Japanese J.League

FT Tuesday, May 5, 2026
Gamba Osaka WLWLW 1
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Nagoya Grampus LWWLW 2
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GAM011
NAG202
Toyota Stadium (Japan) · 38,880 att.

Team Stats

10
Fouls
8
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
3
4
Saves
5
59.4
Possession
40.6
11
SHOTS
15
6
ON GOAL
6
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
443
Accurate Passes
280
531
Passes
351
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
5
15
Crosses
22
0.3
Cross %
0.2
54
Long Balls
56
18
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.3
Long Balls %
0.6
4
Blocked Shots
1
6
Effective Tackles
9
8
Tackles
15
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
2
Interceptions
9
22
Effective Clearances
28
22
Clearances
28

Head to Head

GAM leads series 3-2

Lineups

NAG · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Daniel SchmidtG
  2. 13Haruya FujiiCD
  3. 55Shuhei TokumotoCD-L
  4. 70Teruki HaraCD-R
  5. 31Tomoki TakamineCM-L
  6. 15Sho InagakiCM-R
  7. 27Katsuhiro NakayamaLM
  8. 9Yuya AsanoRM
  9. 11Yuya YamagishiF
  10. 22Yudai KimuraCF-L
  11. 7Ryuji IzumiCF-R

GAM · 4-2-3-1

  1. 18Rui ArakiG
  2. 4Shinnosuke NakataniCD-L
  3. 5Genta MiuraCD-R
  4. 21Ryo HatsuseLB
  5. 19Ginjiro IkegayaRB
  6. 7Takashi UsamiAM
  7. 27Rin MitoLM
  8. 13Shuto AbeRM
  9. 42Harumi MinaminoF
  10. 44Kanji OkunukiAM-L
  11. 17Ryoya YamashitaAM-R

Timeline

  1. 8' Sho Inagaki (Nagoya Grampus) Goal at 8'
  2. 12' Shuto Abe (Gamba Osaka) Yellow Card at 12'
  3. 17' Takato Yamamoto (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 17'
  4. 31' Yudai Kimura (Nagoya Grampus) Goal - Header at 31'
  5. 62' Ryotaro Meshino (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 62'
  6. 62' Shinya Nakano (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 62'
  7. 62' Deniz Hümmet (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 62'
  8. 66' Takuya Uchida (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 66'
  9. 66' Kensuke Nagai (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 66'
  10. 74' Hidemasa Koda (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 74'
  11. 80' Ryotaro Meshino (Gamba Osaka) Yellow Card at 80'
  12. 81' Jiro Nakamura (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 81'
  13. 85' Yuki Nogami (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 85'
  14. 85' Masahito Ono (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 85'
  15. 90'+5' Rin Mito (Gamba Osaka) Goal at 95'

Japanese J1 League News

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