Newcastle Jets 1–3 Gamba Osaka
Newcastle Jets
1–3HT 1–1
Gamba Osaka
Newcastle Jets played Gamba Osaka in the AFC Champions League Elite on 13 October 2026 at McDonald Jones Stadium. The match finished 1–3.
Goals and cards
- 32'Nikos Vergos (assist by Xavier Bertoncello)
- 40'Yusei Toshida (assist by Eli Adams)
- 66'Tokuma Suzuki — Yellow card
- 73'Deniz Hümmet (assist by Eli Adams)
- 86'Patrick Wood — Yellow card
- 86'Welton (assist by Shuto Abe)
- 88'Ethan Debono — Yellow card
- 90+3'Takeru Kishimoto — Yellow card
Line-ups
Newcastle Jets 4-1-4-1
- J. Delianov
- J. Bertolissio
- J. Shaughnessy
- T. Aquilina
- D. Wilmering
- M. Burgess
- W. Dobson
- Z. Schreiber
- Z. Clough
- X. Bertoncello
- N. Vergos
- SUBSTITUTES
- J. Lolley
- Nicholas Badolato
- Angus Reid
- Julian Recchia
- Jesse Hill
- Kaiden Walshe
- A. Nunes
- J. Baylis
- J. Goodwin
- A. Grant
- P. Wood
- E. Debono
- COACHES: Mark Milligan
Gamba Osaka 4-2-3-1
- J. Ichimori
- T. Kishimoto
- S. Nakatani
- S. Fukuoka
- S. Nakano
- S. Abe
- T. Suzuki
- E. Adams
- I. Jebali
- R. Meshino
- Y. Toshida
- SUBSTITUTES
- R. Hatsuse
- M. Higashiguchi
- D. Hümmet
- S. Kurata
- R. Mito
- S. Sasaki
- T. Usami
- Welton Felipe
- R. Yamashita
- Zhang Ao lin
- S. Fujiwara
- COACHES: Tomokazu Myojin
Match statistics
| Newcastle Jets | Gamba Osaka | |
|---|---|---|
| 0.63 | Expected Goals (xG) | 2.06 |
| 265 | Accurate passes | 498 |
| 5 | Shots inside box | 17 |
| 3 | Shots outside box | 6 |
| 3 | Blocked shots | 5 |
| 7 | Free kicks | 10 |
| 3 | Shots on goal | 7 |
| 4 | Saves | 0 |
| 2 | Shots off goal | 11 |
| 4 | Offsides | 2 |
| 345 | Total passes | 570 |
| 8 | Total shots | 23 |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 5 | Corners | 6 |
| 10 | Fouls | 9 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 38% | Possession | 62% |