
Newcastle Jets 4-2-3-1
- James Nicholas Delianov
- Joel Bertolissio
- Joe Shaughnessy
- Angus Reid
- Daniel Wilmering
- Zane Schreiber
- Max Burgess
- Joe Lolley
- Will Dobson
- Zach Clough
- Nikolaos Vergos
- SUBSTITUTES
- Xavier Bertoncello
- Patrick Wood
- Alex Nassiep
- Kaiden Walshe
- Alex Diogo Nunes
- Julian Recchia
- Nicholas Badolato
- Oscar Gonzalez
- Ethan Debono
- Callan Prestwidge
- Jesse Hill
- COACHES: Mark Milligan
Match statistics
| Kashima | Newcastle Jets | |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Shots on goal | 1 |
| 3 | Shots off goal | 2 |
| 18 | Total shots | 4 |
| 5 | Blocked shots | 1 |
| 16 | Shots inside box | 1 |
| 2 | Shots outside box | 3 |
| 11 | Fouls | 7 |
| 3 | Corners | 4 |
| 1 | Offsides | 4 |
| 51% | Possession | 49% |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 1 |
| 0 | Saves | 4 |
| 596 | Total passes | 584 |
| 536 | Accurate passes | 532 |
| 90% | Pass accuracy | 91% |
| 1.85 | Expected Goals (xG) | 0.30 |
| -4.22 | goals_prevented | -4.22 |