Shimizu S-Pulse – Gamba Osaka match report
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Shimizu S-Pulse and Gamba Osaka shared the points in a 2-2 draw in the J1 League. It was 2-0 at half-time. Player of the match: Masaki Yumiba of Shimizu S-Pulse, with a ScoreMondo rating of 7.9. The match was played on Saturday, 17 October 2026 at IAI Stadium Nihondaira in Shizuoka (matchday 10).
Key moments
Yuki Honda opened the scoring for Shimizu S-Pulse after 9 minutes. Shimizu S-Pulse extended their lead to 2-0 on 42 minutes thanks to Kai Matsuzaki. Shimizu S-Pulse led 2-0 at the break.
Gamba Osaka pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 84th minute through Ryotaro Meshino. Just 6 minutes later (90') Gamba Osaka drew level at 2-2.
Match statistics
Corners finished 7-4. Dangerous attacks: 279 for Gamba Osaka, 247 for Shimizu S-Pulse. Shimizu S-Pulse committed 10 fouls to Gamba Osaka's 14, and the offside count read 0-1.
Shimizu S-Pulse's yellow cards went to Hidehiro Sugai in the 47th minute. Booked for Gamba Osaka: Ryoya Yamashita (23') and Ryo Hatsuse (24').
The players
The best ScoreMondo ratings after the player of the match went to Mateus Brunetti Valor (Shimizu S-Pulse, 7.6), Ryotaro Meshino (Gamba Osaka, 7.6) and Kai Matsuzaki (Shimizu S-Pulse, 7.5). From the Shimizu S-Pulse bench came Tomoya Fujii on 64 minutes, Yutaka Yoshida on 75 minutes, Yudai Shimamoto on 75 minutes and Park Seung-wook on 90 minutes. Gamba Osaka made 5 changes: Takashi Usami for Rin Mito (45'), Eli Adams for Yusei Toshida (45'), Ryotaro Meshino for Welton Felipe (65') and Tsuyoshi Ogashiwa for Shota Fukuoka (76').
The context
Shimizu S-Pulse came into the match with 4 wins and 1 defeat from their last 5 matches — scoring in 7 straight games. Yokohama F. Marinos beat Shimizu S-Pulse 2-1 last time out. Before kick-off, Gamba Osaka's last 5 matches had brought 2 wins and 3 defeats. Last time out, Gamba Osaka beat Newcastle Jets 3-1 away. The last meeting, in 2026 in the J1 League, went 2-1 to Gamba Osaka. Those 10 games produced 18 goals, an average of 1.8 per match. Keigo Sentatsu was the referee.
What the result means
Shimizu S-Pulse have now scored in 8 consecutive matches. Across 11 meetings in our records: 2 wins for Shimizu S-Pulse, 4 wins for Gamba Osaka and 5 draws.
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