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AFC Champions League Elite logoAFC Champions League EliteMatchday 4

Pohang Steelers vs Gamba Osaka 3-3

  • Wanderson Oliveira55'
  • Jorge Luiz Barbosa Teixeira77'
  • Kim Gwang-Won89'
  • Ryotaro Meshino34'
  • Eli Adams69'
  • Koshiro Sumi79'
Kick-off
Wed, 4 Nov 2026 · 10:00 (UTC)
Venue
Pohang Steel Yard, Pohang
Referee
Adel Ali Ahmed Khamis Al Naqbi

Match timeline

  1. 89’Goal!Pohang Steelers crestPohang SteelersKim Gwang-WonAssist: Cho Sang-Hyeok3 – 3
  2. 88’SubstitutionPohang Steelers crestPohang SteelersKim Gwang-Won ONJin Si-woo OFF
  3. 81’SubstitutionGamba Osaka crestGamba OsakaShuto Abe ONJuanpe Jiménez OFF
  4. 79’Goal!Gamba Osaka crestGamba OsakaKoshiro SumiAssist: Ryoya Yamashita2 – 3
  5. 77’Goal!Pohang Steelers crestPohang SteelersJorge Luiz Barbosa TeixeiraAssist: Kim Dong-Jin2 – 2
  6. 72’SubstitutionPohang Steelers crestPohang SteelersJorge Luiz Barbosa Teixeira ONJakob Tranziska OFF
  7. 72’SubstitutionGamba Osaka crestGamba OsakaRyoya Yamashita ONEli Adams OFF
  8. 72’SubstitutionGamba Osaka crestGamba OsakaIssam Jebali ONShu Kurata OFF
Show 10 earlier events
  1. 69’Goal!Gamba Osaka crestGamba OsakaEli Adams1 – 2
  2. 63’SubstitutionPohang Steelers crestPohang SteelersKi Sung-Yueng ONKento Nishiya OFF
  3. 61’SubstitutionGamba Osaka crestGamba OsakaKoshiro Sumi ONTsuyoshi Ogashiwa OFF
  4. 61’SubstitutionGamba Osaka crestGamba OsakaTakeru Kishimoto ONSoya Fujiwara OFF
  5. 57’Yellow cardPohang Steelers crestPohang SteelersPark Chan-yong
  6. 55’Goal!Pohang Steelers crestPohang SteelersWanderson OliveiraAssist: Kim Dong-Jin1 – 1
  7. 51’Yellow cardGamba Osaka crestGamba OsakaSoya Fujiwara
  8. 45’SubstitutionPohang Steelers crestPohang SteelersCho Sang-Hyeok ONJung Han-Min OFF
  9. 45’SubstitutionPohang Steelers crestPohang SteelersWanderson Oliveira ONAn Jae-Joon OFF
  10. 34’Goal!Gamba Osaka crestGamba OsakaRyotaro MeshinoAssist: Soya Fujiwara0 – 1
  11. 1’Kick-off

Key stats

Pohang Steelers crestPohang SteelersGamba OsakaGamba Osaka crest
  • 44%Possession56%
  • 12Shots15
  • 1.67xG1
  • 6Shots on Target4
  • 1Corners4
  • 5Fouls16
  • 1Offsides1
  • 1Saves4
  • 440Passes563
  • 1Yellow Cards1

Lineups

Confirmed selections

Pohang Steelers crestPohang Steelers4 - 1 - 4 - 1

  1. 21In-Jae
  2. 4Min-Gwang
  3. 20Chan-Yong
  4. 5Si-woo
  5. 3Kim
  6. 8Seung-Ho
  7. 37Han-Min
  8. 31Nishiya
  9. 16Dong-Jin
  10. 9Jae-Jun
  11. 10Tranziska

Substitutions

  1. 45’↑18 Cho Sang-Hyeok↓37 Jung Han-Min
  2. 45’↑ Wanderson Oliveira↓ An Jae-Joon
  3. 63’↑40 Ki Sung-Yueng↓31 K. Nishiya
  4. 72’↑ Jorge Luiz Barbosa Teixeira↓10 J. Tranziska
  5. 88’↑22 K. Gwang-won↓5 Jin Si-woo

Unused substitutes 14 Lee Chang-Woo, 77 Wanderson, 17 Shin Kwang-Hoon, 12 Hwang Jae-Hwan, 25 Jorge Luiz, 33 Jo Sung-Wook, 13 Kang Min-Jun, 1 Yun Pyeong-Gook, 30 Kim Yong-Hak

Coach Seong-jae Kim

Gamba Osaka crestGamba Osaka4 - 2 - 3 - 1

  1. 22Ichimori
  2. 28Fujiwara
  3. 19Ikegaya
  4. 2Fukuoka
  5. 47Nakano
  6. 78Juanpe
  7. 16Suzuki
  8. 20Adams
  9. 10Kurata
  10. 8Meshino
  11. 24Ogashiwa

