Urawa Reds welcomes Gamba Osaka to this second leg of the J-League Cup Quarter-finals. It's time to find a winner and both teams know what is needed.
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 Urawa Reds and Gamba Osaka.
Urawa Reds form and stats
Urawa participated in J-League Cup the last season, where they reached the semi-finals and lost against Cerezo Osaka.25 points is a decent return from 12 J-League games here at Saitama Stadium 2002 for Urawa Reds. The data says 7 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss.
Urawa Reds are returning here after visiting Gamba Osaka in a J-League Cup game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline.
A 1-1 draw away in the J-League before that, with Albirex Niigata the opponent.This is expected to be a close game, with Urawa Reds perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Urawa as a small favourite), we find 9 games. Urawa Reds has won 5 of these, drawn 3 and lost 1.
The Urawa Reds fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 12 league matches. Urawa Reds are not conceding a lot of goals here at Saitama Stadium 2002 in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 12 matches.
Gamba Osaka form and stats
Gamba's mission in J-League Cup last season failed in the group stage.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Gamba Osaka so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 3-3-8 (win-draw-lose).
This match can not go any worse than the last one, a J-League Cup home defeat versus Urawa Reds with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
It was a J-League defeat before that one as the away game against Consadole Sapporo wasn't a success with a 0-4 loss.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Gamba Osaka playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 4 Gamba Osaka wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats.
Gamba Osaka have scored 16 goals on their travels this season, from 14 away games in the league. Gamba Osaka have conceded 32 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most recent reported match between these contenders is the Gamba Osaka - Urawa 0-1 played not long ago this season. Previous ten meetings featuring these participants: Urawa Reds won five, Gamba Osaka triumphed in three and we saw two draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Alano Nascimento 7 goals |  J. Kanté Martínez 6 goals |  D. Da Purificação Oliveira 6 goals |
Urawa Reds missing players
Gamba Osaka missing players
| Urawa Reds | Gamba Osaka | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 13 | ||
| 28 | 19 | Scored | S | 14 | 28 | ||
| 17 | 7 | Conceded | C | 23 | 37 | ||
| 80% | 79% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 8% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 36% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 56% | ||
| 52% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 12% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 36% | ||
| 5.4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 12.6 | 13.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 12.1 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.2 | ||
| 25% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 27% | ||
| 11.2 | 10.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.6 | 13.2 | ||
| 4 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.5 | ||
| 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 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 48 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 25 | 52 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 49 | 32 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 50 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 46 |
| 4 | Cerezo Osaka | 26 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 38 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 45 |
| 5 | Urawa Reds | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 45 |
| 6 | Kashima Antlers | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 37 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 43 |
| 7 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 31 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 41 |
| 8 | Avispa Fukuoka | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -4 | 38 |
| 9 | Kawasaki Frontale | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 34 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 23 | -2 | 33 |
| 10 | Tokyo | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -4 | 33 |
| 11 | Gamba Osaka | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 46 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 32 | -11 | 33 |
| 12 | Consadole Sapporo | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 48 | 49 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 29 | -1 | 32 |
| 13 | Sagan Tosu | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 13 | -1 | 31 |
| 14 | Kyoto Sanga | 26 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 30 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 20 | -6 | 29 |
| 15 | Albirex Niigata | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 35 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -9 | 29 |
| 16 | Kashiwa Reysol | 26 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 23 | 35 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -12 | 23 |
| 17 | Yokohama | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 46 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 25 | -24 | 22 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 26 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 51 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 25 | -19 | 18 |
