J-League: Tipsway are looking at an interesting and crucial scrap starring Albirex Niigata and Gamba Osaka at Denka Big Swan Stadium. Both need the points!
- Gamba Osaka have the most conceded goals in the first half (14) in J-League
It's no vacation for neither Albirex Niigata nor Gamba Osaka as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Albirex Niigata form and stats
Albirex Niigata have collected 11 points from their J-League home games so far after 3-2-2.
Albirex's previous fixture was also a home event, the defeat 1-2 against Avispa Fukuoka (in Nabisco Cup).
Heartbreak before that as Albirex Niigata lost 0-2 at Sagan Tosu's place.Albirex Niigata has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Albirex Niigata's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Gamba Osaka form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Gamba Osaka so far with only 1 point returning home. The records show 0-1-6 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for Gamba as they have lost six games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Kashiwa Reysol match.
This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, a Nabisco Cup home loss versus Kyoto Sanga with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
The game before that, in the J-League, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Yokohama F. Marinos.The visitors have scored 5 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Gamba Osaka are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 5 goals in these matches. When Gamba Osaka is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Gamba, Yokohama, Kashiwa Reysol, Kyoto Sanga and Shonan Bellmare.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the preceeding ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Albirex Niigata, two draws and six wins for Gamba Osaka. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Ito 7 goals | S. Ota 4 goals |   T. Usami 3 goals |
Albirex Niigata missing players
Gamba Osaka missing players
| Albirex Niigata | Gamba Osaka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 15 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 20 | 10 | 0 | Conceded | C | 8 | 20 | 30 |
| 86% | 86% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 71% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 57% | 57% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 86% | 64% |
| 29% | 43% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 71% | 43% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 14% | 7% |
| 57% | 57% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 64% |
| 21% | 29% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 36% | 29% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 29% |
| 4.5 | 4.7 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 3.9 | 5.1 |
| 5.6 | 5.9 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
| 1.3 | 0.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.9 | 12.9 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.7 | 12 | 14.3 |
| 4.1 | 4.9 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.9 | 4.1 |
| 26% | 26% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 25% | 22% |
| 12.9 | 13.7 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.3 | 14.4 | 12 |
| 4.4 | 4 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.4 | 4.7 |
- Gamba Osaka have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Gamba Osaka have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Gamba Osaka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Gamba Osaka have the fewest points (1) away in J-League
- Gamba Osaka have the most conceded goals (20) away in J-League
- Gamba Osaka have the most conceded goals in the first half (14) in J-League
- Gamba Osaka have the the worst goal difference (-15) away in J-League
- Gamba Osaka have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Gamba Osaka have yet to win a game away.
- Gamba Osaka haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 |
