Japanese J.League

FT Saturday, March 7, 2026
V-Varen Nagasaki WLLWW 2
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Gamba Osaka LWWWD 3
1st2ndT
VVN202
GAM123
Suita City Football Stadium · 27,965 att.

Team Stats

8
Fouls
10
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
9
4
Saves
1
39.5
Possession
60.5
7
SHOTS
16
3
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
264
Accurate Passes
432
369
Passes
557
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
6
8
Crosses
22
0.1
Cross %
0.3
60
Long Balls
55
22
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
3
Blocked Shots
4
12
Effective Tackles
15
19
Tackles
21
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
20
Interceptions
11
47
Effective Clearances
20
47
Clearances
20

Head to Head

GAM leads series 2-1

Lineups

GAM · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Masaaki HigashiguchiG
  2. 4Shinnosuke NakataniCD-L
  3. 5Genta MiuraCD-R
  4. 3Riku HandaLB
  5. 15Takeru KishimotoRB
  6. 11Issam JebaliAM
  7. 27Rin MitoLM
  8. 16Tokuma SuzukiRM
  9. 23Deniz HümmetF
  10. 44Kanji OkunukiAM-L
  11. 17Ryoya YamashitaAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 6Makoto MitsutaSUB
  2. 42Harumi MinaminoSUB
  3. 19Ginjiro IkegayaSUB
  4. 18Rui ArakiSUB
  5. 97Welton FelipeSUB
  6. 21Ryo HatsuseSUB
  7. 10Shu KurataSUB
  8. 38Gaku NawataSUB
  9. 13Shuto AbeSUB

VVN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Masaaki GotoG
  2. 6Yusei EgawaCD-L
  3. 48Hayato TeruyamaCD-R
  4. 23Shunya YonedaLB
  5. 22Hijiri OnagaRB
  6. 10Matheus JesusAM
  7. 24Riku YamadaLM
  8. 5Hotaru YamaguchiRM
  9. 9Thiago SantanaF
  10. 41Motoki HasegawaAM-L
  11. 11Norman CampbellAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 8Yuto IwasakiSUB
  2. 18Ryogo YamasakiSUB
  3. 33Tsubasa KasayanagiSUB
  4. 13Go HatanoSUB
  5. 3Masahiro SekiguchiSUB
  6. 21Diego PitucaSUB
  7. 34Tenmu MatsumotoSUB
  8. 19Takashi SawadaSUB
  9. 25Kazuki KushibikiSUB

Timeline

  1. 13' Deniz Hümmet (Gamba Osaka) Goal at 13'
  2. 21' Matheus Jesus (V-Varen Nagasaki) Goal - Free-kick at 21'
  3. 27' Matheus Jesus (V-Varen Nagasaki) Goal at 27'
  4. 51' Shinnosuke Nakatani (Gamba Osaka) Goal - Volley at 51'
  5. 62' Welton Felipe (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 62'
  6. 62' Shuto Abe (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 62'
  7. 62' Diego Pituca (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 62'
  8. 68' Tsubasa Kasayanagi (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 68'
  9. 69' Yuto Iwasaki (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 69'
  10. 73' Gaku Nawata (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 73'
  11. 83' Hijiri Onaga (V-Varen Nagasaki) Own Goal at 83'
  12. 88' Harumi Minamino (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 88'
  13. 88' Shu Kurata (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 88'
  14. 88' Tenmu Matsumoto (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 88'
  15. 88' Ryogo Yamasaki (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 88'

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