TOKYO. Gamba Osaka tops Albirex Niigata 1-0 after T. Usami scored a penalty (75′). Albirex Niigata lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (57%).
The match was played at the Nishigaoka National Stadium stadium in Tokyo on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Koji Takasaki who had the assistance of Takumi Takagi and Toshiyuki Tanaka. The 4th official was Ryosuke Murai. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was cold at 7.21 degrees Celsius or 44.98 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 35%.
Match Statistics
- 43 Ball Possession 57
Shots
- 18 Total 4
- 5 On Target 1
- 7 Off Target 2
- 6 Shots blocked 1
- 102 Attack 93
- 71 Dangerous attack 24
- 55 Ball safe 72
- 1 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 2
Fouls
- 12 Total 8
- 2 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 6
Ball possession
Albirex Niigata had a superior ball possession 57% while Gamba Osaka was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Gamba Osaka was more pushing with 71 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Gamba Osaka won the match.
Gamba Osaka shot 18 times, 5 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Albirex Niigata shot 4 times, 1 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Gamba Osaka received 2 yellow cards (Jun Ichimori and Takeru Kishimoto). Talking about the opposition, Albirex Niigata didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Gamba Osaka has 4 points to occupy the 4th place in the table. On the opposite side, Albirex Niigata stays with 3 points (11th).
Next matches
Gamba Osaka – Formation
Gamba Osaka
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90'
75'
Gamba Osaka adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Daniel Poyatos Algaba decided to play with the following team: Jun Ichimori , Riku Matsuda , Genta Miura , Shinnosuke Nakatani , Keisuke Kurokawa , Tokuma Suzuki , Neta Lavi , Takeru Kishimoto , Kota Yamada , Juan Alano and Takashi Usami .
The home team had on the bench: Shota Fukuoka , Riku Handa , Shu Kurata , Isa Sakamoto, Dawhan , Ao lin Zhang and Welton .
Substitutions
Gamba Osaka made 5 changes: Riku Matsuda for Riku Handa (66′), Takeru Kishimoto for Shu Kurata (66′), Neta Lavi for Dawhan (80′), Takashi Usami for Welton (90′) and Keisuke Kurokawa for Shota Fukuoka (90′).
Player of the match: Takashi Usami
The most impressive player for Gamba Osaka was Takashi Usami.
His rating is with 1 goal, 29 passes (77% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 6. He performed 7 crosses.
Albirex Niigata – Formation
Albirex Niigata
Also Albirex Niigata adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Rikizo Matsuhashi played with: Ryosuke Kojima , Soya Fujiwara , Fumiya Hayakawa , Thomas Deng , Naoto Arai , Yuzuru Shimada , Hiroki Akiyama , Eitaro Matsuda , Yoshiaki Takagi , Motoki Hasegawa and Kaito Taniguchi .
These were the players on the bench: Eiji Miyamoto, Yota Komi , Danilo Gomes , Koto Abe, Ryo Endo, Motoki Nagakura and Yuto Horigome .
Substitutions
Albirex Niigata made 4 changes: Naoto Arai for Yuto Horigome (84′), Eitaro Matsuda for Yota Komi (76′), Kaito Taniguchi for Motoki Nagakura (76′) and Yoshiaki Takagi for Danilo Gomes (76′).
Player of the match: Naoto Arai
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Albirex Niigata was Naoto Arai.
His rating is with 57 passes (74% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the J-League.
- Vissel Kobe – Kashiwa Reysol – 0-1
- Nagoya Grampus – Machida Zelvia – 0-1
- Kyoto Sanga – Shonan Bellmare – 1-2
- Sagan Tosu – Consadole Sapporo – 4-0
- Kashima Antlers – Cerezo Osaka – 1-1
- Tokyo – Sanfrecce Hiroshima – 1-1
- Gamba Osaka – Albirex Niigata – 1-0
