Season ticket holders haven’t seen many home wins this season, with Gamba Osaka rotting in the 16th place. The guesting Kyoto Sanga will attempt to shield their higher league spot in this match.
- Gamba Osaka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Kyoto Sanga have the fewest clean sheets (1) away in J-League
This could be an appealing match with lots of spark and excitement as both teams are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Let's start!
Gamba Osaka form and stats
Gamba Osaka have played 11 J-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-3-5 (wins-draws-losses).
The Gamba Osaka crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Cerezo Osaka here. Gamba Osaka's goalkeeper Higashiguchi was extremely busy against Cerezo Osaka, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves. The forward Ishige bettered all others in that match and received a match rating of 7.62 out of 10. Ishige served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Gamba Osaka have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 1 and lost 3.
Gamba has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Gamba Osaka's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Kyoto Sanga form and stats
There's been little loot from Kyoto Sanga's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 11 away games in the J-League. Kyoto Sanga only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 4 draws.
Kyoto Sanga's last game was the home draw against Sanfrecce Hiroshima (1-1). The draw against Sanfrecce Hiroshima came from a losing position. The Kyoto Sanga manager Cho brought on Omae as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Inoue, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.32. Inoue won 2 of 2 duels.
hometeam won As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Kyoto in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Kyoto Sanga, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
Lacking goals? 11 of this side's most recent 14 league fixtures have contained two or less goals.
As opposed to that, Kyoto Sanga have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The participants have faced each other previously this season, with the final score Kyoto Sanga - Gamba 1-1 logged in the official records. Data for the former nine meetings between these two teams are: six wins for Gamba Osaka, three draws and zero wins for Kyoto Sanga. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  P. Utaka 9 goals |   K. Onose 3 goals |  D. Da Purificação Oliveira 3 goals |
Gamba Osaka missing players
Kyoto Sanga missing players
| Gamba Osaka | Kyoto Sanga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 22 | 15 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 21 |
| 31 | 15 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 14 | 25 |
| 95% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 73% | 82% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 73% | 59% |
| 41% | 55% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 27% | 27% |
| 27% | 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 27% | 23% |
| 5% | 9% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 55% | 64% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 55% | 50% |
| 23% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 18% |
| 27% | 18% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | 36% |
| 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.9 | 4 |
| 5 | 6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 6.6 | 5.5 |
| 1.1 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 11.9 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 7.6 | 8.4 |
| 3.7 | 4.6 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.5 | 2.9 |
| 27% | 29% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 41% | 33% |
| 14.8 | 14.9 | 10.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 12.5 | 11.7 |
| 5.2 | 5.4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
- Gamba Osaka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Kyoto Sanga have the fewest clean sheets (1) away in J-League
- Kyoto Sanga haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 48 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 23 | 45 |
| 2 | Kashima Antlers | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 40 |
| 3 | Kawasaki Frontale | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 37 |
| 4 | Kashiwa Reysol | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 36 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 35 |
| 6 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 35 |
| 7 | Tokyo | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -1 | 32 |
| 8 | Urawa Reds | 22 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 29 |
| 9 | Sagan Tosu | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 28 |
| 10 | Avispa Fukuoka | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -1 | 27 |
| 11 | Kyoto Sanga | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -4 | 25 |
| 12 | Shonan Bellmare | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | -6 | 25 |
| 13 | Nagoya Grampus | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -6 | 25 |
| 14 | Consadole Sapporo | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 28 | -18 | 24 |
| 15 | Vissel Kobe | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -7 | 21 |
| 16 | Gamba Osaka | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -9 | 21 |
| 17 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -9 | 20 |
| 18 | Jubilo Iwata | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -12 | 19 |
