Gamba Osaka vs Machida Zelvia, 2025 Japanese J1 League

· Japanese J.League

Gamba Osaka

FT
0 - 1

Machida Zelvia

43': Yuki Soma

About

Gamba Osaka are hosting Machida Zelvia at Suita City Football Stadium, Osaka, Japan, starting on . The match is a part of the Japanese J.League.

Match Commentary

43': Yuki Soma (Machida Zelvia) Goal at 43'
58': Makoto Mitsuta (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 58'
69': Keiya Sento (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 69'
73': Kanji Kuwayama (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 73'
73': Ryohei Shirasaki (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 73'
79': Kotaro Hayashi (Machida Zelvia) Yellow Card at 79'
80': Juan Alano (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 80'
89': Mitchell Duke (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 89'
89': Shota Fujio (Machida Zelvia) Substitution at 89'
90': Shu Kurata (Gamba Osaka) Substitution at 90'

Statistics

ZEL		GAM
9	Fouls	18
1	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
7	Corner Kicks	3
1	Saves	1
37.2	Possession	62.8
11	SHOTS	8
2	ON GOAL	1
0.2	On Target %	0.1
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
4	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: Suita City Football Stadium
Location: Osaka, Japan
Attendance: 23,125

Japanese J1 League Standings

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	FC Tokyo	14	+25	33
2	Kashiwa Reysol	14	+11	31
3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	14	+22	30
4	Machida Zelvia	14	+20	29

Full Standings

Line-Ups

Gamba Osaka (4-1-2-1-2)

No.	Name
22	Jun Ichimori (GK)
2	Shota Fukuoka
20	Shinnosuke Nakatani
6	Neta Lavi
4	Keisuke Kurokawa
3	Riku Handa
7	Takashi Usami
16	Tokuma Suzuki
27	Rin Mito
11	Issam Jebali
23	Deniz Hümmet

Gamba Osaka Substitutes:

Harumi Minamino, Masaaki Higashiguchi, Makoto Mitsuta, Genta Miura, Shu Kurata, Shoji Toyama, Juan Alano, Shogo Sasaki, Takeru Kishimoto.

Machida Zelvia (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Kosei Tani (GK)
50	Daihachi Okamura
3	Gen Shoji
5	Ibrahim Dresevic
18	Hokuto Shimoda
16	Hiroyuki Mae
19	Yuta Nakayama
26	Kotaro Hayashi
90	Oh Se-Hun
7	Yuki Soma
20	Takuma Nishimura

Machida Zelvia Substitutes:

Daigo Takahashi, Ryohei Shirasaki, Kanji Kuwayama, Tatsuya Morita, Henry Mochizuki, Mitchell Duke, Shota Fujio, Ryuho Kikuchi, Keiya Sento.

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