TOKYO. Gamba Osaka and Kyoto Sanga didn’t manage to score any goal on Wednesday..
The match was played at the Nishigaoka National Stadium stadium in Tokyo on Wednesday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Yoshimi Yamashita who had the assistance of Yusuke Hamamoto and Mitsuharu Taketa. The 4th official was Takao Nishiyama. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was pleasant at 17.25 degrees Celsius or 63.05 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 58%.
Match Statistics
- 50 Ball Possession 50
Shots
- 22 Total 15
- 2 On Target 5
- 9 Off Target 5
- 11 Shots blocked 6
- 77 Attack 109
- 62 Dangerous attack 45
- 89 Ball safe 86
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 6
- 3 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 15 Total 11
- 0 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
The overall ball possession was identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Gamba Osaka was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Kyoto Sanga that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Gamba Osaka was more pushing with 62 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 2 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Gamba Osaka to win the match.
Gamba Osaka shot 22 times, 2 on target, 9 off target. Talking about the opposition, Kyoto Sanga shot 15 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Gamba Osaka didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Kyoto Sanga received 1 yellow card (Kyo Sato).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Gamba Osaka has 9 points like Kashiwa Reysol and Nagoya Grampus to sit in the 6th place. On the opposite side, Kyoto Sanga will has 6 points like Tokyo Verdy and Júbilo Iwata to remain in the 16th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the J-League, Gamba Osaka will play away against Consadole Sapporo on the 6th of April with a 8-5 head to head record in favor of Gamba Osaka (5 draws).
Gamba Osaka – Formation
Gamba Osaka started with a 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 Handa , G. Miura , Shinnosuke Nakatani , K. Kurokawa , Tokuma Suzuki , Neta Lavi , Juan Alano , Kota Yamada , Welton and T. Usami .
The home team had on the bench: Shota Fukuoka , Ryotaro Meshino , Issam Jebali , I. Sakamoto , Dawhan , Aolin Zhang and Shinya Nakano.
Gamba Osaka could not rely on the presence of Ryotaro Meshino (injured).
Substitutions
Gamba Osaka made 5 changes: Juan Alano for Ryotaro Meshino (37′), Kota Yamada for I. Sakamoto (46′), K. Kurokawa for Shota Fukuoka (83′), Neta Lavi for Dawhan (72′) and T. Usami for Issam Jebali (83′).
Player of the match: Riku Handa
The player that probably impressed the most for Gamba Osaka was Riku Handa.
His rating is with 38 passes (78% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 11 duels out of 17.
Kyoto Sanga – Formation
Kyoto Sanga started with a 4-1-2-3 line-up (4-1-2-3).
Kwi-Jea Cho played with: Sung-yun Gu , Shinnosuke Fukuda , Hisashi Appiah Tawiah , Shogo Asada , Kyo Sato , S. Kawasaki , Shohei Takeda , Temma Matsuda , Yuta Toyokawa , Taichi Hara and Yuto Anzai .
They had on the bench: Keita Matsuda, Yuto Misao, Marco Túlio , Shimpei Fukuoka, Ryogo Yamasaki, W. Hahn and S. Hiraga .
Substitutions
Kyoto Sanga made 3 changes: Yuto Anzai for Marco Túlio (57′), Yuta Toyokawa for S. Hiraga (83′) and Taichi Hara for Ryogo Yamasaki (90′).
Player of the match: Shogo Asada
The most impressive player for Kyoto Sanga was Shogo Asada.
His rating is with 47 passes (79% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 10 duels out of 10.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the J-League.
- Kashiwa Reysol – Cerezo Osaka – 1-1
- Machida Zelvia – Sanfrecce Hiroshima – 1-2
- Yokohama F. Marinos – Kawasaki Frontale – 0-0
- Shonan Bellmare – Tokyo Verdy – 1-2
- Júbilo Iwata – Albirex Niigata – 2-0
- Gamba Osaka – Kyoto Sanga – 0-0
- Avispa Fukuoka – Kashima Antlers – 1-0
- Sagan Tosu – Vissel Kobe – 0-0
- Consadole Sapporo – Nagoya Grampus – 1-2
- Tokyo – Urawa Reds – 2-1