Gamba Osaka beats Nagoya Grampus 2-0 on Saturday. HIGHLIGHTS

FRISCO. Gamba Osaka beats Nagoya Grampus with a 2-0 win with a goal from P. (3') and a goal from M. Suzuki (87').

August 28, 2022

FRISCO. Gamba Osaka defeats Nagoya Grampus with a 2-0 win with a goal from P. (3′) and a goal from M. Suzuki (87′). Nagoya Grampus lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Toyota Stadium stadium in Frisco on Saturday and it started at 4:00 am local time. The referee was Hiroki Kasahara with the collaboration of Masahiro Horikoshi and Noriyuki Suzuki. The 4th official was Yūzō Sudani. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 24.6 degrees Celsius or 76.24 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.

Match Statistics

Nagoya Grampus

0 - 2

Gamba Osaka

58 Ball Possession 42

Shots

11 Total 8
4 On Target 4
7 Off Target 4
0 Shots blocked 0

136 Attack 81
65 Dangerous attack 32
58 Ball safe 44

0 Penalties 0
4 Corners 4
2 Off Sides 2

Fouls

6 Total 14
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Nagoya Grampus had a strong ball possession 58% while Gamba Osaka was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Nagoya Grampus had a more offensive attitude with 65 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyhow, Gamba Osaka managed to find the solution to win this contest.

Nagoya Grampus shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Gamba Osaka shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Nagoya Grampus didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Gamba Osaka received 1 yellow card (R. Meshino).

Match Timeline

Patric(goal)Juan

Patric(var)

12'

27'

Ryotaro Meshino - Yellow

Takuya Uchida- sub ->T. Shigehiro

53'

Takuya Uchida- sub ->T. Shigehiro

53'

65'

72'

73'

72'

85'

84'

87'

90'

Hideki Ishige- sub ->R. Meshino

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this match, Nagoya Grampus will stay with 33 points to sit in the 10th place. On the opposite side, Gamba Osaka will have 25 points to remain in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the J-League, Nagoya Grampus will play away with Cerezo Osaka on the 4th of November with a 13-7 head to head in favor of Nagoya Grampus (3 draws).

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

Nagoya Grampus – Formation

Nagoya Grampus

Mitchell Langerak 1.Australia

6.3

Yuichi Maruyama 3.Japan

6.8

Shinnosuke Nakatani 4.Japan

6.8

Haruya Fujii 13.Japan

6.6

Ryoya Morishita 17.Japan

7.0

Leo Silva 16.Brazil

7.0

53'

Sho Inagaki 15.Japan

7.8

85'

Yuki Soma 11.Japan

7.3

84'

T. Shigehiro 19.Japan

6.4

53'

Kensuke Nagai 45.Japan

6.6

Mateus 10.Brazil

6.7

65'

Substitutes

Yohei Takeda 21.Japan

K. Miyahara 6.Japan

6.1

84'

Tiago Pagnussat 2.Brazil

Ryota Nagaki 20.Japan

6.8

85'

Takuya Uchida 34.Japan

6.9

53'

K. Sento 14.Japan

6.9

53'

Naldo 29.Brazil

6.2

65'

Nagoya Grampus started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Kenta Hasegawa decided to play with the following team: Mitchell Langerak (6.3), Shinnosuke Nakatani (6.8), Haruya Fujii (6.6), Yuichi Maruyama (6.8), Ryoya Morishita (7.0), Sho Inagaki (7.6), Leo Silva (7.0), Yuki Soma (7.3), Mateus (6.7), Takuya Shigehiro (6.4) and Kensuke Nagai (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Ryota Nagaki (6.8), Takuya Uchida (6.9), Kazuya Miyahara (6.1), Keiya Sento (6.9), Tiago Pagnussat, Naldo (6.4) and Yohei Takeda.

Substitutions

Nagoya Grampus made 8 changes: T. Shigehiro for T. Uchida (53′), L. Silva for K. Sento (53′), T. Shigehiro for T. Uchida (53′), Mateus for Naldinho (65′), Mateus for Naldinho (65′), Y. Soma for K. Miyahara (85′), S. Inagaki for R. Nagaki (84′) and Y. Soma for K. Miyahara (84′).

Best player: Sho Inagaki

The player that probably impressed the most for Nagoya Grampus was Sho Inagaki.

His rating is (7.6) with 38 passes (92% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.

Gamba Osaka – Formation

Gamba Osaka

Masaaki Higashiguchi 1.Japan

7.9

Kyung-won Kwon 20.South Korea

7.5

G. Miura 5.Japan

7.1

Ryu Takao 13.Japan

7.3

K. Kurokawa 24.Japan

7.0

Dawhan 23.Brazil

6.4

72'

Mitsuki Saito 15.Japan

6.7

Ryotaro Meshino 40.Japan

7.1

90'

27'

Juan Alano 47.Brazil

7.4

84'

Patric 18.Brazil

7.2

Leandro Pereira 9.Brazil

7.1

73'

Substitutes

Jun Ichimori 22.Japan

Hiroki Fujiharu 4.Japan

Hideki Ishige 48.Japan

90'

Yuki Yamamoto 29.Japan

Kohei Okuno 17.Japan

6.2

72'

H. Yamami 37.Japan

6.4

84'

Musashi Suzuki 45.Japan

7.2

73'

87'

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

Tomohiro Katanosaka played with: Masaaki Higashiguchi (7.9), Ryu Takao (7.3), Genta Miura (7.1), Kyung-won Kwon (7.5), Keisuke Kurokawa (7.0), Juan Alano (7.2), Mitsuki Saito (6.7), Dawhan (6.4), Ryotaro Meshino (7.1), Leandro Pereira (6.9) and Patric (7.2).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Hideki Ishige, Hiroto Yamami (6.5), Hiroki Fujiharu, Yuki Yamamoto, Jun Ichimori, Musashi Suzuki (7.2) and Kohei Okuno (6.2).

Substitutions

Gamba Osaka made 5 changes: Dawhan for K. Okuno (72′), Dawhan for K. Okuno (72′), Leandro Pereira for M. Suzuki (73′), Juan for H. Yamami (84′) and R. Meshino for H. Ishige (90′).

Best player: Masaaki Higashiguchi

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Gamba Osaka was the goalkeeper: Masaaki Higashiguchi. His rating is 7.85. He performed 4 saves.