J-League: Tipsway are looking at an engrossing and important match involving Gamba Osaka and Shimizu S-Pulse. This duo need points like a fish needs water!
- Gamba Osaka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Shimizu S-Pulse have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in J-League
Gamba Osaka and Shimizu S-Pulse should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Gamba Osaka form and stats
The J-League statistics at home this season for Gamba Osaka are 3-4-5 (wins-draws-losses).
The spoils were shared in Gamba Osaka's previous game, also at home. Visiting Kyoto Sanga (placed 13th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Dawhan (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.44/10. Dawhan hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
This is expected to be a close game, with Gamba Osaka perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Gamba Osaka as a small favourite), we find 5 games. Gamba Osaka has won 3 of these, drawn 1 and lost 1.
Gamba are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 12 games. Gamba Osaka have conceded 16 in these home matches. Gamba has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 3 times.
Shimizu S-Pulse form and stats
4-4-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Shimizu S-Pulse in their J-League matches away. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Shimizu S-Pulse are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Two travels in a row for Shimizu S-Pulse, whose coach Mannarino could celebrate last time after the win against Tokyo. Yamahara, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.14. Yamahara served one assist, hit four key passes and won 1 of 1 duels.
Preceding that match was the 3-3 draw at home vs Sagan Tosu.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Shimizu playing away and similar expectations, we found 6 relevant matches. Results were 4 Shimizu S-Pulse wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Shimizu S-Pulse have scored 15 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. 13 goals have been conceded by Shimizu S-Pulse in these games. When Shimizu is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 4 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Jubilo Iwata, Shimizu S-Pulse, Kyoto Sanga, Shonan Bellmare and Vissel Kobe.
Head 2 Head
The contenders have met each other before in this season, with the match result Shimizu S-Pulse - Gamba Osaka 1-1 logged in the official records. Gamba Osaka-Shimizu S-Pulse H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Gamba Osaka six wins, Shimizu S-Pulse one win, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  T. Santos Santana 9 goals |   K. Onose 3 goals |  D. Da Purificação Oliveira 3 goals |
Gamba Osaka missing players
Shimizu S-Pulse missing players
| Gamba Osaka | Shimizu S-Pulse | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 23 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 7 | 15 | 31 |
| 32 | 16 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 38 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 83% | 88% |
| 74% | 83% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 83% | 88% |
| 39% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 42% | 54% |
| 26% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 17% | 29% |
| 4% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 8% | 12% |
| 57% | 67% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 58% | 67% |
| 22% | 25% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 33% | 21% |
| 26% | 17% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 25% | 25% |
| 3.4 | 4 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.5 |
| 4.9 | 5.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.7 | 5 |
| 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.3 | 12.2 | 16.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.2 | 9.8 | 10.2 |
| 3.7 | 4.6 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
| 27% | 29% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 31% | 31% |
| 14.7 | 14.8 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 13.7 | 13.1 |
| 5.2 | 5.3 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.8 | 5.4 |
- Gamba Osaka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Shimizu S-Pulse have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in J-League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 51 | 27 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 24 | 48 |
| 2 | Kashiwa Reysol | 24 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 42 |
| 3 | Cerezo Osaka | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 41 |
| 4 | Kawasaki Frontale | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 40 |
| 5 | Kashima Antlers | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 40 |
| 6 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 38 |
| 7 | Tokyo | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -2 | 35 |
| 8 | Sagan Tosu | 23 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 34 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 32 |
| 9 | Urawa Reds | 24 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 30 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 32 |
| 10 | Nagoya Grampus | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -3 | 29 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 26 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 29 | -14 | 28 |
| 12 | Avispa Fukuoka | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -3 | 27 |
| 13 | Kyoto Sanga | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -5 | 26 |
| 14 | Shonan Bellmare | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | -11 | 25 |
| 15 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 24 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 38 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 13 | -7 | 24 |
| 16 | Gamba Osaka | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -9 | 22 |
| 17 | Jubilo Iwata | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -13 | 22 |
| 18 | Vissel Kobe | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -11 | 21 |
