Japanese J.League

FT Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Gamba Osaka WDWWL 2
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Vissel Kobe LWWWW 2
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GAM110052
VIS110032
Gamba Osaka win 5-3 on penalties · Kobe Wing Stadium · 21,690 att.

Team Stats

19
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
6
1
Saves
6
55.1
Possession
44.9
14
SHOTS
15
8
ON GOAL
3
0.6
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
339
Accurate Passes
220
431
Passes
329
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
6
Accurate Crosses
9
12
Crosses
29
0.5
Cross %
0.3
51
Long Balls
74
19
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
3
5
Effective Tackles
14
11
Tackles
20
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
6
Interceptions
7
40
Effective Clearances
28
40
Clearances
28

Head to Head

VIS leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

VIS · 4-3-3

  1. 1Daiya MaekawaG
  2. 3ThulerCD-L
  3. 4Tetsushi YamakawaCD-R
  4. 41Katsuya NagatoLB
  5. 23Rikuto HiroseRB
  6. 6Takahiro OgiharaCM
  7. 7Yosuke IdeguchiLM
  8. 5Yuta GokeRM
  9. 29Ren KomatsuF
  10. 15DiegoLF
  11. 13Daiju SasakiRF

GAM · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Masaaki HigashiguchiG
  2. 4Shinnosuke NakataniCD-L
  3. 5Genta MiuraCD-R
  4. 21Ryo HatsuseLB
  5. 3Riku HandaRB
  6. 11Issam JebaliAM
  7. 13Shuto AbeLM
  8. 16Tokuma SuzukiRM
  9. 23Deniz HümmetF
  10. 97Welton FelipeAM-L
  11. 17Ryoya YamashitaAM-R

Timeline

  1. 6' Ren Komatsu (Vissel Kobe) Goal - Volley at 6'
  2. 23' Deniz Hümmet (Gamba Osaka) Goal at 23'
  3. 45' Kento Hamasaki (Vissel Kobe) Substitution at 45'
  4. 46' Yosuke Ideguchi (Vissel Kobe) Yellow Card at 46'
  5. 59' Ryotaro Meshino (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 59'
  6. 73' Rin Mito (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 73'
  7. 73' Kanji Okunuki (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 73'
  8. 73' Kotaro Uchino (Vissel Kobe) Substitution at 73'
  9. 73' Takashi Inui (Vissel Kobe) Substitution at 73'
  10. 80' Ryo Hatsuse (Gamba Osaka) Yellow Card at 80'
  11. 83' Ryoya Yamashita (Gamba Osaka) Goal at 83'
  12. 86' Jean Patric (Vissel Kobe) Substitution at 86'
  13. 89' Harumi Minamino (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 89'
  14. 90' Ginjiro Ikegaya (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 90'
  15. 90' Kaito Yamada (Vissel Kobe) Substitution at 90'
  16. 90'+4' Jean Patric (Vissel Kobe) Goal - Header at 94'
  17. 90'
  18. 99'

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