Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Gamba Osaka & Shonan Bellmare face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Emperor Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Gamba and Shonan Bellmare.
Gamba Osaka form and stats
Last season, Gamba's Emperor Cup journey ended in the 3rd round.The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the J-League this season. Gamba Osaka have only managed 3 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses from their games here. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Gamba Osaka with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Tokyo game, 31 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
Gamba Osaka lost their last game at Kashima Antlers after a 1-3 scoreline. Masaaki Higashiguchi had a busy but productive day in the Kashima Antlers match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. Midfielder Yosuke Ideguchi was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.05 (out of ten) in that game. Ideguchi .
Preceding that match was a J-League defeat to Vegalta Sendai (2-3).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Gamba Osaka have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won five times, drawn one and lost three.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Gamba as they have a new game in only four days, a J-League match thankfully also at home. Kashiwa Reysol are visiting.
Gamba Osaka have scored 12 league goals here from 14 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Gamba have conceded 19 goals.
Shonan Bellmare form and stats
Shonan Bellmare was sent out of Emperor Cup in the 2nd round last season.Shonan Bellmare have only collected 12 points from their away games in the J-League, after 3-3-8 (14 played).
Bellmare delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Avispa Fukuoka in their previous match; a J-League game. The draw against Avispa Fukuoka came from a losing position. The Bellmare manager S. Yamaguchi brought on Yuki Ohashi as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Midfielder Satoshi Tanaka was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.13. Tanaka had 36 successful passes (of 44 total).
Prior to that match, the Bellmare manager S. Yamaguchi faced defeat when travelling to Oita Trinita and losing 0-2.Shonan Bellmare are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, five draws and six defeats. From a total of 14 matches.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The J-League trip to Kawasaki Frontale.
Bellmare find the net regularly in their away games. 18 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. As for defending, Bellmare rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 22 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Gamba victories, two draws and two Shonan Bellmare wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Aguiar Oliveira 7 goals | L. Peruchena Pereira 5 goals |  W. de Sousa 5 goals |
Gamba Osaka missing players
Shonan Bellmare missing players
| Gamba Osaka | Shonan Bellmare | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 11 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 36 | 23 | Scored | S | 15 | 25 | ||
| 31 | 20 | Conceded | C | 14 | 29 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.1 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 1.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.7 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8.5 | ||
| 4.5 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.6 | ||
| 32% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 29% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kawasaki Frontale | 28 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 61 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 8 | 43 | 69 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 29 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 64 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 17 | 38 | 65 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 29 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 53 |
| 4 | Vissel Kobe | 28 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 42 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 51 |
| 5 | Sagan Tosu | 29 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 38 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 51 |
| 6 | Urawa Reds | 29 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 51 |
| 7 | Kashima Antlers | 29 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 49 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 13 | 20 | 50 |
| 8 | Tokyo | 29 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 40 | 36 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 45 |
| 9 | Avispa Fukuoka | 29 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 34 | 31 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 43 |
| 10 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 29 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 35 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 39 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 29 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 35 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -5 | 39 |
| 12 | Cerezo Osaka | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 38 | 39 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 19 | -1 | 36 |
| 13 | Kashiwa Reysol | 29 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 29 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 15 | -11 | 33 |
| 14 | Gamba Osaka | 29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 33 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 14 | -11 | 30 |
| 15 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 29 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 29 | 42 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 20 | -13 | 29 |
| 16 | Shonan Bellmare | 29 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 29 | 34 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 22 | -5 | 27 |
| 17 | Tokushima Vortis | 29 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 43 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 25 | -22 | 23 |
| 18 | Vegalta Sendai | 29 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 23 | 48 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 30 | -25 | 22 |
| 19 | Oita Trinita | 29 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 47 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 29 | -27 | 21 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 29 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 63 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 40 | -42 | 18 |