Season ticket holders at Nishigaoka National Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Gamba Osaka languishing in the 18th position so far. The guesting Sanfrecce Hiroshima will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
- Gamba Osaka have the fewest scored goals (2) in J-League
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have scored more than double the goals of Gamba Osaka.
It's no vacation for neither Gamba nor Sanfrecce Hiroshima as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Gamba Osaka form and stats
Three J-League home games done for Gamba Osaka, who are not happy collecting 2 points from these matches.
The Gamba Osaka fans got no joy from their last match, a J-League game also here at Nishigaoka National Stadium: A 0-2 defeat against Kawasaki Frontale (placed 1st). Gamba Osaka-goalkeeper Masaaki Higashiguchi was the best performer with a rating of 7.11. Higashiguchi stopped the opponent with five saves.
A 1-1 draw away before that, with Cerezo Osaka the opponent.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the J-League game versus Urawa Reds in only four days. This game is also played here at Nishigaoka National Stadium.
The lack of attacking qualities in Gamba Osaka means that they have only scored 0 goals in 3 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Gamba are not conceding a lot of goals here at Nishigaoka National Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima form and stats
2 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Sanfrecce Hiroshima playing as the away team in the J-League this season.
S. Higashi was the last player to score for the away team. Sanfrecce haven't scored a league goal in the last 242 minutes.
Sanfrecce has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Sagan Tosu for a J-League game that ended a draw (0-0). Keisuke Osako was the best performer with a rating of 7.85. Osako stopped the opponent with four saves.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Yokohama F. Marinos in the Nabisco Cup.A quick return to home after this game, as Sanfrecce are hosting Tokushima Vortis in the J-League only three days away.
The visiting Sanfrecce have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 8 games. As opposed to that, Sanfrecce have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Gamba 0-0 played earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Gamba victories, three draws and three Sanfrecce Hiroshima wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Asano 3 goals |  S. Higashi 2 goals | K. Shibasaki 2 goals |
Gamba Osaka missing players
Sanfrecce Hiroshima missing players
| Gamba Osaka | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 6 | 11 | 16 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 15 |
| 67% | 33% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 86% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 64% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 43% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 7% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 44% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 29% |
| 78% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 36% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.7 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.9 | 7.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 8.9 | 10.6 |
| 2.3 | 1.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4 | 4.1 |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 34% | 28% |
- 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 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.
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have scored more than double the goals of Gamba Osaka.
| 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 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 29 | 41 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 32 |
| 3 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 27 |
| 4 | Sagan Tosu | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 27 |
| 5 | Vissel Kobe | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 23 |
| 6 | Avispa Fukuoka | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 22 |
| 7 | Cerezo Osaka | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 21 |
| 8 | Urawa Reds | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 20 |
| 9 | Kashima Antlers | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| 10 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 18 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| 12 | Shonan Bellmare | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 15 |
| 13 | Tokyo | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 15 |
| 14 | Tokushima Vortis | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 14 |
| 15 | Kashiwa Reysol | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | -3 | 13 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -5 | 12 |
| 17 | Oita Trinita | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -11 | 8 |
| 18 | Gamba Osaka | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 7 |
| 19 | Vegalta Sendai | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -17 | 6 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 21 | -28 | 3 |