Nagoya Grampus vs Gamba Osaka, 2026 Japanese J1 League, Regular Season

· Japanese J.League

Nagoya Grampus

7': Yudai Kimura
83': Yuya Asano
90'+7': Masahito Ono

FT
3 - 1

Gamba Osaka

11': Ryotaro Meshino
86': Shuto Abe

About

Nagoya Grampus are hosting Gamba Osaka at Toyota Stadium (Japan), Toyota, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the Japanese J.League.

Match Timeline

7': Yudai Kimura (Nagoya Grampus) Goal at 7'
11': Ryotaro Meshino (Gamba Osaka) Goal at 11'
40': Takeru Kishimoto (Gamba Osaka) Yellow Card at 40'
43': Deniz Hümmet (Gamba Osaka) Yellow Card at 43'
60': Yuki Nogami (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 60'
63': Gaku Nawata (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 63'
63': Eli Adams (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 63'
67': Mateus (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 67'
78': Masahito Ono (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 78'
78': Yota Sato (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 78'
78': Yuya Asano (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 78'
79': Naru Nakatsumi (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 79'
83': Yuya Asano (Nagoya Grampus) Goal at 83'
86': Takashi Usami (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 86'
86': Shuto Abe (Gamba Osaka) Red Card at 86'
90'+7': Masahito Ono (Nagoya Grampus) Goal at 90'+7'

Statistics

GAM		NAG
19	Fouls	10
2	Yellow Cards	0
1	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	3
3	Corner Kicks	4
8	Saves	2
48.4	Possession	51.6
10	SHOTS	21
3	ON GOAL	12
0.3	On Target %	0.6
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
326	Accurate Passes	342
398	Passes	417
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
0	Accurate Crosses	0
0	Crosses	0
0.0	Cross %	0.0
0	Long Balls	0
0	Accurate Long Balls	0
0.0	Long Balls %	0.0
6	Blocked Shots	4
12	Effective Tackles	10
17	Tackles	15
0.7	Tackle %	0.7
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
23	Clearances	19

Game Information

Competition: Japanese J.League

Venue: Toyota Stadium (Japan)
Location: Toyota, Japan

Japanese J1 League Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Machida Zelvia	3	+10	9
2	Kashiwa Reysol	3	+5	9
3	Kashima Antlers	3	+3	9
4	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	3	+6	7

Full Table

Line-Ups

Nagoya Grampus (5-3-2)

No.	Name
35	Alexandre Pisano (GK)
15	Sho Inagaki
31	Tomoki Takamine
70	Teruki Hara
55	Shuhei Tokumoto
7	Ryuji Izumi
14	Tsukasa Morishima
27	Katsuhiro Nakayama
17	Takuya Uchida
22	Yudai Kimura
11	Yuya Yamagishi

Nagoya Grampus Substitutes:

Hiroaki Hagi, Yota Sato, Yuki Nogami, Yuya Asano, Mateus, Tomoya Koyamatsu, Kensuke Nagai, Hidemasa Koda, Masahito Ono.

Gamba Osaka (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
18	Rui Araki (GK)
67	Shogo Sasaki
4	Shinnosuke Nakatani
21	Ryo Hatsuse
15	Takeru Kishimoto
14	Asahi Uenaka
27	Rin Mito
13	Shuto Abe
23	Deniz Hümmet
8	Ryotaro Meshino
17	Ryoya Yamashita

Gamba Osaka Substitutes:

Shu Kurata, Takashi Usami, Jun Ichimori, Ginjiro Ikegaya, Gaku Nawata, Tokuma Suzuki, Naru Nakatsumi, Shota Fukuoka, Eli Adams.

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