Gamba Osaka vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima, 2024 Japanese J1 League

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Gamba Osaka

13': Issai Sakamoto
81': Shinnosuke Nakatani
89': Issai Sakamoto

FT
3 - 1

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

90'+3': Mutsuki Kato

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Gamba Osaka are hosting Sanfrecce Hiroshima at Panasonic Stadium Suita, Osaka, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the Japanese J.League.

Match Timeline

13': Issai Sakamoto (Gamba Osaka) Goal at 13'
42': Welton Felipe (Gamba Osaka) Yellow Card at 42'
60': Yotaro Nakajima (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 60'
61': Gonçalo Paciência (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 61'
73': Yuya Fukuda (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 73'
78': Makoto Mitsuta (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 78'
78': Yoshifumi Kashiwa (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 78'
79': Juan Alano (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 79'
79': Rin Mito (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 79'
81': Shinnosuke Nakatani (Gamba Osaka) Goal at 81'
87': Juan Alano (Gamba Osaka) Yellow Card at 87'
89': Issai Sakamoto (Gamba Osaka) Goal at 89'
90': Issam Jebali (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 90'
90': Takeru Kishimoto (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 90'
90': Sota Koshimichi (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 90'
90'+3': Mutsuki Kato (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Goal at 93'

Statistics

SAN		GAM
15	Fouls	12
0	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
10	Corner Kicks	3
4	Saves	3
53.1	Possession	46.9
21	SHOTS	12
5	ON GOAL	6
0.2	On Target %	0.5
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
7	Blocked Shots	4
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: Panasonic Stadium Suita
Location: Osaka, Japan
Attendance: 34,653

Japanese J1 League Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Kashima Antlers	18	+20	45
2	FC Tokyo	18	+12	37
3	Machida Zelvia	18	+4	37
4	Kawasaki Frontale	18	-4	28

Full Table

Line-Ups

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:

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

Sanfrecce Hiroshima (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Keisuke Osako (GK)
4	Hayato Araki
19	Sho Sasaki
33	Tsukasa Shiotani
14	Taishi Matsumoto
66	Hayao Kawabe
24	Shunki Higashi
15	Shuto Nakano
20	Pieros Soteriou
30	Tolgay Arslan
51	Mutsuki Kato

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Substitutes:

Toshihiro Aoyama, Goro Kawanami, Sota Koshimichi, Yoshifumi Kashiwa, Yotaro Nakajima, Gonçalo Paciência, Makoto Mitsuta.

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