The Gamba Osaka & Kawasaki Frontale managers T. Miyamoto and T. Oniki are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the J-League league table.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Gamba Osaka form and stats
Gamba Osaka must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three J-League games here at Suita City Football Stadium. The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as Gamba Osaka has won their last four matches. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Gamba after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Gamba Osaka are confident in defense, having played 237 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
It's back home for Gamba Osaka, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Vissel Kobe away with the result 2-0. T. Usami and Y. Ono found the net in that victory. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Sanfrecce Hiroshima in a game that was won 1-0.
There will be little rest for Gamba Osaka after this match as they are travelling to Oita Trinita for a Nabisco Cup game in only four days.
Gamba are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 3 games. Gamba Osaka's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 3 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Kawasaki Frontale form and stats
Kawasaki Frontale, who have the most scored goals (20) in J-League, are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 9 points in the bag from 3 travels in the J-League. Impressively, the visitors are on a six-match winning run which they hope continue versus Gamba Osaka.
Kawasaki are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the J-League against Shonan Bellmare (placed 16th). Preceding that game was the away victory against Vegalta Sendai with the score of 3-2.
Kawasaki has another fixture away, a Nabisco Cup game, against Kashima Antlers in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
The Kawasaki manager T. Oniki has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 12 goals in 3 league matches away. 3 goals have been conceded by Kawasaki in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Gamba four wins, two draws and Kawasaki Frontale four victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Kobayashi 13 goals |   A. Braga Bispo Junior 11 goals |  L. da Silva dos Santos 9 goals |
Gamba Osaka missing players
Kawasaki Frontale missing players
| Gamba Osaka | Kawasaki Frontale | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 20 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 86% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 71% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 71% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 67% | 29% |
| 71% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 71% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 4.1 | 4.3 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 7.7 | 7.1 |
| 4 | 3.3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 4.3 | 5.1 |
| 0.4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.3 | 0.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | 33 | 7 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 53 | 117 |
| 36 | 12 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 25 | 49 |
| 33% | 33% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 48% | 41% |
- All of Kawasaki Frontale's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- Gamba Osaka have scored in all their matches so far.
- Gamba Osaka haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Kawasaki Frontale has the most scored goals (12) away
- Kawasaki Frontale has the most scored goals (20)
- Kawasaki Frontale has the most scored goals in the first half (9)
- Kawasaki Frontale has the most scored goals in the second half (11)
- Kawasaki Frontale has the the best goal difference (+14)
- Kawasaki Frontale has the the best goal difference (+9) away
- Kawasaki Frontale have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Kawasaki Frontale have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Kawasaki Frontale have won all their away games so far.
- Kawasaki Frontale is in the best form (6-0-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kawasaki Frontale | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 19 |
| 2 | Gamba Osaka | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | Tokyo | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 6 | Urawa Reds | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -1 | 13 |
| 7 | Kashiwa Reysol | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 8 | Consadole Sapporo | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 12 |
| 9 | Vissel Kobe | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 9 |
| 10 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 7 |
| 12 | Oita Trinita | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 7 |
| 13 | Vegalta Sendai | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 6 |
| 14 | Yokohama | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -9 | 5 |
| 15 | Sagan Tosu | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 4 |
| 16 | Shonan Bellmare | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 4 |
| 17 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 4 |
| 18 | Kashima Antlers | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 4 |