AFC Champions League Elite | League Stage Matchday 4 | 2026-11-04 19:00 JST
3–3
- 55' Wanderson Oliveira
- 77' Jorge Luiz Barbosa Teixeira
- 89' Kim Gwang-Won
- 34' R. Meshino
- 69' E. Adams
- 79' K. Sumi
Match summary
The AFC Champions League Elite League Stage Matchday 4 fixture between Pohang Steelers and Gamba Osaka was played on November 4. A goal-filled contest ended 3-3. It was 0-1 at half-time and 3-2 in the second half, and neither side could pull ahead.
Possession: Pohang Steelers 45%, Gamba Osaka 55%. Shots: Pohang Steelers 12, Gamba Osaka 15.
Team stats
3-4-3
4-2-3-1
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| Pohang Steelers | Stat | Gamba Osaka |
|---|---|---|
| 3-4-3 | Formation | 4-2-3-1 |
| 45% | Possession | 55% |
| 1.66 | Expected goals (xG) | 1.54 |
| 12 | Shots | 15 |
| 6 | Shots on target | 5 |
| 3 | Shots off target | 6 |
| 3 | Blocked shots | 4 |
| 10 | Shots inside the box | 9 |
| 2 | Shots outside the box | 6 |
| 1 | Corner kicks | 4 |
| 1 | Offsides | 1 |
| 5 | Fouls | 16 |
| 442 | Passes | 565 |
| 347 | Accurate passes | 474 |
| 1 | Goalkeeper saves | 4 |
| 1 | Yellow cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
Referee: Adel Ali Ahmed Khamis Al Naqbi
Player stats
Pohang Steelers
| Pos | Player | Shots | Shots on target | Goals | Dribbles (success) | Tackles (success) | Blocks | Passes (accuracy) | Assists | Yellow cards | Red cards | Fouls | Fouled | Rating | Min | Key passes | Interceptions | Duels (won) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW | An Jae-Jun | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(0%) | 1 | 0 | 7(88%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.41 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 7(2) |
| GK | Yun Pyeong-Gook | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| DF | Wanderson | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0(0%) | 0 | 1 | 17(74%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.33 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 4(2) |
| DF | Shin Kwang-Hoon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| DF | Lee Chang-Woo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| MF | Ki Sung-Yueng | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14(78%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.01 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 2(1) | |
| FW | Kim Yong-Hak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| DF | Kang Min-Jun | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| DF | Jo Sung-Wook | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| FW | Jorge Luiz | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0(0%) | 1 | 0 | 4(100%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3(1) |
| FW | Hwang Jae-Hwan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| MF | K. Gwang-won | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1(100%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2(0) | |
| FW | J. Tranziska | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0(0%) | 0 | 0 | 13(87%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6.6 | 72 | 0 | 2 | 13(7) |
| FW | Cho Sang-Hyeok | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1(100%) | 0 | 2 | 9(53%) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.86 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 10(4) |
| GK | Hwang In-Jae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23(53%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.81 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 2(1) | |
| DF | Jeon Min-Gwang | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34(81%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.14 | 90 | 2 | 0 | 4(2) | |
| DF | Jin Si-woo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52(88%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6.46 | 88 | 0 | 1 | 6(5) | |
| FW | Jung Han-Min | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0(0%) | 0 | 0 | 9(90%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.55 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 2(1) |
| MF | Kim Dong-Jin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(100%) | 4 | 0 | 30(73%) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8.41 | 90 | 3 | 1 | 10(10) |
| MF | Kim Seung-Ho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35(81%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.32 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 4(2) | |
| MF | Ye-Sung Kim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29(91%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.31 | 90 | 1 | 1 | 1(0) | |
| MF | K. Nishiya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(0%) | 0 | 0 | 29(83%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6.36 | 63 | 0 | 2 | 3(2) |
| DF | Park Chan-Yong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 41(80%) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.04 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 6(4) |
Gamba Osaka
| Pos | Player | Shots | Shots on target | Goals | Dribbles (success) | Tackles (success) | Blocks | Passes (accuracy) | Assists | Yellow cards | Red cards | Fouls | Fouled | Rating | Min | Key passes | Interceptions | Duels (won) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Zhang Ao lin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| FW | R. Yamashita | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4(57%) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.18 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 2(1) | |
| FW | T. Tono | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| MF | K. Sumi | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10(91%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.99 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 2(0) | |
