Suita City Football Stadium: Gamba Osaka vs Cerezo Osaka J-League preview

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Sat 04.July
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)
Venue: Suita City Football Stadium (40000 seats)

With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second J-League game of the season. Gamba Osaka look forward to welcoming Cerezo Osaka in front of their home support.

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Gamba Osaka form and stats

Gamba are returning here after visiting Yokohama F. Marinos in a J-League game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. S. Yajima and S. Kurata scored the goal(s). Preceding that match was a Nabisco Cup defeat to Kashiwa Reysol (0-1).

The manager T. Miyamoto will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Nagoya Grampus in only four days.

Last season, Gamba Osaka's league statistics were 12 wins, 11 draws and 11 losses, resulting in a 7th position in the J-League. Over these 34 matches they scored 54 goals and conceded 48. Playing at home last season Gamba Osaka managed 7-6-4 (win-draw-lost) with 28 goals and 18 conceded.

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Cerezo Osaka form and stats

Cerezo have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Jin-Hyeon Kim. It's been 252 minutes since they last conceded in J-League.

Cerezo Osaka go into this game after a win, the home game against Oita Trinita that ended 1-0. Prior to that match, a home win 4-1 against Matsumoto Yamaga in the Nabisco Cup.

A new game in only four days for Cerezo, the J-League home match versus Shimizu S-Pulse. Busy days.

Let's have a look at how Cerezo Osaka performed last season in the J-League: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 18 victories, 5 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 39 and conceded 25 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 2 and lost 6 with 18/14 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Gamba victories, three draws and two Cerezo Osaka wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Gamba Osaka missing players

Cerezo Osaka missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Gamba Osaka Cerezo Osaka
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 6
5 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 12
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 9
6 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 3
33% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 33%
Gamba Osaka Last season Cerezo Osaka
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
12 7   Won W   9 18
11 6   Drew D   2 5
11 4   Lost L   6 11
54 28   Scored S   18 39
48 18   Conceded C   14 25
91% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 94%
74% 65%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 62%
59% 35%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   18% 29%
47% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 3%
21% 29%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
62% 53%   BTTS BTTS   24% 29%
32% 41%   Clean Sheets C S   41% 44%
15% 12%   Failed to Score F T   35% 32%
 
5.5 5.5   Corners for (avg) C F   3.7 4.9
3.9 3.4   Corners against (avg) C A   6.6 5.9
1.2 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0.8 0.9
0 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
474 259   Total Shots T S   194 409
175 93   Shots on Target S O   72 153
31% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 25%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Kashiwa Reysol 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Tokyo 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
4 Urawa Reds 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
5 Gamba Osaka 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Cerezo Osaka 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Nagoya Grampus 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Vegalta Sendai 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Vissel Kobe 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Yokohama 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Kawasaki Frontale 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Sagan Tosu 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Shonan Bellmare 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 Yokohama F. Marinos 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Oita Trinita 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Consadole Sapporo 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0
17 Shimizu S-Pulse 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Kashima Antlers 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Yokohama F. Marinos 34 22 4 8 68 38 17 12 3 2 37 14 17 10 1 6 31 24 30 70
2 Tokyo 34 19 7 8 46 29 17 12 2 3 29 13 17 7 5 5 17 16 17 64
3 Kashima Antlers 34 18 9 7 54 30 17 11 3 3 30 15 17 7 6 4 24 15 24 63
4 Kawasaki Frontale 34 16 12 6 57 34 17 5 9 3 21 17 17 11 3 3 36 17 23 60
5 Cerezo Osaka 34 18 5 11 39 25 17 9 3 5 21 11 17 9 2 6 18 14 14 59
6 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 34 15 10 9 45 29 17 7 7 3 21 11 17 8 3 6 24 18 16 55
7 Gamba Osaka 34 12 11 11 54 48 17 7 6 4 28 18 17 5 5 7 26 30 6 47
8 Vissel Kobe 34 14 5 15 61 59 17 8 3 6 33 26 17 6 2 9 28 33 2 47
9 Oita Trinita 34 12 11 11 35 35 17 7 3 7 18 16 17 5 8 4 17 19 0 47
10 Consadole Sapporo 34 13 7 14 54 49 17 7 4 6 30 22 17 6 3 8 24 27 5 46
11 Vegalta Sendai 34 12 5 17 38 45 17 9 4 4 25 19 17 3 1 13 13 26 -7 41
12 Shimizu S-Pulse 34 11 6 17 45 69 17 7 1 9 21 40 17 4 5 8 24 29 -24 39
13 Nagoya Grampus 34 9 10 15 45 50 17 7 3 7 22 18 17 2 7 8 23 32 -5 37
14 Urawa Reds 34 9 10 15 34 50 17 4 3 10 16 29 17 5 7 5 18 21 -16 37
15 Sagan Tosu 34 10 6 18 32 53 17 7 2 8 21 30 17 3 4 10 11 23 -21 36
16 Shonan Bellmare 34 10 6 18 40 63 17 5 3 9 19 34 17 5 3 9 21 29 -23 36
17 Matsumoto Yamaga 34 6 13 15 21 40 17 2 8 7 10 18 17 4 5 8 11 22 -19 31
18 Jubilo Iwata 34 8 7 19 29 51 17 2 5 10 16 28 17 6 2 9 13 23 -22 31

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Kashiwa Reysol 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Tokyo 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
4 Urawa Reds 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
5 Gamba Osaka 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Cerezo Osaka 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Nagoya Grampus 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Vegalta Sendai 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Vissel Kobe 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Yokohama 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Kawasaki Frontale 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Sagan Tosu 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Shonan Bellmare 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 Yokohama F. Marinos 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Oita Trinita 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Consadole Sapporo 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0
17 Shimizu S-Pulse 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Kashima Antlers 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0

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