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Gamba Osaka beat Avispa Fukuoka 2-1, sending them into relegation zone
Gamba Osaka beat Avispa Fukuoka 2-1 in a Japanese J1 League match on October 21 at Best Denki Stadium in Fukuoka.
The loss was Avispa's second straight league defeat, and it pushed them into the relegation zone.
J1 is Japan's top football division, and teams near the bottom risk dropping to J2.
Gamba took the lead just after half-time, then Yu Hashimoto levelled with a free kick for Avispa in the 75th minute.
Takashi Usami scored Gamba's winning goal with a long-range shot, despite Hashimoto's strike marking Avispa's 500th goal in J1.
Avispa had a late goal ruled out for handball and could not equalise.
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Gamba Osaka beat Avispa Fukuoka 2-1 in a J1 League match on October 21.
The defeat sent Fukuoka, who had started the round 17th, into the relegation zone.
Welton scored for Gamba shortly after half-time, and Takashi Usami later restored their lead.
Yu Hashimoto scored Fukuoka’s equaliser, the club’s 500th goal in the J1 League.
Fukuoka could not equalise again and fell to a second consecutive league defeat.
- Who
- Gamba Osaka and Avispa Fukuoka.
- What
- Gamba Osaka won 2-1, sending Fukuoka into the relegation zone.
- When
- October 21, 2026.
- Where
- Best Denki Stadium in Fukuoka.
- Why
- Gamba scored twice to Fukuoka’s one goal; the sources do not state a single reason for the result.
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Fukuoka were 17th in the league, while Gamba were 18th.
Welton scored to put Gamba ahead.
Yu Hashimoto scored Fukuoka’s equaliser, the team’s 500th J1 League goal.
Takashi Usami scored to restore Gamba’s lead.
- Final score
- Avispa Fukuoka 1-2 Gamba Osaka
- Date
- October 21, 2026
- Venue
- Best Denki Stadium, Fukuoka
- Fukuoka’s goal
- Yu Hashimoto
- Gamba’s scorers
- Welton and Takashi Usami