Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Gamba Osaka, 2025 Japanese J1 League

· Japanese J.League

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

19': Sota Nakamura

FT
1 - 0

Gamba Osaka

60': Shuto Abe

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Sanfrecce Hiroshima are hosting Gamba Osaka at Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the Japanese J.League.

Match Timeline

11': Ryoya Yamashita (Gamba Osaka) Yellow Card at 11'
19': Sota Nakamura (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Goal at 19'
22': Issam Jebali (Gamba Osaka) Yellow Card at 22'
38': Genta Miura (Gamba Osaka) Yellow Card at 38'
45': Juan Alano (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 45'
60': Shuto Abe (Gamba Osaka) Red Card at 60'
65': Shota Fukuoka (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 65'
67': Kosuke Kinoshita (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 67'
72': Yotaro Nakajima (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 72'
75': Valère Germain (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Substitution at 75'
80': Kanji Okunuki (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 80'
80': Deniz Hümmet (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 80'
80': Takeru Kishimoto (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 80'
90'+4': Kanji Okunuki (Gamba Osaka) Yellow Card at 94'

Statistics

GAM		SAN
13	Fouls	15
4	Yellow Cards	0
1	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
3	Corner Kicks	8
3	Saves	0
54.6	Possession	45.4
3	SHOTS	12
0	ON GOAL	4
0.0	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	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: Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima
Location: Hiroshima, Japan
Attendance: 25,925

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

Sanfrecce Hiroshima (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Keisuke Osako (GK)
4	Hayato Araki
19	Sho Sasaki
33	Tsukasa Shiotani
14	Satoshi Tanaka
6	Hayao Kawabe
24	Shunki Higashi
15	Shuto Nakano
9	Ryo Germain
39	Sota Nakamura
41	Naoki Maeda

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Substitutes:

Valère Germain, Kim Ju-Sung, Jeong Min-Ki, Marcos Júnior, Shimon Kobayashi, Taichi Yamasaki, Daiki Suga, Kosuke Kinoshita, Yotaro Nakajima.

Gamba Osaka (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
22	Jun Ichimori (GK)
20	Shinnosuke Nakatani
5	Genta Miura
4	Keisuke Kurokawa
3	Riku Handa
51	Makoto Mitsuta
13	Shuto Abe
16	Tokuma Suzuki
11	Issam Jebali
97	Welton Felipe
17	Ryoya Yamashita

Gamba Osaka Substitutes:

Shu Kurata, Takashi Usami, Rui Araki, Shota Fukuoka, Kanji Okunuki, Juan Alano, Deniz Hümmet, Rin Mito, Takeru Kishimoto.

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