Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Gamba Osaka & Kyoto Sanga face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the J-League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
These are active days for the team playing at home, as they had a match only four days ago in the J-League. This match was also played here at Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Kyoto Sanga have had more rest.
Gamba Osaka form and stats
Last season their J-League Cup adventure ended in the group stage.The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the J-League this season. Gamba Osaka have only managed 1 win, 3 draws and 3 losses from their games here at Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium.
Gamba Osaka's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Yokohama F. Marinos. Handa, defender, was given a rating of 7.41/10 in that game, top of the team. Handa hit three key passes and won 8 of 12 duels.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Urawa Reds (1-3).There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Gamba Osaka as they are travelling to their away game against Albirex Niigata in the J-League. That match is four days after this one.
The Gamba Osaka fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 7 matches. On the other hand, Gamba have conceded 10 goals.
Kyoto Sanga form and stats
Kyoto Sanga's mission in J-League Cup last season failed in the play-offs against Nagoya Grampus.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Kyoto Sanga so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-4 (win-draw-lose).
It might be tough going out on the road again for Kyoto, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Consadole Sapporo. Attacker Patric got a player rating of 7.13 in the game. "Man of the match" Patric scored one goal.
A 0-1 loss hosting Cerezo Osaka before that.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Urawa Reds in just three days.
Kyoto Sanga find the net regularly in their away games. 10 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. Kyoto Sanga have conceded 11 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these teams meet this campaign, as the results database show this recent fixture: Kyoto Sanga - Gamba 1-3. Last ten meetings featuring these contenders: Gamba Osaka won five, Kyoto Sanga were winners in one and we saw four draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Aguiar Oliveira 5 goals |   T. Usami 3 goals |  D. Da Purificação Oliveira 3 goals |
Gamba Osaka missing players
Kyoto Sanga missing players
| Gamba Osaka | Kyoto Sanga | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 13 | ||
| 27 | 16 | Scored | S | 14 | 28 | ||
| 36 | 12 | Conceded | C | 19 | 37 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 32% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.8 | ||
| 5 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 13.2 | 16.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.5 | ||
| 25% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 32% | ||
| 12.1 | 10.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.2 | 12.3 | ||
| 4.8 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Gamba Osaka | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | Tokyo | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Kyoto Sanga | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 4 | Cerezo Osaka | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vissel Kobe | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 30 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 27 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| 4 | Kashima Antlers | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 23 |
| 5 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | Cerezo Osaka | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 23 |
| 7 | Consadole Sapporo | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 22 |
| 8 | Urawa Reds | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| 9 | Avispa Fukuoka | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 20 |
| 10 | Tokyo | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -2 | 19 |
| 11 | Kawasaki Frontale | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | -1 | 18 |
| 12 | Sagan Tosu | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 18 |
| 13 | Albirex Niigata | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 16 |
| 14 | Kyoto Sanga | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -6 | 13 |
| 15 | Kashiwa Reysol | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -8 | 12 |
| 16 | Yokohama | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -19 | 12 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | -3 | 11 |
| 18 | Gamba Osaka | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 20 | -17 | 7 |