Substitutions

  1. 61’↑39 K. Sumi↓24 T. Ogashiwa
  2. 61’↑15 T. Kishimoto↓28 S. Fujiwara
  3. 72’↑17 R. Yamashita↓20 E. Adams
  4. 72’↑11 I. Jebali↓10 S. Kurata
  5. 81’↑13 S. Abe↓ Juanpe Jiménez

Unused substitutes 31 Zhang Ao lin, 35 T. Tono, 37 N. Nakatsumi, 1 M. Higashiguchi, 21 R. Hatsuse

Coach Tomokazu Myojin

Match facts

Competition
AFC Champions League Elite
Round
Matchday 4
Date
Wed, 4 Nov 2026
Kick-off
10:00 (UTC)
Venue
Pohang Steel Yard, Pohang
Referee
Adel Ali Ahmed Khamis Al Naqbi
Pohang Steelers coach
Seong-jae Kim
Gamba Osaka coach
Tomokazu Myojin

League table

AFC Champions League Elite · East Region

#TeamPWDLGDPts
1Vissel Kobe crestVissel Kobe4400+512
2Kashima crestKashima4310+1010
3Gamba Osaka crestGamba Osaka4220+58
4Kashiwa Reysol crestKashiwa Reysol4211+57
5SHANGHAI SIPG crestSHANGHAI SIPG4211+37
6Kyoto Sanga crestKyoto Sanga4211+37
7Johor Darul Takzim FC crestJohor Darul Takzim FC4211+37
8Jeonbuk Motors crestJeonbuk Motors4211+17
9Beijing Guoan crestBeijing Guoan421107
10Daejeon Citizen crestDaejeon Citizen4112-24
11Công An Nhân Dân crestCông An Nhân Dân4112-34
12Buriram United crestBuriram United4031-13
13Port FC crestPort FC4103-53
14Ratchaburi crestRatchaburi4013-41
15Pohang Steelers crestPohang Steelers4013-71
16Newcastle Jets crestNewcastle Jets4004-130

Recent form

Last 5 matches, all competitions

Pohang Steelers crest

Pohang Steelers

  1. L
  2. D
  3. D
  4. L
  5. D
Gamba Osaka crest

Gamba Osaka

  1. W
  2. W
  3. W
  4. D

Player ratings

  1. 1Kim Dong-Jin8.4
  2. 2Jorge Luiz8.2
  3. 3Wanderson7.6
  4. 4K. Gwang-won7.4
  5. 5Cho Sang-Hyeok6.8
  6. 6J. Tranziska6.6
  7. 7Jung Han-Min6.6
  8. 8Jin Si-woo6.5
  9. 9An Jae-Jun6.4
  10. 10Ye-Sung Kim6.4
  11. 11Kim Seung-Ho6.3
  12. 12K. Nishiya6.2
  13. 13Jeon Min-Gwang6.1
  14. 14Ki Sung-Yueng6.0
  15. 15Park Chan-Yong6.0
  16. 16Hwang In-Jae5.8
  17. 17Yun Pyeong-Gook0.0
  18. 18Shin Kwang-Hoon0.0
  19. 19Lee Chang-Woo0.0
  20. 20Kim Yong-Hak0.0
  21. 21Kang Min-Jun0.0
  22. 22Jo Sung-Wook0.0
  23. 23Hwang Jae-Hwan0.0
  1. 1R. Meshino7.8
  2. 2K. Sumi7.1
  3. 3E. Adams7.0
  4. 4S. Fukuoka6.9
  5. 5R. Yamashita6.8
  6. 6Ginjiro Ikegaya6.8
  7. 7S. Nakano6.6
  8. 8I. Jebali6.5
  9. 9S. Kurata6.5
  10. 10T. Suzuki6.4
  11. 11T. Ogashiwa6.4
  12. 12J. Ichimori6.3
  13. 13T. Kishimoto6.2
  14. 14S. Fujiwara6.2
  15. 15Juanpe6.1
  16. 16S. Abe6.0
  17. 17Zhang Ao lin0.0
  18. 18T. Tono0.0
  19. 19N. Nakatsumi0.0
  20. 20M. Higashiguchi0.0
  21. 21R. Hatsuse0.0

Match ratings from API-Football, out of 10.

MVP of the match

Kim Dong-Jin
8.4

Kim Dong-Jin

Pohang Steelers crestPohang Steelers

0
Goals
2
Assists

Rated 8.4, the best on the pitch — 2 assists in 90 minutes.

Head to head

Pohang Steelers crest
0Wins
1Draws
1Wins
Gamba Osaka crest

2 goals3 goals

Last 2 meetings

  • 2026AFC Champions League TwoPohang Steelers crestPohang Steelers1 - 2Gamba Osaka crestGamba Osaka
  • 2026AFC Champions League TwoPohang Steelers crestPohang Steelers1 - 1Gamba Osaka crestGamba Osaka

2 meetings in the Cornerflick archive.

