Cerezo Osaka and Gamba Osaka spectators can't wait for J-League clash at Yanmar Stadium Nagai

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Competition: Japan J-League
Date: Sat 28.September
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Yanmar Stadium Nagai

Cerezo Osaka perform at a high level so far being 6th in the table. Gamba Osaka can look both up and down from their 12th position.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Cerezo Osaka form and stats

When playing at home in the J-League, Cerezo Osaka, who have the fewest conceded goals (20) in J-League, have managed 6 wins, 2 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 12 games. The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as Cerezo Osaka has won their last four matches.

In their previous game, the manager Lotina led his Cerezo Osaka to a defeat in the Emperor Cup match away at Sagan Tosu. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Yanmar Stadium Nagai. Before that match, a J-League win away at Urawa Reds.

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 Cerezo Osaka have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won 5 times, drawn 1 and lost 2.

Cerezo Osaka has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. From these home matches, Cerezo Osaka have conceded only 7 goals.

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Gamba Osaka form and stats

The visitors are W3-D5-L5 on the road this term. That's in the J-League.

The supporters enjoyed Gamba Osaka's previous game versus Sagan Tosu (placed 16th), a J-League 1-0 win played at home. Prior to that match, the Gamba Osaka manager T. Miyamoto faced defeat when travelling to Tokyo and losing 1-2.

Gamba Osaka are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 3 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of nine matches.

Gamba Osaka have scored 18 goals on their travels this season, from 13 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Gamba Osaka have conceded 23 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Gamba Osaka - Cerezo Osaka 1-0 entered in the official records. Last ten meetings between the teams: Cerezo Osaka won 1, Gamba Osaka won 6 and 3 draws. 6 games with over 2,5 goals, 4 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Ademilson
6 goals / 3 assists
K. Mizunuma
5 goals / 2 assists
H. Okuno
5 goals / 1 assists

Cerezo Osaka missing players

Gamba Osaka missing players

Cerezo Osaka Gamba Osaka
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
26 12 4 Played P 5 13 26
13 6 2 Won W 1 3 7
4 2 1 Drew D 1 5 10
9 4 1 Lost L 3 5 9
29 14 4 Scored S 5 18 33
20 7 1 Conceded C 11 23 38
92% 83% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 88%
65% 50% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 77% 65%
31% 42% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 77% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 62% 42%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 15%
27% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 60% 69% 62%
46% 58% 75% Clean Sheets C S 20% 23% 31%
35% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 20% 23% 19%
 
4.7 6.1 5.8 Corners For (avg) C F 5 5.1 5.4
5.6 4.9 5 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.2 4.7 4
1 1.2 1.2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.5 1.3
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • Cerezo Osaka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cerezo Osaka have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Gamba Osaka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Cerezo Osaka
All Emperor Cup Nabisco Cup AFC Champions League Club Friendlies J-League
All Home Away
17-08-19 JL Yokohama F. Marinos 1 - 2 Cerezo Osaka
24-08-19 JL Júbilo Iwata 0 - 2 Cerezo Osaka
01-09-19 JL Cerezo Osaka 2 - 1 Kawasaki Frontale
13-09-19 JL Urawa Reds 1 - 2 Cerezo Osaka
18-09-19 EC Sagan Tosu 4 - 2 Cerezo Osaka
28-09-19 JL Cerezo Osaka 05:00 Gamba Osaka
06-10-19 JL Cerezo Osaka 06:00 Kashima Antlers
18-10-19 JL Consadole Sapporo 10:00 Cerezo Osaka
02-11-19 JL Cerezo Osaka 06:00 Matsumoto Yamaga
09-11-19 JL Cerezo Osaka 06:00 Shonan Bellmare
Gamba Osaka
All Emperor Cup Nabisco Cup Club Friendlies J-League
All Home Away
23-08-19 JL Kashima Antlers 2 - 2 Gamba Osaka
31-08-19 JL Yokohama F. Marinos 3 - 1 Gamba Osaka
04-09-19 NC Gamba Osaka 1 - 0 Tokyo
08-09-19 NC Tokyo 2 - 1 Gamba Osaka
14-09-19 JL Gamba Osaka 1 - 0 Sagan Tosu
28-09-19 JL Cerezo Osaka 05:00 Gamba Osaka
04-10-19 JL Gamba Osaka 10:00 Consadole Sapporo
09-10-19 NC Gamba Osaka 10:00 Consadole Sapporo
13-10-19 NC Consadole Sapporo 04:00 Gamba Osaka
19-10-19 JL Gamba Osaka 05:00 Kawasaki Frontale

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Tokyo 26 16 4 6 37 21 15 12 0 3 27 11 11 4 4 3 10 10 16 52
2 Kashima Antlers 26 15 6 5 48 23 13 10 2 1 27 9 13 5 4 4 21 14 25 51
3 Yokohama F. Marinos 26 15 3 8 48 32 14 9 3 2 27 11 12 6 0 6 21 21 16 48
4 Kawasaki Frontale 26 11 11 4 40 24 14 4 9 1 17 10 12 7 2 3 23 14 16 44
5 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 26 12 7 7 33 21 12 5 4 3 12 7 14 7 3 4 21 14 12 43
6 Cerezo Osaka 26 13 4 9 29 20 12 6 2 4 14 7 14 7 2 5 15 13 9 43
7 Consadole Sapporo 26 11 6 9 44 34 13 6 4 3 25 17 13 5 2 6 19 17 10 39
8 Oita Trinita 26 10 9 7 29 24 13 6 3 4 15 9 13 4 6 3 14 15 5 39
9 Vissel Kobe 26 9 5 12 46 44 13 5 3 5 25 22 13 4 2 7 21 22 2 32
10 Shimizu S-Pulse 26 9 5 12 33 58 13 6 0 7 17 35 13 3 5 5 16 23 -25 32
11 Nagoya Grampus 26 8 7 11 39 40 12 6 1 5 18 14 14 2 6 6 21 26 -1 31
12 Gamba Osaka 26 7 10 9 33 38 13 4 5 4 15 15 13 3 5 5 18 23 -5 31
13 Shonan Bellmare 26 9 4 13 36 43 13 4 3 6 18 20 13 5 1 7 18 23 -7 31
14 Vegalta Sendai 26 9 4 13 31 38 13 7 3 3 20 17 13 2 1 10 11 21 -7 31
15 Urawa Reds 26 8 7 11 25 37 13 3 3 7 12 22 13 5 4 4 13 15 -12 31
16 Sagan Tosu 26 8 3 15 23 42 12 5 1 6 14 22 14 3 2 9 9 20 -19 27
17 Matsumoto Yamaga 26 5 9 12 16 31 13 2 5 6 8 15 13 3 4 6 8 16 -15 24
18 Júbilo Iwata 26 4 6 16 18 38 13 1 4 8 12 22 13 3 2 8 6 16 -20 18

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