Gamba Osaka - Sagan Tosu: Small difference between teams in J-League clash

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Sat 23.October
Match begins: 08:00 (UTC)
Venue: Nishigaoka National Stadium (4000 seats)

Gamba Osaka are looking to brush off the league table ahead of this game vs Sagan Tosu. Here's everything you must know pre-match!

Insights:
  • Gamba Osaka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

Sagan Tosu have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Gamba Osaka form and stats

Gamba Osaka's results here at Nishigaoka National Stadium in the J-League have been very modest with 4 victories, 3 draws and 9 defeats.

An away draw last time out for Gamba, facing Urawa Reds in a game that ended 1-1. Patric was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Urawa Reds after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Yuki Yamamoto (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.41/10. Yamamoto hit one key pass and had 33 successful passes (of 41 total).

Preceding that match was the home game against Consadole Sapporo that was lost 1-5.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Gamba, as the Emperor Cup home game vs Urawa Reds is only four days away.

Gamba Osaka aren't scoring a lot here at Nishigaoka National Stadium in the league, with only 15 goals from 16 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Gamba defense is not exactly impregnable. 25 goals conceded from 16 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Sagan Tosu form and stats

5 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Sagan Tosu playing as the away team in the J-League this season. Sagan Tosu seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

There were no winners in Sagan's previous match, a J-League home game that ended 1-1 vs Shonan Bellmare (placed 17th). The draw against Shonan Bellmare came from a losing position. The Sagan Tosu manager M. Kim brought on Noriyoshi Sakai as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Keita Yamashita, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.31. Yamashita hit the woodwork once and hit one key pass.

A 0-3 defeat away at Tokushima Vortis before that.

The attacking power of Sagan when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 16 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Sagan have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Sagan Tosu - Gamba 0-1 was the product when these two teams last did battle, also in this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Gamba Osaka seven wins, one draw and Sagan Tosu two victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Gamba OsakaA. Aguiar Oliveira
A. Aguiar Oliveira
9 goals
Sagan TosuK. Yamashita
K. Yamashita
9 goals
Sagan TosuN. Sakai
N. Sakai
7 goals

Gamba Osaka missing players

Sagan Tosu missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Gamba Osaka Sagan Tosu
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 6 Played P 5 16 32
9 4 1 Won W 2 5 14
7 3 2 Drew D 2 5 10
16 9 3 Lost L 1 6 8
26 15 4 Scored S 3 13 39
40 25 9 Conceded C 4 18 30
84% 81% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 88% 84%
56% 69% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 62% 66%
38% 56% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 38% 41%
16% 19% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 6% 16%
9% 19% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
41% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 20% 44% 38%
34% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 60% 25% 41%
41% 44% 50% Failed to Score F T 40% 44% 38%
 
