Newcastle Jets led Gamba before the break and still went in level. Gamba eventually won 3–1, but the final score hides a useful question: did the substitutes change the attack, or finish pressure that was already building? Gamba's last two goals came from players who entered in the second half. Anyone who watched it: did the space Gamba used look different after those changes?
The provisional match record has Gamba taking 24 shots to Newcastle's nine, including 17 from inside the box. That shows sustained access in the aggregate, but it does not tell us when each chance appeared. I would want the sequence of chances before treating the substitutions as the whole explanation.
