Struggling Gamba Osaka will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Tokyo in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Gamba Osaka form and stats
Gamba Osaka, who have the fewest points (1) at home in J-League, have collected 1 point from their home games so far after 0-1-4.In their previous game, the manager T. Miyamoto led his Gamba Osaka to a defeat in the J-League match away at Vegalta Sendai. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Suita City Football Stadium. Ahead of that match, Gamba Osaka won a home game hosting Júbilo Iwata (4-1).
The match schedule is unforgiving for Gamba Osaka as they have a new game in only four days, a Nabisco Cup match thankfully also at home. Shimizu S-Pulse are visiting.
A decent goal production from Gamba Osaka in their home games so far, with 8 goals from 5 matches. Gamba Osaka have conceded 12 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Tokyo form and stats
2-2-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Tokyo in their matches away. Impressively, the visitors are on a six-match winning run which they hope continue versus Gamba Osaka.The supporters enjoyed Tokyo's previous game versus Matsumoto Yamaga, a J-League 2-0 win played at home. That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Kashiwa Reysol in the Nabisco Cup.
After this away game Tokyo return home for a Nabisco Cup game against Vegalta Sendai. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Tokyo find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 5 goals from 4 away fixtures. Tokyo are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 4 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 4 wins for Gamba Osaka, 3 draws and 3 wins for Tokyo.Gamba Osaka missing players
Tokyo missing players
| Gamba Osaka | Tokyo | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Played | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Lost | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 8 | 3 | Scored | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| 19 | 12 | 5 | Conceded | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 0% | 75% | 89% |
| 78% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 67% | 60% | 33% | Over 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 44% | 60% | 33% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 44% | 60% | 33% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 11% |
| 67% | 80% | 67% | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | 0% | 50% | 56% |
| 22% | 20% | 33% | Failed To Score | 0% | 25% | 11% |
| 6.9 | 7.2 | 5.7 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 3.8 | 5.2 |
| 3.8 | 3 | 3 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 5 | 5.7 |
| 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 1.2 | 0.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Gamba Osaka hasn't played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Gamba Osaka has failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 matches.
| 10-04-19 | | Shimizu S-Pulse | 1 - 1 | Gamba Osaka |
| 14-04-19 | | Gamba Osaka | 0 - 1 | Urawa Reds |
| 20-04-19 | | Gamba Osaka | 1 - 1 | Oita Trinita |
| 24-04-19 | | Gamba Osaka | 4 - 1 | Júbilo Iwata |
| 28-04-19 | | Vegalta Sendai | 2 - 1 | Gamba Osaka |
| 04-05-19 | | Gamba Osaka | 07:00 | Tokyo |
| 08-05-19 | | Gamba Osaka | 10:00 | Shimizu S-Pulse |
| 11-05-19 | | Sagan Tosu | 05:00 | Gamba Osaka |
| 18-05-19 | | Gamba Osaka | 10:00 | Cerezo Osaka |
| 22-05-19 | | Matsumoto Yamaga | 10:00 | Gamba Osaka |
| 10-04-19 | | Tokyo | 1 - 0 | Sagan Tosu |
| 14-04-19 | | Tokyo | 3 - 1 | Kashima Antlers |
| 19-04-19 | | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 0 - 1 | Tokyo |
| 24-04-19 | | Tokyo | 2 - 0 | Kashiwa Reysol |
| 28-04-19 | | Tokyo | 2 - 0 | Matsumoto Yamaga |
| 04-05-19 | | Gamba Osaka | 07:00 | Tokyo |
| 08-05-19 | | Tokyo | 10:00 | Vegalta Sendai |
| 12-05-19 | | Tokyo | 05:00 | Júbilo Iwata |
| 18-05-19 | | Tokyo | 05:00 | Consadole Sapporo |
| 22-05-19 | | Sagan Tosu | 10:00 | Tokyo |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Tokyo | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 23 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 19 |
| 3 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 17 |
| 4 | Oita Trinita | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 5 | Urawa Reds | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| 6 | Kawasaki Frontale | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 7 | Consadole Sapporo | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| 8 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| 9 | Kashima Antlers | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 14 |
| 10 | Shonan Bellmare | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 11 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 11 |
| 12 | Vissel Kobe | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -2 | 10 |
| 13 | Cerezo Osaka | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 8 |
| 14 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 8 |
| 15 | Gamba Osaka | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 16 | Vegalta Sendai | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 17 | Júbilo Iwata | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 6 |
| 18 | Sagan Tosu | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | -13 | 4 |
