Albirex Niigata vs Gamba Osaka, 2025 Japanese J1 League

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Albirex Niigata

18': Motoki Hasegawa
74': Jin Okumura
82': Ken Yamura

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3 - 3

Gamba Osaka

43': Issam Jebali
67': Issam Jebali
90'+7': Takashi Usami (P)

About

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': Motoki Hasegawa (Albirex Niigata) Goal at 18'
43': Issam Jebali (Gamba Osaka) Goal at 43'
45': Jin Okumura (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 45'
45': Neta Lavi (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 45'
66': Ken Yamura (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 66'
67': Issam Jebali (Gamba Osaka) Goal at 67'
70': Shoji Toyama (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 70'
70': Deniz Hümmet (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 70'
74': Jin Okumura (Albirex Niigata) Goal at 74'
80': Takashi Usami (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 80'
82': Ken Yamura (Albirex Niigata) Goal at 82'
89': Jason Geria (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 89'
90'+1': Keisuke Kasai (Albirex Niigata) Substitution at 91'
90'+7': Takashi Usami (Gamba Osaka) Penalty - Scored at 97'

Statistics

GAM		ALB
12	Fouls	6
0	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
5	Corner Kicks	3
2	Saves	4
39.8	Possession	60.2
15	SHOTS	11
7	ON GOAL	5
0.5	On Target %	0.5
1	Penalty Goals	0
1	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
6	Blocked Shots	3
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: 20,497

Japanese J1 League Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Machida Zelvia	7	+13	17
2	Vissel Kobe	7	+6	16
3	Kashiwa Reysol	7	+3	15
4	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	7	+13	14

Full Table

Line-Ups

Albirex Niigata (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Kazuki Fujita (GK)
35	Kazuhiko Chiba
5	Michael James
42	Kento Hashimoto
25	Soya Fujiwara
41	Motoki Hasegawa
6	Hiroki Akiyama
8	Eiji Miyamoto
99	Yuji Ono
7	Kaito Taniguchi
16	Yota Komi

Albirex Niigata Substitutes:

Ken Yamura, Jason Geria, Jin Okumura, Fumiya Hayakawa, Daisuke Yoshimitsu, Yamato Wakatsuki, Yoshiaki Takagi, Keisuke Kasai, Shosei Okamoto.

Gamba Osaka (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
22	Jun Ichimori (GK)
67	Shogo Sasaki
20	Shinnosuke Nakatani
4	Keisuke Kurokawa
3	Riku Handa
51	Makoto Mitsuta
27	Rin Mito
16	Tokuma Suzuki
11	Issam Jebali
10	Shu Kurata
47	Juan Alano

Gamba Osaka Substitutes:

Takashi Usami, Shinya Nakano, Shoji Toyama, Deniz Hümmet, Shota Fukuoka, Gaku Nawata, Masaaki Higashiguchi, Takeru Kishimoto, Neta Lavi.

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