4 4.2 5 Corners for (avg) C F 7.4 4.1 4.2
4.9 4.1 5 Corners against (avg) C A 2.6 3.8 3.9
0.9 0.6 0.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1.1 1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
8.9 9.7 8 Shots (avg) S ( 11.6 8.7 9.8
3.2 3.4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3.2 3.8
25% 28% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 25% 32%
Key stats in J-League this season:
  • Gamba Osaka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 Kawasaki Frontale 32 25 6 1 69 21 16 14 2 0 33 12 16 11 4 1 36 9 48 81
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 32 22 6 4 69 29 16 12 3 1 37 10 16 10 3 3 32 19 40 72
3 Vissel Kobe 32 17 9 6 51 30 16 9 4 3 26 10 16 8 5 3 25 20 21 60
4 Nagoya Grampus 32 17 6 9 35 24 16 10 2 4 18 11 16 7 4 5 17 13 11 57
5 Urawa Reds 32 16 7 9 37 33 16 10 4 2 21 14 16 6 3 7 16 19 4 55
6 Kashima Antlers 32 16 5 11 53 34 16 8 3 5 30 20 16 8 2 6 23 14 19 53
7 Sagan Tosu 32 14 10 8 39 30 16 9 5 2 26 12 16 5 5 6 13 18 9 52
8 Avispa Fukuoka 32 13 7 12 38 34 16 9 1 6 22 15 16 4 6 6 16 19 4 46
9 Tokyo 32 13 7 12 42 40 15 7 2 6 25 22 17 6 5 6 17 18 2 46
10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 32 11 12 9 38 31 17 5 6 6 17 17 15 6 6 3 21 14 7 45
11 Consadole Sapporo 32 12 6 14 41 45 16 7 2 7 23 25 16 5 4 7 18 20 -4 42
12 Cerezo Osaka 32 10 9 13 40 42 16 6 5 5 21 22 16 4 4 8 19 20 -2 39
13 Kashiwa Reysol 32 11 4 17 32 43 16 5 2 9 18 26 16 6 2 8 14 17 -11 37
14 Gamba Osaka 32 9 7 16 26 40 16 4 3 9 15 25 16 5 4 7 11 15 -14 34
15 Shimizu S-Pulse 32 7 11 14 31 46 16 3 5 8 12 25 16 4 6 6 19 21 -15 32
16 Tokushima Vortis 32 8 5 19 28 48 16 4 4 8 15 18 16 4 1 11 13 30 -20 29
17 Shonan Bellmare 32 5 13 14 31 38 16 2 9 5 11 13 16 3 4 9 20 25 -7 28
18 Yokohama 32 6 7 19 30 69 16 4 5 7 21 28 16 2 2 12 9 41 -39 25
19 Oita Trinita 31 6 6 19 21 48 16 5 5 6 13 18 15 1 1 13 8 30 -27 24
20 Vegalta Sendai 31 4 11 16 24 50 15 2 5 8 9 19 16 2 6 8 15 31 -26 23

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 Kawasaki Frontale 32 25 6 1 69 21 16 14 2 0 33 12 16 11 4 1 36 9 48 81
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 32 22 6 4 69 29 16 12 3 1 37 10 16 10 3 3 32 19 40 72
3 Vissel Kobe 32 17 9 6 51 30 16 9 4 3 26 10 16 8 5 3 25 20 21 60
4 Nagoya Grampus 32 17 6 9 35 24 16 10 2 4 18 11 16 7 4 5 17 13 11 57
5 Urawa Reds 32 16 7 9 37 33 16 10 4 2 21 14 16 6 3 7 16 19 4 55
6 Kashima Antlers 32 16 5 11 53 34 16 8 3 5 30 20 16 8 2 6 23 14 19 53
7 Sagan Tosu 32 14 10 8 39 30 16 9 5 2 26 12 16 5 5 6 13 18 9 52
8 Avispa Fukuoka 32 13 7 12 38 34 16 9 1 6 22 15 16 4 6 6 16 19 4 46
9 Tokyo 32 13 7 12 42 40 15 7 2 6 25 22 17 6 5 6 17 18 2 46
10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 32 11 12 9 38 31 17 5 6 6 17 17 15 6 6 3 21 14 7 45
11 Consadole Sapporo 32 12 6 14 41 45 16 7 2 7 23 25 16 5 4 7 18 20 -4 42
12 Cerezo Osaka 32 10 9 13 40 42 16 6 5 5 21 22 16 4 4 8 19 20 -2 39
13 Kashiwa Reysol 32 11 4 17 32 43 16 5 2 9 18 26 16 6 2 8 14 17 -11 37
14 Gamba Osaka 32 9 7 16 26 40 16 4 3 9 15 25 16 5 4 7 11 15 -14 34
15 Shimizu S-Pulse 32 7 11 14 31 46 16 3 5 8 12 25 16 4 6 6 19 21 -15 32
16 Tokushima Vortis 32 8 5 19 28 48 16 4 4 8 15 18 16 4 1 11 13 30 -20 29
17 Shonan Bellmare 32 5 13 14 31 38 16 2 9 5 11 13 16 3 4 9 20 25 -7 28
18 Yokohama 32 6 7 19 30 69 16 4 5 7 21 28 16 2 2 12 9 41 -39 25
19 Oita Trinita 31 6 6 19 21 48 16 5 5 6 13 18 15 1 1 13 8 30 -27 24
20 Vegalta Sendai 31 4 11 16 24 50 15 2 5 8 9 19 16 2 6 8 15 31 -26 23

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