Gamba Osaka steals a draw against Urawa Reds. HIGHLIGHTS

SAITAMA. Gamba Osaka was able to snatch a late draw against Urawa Reds with a late goal from P. .

October 17, 2021

SAITAMA. Gamba Osaka was capable to clinch a draw against Urawa Reds with a late goal from P. scored in the (90′) after Urawa Reds got a lead with a penalty from A. Esaka (90′). It was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (63%)

The match was played at the Saitama Stadium 2002 stadium in Saitama on Saturday and it started at 6:00 am local time. The referee was Hayato Shimizu who was helped by Yosuke Takabe and Soichi Iwasaki. The 4th official was Hirokazu Otsubo. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 22.8 degrees Celsius or 73.02 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.

Match Statistics

Urawa Reds

1 - 1

Gamba Osaka

! 63 Ball Possession 37

Shots

20 Total 8
6 On Target 3
14 Off Target 5
2 Shots blocked 2

105 Attack 65
91 Dangerous attack 44
76 Ball safe 69

1 Penalties 1
5 Corners 2

Fouls

7 Total 6
0 Yellow Cards 4
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Urawa Reds had a superior ball possession 63% while Gamba Osaka was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Urawa Reds was more aggressive with 91 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 6 were on target. However, that was not enough Urawa Reds to win the match.

Urawa Reds shot 20 times, 6 on target, 14 off target. On the other side, Gamba Osaka shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Urawa Reds didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Gamba Osaka received 4 yellow cards (S. Kurata, Y. Yamamoto, Patric and S. Suganuma).

Match Timeline

Yoshio Koizumi- sub ->T. Akimoto

35'

43'

46'

56'

Shu Kurata- Yellow

61'

69'

Y. Fukuda- sub ->W. Silva

70'

Ko Yanagisawa- sub ->R. Takao

Atsuki Ito- sub ->K. Shibato

70'

Tomoaki Okubo - sub ->K. Yuruki

77'

83'

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this contest, Urawa Reds will have 55 points to stay in the 5th place. On the other side, Gamba Osaka will have 34 points to stay in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the J-League, Urawa Reds will host Kashiwa Reysol on the 22nd of October with a 12-9 head to head stats in favor of Urawa Reds (4 draws).

Gamba Osaka will host Sagan Tosu on the 23rd of October with a 8-7 head to head stats in favor of Gamba Osaka (2 draws).

Urawa Reds – Formation

Urawa Reds

Shusaku Nishikawa 1.Japan

6.5

Hiroki Sakai 2.Japan

6.6

Ryosuke Yamanaka 6.Japan

7.7

70'

Alexander Scholz 28.Denmark

7.4

Takuya Iwanami 4.Japan

7.0

Takahiro Sekine 41.Japan

7.4

77'

Koya Yuruki 24.Japan

6.2

77'

A. Esaka 33.Japan

8.0

90'

Yuichi Hirano 40.Japan

7.1

K. Shibato 29.Japan

7.5

70'

Takahiro Akimoto 15.Japan

7.1

35'

Substitutes

Z. Suzuki 12.Japan

D. Nishi 8.Japan

6.3

70'

T. Makino 5.Japan

Tatsuya Tanaka 11.Japan

6.4

77'

Atsuki Ito 17.Japan

6.8

70'

Tomoaki Okubo 21.Japan

6.5

77'

Yoshio Koizumi 18.Japan

7.3

35'

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

The manager Ricardo Rodríguez Suárez decided to play with the following team: Shusaku Nishikawa (6.5), Hiroki Sakai (6.6), Takuya Iwanami (7.0), Alexander Scholz (7.4), Ryosuke Yamanaka (7.7), Yuichi Hirano (7.1), Kai Shibato (7.5), Takahiro Sekine (7.4), Ataru Esaka (8.0), Koya Yuruki (6.2) and Takahiro Akimoto (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Zion Suzuki, Tatsuya Tanaka (6.4), Atsuki Ito (6.8), Tomoaki Okubo (6.5), Daigo Nishi (6.3), Tomoaki Makino and Yoshio Koizumi (7.3).

Urawa Reds could not rely on the presence of Y. Koizumi (injured).

Substitutions

Urawa Reds made 5 changes: T. Akimoto for Y. Koizumi (35′), K. Shibato for A. Ito (70′), R. Yamanaka for D. Nishi (70′), K. Yuruki for T. Okubo (77′) and T. Sekine for T. Tanaka (77′).

Best player: Ataru Esaka

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Urawa Reds was Ataru Esaka.

His rating is (8.0) with 1 goal, 41 passes (80% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 5. He performed 4 crosses.

Gamba Osaka – Formation

Gamba Osaka

Masaaki Higashiguchi 1.Japan

7.3

S. Suganuma 13.Japan

6.4

46'

90'

Hiroki Fujiharu 4.Japan

7.3

Ryu Takao 27.Japan

6.8

70'

Yota Sato 16.Japan

6.7

Shu Kurata 10.Japan

6.0

61'

56'

Wellington Silva 28.Brazil

7.0

69'

Yosuke Ideguchi 15.Japan

6.3

Yuki Yamamoto 29.Japan

7.4

83'

43'

T. Usami 39.Japan

7.0

Haruto Shirai 33.Japan

6.6

Substitutes

T. Kato 31.Japan

Ko Yanagisawa 26.Japan

6.6

70'

Kim Young-Gwon 19.South Korea

Kohei Okuno 17.Japan

6.4

83'

Y. Fukuda 14.Japan

6.5

69'

Kosuke Onose 8.Japan

6.3

61'

Patric 18.Brazil

6.7

46'

90'

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

On the other side, Masanobu Matsunami played with: Masaaki Higashiguchi (7.3), Ryu Takao (6.8), Yota Sato (6.7), Shunya Suganuma (6.4), Hiroki Fujiharu (7.3), Shu Kurata (6.0), Yosuke Ideguchi (6.3), Yuki Yamamoto (7.4), Wellington Silva (7.0), Haruto Shirai (6.6) and Takashi Usami (7.0).

They had on the bench: Kohei Okuno (6.4), Ko Yanagisawa (6.6), Taichi Kato, Yuya Fukuda (6.5), Patric (6.7), Kosuke Onose (6.3) and Young-Gwon Kim.

Substitutions

Gamba Osaka made 5 changes: S. Suganuma for Patric (46′), S. Kurata for K. Onose (61′), W. Silva for Y. Fukuda (69′), R. Takao for K. Yanagisawa (70′) and Y. Yamamoto for K. Okuno (83′).