| FW | N. Nakatsumi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| DF | T. Kishimoto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6(75%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.98 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 3(2) | |
| FW | I. Jebali | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2(50%) | 0 | 2 | 4(67%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.58 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 4(2) |
| GK | M. Higashiguchi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| DF | R. Hatsuse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| MF | S. Abe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3(60%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.96 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4(3) | |
| MF | T. Suzuki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48(86%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6.29 | 90 | 2 | 3 | 5(2) | |
| FW | T. Ogashiwa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16(89%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.38 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 2(0) | |
| DF | S. Nakano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 52(87%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.41 | 90 | 1 | 1 | 6(3) | |
| MF | R. Meshino | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0(0%) | 0 | 0 | 38(88%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.96 | 90 | 3 | 0 | 2(0) |
| MF | S. Kurata | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0(0%) | 1 | 0 | 39(93%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6.35 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 7(2) |
| MF | Juanpe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1(100%) | 1 | 1 | 62(83%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.61 | 81 | 0 | 1 | 7(5) |
| DF | Ginjiro Ikegaya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 63(85%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.57 | 90 | 0 | 3 | 9(6) | |
| DF | S. Fukuoka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61(88%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 90 | 0 | 1 | 3(3) | |
| DF | S. Fujiwara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(100%) | 1 | 0 | 34(83%) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.09 | 61 | 1 | 1 | 12(4) |
| MF | E. Adams | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0(0%) | 1 | 0 | 15(83%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6.93 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 11(2) |
| GK | J. Ichimori | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19(59%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.16 | 90 | 0 | 0 |
Lineups
Pohang Steelers
| Role | Pos | No. | Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | GK | 21 | Hwang In-Jae |
| Starter | DF | 20 | Park Chan-Yong |
| Starter | DF | 4 | Jeon Min-Gwang |
| Starter | DF | 5 | Jin Si-woo |
| Starter | MF | 3 | Ye-Sung Kim |
| Starter | MF | 8 | Kim Seung-Ho |
| Starter | MF | 31 | K. Nishiya |
| Starter | MF | 16 | Kim Dong-Jin |
| Starter | FW | 37 | Jung Han-Min |
| Starter | FW | 9 | An Jae-Jun |
| Starter | FW | 10 | J. Tranziska |
| Bench | DF | 77 | Wanderson |
| Bench | FW | 18 | Cho Sang-Hyeok |
| Bench | MF | 22 | K. Gwang-won |
| Bench | FW | 25 | Jorge Luiz |
| Bench | MF | 40 | Ki Sung-Yueng |
Show unused substitutes (7)
| Role | Pos | No. | Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bench | DF | 17 | Shin Kwang-Hoon |
| Bench | GK | 1 | Yun Pyeong-Gook |
| Bench | FW | 12 | Hwang Jae-Hwan |
| Bench | DF | 33 | Jo Sung-Wook |
| Bench | DF | 13 | Kang Min-Jun |
| Bench | FW | 30 | Kim Yong-Hak |
| Bench | DF | 14 | Lee Chang-Woo |
Gamba Osaka
| Role | Pos | No. | Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | GK | 22 | J. Ichimori |
| Starter | DF | 28 | S. Fujiwara |
| Starter | DF | 19 | Ginjiro Ikegaya |
| Starter | DF | 2 | S. Fukuoka |
| Starter | DF | 47 | S. Nakano |
| Starter | MF | 78 | Juanpe |
| Starter | MF | 16 | T. Suzuki |
| Starter | MF | 20 | E. Adams |
| Starter | MF | 10 | S. Kurata |
| Starter | MF | 8 | R. Meshino |
| Starter | FW | 24 | T. Ogashiwa |
| Bench | FW | 17 | R. Yamashita |
| Bench | MF | 39 | K. Sumi |
| Bench | DF | 15 | T. Kishimoto |
| Bench | FW | 11 | I. Jebali |
| Bench | MF | 13 | S. Abe |
Show unused substitutes (5)
| Role | Pos | No. | Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bench | FW | 35 | T. Tono |
| Bench | FW | 37 | N. Nakatsumi |
| Bench | GK | 1 | M. Higashiguchi |
| Bench | DF | 21 | R. Hatsuse |
| Bench | GK | 31 | Zhang Ao lin |
Match events
| Time | Team | Event | Player | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1H 34' | Gamba Osaka | ⚽ Goal | R. Meshino | 0-1 |
| 1H 45' | Pohang Steelers | 🔄 Substitution | OUT Jung Han-Min → IN Cho Sang-Hyeok | |
| 1H 45' | Pohang Steelers | 🔄 Substitution | OUT An Jae-Joon → IN Wanderson Oliveira | |
| 2H 6' | Gamba Osaka | 🟨 Yellow card | S. Fujiwara | |
| 2H 10' | Pohang Steelers | ⚽ Goal | Wanderson Oliveira | 1-1 |
| 2H 12' | Pohang Steelers | 🟨 Yellow card | Park Chan-yong | |
| 2H 16' | Gamba Osaka | 🔄 Substitution | OUT T. Ogashiwa → IN K. Sumi | |
| 2H 16' | Gamba Osaka | 🔄 Substitution | OUT S. Fujiwara → IN T. Kishimoto | |
| 2H 18' | Pohang Steelers | 🔄 Substitution | OUT Kento Nishiya → IN Ki Sung-Yueng | |
| 2H 24' | Gamba Osaka | ⚽ Goal | E. Adams | 1-2 |
| 2H 27' | Gamba Osaka | 🔄 Substitution | OUT E. Adams → IN R. Yamashita | |
| 2H 27' | Gamba Osaka | 🔄 Substitution | OUT S. Kurata → IN I. Jebali | |
| 2H 27' | Pohang Steelers | 🔄 Substitution | OUT Jakob Tranziska → IN Jorge Luiz Barbosa Teixeira | |
| 2H 32' | Pohang Steelers | ⚽ Goal | Jorge Luiz Barbosa Teixeira | 2-2 |
| 2H 34' | Gamba Osaka | ⚽ Goal | K. Sumi | 2-3 |
| 2H 36' | Gamba Osaka | 🔄 Substitution | OUT Juanpe Jiménez → IN S. Abe | |
| 2H 43' | Pohang Steelers | 🔄 Substitution | OUT Jin Si-woo → IN Kim Gwang-Won | |
| 2H 44' | Pohang Steelers | ⚽ Goal | Kim Gwang-Won | 3-3 |
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