Emperor Cup: Buckle up for the Gamba Osaka - Urawa Reds clash

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Competition: Japan Emperor Cup
Competition: Wed 27.October
Match begins: 09:30 (UTC)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Gamba Osaka or Urawa Reds that keep their silverware dream alive.

These are active days for the hometeam, as they were in action only four days ago in the J-League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Sagan Tosu, was also a home game. The away team is better rested.

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Gamba Osaka form and stats

Gamba was eliminated in the 3rd round last season in the Emperor Cup.

When playing at home in the J-League, Gamba Osaka have managed 5 wins, 3 draws and suffered 9 defeats from 17 games. On the other hand, in the Emperor Cup, Gamba Osaka has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.

Gamba's previous game was a J-League match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Sagan Tosu. The home side are looking to build on that result. The forward Takashi Usami outdid all others in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 7.5 out of 10. Usami scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Before that, Gamba played out a J-League draw 1-1 when visiting Urawa Reds.

Gamba aren't scoring a lot here in the league, with only 16 goals from 17 games. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Gamba Osaka's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 25 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Urawa Reds form and stats

Urawa was sent out of Emperor Cup in the 4th round last season.

As the visiting team in J-League matches, Urawa Reds have produced an overall stat of 6-3-7 so far. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Emperor Cup stats, they have 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses both home and away.

The supporters enjoyed Urawa Reds's previous game versus Kashiwa Reysol, a J-League 5-1 win played at home. As you can tell from the results above, Urawa was very dominant against Kashiwa Reysol, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-1 (!) with Kasper Junker, Koya Yuruki (2), Ataru Esaka and Takahiro Sekine providing the goals. Midfielder Koya Yuruki was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.45. Yuruki scored two goals and hit one key pass.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Gamba Osaka in the J-League.

Urawa have scored 16 goals on their travels this season, from 16 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Urawa have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Gamba Osaka four wins, two draws and Urawa Reds four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Gamba OsakaA. Aguiar Oliveira
A. Aguiar Oliveira
9 goals
Urawa RedsK. Junker
K. Junker
9 goals
GambaT. Usami
T. Usami
5 goals

Gamba Osaka missing players

Urawa Reds missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Gamba Osaka Urawa Reds
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 15   Played P   13 25
11 6   Won W   6 13
3 2   Drew D   3 7
11 7   Lost L   4 5
37 26   Scored S   15 36
35 24   Conceded C   14 24
96% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   85% 92%
68% 73%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   54% 64%
52% 60%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   38% 36%
32% 40%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   15% 20%
20% 33%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   15% 16%
56% 60%   BTTS BTTS   38% 48%
32% 20%   Clean Sheets C S   46% 44%
16% 27%   Failed to Score F T   31% 16%
 
4.1 4.4   Corners for (avg) C F   5.8 5.3
4.7 4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.2 4.1
1 0.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0.8 0.7
1 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
10.9 13.1   Shots (avg) S (   10.5 9.9
4.6 5.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.7 4.6
32% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 31%

