Japanese J.League

FT Saturday, August 22, 2026
Gamba Osaka DWWWD 1
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Nagoya Grampus LDLLL 3
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GAM101
NAG123
Toyota Stadium (Japan)

Team Stats

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

Head to Head

GAM leads series 3-2

Lineups

NAG · 5-3-2

  1. 35Alexandre PisanoG
  2. 15Sho InagakiCD
  3. 31Tomoki TakamineCD-L
  4. 70Teruki HaraCD-R
  5. 55Shuhei TokumotoLB
  6. 7Ryuji IzumiRB
  7. 14Tsukasa MorishimaCM
  8. 27Katsuhiro NakayamaCM-L
  9. 17Takuya UchidaCM-R
  10. 22Yudai KimuraCF-L
  11. 11Yuya YamagishiCF-R

GAM · 4-2-3-1

  1. 18Rui ArakiG
  2. 67Shogo SasakiCD-L
  3. 4Shinnosuke NakataniCD-R
  4. 21Ryo HatsuseLB
  5. 15Takeru KishimotoRB
  6. 14Asahi UenakaAM
  7. 27Rin MitoLM
  8. 13Shuto AbeRM
  9. 23Deniz HümmetF
  10. 8Ryotaro MeshinoAM-L
  11. 17Ryoya YamashitaAM-R

Timeline

  1. 7' Yudai Kimura (Nagoya Grampus) Goal at 7'
  2. 11' Ryotaro Meshino (Gamba Osaka) Goal at 11'
  3. 40' Takeru Kishimoto (Gamba Osaka) Yellow Card at 40'
  4. 43' Deniz Hümmet (Gamba Osaka) Yellow Card at 43'
  5. 60' Yuki Nogami (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 60'
  6. 63' Gaku Nawata (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 63'
  7. 63' Eli Adams (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 63'
  8. 67' Mateus (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 67'
  9. 78' Masahito Ono (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 78'
  10. 78' Yota Sato (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 78'
  11. 78' Yuya Asano (Nagoya Grampus) Substitution at 78'
  12. 79' Naru Nakatsumi (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 79'
  13. 83' Yuya Asano (Nagoya Grampus) Goal at 83'
  14. 86' Takashi Usami (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 86'
  15. 86' Shuto Abe (Gamba Osaka) Red Card at 86'
  16. 90'+7' Masahito Ono (Nagoya Grampus) Goal at 90'+7'

Japanese J1 League News

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