J-League: Urawa Reds grabs a draw versus Gamba Osaka
TOKYO. Urawa Reds managed to clinch a late draw against Gamba Osaka with a late goal from A. Scholz.
TOKYO. Urawa Reds found a way to snatch a draw against Gamba Osaka with a late goal from A. Scholz scored in the (90′) after Gamba Osaka got a lead with a goal from M. Saito (33′).
The match was played at the Nishigaoka National Stadium stadium in Tokyo on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Yuichi Nishimura who was helped by Hiroshi Yamauchi and Naoya Okawa. The 4th official was Tadashi Baba. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot around 28.9 degrees Celsius or 84.07 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 69%.
Match Statistics
There wasn’t much of a difference in ball possession. Gamba Osaka was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Urawa Reds that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
Gamba Osaka was more aggressive with 71 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 5 were on target. However, this did not suffice for Gamba Osaka to win the match.
Gamba Osaka shot 12 times, 5 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Urawa Reds shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
Gamba Osaka received 3 yellow cards (I. Sakamoto, Dawhan and M. Higashiguchi). On the other side, Urawa Reds received 2 yellow cards (Y. Hirano and ).
After playing this match, Gamba Osaka will have 20 points like Kyoto Sanga to stay in the 12th place. On the other side, Urawa Reds will have 21 points like Nagoya Grampus to stay in the 10th place.
Match Events
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33'33'
M. Saito
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36'36'
I. Sakamoto
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40'40'
S. Kurata (Goal Disallowed)
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46'46'
Y. Hirano
K. Shibato
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46'46'
D. Karlsson
Y. Koizumi
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46'46'
H. Sakai
Y. Miyamoto
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49'49'
Y. Hirano
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59'59'
Dawhan
K. Okuno
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59'59'
H. Fujiharu
K. Kurokawa
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68'68'
Y. Matsuo
T. Iwanami
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71'71'
G. Shoji
S. Fukuoka
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72'72'
R. Takao
S. Kurata
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79'79'
Patric
I. Sakamoto
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79'79'
T. Sekine
A. Esaka
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86'86'
Dawhan
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90'90'
A. Scholz (Penalty)
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90'90'
M. Higashiguchi
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90'90'
H. Sakai
Next match
In the upcoming J-League match, Gamba Osaka will play away against Shonan Bellmare on the 6th of July with a 9-3 head to head in favor of Gamba Osaka (3 draws).
Urawa Reds will host Kyoto Sanga on the 6th of July with a 5-1 head to head record in favor of Urawa Reds (1 draw).
Gamba Osaka: Formation and Lineups
Gamba Osaka started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Tomohiro Katanosaka chose to play with the following team: Masaaki Higashiguchi , Shota Fukuoka , Genta Miura , Kyung-won Kwon , Kosuke Onose , Mitsuki Saito , Kohei Okuno , Keisuke Kurokawa , Shu Kurata , Hideki Ishige and Isa Sakamoto .
Substitutes
Gamba Osaka made 5 changes: K. Okuno for Dawhan (59′), K. Kurokawa for H. Fujiharu (59′), S. Fukuoka for G. Shoji (71′), S. Kurata for R. Takao (72′) and I. Sakamoto for Patric (79′).
Top player: Hideki Ishige
The player who no doubt impressed Gamba Osaka the most was Hideki Ishige.
His rating is with 31 passes (83% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 11. He performed 8 crosses.
Urawa Reds: Formation and Lineups
Urawa Reds started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
On the opposite side, Ricardo Rodríguez Suárez played with: Shusaku Nishikawa , Yuta Miyamoto , Alexander Scholz , Takuya Iwanami , Ayumu Ohata , Kai Shibato , Ken Iwao , Yoshio Koizumi , Ataru Esaka , Tomoaki Okubo and Takahiro Akimoto .
Substitutes
Urawa Reds made 5 changes: K. Shibato for Y. Hirano (46′), Y. Koizumi for D. Karlsson (46′), Y. Miyamoto for H. Sakai (46′), T. Iwanami for Y. Matsuo (68′) and A. Esaka for T. Sekine (79′).
Top player: Yuta Miyamoto
The player who no doubt impressed Urawa Reds the most was Yuta Miyamoto.
His rating is with 18 passes (94% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 7.
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