Japanese J.League

FT Saturday, April 25, 2026
Gamba Osaka LLWWL 1
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V-Varen Nagasaki LWLLL 1
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GAM010061
VVN010051
Gamba Osaka win 6-5 on penalties · PEACE STADIUM Connected by SoftBank · 20,267 att.

Team Stats

6
Fouls
11
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
8
Corner Kicks
7
3
Saves
6
55.3
Possession
44.7
17
SHOTS
11
7
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
2
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
291
Accurate Passes
206
392
Passes
304
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
5
Accurate Crosses
7
14
Crosses
25
0.4
Cross %
0.3
64
Long Balls
48
22
Accurate Long Balls
13
0.3
Long Balls %
0.3
5
Blocked Shots
3
15
Effective Tackles
8
22
Tackles
12
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
8
Interceptions
7
30
Effective Clearances
20
30
Clearances
20

Head to Head

GAM leads series 2-1

Lineups

VVN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Masaaki GotoG
  2. 4EduardoCD-L
  3. 29Ikki AraiCD-R
  4. 23Shunya YonedaLB
  5. 22Hijiri OnagaRB
  6. 41Motoki HasegawaAM
  7. 5Hotaru YamaguchiLM
  8. 24Riku YamadaRM
  9. 9Thiago SantanaF
  10. 11Norman CampbellAM-L
  11. 3Masahiro SekiguchiAM-R

GAM · 4-2-3-1

  1. 18Rui ArakiG
  2. 4Shinnosuke NakataniCD-L
  3. 19Ginjiro IkegayaCD-R
  4. 21Ryo HatsuseLB
  5. 15Takeru KishimotoRB
  6. 11Issam JebaliAM
  7. 27Rin MitoLM
  8. 13Shuto AbeRM
  9. 23Deniz HümmetF
  10. 8Ryotaro MeshinoAM-L
  11. 97Welton FelipeAM-R

Timeline

  1. 13' Ryoya Yamashita (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 13'
  2. 38' Takashi Usami (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 38'
  3. 45' Takato Yamamoto (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 45'
  4. 63' Matheus Jesus (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 63'
  5. 63' Tenmu Matsumoto (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 63'
  6. 78' Matheus Jesus (V-Varen Nagasaki) Penalty - Scored at 78'
  7. 80' Deniz Hümmet (Gamba Osaka) Goal at 80'
  8. 81' Harumi Minamino (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 81'
  9. 81' Shinya Nakano (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 81'
  10. 85' Eduardo (V-Varen Nagasaki) Yellow Card at 85'
  11. 87' Ryogo Yamasaki (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 87'
  12. 87' Yuto Iwasaki (V-Varen Nagasaki) Substitution at 87'
  13. 90'
  14. 101' Rui Araki (Gamba Osaka) Penalty - Saved at 101'
  15. 102'

Japanese J1 League News

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