The visiting Kawasaki Frontale side should be favourites in this visit to Gamba Osaka, as the away team holds a 31 point advantage from their 14 league games this season.
- Gamba Osaka have the fewest scored goals (2) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale have the most scored goals (37) in J-League
Kawasaki Frontale could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a J-League game only four sleeps ago.
Gamba Osaka form and stats
Gamba Osaka have less points than they have played home games in the J-League so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 2 points. Two draws in a row at home now for Gamba.
The home team returns to Nishigaoka National Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Cerezo Osaka (placed 6th) on their last time out; the J-League game ended 1-1. Heartbreak before that as Gamba lost 0-2 at Nagoya Grampus's place.
Gamba's goalie Masaaki Higashiguchi played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Cerezo Osaka with a stunning seven saves. The hometeam coach T. Miyamoto made a successful contribution in the game against Cerezo Osaka, bringing on Patric who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
Gamba Osaka has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Kawasaki Frontale form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (37) in J-League, on their J-League travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Having won their last three away games Kawasaki has no reason to fear anyone.
Kawasaki are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the J-League against Nagoya Grampus (placed 2nd). Before that one, a nice away victory 4-0 at Nagoya Grampus.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Vegalta Sendai in just four days.
The prediction for this game is lots of goals as Kawasaki alone have scored more than three on average in their league games away (19 from 5 played). Kawasaki are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Gamba Osaka won three games, two matches ended with a draw and Kawasaki Frontale has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenTop Goalscorers
  L. da Silva dos Santos 9 goals |  A. Ienaga 6 goals |  K. Mitoma 4 goals |
Gamba Osaka missing players
Kawasaki Frontale missing players
| Gamba Osaka | Kawasaki Frontale | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 19 | 37 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 62% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 80% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 60% | 36% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.6 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.2 | 8.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17 | 12.6 | 13.4 |
| 2.4 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 6 | 6.3 |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 71% | 63% | 42% |
- All of Kawasaki Frontale's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Gamba Osaka have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Gamba Osaka have failed to score a single goal at home.
- Gamba Osaka have not yet lost a game at home.
- Gamba Osaka have the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in J-League
- Gamba Osaka have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in J-League
- Gamba Osaka have the fewest scored goals (0) at home in J-League
- Gamba Osaka have the fewest scored goals (2) in J-League
- Gamba Osaka have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in J-League
- Gamba Osaka have the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in J-League
- Gamba Osaka have yet to win a game at home.
- Kawasaki Frontale have not yet lost a game.
- Kawasaki Frontale have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Kawasaki Frontale have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Kawasaki Frontale have scored in all their matches so far.
- Kawasaki Frontale have scored more than double the goals of Gamba Osaka.
- Kawasaki Frontale have the most scored goals (19) away in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale have the most scored goals (37) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale have the most scored goals in the second half (18) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale have the the best goal difference (+15) away in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale have the the best goal difference (+27) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Kawasaki Frontale is in the best form (5-1-0)
| 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 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 27 | 38 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 29 |
| 3 | Sagan Tosu | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 26 |
| 4 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 24 |
| 5 | Vissel Kobe | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 23 |
| 6 | Cerezo Osaka | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 21 |
| 7 | Avispa Fukuoka | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 19 |
| 8 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 17 |
| 9 | Urawa Reds | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 17 |
| 10 | Kashima Antlers | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 11 | Tokyo | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 15 |
| 12 | Tokushima Vortis | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 14 |
| 13 | Kashiwa Reysol | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -2 | 13 |
| 14 | Consadole Sapporo | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 15 | Shonan Bellmare | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 12 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -5 | 11 |
| 17 | Oita Trinita | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -9 | 8 |
| 18 | Gamba Osaka | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 19 | Vegalta Sendai | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -15 | 6 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 20 | -28 | 2 |