Albirex Niigata vs Gamba Osaka, 2024 Japanese J1 League

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Albirex Niigata

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Gamba Osaka

18': Kota Yamada

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Albirex Niigata are hosting Gamba Osaka at Niigata Stadium Big Swan, Niigata, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the Japanese J.League.

Match Timeline

18': Kota Yamada (Gamba Osaka) Goal at 18'
22': Michael James (Albirex Niigata) Yellow Card at 22'
56': Kento Hashimoto (Albirex Niigata) Yellow Card at 56'
62': Juan Alano (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 62'
66': Shusuke Ota (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 66'
66': Kaito Taniguchi (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 66'
74': Motoki Nagakura (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 74'
84': Neta Lavi (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 84'
88': Yuto Horigome (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 88'
88': Eiji Miyamoto (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 88'
89': Rin Mito (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 89'
89': Takeru Kishimoto (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 89'
89': Issam Jebali (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 89'

Statistics

GAM		ALB
8	Fouls	11
0	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
4	Corner Kicks	10
3	Saves	3
50	Possession	50
9	SHOTS	9
4	ON GOAL	3
0.4	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
0	Accurate Passes	0
0	Passes	0
0.0	Pass Completion %	0.0
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
1	Blocked Shots	2
0	Effective Tackles	0
0	Tackles	0
0.0	Tackle %	0.0
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
0	Clearances	0

Game Information

Competition: Japanese J.League

Venue: Niigata Stadium Big Swan
Location: Niigata, Japan
Attendance: 27,628

Japanese J1 League Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Avispa Fukuoka	0	0	0
2	Cerezo Osaka	0	0	0
3	Fagiano Okayama	0	0	0
4	Gamba Osaka	0	0	0

Full Table

Line-Ups

Albirex Niigata (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Ryosuke Kojima (GK)
45	Hayato Inamura
5	Michael James
42	Kento Hashimoto
25	Soya Fujiwara
14	Motoki Hasegawa
19	Yuji Hoshi
6	Hiroki Akiyama
99	Yuji Ono
16	Yota Komi
17	Danilo Gomes

Albirex Niigata Substitutes:

Yuto Horigome, Fumiya Hayakawa, Eiji Miyamoto, Motoki Nagakura, Shusuke Ota, Kaito Taniguchi, Koto Abe.

Gamba Osaka (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
22	Jun Ichimori (GK)
2	Shota Fukuoka
20	Shinnosuke Nakatani
4	Keisuke Kurokawa
3	Riku Handa
9	Kota Yamada
16	Tokuma Suzuki
23	Dawhan
13	Issai Sakamoto
97	Welton Felipe
17	Ryoya Yamashita

Gamba Osaka Substitutes:

Masaaki Higashiguchi, Rin Mito, Takeru Kishimoto, Neta Lavi, Issam Jebali, Juan Alano, Yuya Fukuda.

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