Moving closer to the top teams is the subject when these mid-table teams battle it out. Both are trying to better their league position, Gamba Osaka in 12th and Urawa Reds in 10th place.
- Gamba Osaka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Urawa Reds have the fewest scored goals (3) away in J-League
The hosts Gamba Osaka saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the J-League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Sanfrecce Hiroshima, was also a home game. The away team is better rested.
Gamba Osaka form and stats
3 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Gamba Osaka have to build on here in the J-League.
A nice win for Gamba last time playing, versus Sanfrecce Hiroshima. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Kurokawa and Sakamoto scoring for the victors. Sweet to taste a league win after four matches without one. Defender Miura got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.03/10. Miura won 7 of 9 duels.
Prior to that, an away loss at Consadole Sapporo.Trench warfare? In this team's last 12 league matches, 9 have seen less than three goals (under 2.5).
There will be little rest for Gamba Osaka after this match as they are travelling to Shonan Bellmare 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 13 in 9 matches. Gamba's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Urawa Reds form and stats
Urawa Reds have only collected 7 points from their away games in the J-League, after 1-4-4 (9 played).
271 minutes! That's how long the Urawa Reds goalkeeper Shusaku Nishikawa and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
It's the second away game in a row for Urawa Reds, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Vissel Kobe (placed 18th) last time out. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Suárez when Karlsson scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 70th minute. Iwanami, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.43. Iwanami won 4 of 5 duels.
aweayteam Hara magic won.
Few goals the story here? 9 of this side's last 11 league fixtures have contained two or less goals.
After this away game Urawa return home for a J-League game against Kyoto Sanga. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Goals are few and far between in Urawa Reds's away league games. Only 3 goals from 9 travels. Urawa Reds are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other previously this match year: Urawa Reds - Gamba 0-1. Previous ten meetings between these sides: Gamba Osaka won four, Urawa Reds triumphed in four and we saw two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  K. Junker 4 goals |   K. Onose 3 goals |  D. Da Purificação Oliveira 3 goals |
Gamba Osaka missing players
Urawa Reds missing players
| Gamba Osaka | Urawa Reds | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 20 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 19 |
| 23 | 12 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 94% | 89% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 67% | 78% |
| 72% | 78% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 33% | 56% |
| 39% | 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 11% | 28% |
| 28% | 44% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 6% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 56% | 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 22% | 39% |
| 28% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 44% | 39% |
| 22% | 22% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 67% | 44% |
| 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.2 |
| 4.6 | 5.3 | 8.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 2.6 | 3.9 |
| 1 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10.1 | 11.6 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 10.7 | 11.8 |
| 3.9 | 4.8 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.6 | 4.6 |
| 28% | 30% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 9% | 23% |
| 14.2 | 14.9 | 17.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.7 | 7.9 | 8.7 |
| 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
- Gamba Osaka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Gamba Osaka have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Urawa Reds have scored away.
- Urawa Reds have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Urawa Reds have the fewest conceded goals (7) away in J-League
- Urawa Reds have the fewest scored goals (3) away in J-League
- Urawa Reds have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 37 |
| 2 | Kashima Antlers | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 34 |
| 3 | Kawasaki Frontale | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 34 |
| 4 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 30 |
| 5 | Kashiwa Reysol | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 30 |
| 6 | Sagan Tosu | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 27 |
| 7 | Cerezo Osaka | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 27 |
| 8 | Tokyo | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -3 | 25 |
| 9 | Consadole Sapporo | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 22 | -13 | 23 |
| 10 | Urawa Reds | 18 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 21 |
| 11 | Nagoya Grampus | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -5 | 21 |
| 12 | Gamba Osaka | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 20 |
| 13 | Kyoto Sanga | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -4 | 20 |
| 14 | Avispa Fukuoka | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 19 |
| 15 | Júbilo Iwata | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 19 |
| 16 | Shonan Bellmare | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | -7 | 19 |
| 17 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -7 | 17 |
| 18 | Vissel Kobe | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -11 | 11 |
