Kawasaki Frontale are thought of as favourites to win this home match against Gamba Osaka, if the league table is to be trusted. Or are we looking at a possible?
- Kawasaki Frontale have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Gamba Osaka haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
Gamba Osaka could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a J-League game only three sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Shonan Bellmare. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Kawasaki Frontale form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium as Kawasaki Frontale have scored 14 goals to get 19 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the J-League are 6-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
The club members are hoping that Kawasaki will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the match against Cerezo Osaka (placed 5th). Heartbreak for Kawasaki Frontale in their last match as Cerezo Osaka's Patric scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Taniguchi was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.61 out of 10. The defender Taniguchi scored one goal and won 7 of 9 duels.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Júbilo Iwata that ended 1-1.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Kawasaki Frontale home games with this odds we find 12 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 7 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 4 matches were won by at least two goals.
Kawasaki have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium with 14 goals in 9 league matches. Kawasaki Frontale have conceded 12 in these home matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Gamba Osaka form and stats
Gamba Osaka have only collected 9 points from their away games in the J-League, after 2-3-5 (10 played). Gamba Osaka has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Gamba, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Shonan Bellmare (placed 13th). Miura was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.41. The defender Miura won 11 of 14 duels.
A draw for Gamba Osaka before that, at their own venue hosting Urawa Reds (1-1).Lacking goals? 11 of this side's latest 14 league rounds have seen zero, one or two goals.
Gamba have another match away in just four sleeps, a Emperor Cup game vs Kashima Antlers. A hard calendar for the guests!
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 12 goals have been conceded by Gamba Osaka in these games.
Head 2 Head
This happened when the sides played each other previously this season; Gamba Osaka - Kawasaki Frontale 2-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Kawasaki six wins, two draws and Gamba Osaka two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. da Silva Barbosa 4 goals |  A. Ienaga 4 goals | M. Yamane 3 goals |
Kawasaki Frontale missing players
Gamba Osaka missing players
| Kawasaki Frontale | Gamba Osaka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 27 | 14 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 21 |
| 22 | 12 | 7 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 68% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 70% |
| 37% | 44% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 20% | 35% |
| 26% | 33% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 10% | 25% |
| 16% | 22% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 42% | 44% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 55% |
| 47% | 44% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 20% | 25% |
| 16% | 11% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 30% | 25% |
| 4.5 | 4.9 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 4.9 | 6 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 3.5 | 4.6 |
| 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 0.4 | 1.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 10.9 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.5 | 8.8 | 10.2 |
| 4.6 | 4.6 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 3.9 |
| 31% | 34% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 23% | 27% |
| 8.3 | 9 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.5 | 13.5 | 14.1 |
| 3.1 | 3.6 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.5 | 4.9 |
- Gamba Osaka haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Kawasaki Frontale have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Kawasaki Frontale haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 23 | 43 |
| 2 | Kashima Antlers | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 38 |
| 3 | Kawasaki Frontale | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 34 |
| 4 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 33 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 31 |
| 6 | Kashiwa Reysol | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 30 |
| 7 | Tokyo | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 29 |
| 8 | Sagan Tosu | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 27 |
| 9 | Nagoya Grampus | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -4 | 25 |
| 10 | Kyoto Sanga | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | -3 | 24 |
| 11 | Urawa Reds | 20 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 23 |
| 12 | Avispa Fukuoka | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 23 |
| 13 | Shonan Bellmare | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | -6 | 23 |
| 14 | Consadole Sapporo | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 27 | -17 | 23 |
| 15 | Gamba Osaka | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 21 |
| 16 | Júbilo Iwata | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -9 | 19 |
| 17 | Vissel Kobe | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -8 | 17 |
| 18 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | -10 | 17 |
