Gamba Osaka overcomes Albirex Niigata 3-1. HIGHLIGHTS

NIIGATA. Gamba Osaka conquers Albirex Niigata 3-1.

May 29, 2023

NIIGATA. Gamba Osaka beats Albirex Niigata 3-1. Gamba Osaka got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from Shu Kurata (2′) and Juan Alano (44′). Albirex Niigata tried to recover with a goal from M. Fitzgerald (48′). Nevertheless, the encounter was closed by a goal (56′) scored by K. Kurokawa for Gamba Osaka. Albirex Niigata was decisively better in terms of ball possession (72%).

The match was played at the Denka Big Swan Stadium stadium in Niigata on Sunday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. In front of 21,860 spectators. The referee was Masuya Ueda with the assistance of Naoya Okawa and Hisao Manabe. The 4th official was Hideaki Nishio. The weather was rainy. The temperature was pleasant at 20 degrees Celsius or 67.95 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.

Match Statistics

Albirex Niigata

1 - 3

Gamba Osaka

! 72 Ball Possession 28

Shots

21 Total 9
8 On Target 4
13 Off Target 5
6 Shots blocked 2

159 Attack 91
63 Dangerous attack 39
64 Ball safe 57

0 Penalties 0
7 Corners 2

Fouls

6 Total 12
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

6 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Albirex Niigata had a strong ball possession 72% while Gamba Osaka was struggling with a 28% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Albirex Niigata was putting more pressure with 63 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 8 were on target. Anyway, Gamba Osaka succeeded in find the solution to win this match.

Albirex Niigata shot 21 times, 8 on target, 13 off target. Regarding the opposition, Gamba Osaka shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Albirex Niigata received 1 yellow card (Y. Shimada). On the other side, Gamba Osaka didn’t receive any yellow card.

Match Timeline

Shu Kurata(goal)

Y. Shimada- Yellow

44'

Juan Alano(goal)

G. Alves Silva- sub ->K. Taniguchi

46'

Y. Komi- sub ->R. Ito

46'

M. Fitzgerald(goal)Y. Takagi

48'

56'

K. Kurokawa(goal)

58'

Dawhan- sub ->Hideki Ishige

H. Akiyama- sub ->Y. Shimada

69'

73'

Danilo Gomes- sub ->S. Mito

82'

85'

Ryotaro Meshino - sub ->Juan Alano

86'

G. Miura- sub ->Neta Lavi

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this match, Albirex Niigata will stay with 16 points to remain in the 13th place. Regarding the opposition, Gamba Osaka will have 10 points to hold in the 18th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the J-League, Albirex Niigata will host Cerezo Osaka on the 2nd of December with a 7-4 head to head record in favor of Cerezo Osaka (6 draws).

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).

Albirex Niigata – Formation

Albirex Niigata

R. Kojima 1.Japan

6.2

K. Chiba 35.Japan

6.2

46'

M. Fitzgerald 5.New Zealand

7.2

48'

Y. Horigome 31.Japan

6.8

S. Fujiwara 25.Japan

6.1

Y. Takagi 33.Japan

7.2

Y. Shimada 20.Japan

6.2

69'

Ryotaro Ito 13.Japan

6.4

46'

Takahiro Ko 8.Japan

7.3

S. Mito 14.Japan

7.5

82'

K. Taniguchi 7.Japan

6.8

46'

Substitutes

K. Abe 21.Japan

Naoto Arai 2.Japan

Taiki Watanabe 15.Japan

6.6

46'

H. Akiyama 6.Japan

7.0

69'

G. Alves Silva 23.Brazil

6.7

46'

Danilo Gomes 17.Brazil

6.7

82'

Y. Komi 16.Japan

7.0

46'

Albirex Niigata started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Rikizo Matsuhashi decided to play with the following team: Ryosuke Kojima (6.2), Soya Fujiwara (6.1), Michael James Fitzgerald (7.2), Kazuhiko Chiba (6.2), Yuto Horigome (6.8), Yuzuru Shimada (6.2), Takahiro Ko (7.3), Shunsuke Mito (7.5), Ryotaro Ito (6.4), Yoshiaki Takagi (7.2) and Kaito Taniguchi (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Gustavo Nescau (6.7), Danilo Gomes (6.7), Koto Abe, Yota Komi (7.0), Naoto Arai, Taiki Watanabe (6.6) and Hiroki Akiyama (7.0).

Substitutions

Albirex Niigata made 5 changes: K. Chiba for Taiki Watanabe (46′), R. Ito for Yota Komi (46′), K. Taniguchi for G. Alves Silva (46′), Y. Shimada for Hiroki Akiyama (69′) and S. Mito for D. Gomes Magalhaes (82′).

Best player: Shunsuke Mito

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Albirex Niigata was Shunsuke Mito.

His rating is (7.5) with 42 passes (85% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 9. He performed 2 crosses.

Gamba Osaka – Formation

Gamba Osaka

Masaaki Higashiguchi 1.Japan

8.0

Shota Fukuoka 2.Japan

7.0

Riku Handa 3.Japan

6.9

K. Kurokawa 24.Japan

7.3

56'

Yota Sato 16.Japan

7.3

Hideki Ishige 48.Japan

7.6

58'

Neta Lavi 18.Israel

7.0

86'

Yuki Yamamoto 29.Japan

6.8

73'

Shu Kurata 10.Japan

7.1

73'

Juan Alano 47.Brazil

7.3

85'

44'

Issam Jebali 11.Tunisia

7.5

Substitutes

Kosei Tani 99.Japan

Ryu Takao 13.Japan

6.8

73'

G. Miura 5.Japan

86'

Dawhan 23.Brazil

6.4

58'

R. Yamamoto 6.Japan

6.1

73'

Ryotaro Meshino 8.Japan

85'

H. Yamami 37.Japan

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

Daniel Poyatos Algaba played with: Masaaki Higashiguchi (8.0), Riku Handa (6.9), Shota Fukuoka (7.0), Yota Sato (7.3), Keisuke Kurokawa (7.3), Yuki Yamamoto (6.8), Neta Lavi (7.0), Hideki Ishige (7.6), Juan Alano (7.3), Issam Jebali (7.5) and Shu Kurata (7.1).

They had on the bench: Dawhan (6.4), Kosei Tani, Ryu Takao (6.8), Rihito Yamamoto (6.1), Hiroto Yamami, Genta Miura and Ryotaro Meshino.

Substitutions

Gamba Osaka made 5 changes: Hideki Ishige for Dawhan (58′), Y. Yamamoto for Rihito Yamamoto (73′), Shu Kurata for Ryu Takao (73′), Juan Alano for Ryotaro Meshino (85′) and Neta Lavi for Genta Miura (86′).