Yokohama F. Marinos defeated Gamba Osaka with a 2-0 win. HIGHLIGHTS

TOKYO. Yokohama F. Marinos had a surprising win over Gamba Osaka with a 2-0 win with a goal from T. Nishimura (37') and a goal from K. Nagato (79').

Mark Hall

May 21, 2023

TOKYO. Yokohama F. Marinos had a surprising win over Gamba Osaka with a 2-0 win with a goal from T. Nishimura (37′) and a goal from K. Nagato (79′). Yokohama F. Marinos made the most of its better ball possession (58%).

Yokohama F. Marinos remained in 10 after Ken Matsubara received a double yellow card in the 59′. Anyhow, Yokohama F. Marinos still found a way to win this contest competing only in players.

The match was played at the Nishigaoka National Stadium stadium in Tokyo on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Hiroyuki Kimura who was helped by Yukitaka Kumagai and Tomoyuki Umeda. The 4th official was Toshihiro Nakai.

Match Statistics

Gamba Osaka

0 - 2

Yokohama F. Marinos

42 Ball Possession 58

Shots

16 Total 11
4 On Target 5
12 Off Target 6
6 Shots blocked 3

121 Attack 100
63 Dangerous attack 45
94 Ball safe 96

0 Penalties 0
7 Corners 6

Fouls

14 Total 12
2 Yellow Cards 5
0 Double Yellow 1
0 Red Card 1

Other

4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Yokohama F. Marinos was in firm control of the ball 58% while Gamba Osaka was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Gamba Osaka was putting more pressure with 63 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 4 were on target. Still, Yokohama F. Marinos was capable to find the solution to win this match.

Gamba Osaka shot 16 times, 4 on target, 12 off target. On the opposite side, Yokohama F. Marinos shot 11 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Gamba Osaka received 2 yellow cards (Shota Fukuoka and T. Usami). Talking about the opposition, Yokohama F. Marinos received 4 yellow cards (Ken Matsubara, Shinnosuke Hatanaka, Anderson Lopes and Hiroki Iikura).

Also, Yokohama F. Marinos didn’t end the match with 11 players after Ken Matsubara (Yokohama F. Marinos) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (59′).

Match Timeline

11'

Ken Matsubara- Yellow

37'

49'

Shinnosuke Hatanaka (var)

51'

Shinnosuke Hatanaka - Yellow

Shota Fukuoka- Yellow

58'

59'

Ken Matsubara(yellowred)

63'

Takumi Kamijima- sub ->Yan

70'

Anderson Lopes- Yellow

74'

Y. Fukuda- sub ->Hideki Ishige

74'

T. Usami- sub ->Shu Kurata

74'

T. Usami- Yellow

78'

79'

Katsuya Nagato(goal)

82'

90'

Kota Mizunuma- sub ->Anderson Lopes

90'

Kaina Yoshio- sub ->Kota Watanabe

90'

Hiroki Iikura- Yellow

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this match, Gamba Osaka will stay with 7 points to remain in the 18th place. Regarding the opposition, Yokohama F. Marinos will have 27 points to remain in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the J-League, Gamba Osaka will host Vissel Kobe on the 2nd of December with a 13-12 head to head record in favor of Gamba Osaka (6 draws).

Yokohama F. Marinos will play away agasint Kyoto Sanga on the 2nd of December with a 6-2 head to head stats in favor of Yokohama F. Marinos (1 draw).

Gamba Osaka – Formation

Gamba Osaka

Masaaki Higashiguchi 1.Japan

6.1

Shota Fukuoka 2.Japan

6.6

58'

Riku Handa 3.Japan

7.4

K. Kurokawa 24.Japan

6.4

Yota Sato 16.Japan

7.4

Shu Kurata 10.Japan

6.4

74'

Neta Lavi 18.Israel

7.4

82'

Dawhan 23.Brazil

7.3

Hideki Ishige 48.Japan

7.0

74'

Juan Alano 47.Brazil

7.1

82'

Issam Jebali 11.Tunisia

6.6

Substitutes

Kosei Tani 99.Japan

Yusei Egawa 34.Japan

Y. Fukuda 14.Japan

6.2

74'

Yuki Yamamoto 29.Japan

6.4

82'

Ryotaro Meshino 8.Japan

Musashi Suzuki 9.Japan

5.8

82'

T. Usami 7.Japan

6.5

74'

78'

Gamba Osaka started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Daniel Poyatos Algaba decided to play with the following team: Masaaki Higashiguchi (6.1), Riku Handa (7.4), Shota Fukuoka (6.6), Yota Sato (7.4), Keisuke Kurokawa (6.4), Shu Kurata (6.4), Neta Lavi (7.4), Dawhan (7.3), Juan Alano (7.1), Issam Jebali (6.6) and Hideki Ishige (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Yuya Fukuda (6.2), Kosei Tani, Musashi Suzuki (5.8), Yusei Egawa, Yuki Yamamoto (6.4), Ryotaro Meshino and Takashi Usami (6.5).

Substitutions

Gamba Osaka made 4 changes: Hideki Ishige for Yuya Fukuda (74′), Shu Kurata for Takashi Usami (74′), Juan Alano for Musashi Suzuki (82′) and Neta Lavi for Y. Yamamoto (82′).

Best player: Neta Lavi

The most impressive player for Gamba Osaka was Neta Lavi.

His rating is (7.4) with 41 passes (92% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9.

Yokohama F. Marinos – Formation

Yokohama F. Marinos

Hiroki Iikura 21.Japan

7.1

90'

Katsuya Nagato 2.Japan

8.4

79'

Ken Matsubara 27.Japan

6.9

59'

Eduardo 5.Brazil

8.0

Shinnosuke Hatanaka 4.Japan

7.6

51'

Takuya Kida 8.Japan

7.2

Kota Watanabe 6.Japan

6.6

90'

Élber 7.Brazil

6.4

74'

Takuma Nishimura 30.Japan

7.1

74'

37'

Yan 20.Brazil

6.3

63'

Anderson Lopes 11.Brazil

6.9

90'

70'

Substitutes

Powell Obinna Obi 50.Japan

Takumi Kamijima 15.Japan

6.7

63'

J. Fujita 16.Japan

6.6

74'

Kota Mizunuma 18.Japan

90'

Kaina Yoshio 25.Japan

90'

Kenyu Sugimoto 41.Japan

Marcos Júnior 10.Brazil

6.8

74'

Yokohama F. Marinos started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Kevin Muscat played with: Hiroki Ilkura (7.1), Ken Matsubara (6.9), Shinnosuke Hatanaka (7.6), Eduardo (8.0), Katsuya Nagato (8.4), Takuya Kida (7.2), Kota Watanabe (6.6), Yan Santos (6.3), Takuma Nishimura (7.1), Élber (6.4) and Anderson Lopes (6.9).

They had on the bench: Kenyu Sugimoto, Joel Chima Fujita (6.6), Kota Mizunuma, Marcos Júnior (6.8), Takumi Kamijima (6.7), Powell Obinna Obi and Kaina Yoshio.

Substitutions

Yokohama F. Marinos made 5 changes: Yan for Takumi Kamijima (63′), Takuma Nishimura for Joel Fujita (74′), Élber for Marcos Junior (74′), Kota Watanabe for Kaina Yoshio (90′) and Anderson Lopes for Kota Mizunuma (90′).