Gamba Osaka vs Sagan Tosu fact sheet

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Sat 25.February
Match begins: 06:00 (UTC)
Venue: Nishigaoka National Stadium (4000 seats)

It's only round two of the J-League for these teams. And it's all to play for here at Nishigaoka National Stadium as Gamba Osaka greet Sagan Tosu. Get smart with this preview!

These teams have little in common geographically as Sagan Tosu have to travel 1100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Gamba Osaka and Sagan Tosu should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Gamba Osaka form and stats

The previous season, Gamba Osaka's league stats were 9 wins, 10 draws and 15 losses, results that produced 15th spot in the J-League. Over these 34 matches they scored {33 goals} and conceded 44. Appearing as the host team in the last season Gamba Osaka delivered 4-6-7 (win-draw-lost) with {18 goals} and 21 conceded.

Gamba shared the glory with Kashiwa Reysol in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. Midfielder Dawhan was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.43 (out of ten) in that game. Dawhan scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and had 45 successful passes (of 50 total).

Ahead of that match, Gamba Osaka won a home game hosting Jubilo Iwata (2-0).

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 Osaka as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Gamba Osaka has won 4 of these, drawn 2 and lost 2.

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Sagan Tosu form and stats

Let's have a look at how Sagan Tosu performed last season in the J-League: They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 15 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 45 and conceded {44 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 6 and lost 7 with 22/31 goals scored/conceded.

Sagan's previous game was their home loss versus Shonan Bellmare (1-5). As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Shonan Bellmare was particularly ugly (1-5). The humiliation is still top of mind. It's worrying for Sagan Tosu that their goalie Il-Kyu pulled off seven saves in the Shonan Bellmare game, but still were unable to stop a loss. Ono, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.04. Ono scored one goal.

Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sagan Tosu playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 4 Sagan wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Gamba Osaka victories, one draw and four Sagan Tosu wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Gamba OsakaT. Usami
T. Usami
1 goals
GambaD. Da Purificação Oliveira
D. Da Purificação Oliveira
1 goals
Sagan TosuY. Ono
Y. Ono
1 goals

Gamba Osaka missing players

Sagan Tosu missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Gamba Osaka Sagan Tosu
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 5
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 3
5 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 5
3 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 9
4 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 2
50% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 50%
 
14 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 19
6 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 12
Gamba Osaka Last season Sagan Tosu
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
9 4   Won W   4 9
10 6   Drew D   6 15
15 7   Lost L   7 10
33 18   Scored S   22 45
44 21   Conceded C   31 44
88% 82%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   82% 82%
71% 76%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   76% 71%
35% 41%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   71% 50%
21% 24%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   41% 32%
6% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 15%
44% 47%   BTTS BTTS   53% 47%
35% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 35%
32% 35%   Failed to Score F T   35% 35%
 
3.5 4.2   Corners for (avg) C F   5.2 4.5
5.1 5.1   Corners against (avg) C A   3.9 3.7
1.3 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.2 1.1
3 2   Red cards R C   0 0
 
10.4 12.6   Shots (avg) S (   8.7 10.2
3.7 4.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.3 3.4
26% 24%   Goal Efficiency G E   39% 39%
 
14.9 14.4   Shots against (avg) S A   12 10.9
5.4 5.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.4 4.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Shonan Bellmare 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 4 3
2 Tokyo 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Kashima Antlers 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Yokohama F. Marinos 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Nagoya Grampus 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 Vissel Kobe 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Cerezo Osaka 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Gamba Osaka 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 Kashiwa Reysol 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Albirex Niigata 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
11 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Consadole Sapporo 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Kawasaki Frontale 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 Avispa Fukuoka 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
15 Yokohama 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Kyoto Sanga 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
17 Urawa Reds 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
18 Sagan Tosu 1 0 0 1 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
Last season 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 34 20 8 6 70 35 17 12 3 2 33 10 17 8 5 4 37 25 35 68
2 Kawasaki Frontale 34 20 6 8 65 42 17 14 1 2 38 18 17 6 5 6 27 24 23 66
3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 34 15 10 9 52 41 17 10 3 4 31 15 17 5 7 5 21 26 11 55
4 Kashima Antlers 34 13 13 8 47 42 17 7 6 4 25 22 17 6 7 4 22 20 5 52
5 Cerezo Osaka 34 13 12 9 46 40 17 7 5 5 23 20 17 6 7 4 23 20 6 51
6 Tokyo 34 14 7 13 46 43 17 8 5 4 27 15 17 6 2 9 19 28 3 49
7 Kashiwa Reysol 34 13 8 13 43 44 17 6 3 8 22 25 17 7 5 5 21 19 -1 47
8 Nagoya Grampus 34 11 13 10 30 35 17 7 6 4 17 17 17 4 7 6 13 18 -5 46
9 Urawa Reds 34 10 15 9 48 39 17 7 8 2 32 17 17 3 7 7 16 22 9 45
10 Consadole Sapporo 34 11 12 11 45 55 17 7 6 4 25 24 17 4 6 7 20 31 -10 45
11 Sagan Tosu 34 9 15 10 45 44 17 5 9 3 23 13 17 4 6 7 22 31 1 42
12 Shonan Bellmare 34 10 11 13 31 39 17 5 6 6 15 22 17 5 5 7 16 17 -8 41
13 Vissel Kobe 34 11 7 16 35 41 17 7 3 7 21 16 17 4 4 9 14 25 -6 40
14 Avispa Fukuoka 34 9 11 14 29 38 17 5 6 6 17 18 17 4 5 8 12 20 -9 38
15 Gamba Osaka 34 9 10 15 33 44 17 4 6 7 18 21 17 5 4 8 15 23 -11 37
16 Kyoto Sanga 34 8 12 14 30 38 17 5 6 6 16 17 17 3 6 8 14 21 -8 36
17 Shimizu S-Pulse 34 7 12 15 44 54 17 2 8 7 20 29 17 5 4 8 24 25 -10 33
18 Jubilo Iwata 34 6 12 16 32 57 17 4 7 6 21 28 17 2 5 10 11 29 -25 30

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 Shonan Bellmare 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 4 3
2 Tokyo 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Kashima Antlers 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Yokohama F. Marinos 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Nagoya Grampus 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 Vissel Kobe 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Cerezo Osaka 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Gamba Osaka 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 Kashiwa Reysol 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Albirex Niigata 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
11 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Consadole Sapporo 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Kawasaki Frontale 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 Avispa Fukuoka 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
15 Yokohama 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Kyoto Sanga 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
17 Urawa Reds 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
18 Sagan Tosu 1 0 0 1 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0

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