TOKYO (Interstat) — Machida and visiting Gamba Osaka played to a scoreless draw Sunday at Machida Gion Stadium, with neither side finding a goal. Gamba Osaka moved to 1-1-3 in this competition and 2-1-4 across all competitions. Machida is now 3-0-2 in this competition and 5-0-2 across all competitions. Gamba Osaka’s Kishimoto T. received a yellow card in the 11th minute, and Machida’s Kim Min-Tae was booked in the 83rd. Gamba Osaka made substitutions: Welton in the 41st minute and Kishimoto T. in the 46th. Machida replaced Lavi N. and Mochizuki H. in the 58th, Shoji G. and Nishimura T. in the 76th, and Soma Y. in the 89th. Gamba Osaka brought on Usami T. in the 80th and Yamashita R. in the 90th minute plus two minutes. Neither team broke through after the interval, and the match remained scoreless through regulation and stoppage time.