Team form comparison

Last 5 matches, all competitions

Pohang Steelers crestPohang Steelers
W-D-L
0-3-2
Scored / match
0.6
Conceded / match
1.6
Gamba Osaka crestGamba Osaka
W-D-L
3-1-0
Scored / match
2.3
Conceded / match
0.8

Fan predictions

How the fans called it

  • Pohang Steelers crestPohang Steelers0%
  • DrawResult0%
  • Gamba Osaka crestGamba Osaka0%

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What happened

Match report

Pohang Steelers and Gamba Osaka shared six goals in a 3-3 draw at Pohang Steel Yard, with both sides leading at different points before Kim Gwang-Won levelled it on 89 minutes. Gamba led 3-2 going into the closing stages, but Pohang rescued a point late on.

Gamba took the lead in the 34th minute when Ryotaro Meshino scored from Soya Fujiwara's assist. Pohang made two changes at half-time, and Wanderson Oliveira, who had come on in the 45th minute, equalised on 55 minutes from Kim Dong-Jin's pass. The half-time score was 0-1.

Gamba went back in front on 69 minutes through Eli Adams, then made two changes on 72 minutes as Pohang did the same. Jorge Luiz Barbosa Teixeira, who had come on in the 72nd minute, brought Pohang level on 77 minutes, before Koshiro Sumi, on as a substitute in the 61st minute, restored Gamba's lead on 79 minutes from Ryoya Yamashita's assist, with Yamashita having come on in the 72nd minute. Kim Gwang-Won, introduced in the 88th minute, scored from Cho Sang-Hyeok's assist a minute later to make it 3-3.

Gamba had 56% of possession and made 563 passes to Pohang's 440, while also having more shots, 15 to 12, and more corners, 4 to 1. Pohang had 6 shots on target to Gamba's 4 and a higher xG, 1.67 to 1, as well as a 4-1 lead in saves against them.

Gamba had one booking, for Soya Fujiwara on 51 minutes, while Pohang's yellow card went to Park Chan-yong on 57 minutes. There were no red cards.

Match record

Competition
AFC Champions League Elite
Round
Matchday 4
Kick-off
Venue
Pohang Steel Yard, Pohang
Referee
Adel Ali Ahmed Khamis Al Naqbi
Match ID
cornerflick:match:pohang-steelers-vs-gamba-osaka-afc-champions-league-2026-11-04

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18 events

  1. 34’Goal!Gamba Osaka crestGamba OsakaRyotaro MeshinoAssist: Soya Fujiwara0 – 1
  2. 45’SubstitutionPohang Steelers crestPohang SteelersCho Sang-Hyeok ONJung Han-Min OFF
  3. 45’SubstitutionPohang Steelers crestPohang SteelersWanderson Oliveira ONAn Jae-Joon OFF
  4. 51’Yellow cardGamba Osaka crestGamba OsakaSoya Fujiwara
  5. 55’Goal!Pohang Steelers crestPohang SteelersWanderson OliveiraAssist: Kim Dong-Jin1 – 1
  6. 57’Yellow cardPohang Steelers crestPohang SteelersPark Chan-yong
  7. 61’SubstitutionGamba Osaka crestGamba OsakaKoshiro Sumi ONTsuyoshi Ogashiwa OFF
  8. 61’SubstitutionGamba Osaka crestGamba OsakaTakeru Kishimoto ONSoya Fujiwara OFF
  9. 63’SubstitutionPohang Steelers crestPohang SteelersKi Sung-Yueng ONKento Nishiya OFF
  10. 69’Goal!Gamba Osaka crestGamba OsakaEli Adams1 – 2
  11. 72’SubstitutionPohang Steelers crestPohang SteelersJorge Luiz Barbosa Teixeira ONJakob Tranziska OFF
  12. 72’SubstitutionGamba Osaka crestGamba OsakaRyoya Yamashita ONEli Adams OFF
  13. 72’SubstitutionGamba Osaka crestGamba OsakaIssam Jebali ONShu Kurata OFF
  14. 77’Goal!Pohang Steelers crestPohang SteelersJorge Luiz Barbosa TeixeiraAssist: Kim Dong-Jin2 – 2
  15. 79’Goal!Gamba Osaka crestGamba OsakaKoshiro SumiAssist: Ryoya Yamashita2 – 3
  16. 81’SubstitutionGamba Osaka crestGamba OsakaShuto Abe ONJuanpe Jiménez OFF
  17. 88’SubstitutionPohang Steelers crestPohang SteelersKim Gwang-Won ONJin Si-woo OFF
  18. 89’Goal!Pohang Steelers crestPohang SteelersKim Gwang-WonAssist: Cho Sang-Hyeok3 – 3