J-League: Gamba Osaka draws 0-0 with Consadole Sapporo with G. Xavier missing a penalty
SUITA-SHI. Gamba Osaka 0-0 Consadole Sapporo could not score a single goal after G. Xavier missed a penalty.
SUITA-SHI. Gamba Osaka 0-0 Consadole Sapporo didn’t manage to score any goal on Wednesday..
G. Xavier missed a decisive penalty (45′). That would have allowed Consadole Sapporo to win the match.
G. Xavier missed 1 penalty (45′ + 1′) for Consadole Sapporo.
The match was played at the Expo ’70 Commemorative Stadium stadium in Suita-shi on Wednesday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Futoshi Nakamura who had the assistance of Yosuke Takabe and Masashi Yamagiwa. The 4th official was Bumpei Ueda.
Match Statistics
There wasn’t much of a difference in ball possession. Gamba Osaka was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Consadole Sapporo that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.
Consadole Sapporo was more aggressive with 81 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 6 were on target. However, this did not suffice for Consadole Sapporo to win the match.
Gamba Osaka shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Consadole Sapporo shot 23 times, 6 on target, 17 off target.
Cards
Gamba Osaka received 2 yellow cards (K. Kurokawa and Kwon Kyung-Won). On the opposite side, Consadole Sapporo received 1 yellow card (H. Miyazawa).
After playing this contest, Gamba Osaka will have 10 points like Urawa Reds to stay in the 16th place. On the opposite side, Consadole Sapporo will have 13 points to stay in the 11th place.
Match Events
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43'43'
K. Kurokawa
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45'45'
Kwon Kyung-Won
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45'45'
G. Xavier
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46'46'
K. Yanagisawa
K. Kurokawa
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46'46'
H. Yamami
Leandro Pereira
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57'57'
H. Miyazawa
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58'58'
Patric
J. Nakamura
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58'58'
M. Saito
K. Okuno
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60'60'
M. Tucic
G. Xavier
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68'68'
D. Okamura
H. Miyazawa
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68'68'
R. Aoki
A. Fukumori
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83'83'
W. Silva
Y. Fukuda
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83'83'
T. Nakashima
T. Kaneko
Next match
In the upcoming J-League match, Gamba Osaka will host Vissel Kobe on the 8th of May with a 12-10 head to head stats in favor of Gamba Osaka (6 draws).
Consadole Sapporo will host Kyoto Sanga on the 7th of May with a 2-0 head to head in favor of Kyoto Sanga (0 draws).
Gamba Osaka: Formation and Lineups
Gamba Osaka started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).
The manager Tomohiro Katanosaka chose to play with the following team: Jun Ichimori , Keisuke Kurokawa , Genta Miura , Kyung-won Kwon , Hiroki Fujiharu , Kosuke Onose , Kohei Okuno , Dawhan , Yuya Fukuda , Jiro Nakamura and Leandro Pereira .
Substitutes
Gamba Osaka made 5 changes: K. Kurokawa for K. Yanagisawa (46′), Leandro Pereira for H. Yamami (46′), J. Nakamura for Patric (58′), K. Okuno for M. Saito (58′) and Y. Fukuda for W. Silva (83′).
Best player: Jun Ichimori
The player that probably impressed the most for Gamba Osaka was the goalkeeper: Jun Ichimori. His rating is 8.63. He saved 1 penalty. He performed 6 saves.
Consadole Sapporo: Formation and Lineups
Consadole Sapporo started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
On the opposite side, Mihailo Petrović played with: Takanori Sugeno , Shunta Tanaka , Hiroki Miyazawa , Tomoki Takamine , Daiki Suga , Lucas Fernandes , Takuma Arano , Akito Fukumori , Yoshiaki Komai , Takuro Kaneko and Gabriel Xavier .
Substitutes
Consadole Sapporo made 4 changes: G. Xavier for M. Tucic (60′), H. Miyazawa for D. Okamura (68′), A. Fukumori for R. Aoki (68′) and T. Kaneko for T. Nakashima (83′).
Top player: Tomoki Takamine
The player who no doubt impressed Consadole Sapporo the most was Tomoki Takamine.
His rating is with 48 passes (81% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 12 duels out of 21. He performed 1 cross.
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