Urawa Reds grabs a draw against Gamba Osaka. HIGHLIGHTS

TOKYO. Urawa Reds managed to snatch a late draw against Gamba Osaka with a late goal from A. Scholz.

By
Mark Hall
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Urawa Reds grabs a draw against Gamba Osaka. HIGHLIGHTS

TOKYO. Urawa Reds found a way to capture a draw against Gamba Osaka with a late goal from A. Scholz scored in the (90′) after Gamba Osaka got a lead with a goal from M. Saito (33′).

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 Yuichi Nishimura with the help of Hiroshi Yamauchi and Naoya Okawa. The 4th official was Tadashi Baba. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 28.9 degrees Celsius or 84.07 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 69%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Gamba Osaka

1 - 1

Team 1

Urawa Reds

  • 51 Ball Possession 49
Shots
  • 12 Total 13
  • 5 On Target 4
  • 7 Off Target 9
  • 4 Shots blocked 6
  • 90 Attack 67
  • 71 Dangerous attack 62
  • 78 Ball safe 73
  • 0 Penalties 1
  • 5 Corners 9
Fouls
  • 12 Total 9
  • 3 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Gamba Osaka was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Urawa Reds that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Gamba Osaka was more aggressive with 71 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 5 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Gamba Osaka to win the match​.

Gamba Osaka shot 12 times, 5 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Urawa Reds shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Gamba Osaka received 3 yellow cards (I. Sakamoto, Dawhan and M. Higashiguchi). On the opposite side, Urawa Reds received 2 yellow cards (Y. Hirano and ).

Match Timeline

33'
I. Sakamoto- Yellow
36'
Shu Kurata(var)
40'
46'
46'
46'
Hiroki Sakai - sub ->Y. Miyamoto
49'
Dawhan- sub ->K. Okuno
59'
59'
68'
Yusuke Matsuo- sub ->T. Iwanami
71'
72'
79'
79'
Takahiro Sekine- sub ->A. Esaka
Dawhan- Yellow
86'
90'
Alexander Scholz(penalty)
Masaaki Higashiguchi- Yellow
90'
90'
Hiroki Sakai - Yellow

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Yokohama F. Marinos
68
34
Kawasaki Frontale
66
34
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
55
34
Kashima Antlers
52
34
Cerezo Osaka
51
34
Tokyo
49
34
Kashiwa Reysol
47
34
Nagoya Grampus
46
34
Urawa Reds
45
34
Consadole Sapporo
45
34
Sagan Tosu
42
34
Shonan Bellmare
41
34
Vissel Kobe
40
34
Avispa Fukuoka
38
34
Gamba Osaka
37
34
Kyoto Sanga
36
34
Shimizu S-Pulse
33
34
Júbilo Iwata
30
34

After playing this match, Gamba Osaka will have 21 points to sit in the 13th place. Talking about the opposition, Urawa Reds will have 22 points like Nagoya Grampus to sit in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the J-League, Gamba Osaka will play away with Kashima Antlers on the 4th of November with a 11-10 head to head in favor of Kashima Antlers (10 draws).

Urawa Reds will host Avispa Fukuoka on the 4th of November with a 7-1 head to head in favor of Urawa Reds (1 draw).

Gamba Osaka – Formation

Gamba Osaka
G
Masaaki Higashiguchi 1.Japan
6.8
90'
D
Kyung-won Kwon 20.South Korea
7.3
D
G. Miura 5.Japan
6.2
D
Shota Fukuoka 2.Japan
6.6
71'
M
K. Kurokawa 24.Japan
7.1
59'
M
Kosuke Onose  8.Japan
7.4
M
Mitsuki Saito  15.Japan
7.1
Goals33'
M
Kohei Okuno 17.Japan
6.8
59'
F
Shu Kurata 10.Japan
7.1
72'
F
Hideki Ishige 48.Japan
7.4
F
I. Sakamoto 32.Japan
7.1
79' 36'
Substitutes
G
T. Kato 21.Japan
D
Ryu Takao 13.Japan
6.4
72'
D
Hiroki Fujiharu 4.Japan
6.6
59'
D
G. Shōji 3.Japan
6.1
71'
M
Dawhan 23.Brazil
6.2
59' 86'
F
Patric 18.Brazil
6.6
79'
F
H. Yamami 37.Japan

Gamba Osaka started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Tomohiro Katanosaka decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

Gamba Osaka made 5 changes: K. Okuno for Dawhan (59′), K. Kurokawa for H. Fujiharu (59′), S. Fukuoka for G. Shoji (71′), S. Kurata for R. Takao (72′) and I. Sakamoto for Patric (79′).

Urawa Reds – Formation

Urawa Reds
G
Shusaku Nishikawa 1.Japan
7.0
D
Alexander Scholz 28.Denmark
7.6
Goals90'
D
Takuya Iwanami 4.Japan
7.0
68'
D
A. Ohata 44.Japan
6.8
D
Yuta Miyamoto 24.Japan
7.4
46'
M
Ken Iwao 19.Japan
7.2
M
A. Esaka 33.Japan
7.1
79'
M
K. Shibato 22.Japan
6.4
46'
M
Yoshio Koizumi 8.Japan
6.1
46'
M
Tomoaki Okubo  21.Japan
7.1
F
Takahiro Akimoto 15.Japan
7.1
Substitutes
G
Z. Suzuki 12.Japan
D
Tetsuya Chinen 20.Japan
D
Hiroki Sakai  2.Japan
6.7
46' 90'
M
Takahiro Sekine 14.Japan
6.5
79'
M
David Moberg Karlsson 10.Sweden
6.6
46'
M
Yuichi Hirano 40.Japan
6.6
46' 49'
M
Yusuke Matsuo 11.Japan
7.1
68'

Urawa Reds started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Ricardo Rodríguez Suárez played with: .

Substitutions

Urawa Reds made 5 changes: K. Shibato for Y. Hirano (46′), Y. Koizumi for D. Karlsson (46′), Y. Miyamoto for H. Sakai (46′), T. Iwanami for Y. Matsuo (68′) and A. Esaka for T. Sekine (79′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the J-League.​