  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 32 25 6 1 69 21 16 14 2 0 33 12 16 11 4 1 36 9 48 81
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 32 22 6 4 69 29 16 12 3 1 37 10 16 10 3 3 32 19 40 72
3 Vissel Kobe 32 17 9 6 51 30 16 9 4 3 26 10 16 8 5 3 25 20 21 60
4 Urawa Reds 33 17 7 9 44 34 17 11 4 2 28 15 16 6 3 7 16 19 10 58
5 Nagoya Grampus 32 17 6 9 35 24 16 10 2 4 18 11 16 7 4 5 17 13 11 57
6 Kashima Antlers 33 17 5 11 55 35 16 8 3 5 30 20 17 9 2 6 25 15 20 56
7 Sagan Tosu 33 14 10 9 39 31 16 9 5 2 26 12 17 5 5 7 13 19 8 52
8 Avispa Fukuoka 32 13 7 12 38 34 16 9 1 6 22 15 16 4 6 6 16 19 4 46
9 Tokyo 33 13 7 13 43 42 16 7 2 7 26 24 17 6 5 6 17 18 1 46
10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 33 11 12 10 38 33 17 5 6 6 17 17 16 6 6 4 21 16 5 45
11 Consadole Sapporo 32 12 6 14 41 45 16 7 2 7 23 25 16 5 4 7 18 20 -4 42
12 Cerezo Osaka 32 10 9 13 40 42 16 6 5 5 21 22 16 4 4 8 19 20 -2 39
13 Gamba Osaka 33 10 7 16 27 40 17 5 3 9 16 25 16 5 4 7 11 15 -13 37
14 Kashiwa Reysol 33 11 4 18 33 48 16 5 2 9 18 26 17 6 2 9 15 22 -15 37
15 Shimizu S-Pulse 32 7 11 14 31 46 16 3 5 8 12 25 16 4 6 6 19 21 -15 32
16 Shonan Bellmare 33 6 13 14 33 41 17 3 9 5 13 14 16 3 4 9 20 27 -8 31
17 Tokushima Vortis 33 8 6 19 29 49 17 4 5 8 16 19 16 4 1 11 13 30 -20 30
18 Oita Trinita 33 7 7 19 24 49 17 6 5 6 15 18 16 1 2 13 9 31 -25 28
19 Vegalta Sendai 33 5 11 17 26 52 16 3 5 8 11 19 17 2 6 9 15 33 -26 26
20 Yokohama 33 6 7 20 31 71 16 4 5 7 21 28 17 2 2 13 10 43 -40 25

Table
  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 32 25 6 1 69 21 16 14 2 0 33 12 16 11 4 1 36 9 48 81
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 32 22 6 4 69 29 16 12 3 1 37 10 16 10 3 3 32 19 40 72
3 Vissel Kobe 32 17 9 6 51 30 16 9 4 3 26 10 16 8 5 3 25 20 21 60
4 Urawa Reds 33 17 7 9 44 34 17 11 4 2 28 15 16 6 3 7 16 19 10 58
5 Nagoya Grampus 32 17 6 9 35 24 16 10 2 4 18 11 16 7 4 5 17 13 11 57
6 Kashima Antlers 33 17 5 11 55 35 16 8 3 5 30 20 17 9 2 6 25 15 20 56
7 Sagan Tosu 33 14 10 9 39 31 16 9 5 2 26 12 17 5 5 7 13 19 8 52
8 Avispa Fukuoka 32 13 7 12 38 34 16 9 1 6 22 15 16 4 6 6 16 19 4 46
9 Tokyo 33 13 7 13 43 42 16 7 2 7 26 24 17 6 5 6 17 18 1 46
10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 33 11 12 10 38 33 17 5 6 6 17 17 16 6 6 4 21 16 5 45
11 Consadole Sapporo 32 12 6 14 41 45 16 7 2 7 23 25 16 5 4 7 18 20 -4 42
12 Cerezo Osaka 32 10 9 13 40 42 16 6 5 5 21 22 16 4 4 8 19 20 -2 39
13 Gamba Osaka 33 10 7 16 27 40 17 5 3 9 16 25 16 5 4 7 11 15 -13 37
14 Kashiwa Reysol 33 11 4 18 33 48 16 5 2 9 18 26 17 6 2 9 15 22 -15 37
15 Shimizu S-Pulse 32 7 11 14 31 46 16 3 5 8 12 25 16 4 6 6 19 21 -15 32
16 Shonan Bellmare 33 6 13 14 33 41 17 3 9 5 13 14 16 3 4 9 20 27 -8 31
17 Tokushima Vortis 33 8 6 19 29 49 17 4 5 8 16 19 16 4 1 11 13 30 -20 30
18 Oita Trinita 33 7 7 19 24 49 17 6 5 6 15 18 16 1 2 13 9 31 -25 28
19 Vegalta Sendai 33 5 11 17 26 52 16 3 5 8 11 19 17 2 6 9 15 33 -26 26
20 Yokohama 33 6 7 20 31 71 16 4 5 7 21 28 17 2 2 13 10 43 -40 25

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