Bring on Gamba Osaka - Albirex Niigata! Even with their varied results, this game could be a riot!
- Gamba Osaka haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Albirex Niigata have the most conceded goals in the first half (23) in J-League
This promises to be an intriguing game with lots of spark and bustle as both teams are well renewed since they last played a game. Let's get started!
Gamba Osaka form and stats
When playing at home in the J-League, Gamba Osaka have managed 6 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 12 games. After failing to beat Yokohama F. Marinos here at Nishigaoka National Stadium, Gamba has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.
The supporters are hoping that Gamba Osaka will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the Nabisco Cup fixture against Urawa Reds.
Ahead of that result, a home defeat in the Nabisco Cup against Urawa Reds. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Gamba Osaka handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
An interesting fact: 9 of the latest 12 league matches from this football club have had at least one goal from each side.
A decent goal production from Gamba in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 12 league matches. On the other hand, Gamba Osaka have conceded 14 goals.
Albirex Niigata form and stats
There's been little loot from Albirex Niigata's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 13 away games in the J-League. Albirex Niigata only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 4 draws.
Albirex Niigata delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Urawa Reds (placed 5th) in their previous match. The draw against Urawa Reds came from a losing position. The Albirex Niigata manager Matsuhashi brought on Komi as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Midfielder Shimada was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.44. Shimada hit two key passes and had 59 successful passes (of 67 total).
One match before, 2-2 at home hosting Kawasaki Frontale (after extra-time) in the Emperor Cup. Albirex are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.
Low-scoring game? 8 of this side's latest 10 league matches have had zero, one or two goals.
The attacking power of Albirex Niigata when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 13 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Albirex Niigata have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Albirex Niigata - Gamba 1-3 was the end result in these teams' last head to head game, played this season. Statistics for the previous ten meetings featuring these two contenders are: six wins for Gamba Osaka, two draws and two wins for Albirex Niigata. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Alano Nascimento 7 goals |  D. Da Purificação Oliveira 6 goals |  I. Jebali 5 goals |
Gamba Osaka missing players
Albirex Niigata missing players
| Gamba Osaka | Albirex Niigata | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 12 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 9 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 11 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 35 | 19 | 8 | Scored | S | 5 | 10 | 26 |
| 46 | 14 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 35 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 85% | 88% |
| 88% | 92% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 54% | 65% |
| 69% | 58% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 38% | 46% |
| 42% | 25% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 15% | 31% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 69% | 75% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 38% | 50% |
| 12% | 17% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 31% | 27% |
| 23% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 46% | 35% |
| 4.7 | 5.2 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.8 | 4 | 4.7 |
| 5.6 | 5 | 6.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
| 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.1 | 14.8 | 15.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 10.5 | 12.7 |
| 4.5 | 5.2 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.3 | 4.3 |
| 30% | 30% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 23% | 23% |
| 13.6 | 10.2 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.8 | 11.1 | 11.3 |
| 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
- Albirex Niigata have the most conceded goals in the first half (23) in J-League
- Gamba Osaka haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 |
