This could be an interesting match as Gamba Osaka have their presumed home advantage while Nagoya Grampus are ahead 4 points in the J-League table.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Gamba Osaka and Nagoya Grampus.
Gamba Osaka form and stats
Gamba Osaka have collected 9 points from their J-League home games so far after 3-0-5. With Gamba Osaka having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager T. Miyamoto.
Gamba Osaka are returning here after visiting Consadole Sapporo in a J-League game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. K. Watanabe scored the goal(s). Preceding that match was the home game against Shonan Bellmare that was lost 0-1.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of T. Miyamoto when K. Watanabe scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 74th minute.
This is expected to be a close game, with Gamba Osaka perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Gamba as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Gamba Osaka has won seven of these, drawn zero and lost eight.
There will be little rest for Gamba after this match as they are travelling to Sanfrecce Hiroshima for a J-League game in only four days.
The Gamba Osaka fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 8 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Gamba defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Nagoya Grampus form and stats
4-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Nagoya Grampus, who have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in J-League, in their J-League matches away.
The supporters enjoyed Nagoya Grampus's previous game versus Vissel Kobe (placed 12th), a J-League 2-1 win played at home. A 2-3 defeat away at Yokohama before that.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Nagoya Grampus in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Grampus, four draws and seven defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Shimizu S-Pulse in just three days.
Grampus are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 8 games (in the league). Nagoya Grampus are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Gamba Osaka and Nagoya Grampus have met before this season: Nagoya Grampus - Gamba 2-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Gamba victories, three draws and four Nagoya Grampus wins. Over/under statistics; ten of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Maeda 5 goals |   A. Braga Bispo Junior 4 goals |  T. Usami 3 goals |
Gamba Osaka missing players
Nagoya Grampus missing players
| Gamba Osaka | Nagoya Grampus | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 22 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 26 |
| 21 | 12 | 6 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 75% | 62% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 62% |
| 62% | 62% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 38% | 50% |
| 25% | 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 25% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 62% | 62% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 50% |
| 19% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 38% |
| 19% | 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 19% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.8 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 166 | 92 | 32 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 86 | 126 |
| 78 | 36 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 30 | 50 |
| 28% | 22% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 37% | 38% |
- Gamba Osaka haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Nagoya Grampus has the fewest conceded goals (6) away in J-League
- Nagoya Grampus has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in J-League
| 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 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 55 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 39 | 47 |
| 2 | Cerezo Osaka | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 39 |
| 3 | Tokyo | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 35 |
| 4 | Nagoya Grampus | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 30 |
| 5 | Kashima Antlers | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 30 |
| 6 | Kashiwa Reysol | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 27 |
| 7 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 27 |
| 8 | Urawa Reds | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 18 | -7 | 27 |
| 9 | Gamba Osaka | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 26 |
| 10 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 22 |
| 11 | Oita Trinita | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -5 | 22 |
| 12 | Vissel Kobe | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | -5 | 20 |
| 13 | Consadole Sapporo | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -12 | 17 |
| 14 | Yokohama | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -13 | 17 |
| 15 | Sagan Tosu | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 14 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | -16 | 12 |
| 17 | Vegalta Sendai | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -14 | 11 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -15 | 9 |