Sanfrecce Hiroshima liquidates Gamba Osaka 5-2 after playing a fantastic match. HIGHLIGHTS

HIROSHIMA. Sanfrecce Hiroshima obliterates Gamba Osaka 5-2 with goals of

August 22, 2022

HIROSHIMA. Sanfrecce Hiroshima crushes Gamba Osaka 5-2 with goals of N. Ben Khalifa (11′), N. Ben Khalifa (72′), N. Ben Khalifa (76′), M. Mitsuta (82′) and T. Matsumoto (88′). On the other side, Gamba Osaka scored with Leandro Pereira (2′), M. Saito (36′). Sanfrecce Hiroshima was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (75%) and that was among the factors of its victory.

The match was played at the EDION Stadium stadium in Hiroshima on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Jumpei Iida with the help of Jun Mihara and Shoji Funabashi. The 4th official was Shinji Ochi. The weather was rainy. The temperature was hot at 27.9 degrees Celsius or 82.18 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 92%.

Match Statistics

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

5 - 2

Gamba Osaka

! 75 Ball Possession 25

Shots

26 Total 12
10 On Target 6
16 Off Target 6
6 Shots blocked 4

137 Attack 60
58 Dangerous attack 16
84 Ball safe 67

0 Penalties 0
5 Corners 1
2 Off Sides 1

Fouls

8 Total 17
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Sanfrecce Hiroshima was in firm control of the ball 75% while Gamba Osaka was struggling with a 25% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sanfrecce Hiroshima was putting more pressure with 58 dangerous attacks and 26 shots of which 10 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sanfrecce Hiroshima won the match.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima shot 26 times, 10 on target, 16 off target. Regarding the opposition, Gamba Osaka shot 12 times, 6 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Sanfrecce Hiroshima didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Gamba Osaka received 1 yellow card (M. Higashiguchi).

Match Timeline

11'

36'

46'

48'

Masaaki Higashiguchi- Yellow

56'

62'

Shu Kurata- sub ->Juan

63'

Ezequiel- sub ->Y. Chajima

70'

Douglas Vieira - sub ->P. Sotiriou

70'

72'

76'

Makoto Mitsuta(goal)Y. Kashiwa

82'

Taishi Matsumoto- sub ->T. Morishima

83'

Taishi Matsumoto(goal)S. Sasaki

88'

89'

Dawhan- sub ->M. Saito

89'

Kosei Shibasaki- sub ->G. Notsuda

90'

Takumu Kawamura- sub ->Y. Kashiwa

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this encounter, Sanfrecce Hiroshima will have 35 points like Tokyo to remain in the 6th place. On the other side, Gamba Osaka will stay with 22 points like Júbilo Iwata to hold in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the J-League, Sanfrecce Hiroshima will play away against Sagan Tosu on the 4th of November with a 10-5 head to head stats in favor of Sanfrecce Hiroshima (6 draws).

Gamba Osaka will play away agasint Kashima Antlers on the 4th of November with a 11-10 head to head statistic in favor of Kashima Antlers (10 draws).

Sanfrecce Hiroshima – Formation

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Keisuke Osako 38.Japan

6.3

Sho Sasaki 19.Japan

8.2

Yuki Nogami 2.Japan

6.2

Hayato Araki 4.Japan

6.7

Yoshifumi Kashiwa 18.Japan

7.6

90'

Gakuto Notsuda 7.Japan

7.8

90'

Yusuke Chajima 25.Japan

7.3

70'

Tsukasa Morishima 10.Japan

6.4

83'

Makoto Mitsuta 39.Japan

9.2

82'

Nassim Ben Khalifa 13.Switzerland

9.1

11', 72', 76'

Pieros Sotiriou 20.Cyprus

6.2

70'

Substitutes

Goro Kawanami 22.Japan

Jelani Reshaun Sumiyoshi 21.Japan

Kosei Shibasaki 30.Japan

90'

Taishi Matsumoto 17.Japan

7.5

83'

88'

Ezequiel 14.Brazil

6.6

70'

Takumu Kawamura 27.Japan

90'

Douglas Vieira 9.Brazil

6.1

70'

Sanfrecce Hiroshima started with a 3-1-4-2 line-up (3-1-4-2).

The manager Michael Skibbe decided to play with the following team: Keisuke Osako (6.3), Yuki Nogami (6.2), Hayato Araki (6.7), Sho Sasaki (8.2), Gakuto Notsuda (7.8), Yusuke Chajima (7.3), Makoto Mitsuta (9.2), Tsukasa Morishima (6.4), Yoshifumi Kashiwa (7.6), Pieros Sotiriou (6.2) and Nassim Ben Khalifa (9.1).

The home team had on the bench: Jelani Reshaun Sumiyoshi, Douglas Vieira (6.1), Kosei Shibasaki, Taishi Matsumoto (7.5), Goro Kawanami, Ezequiel (6.6) and Takumu Kawamura.

Substitutions

Sanfrecce Hiroshima made 5 changes: Y. Chajima for Ezequiel (70′), P. Sotiriou for D. Vieira (70′), T. Morishima for T. Matsumoto (83′), G. Notsuda for K. Shibasaki (90′) and Y. Kashiwa for T. Kawamura (90′).

Best player: Makoto Mitsuta

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sanfrecce Hiroshima was Makoto Mitsuta.

His rating is (9.2) with 1 goal, 37 passes (89% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 8 crosses.

Gamba Osaka – Formation

Gamba Osaka

Masaaki Higashiguchi 1.Japan

5.5

48'

G. Shōji 3.Japan

6.9

Hiroki Fujiharu 4.Japan

6.4

G. Miura 5.Japan

6.4

Ryu Takao 13.Japan

6.0

Mitsuki Saito 15.Japan

7.2

89'

36'

Ryotaro Meshino 40.Japan

6.3

63'

Juan Alano 47.Brazil

7.0

62'

Kohei Okuno 17.Japan

7.0

89'

Patric 18.Brazil

7.4

Leandro Pereira 9.Brazil

7.2

46'

Substitutes

Jun Ichimori 22.Japan

Kyung-won Kwon 20.South Korea

89'

Dawhan 23.Brazil

89'

Yuki Yamamoto 29.Japan

6.4

63'

Hideki Ishige 48.Japan

Shu Kurata 10.Japan

6.4

62'

Musashi Suzuki 45.Japan

6.6

46'

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

Tomohiro Katanosaka played with: Masaaki Higashiguchi (5.5), Ryu Takao (6.0), Genta Miura (6.4), Gen Shoji (6.9), Hiroki Fujiharu (6.4), Juan Alano (7.0), Mitsuki Saito (7.2), Kohei Okuno (7.0), Ryotaro Meshino (6.3), Leandro Pereira (7.2) and Patric (7.4).

They had on the bench: Dawhan, Jun Ichimori, Musashi Suzuki (6.6), Kyung-won Kwon, Yuki Yamamoto (6.4), Hideki Ishige and Shu Kurata (6.4).

Substitutions

Gamba Osaka made 5 changes: Leandro Pereira for M. Suzuki (46′), Juan for S. Kurata (62′), R. Meshino for Y. Yamamoto (63′), M. Saito for Dawhan (89′) and K. Okuno for Kwon Kyung-Won (89′).