Japanese J.League

FT Friday, March 20, 2026
Gamba Osaka DWWLW 2
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Avispa Fukuoka LLLLL 2
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GAM2000132
AVF1100142
Avispa Fukuoka win 14-13 on penalties · Best Denki Stadium · 7,631 att.

Team Stats

14
Fouls
15
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
3
1
Corner Kicks
4
5
Saves
2
51
Possession
49
6
SHOTS
20
4
ON GOAL
7
0.7
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
309
Accurate Passes
260
404
Passes
380
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
0
Accurate Crosses
4
2
Crosses
12
0.0
Cross %
0.3
57
Long Balls
57
19
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.3
Long Balls %
0.3
0
Blocked Shots
4
8
Effective Tackles
17
14
Tackles
20
0.6
Tackle %
0.9
7
Interceptions
9
32
Effective Clearances
12
32
Clearances
12

Head to Head

AVF leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

AVF · 3-4-2-1

  1. 24Yuma ObataG
  2. 37Masaya TashiroCD
  3. 15Yuma TsujiokaCD-L
  4. 16Teppei OkaCD-R
  5. 11Tomoya MikiCM-L
  6. 55Kokoro MaedaCM-R
  7. 29Yota MaejimaLM
  8. 33Kaoru YamawakiRM
  9. 9Shahab ZahediF
  10. 6Masato ShigemiCF-L
  11. 14Shintaro NagoCF-R

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. 16Tokuma SuzukiLM
  8. 13Shuto AbeRM
  9. 23Deniz HümmetF
  10. 97Welton FelipeAM-L
  11. 17Ryoya YamashitaAM-R

Timeline

  1. 11' Deniz Hümmet (Gamba Osaka) Goal at 11'
  2. 22' Genta Miura (Gamba Osaka) Own Goal at 22'
  3. 42' Welton Felipe (Gamba Osaka) Goal at 42'
  4. 45' Ryotaro Meshino (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 45'
  5. 45' Takeru Kishimoto (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 45'
  6. 45' Nassim Ben Khalifa (Avispa Fukuoka) Substitution at 45'
  7. 56' Kazuki Fujimoto (Avispa Fukuoka) Substitution at 56'
  8. 59' Shu Kurata (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 59'
  9. 60' Rin Mito (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 60'
  10. 63' Yu Hashimoto (Avispa Fukuoka) Substitution at 63'
  11. 63' Sani Brown (Avispa Fukuoka) Substitution at 63'
  12. 72' Kokoro Maeda (Avispa Fukuoka) Yellow Card at 72'
  13. 81' Tomoya Miki (Avispa Fukuoka) Penalty - Saved at 81'
  14. 83' Yuji Kitajima (Avispa Fukuoka) Substitution at 83'
  15. 90'+1' Ryotaro Meshino (Gamba Osaka) Yellow Card at 91'
  16. 90'+2' Yuma Tsujioka (Avispa Fukuoka) Goal at 92'
  17. 90'
  18. 113'

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