Soccer match preview: Yokohama F. Marinos confident before travelling to Gamba Osaka

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Fri 06.August
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Nishigaoka National Stadium (4000 seats)

Nishigaoka National Stadium: Get ready for a football party when Gamba Osaka welcomes Yokohama F. Marinos. Read all about the match here!

Insights:
  • Gamba Osaka have the most matches under the total-line (15) in J-League
  • Yokohama F. Marinos is in the best form (6-0-0)

The hosts Gamba saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the J-League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Vegalta Sendai.

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Gamba Osaka form and stats

3 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Gamba Osaka have to build on here at Nishigaoka National Stadium in the J-League.

Gamba are confident in defense, having played 209 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Happy days for Gamba Osaka in their previous game, a J-League match away at Vegalta Sendai (placed 18th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Patric, who plays in attack, was the top performer for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 8.2 (out of 10). Patric scored one goal and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Consadole Sapporo with a 2-0 scoreline.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Gamba as they are travelling to their away game against Tokushima Vortis in the J-League. That match is three days after this one.

Gamba aren't scoring a lot here at Nishigaoka National Stadium in the league, with only 8 goals from 10 games. On the other hand, Gamba have conceded 12 goals.

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Yokohama F. Marinos form and stats

Yokohama F. Marinos's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Yokohama F. Marinos collect 19 points from their 9 away matches in the J-League. 6 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 2 defeats). Impressively, the visitors are on a six-match winning run which they hope continue versus Gamba Osaka.

The supporters enjoyed Yokohama's previous game versus Avispa Fukuoka (placed 11th), a J-League 2-0 win played at home. Midfield player Élber was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.21/10. Élber served one assist, hit five key passes and had 29 successful passes (of 36 total).

Prior to that result Yokohama won their away game at Kashiwa Reysol. The scoreline was 2-1.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Yokohama F. Marinos manager H. Matsunaga as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Shimizu S-Pulse.

Yokohama are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 16 times in 9 away games so far. Yokohama F. Marinos have conceded 10 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Gamba Osaka victories, two draws and five Yokohama F. Marinos wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Yokohama F. MarinosD. Maeda
D. Maeda
10 goals
GambaA. Aguiar Oliveira
A. Aguiar Oliveira
5 goals

Gamba Osaka missing players

Yokohama F. Marinos missing players

Gamba Osaka Yokohama F. Marinos
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 3 9 20
7 3 0 Won W 3 6 14
5 2 0 Drew D 0 1 4
9 5 3 Lost L 0 2 2
14 8 1 Scored S 9 16 39
18 12 5 Conceded C 2 10 16
81% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 95%
48% 70% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 75%
24% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 56% 45%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 33% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 15%
24% 40% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 44% 40%
43% 30% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 44% 55%
52% 50% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 10%
 
4.2 4.6 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 6 6
4.9 3.8 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 8.3 4.9 4.5
0.7 0.7 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 0.9 1.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.5 8.8 7 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 11.9 11.8
3.1 3.1 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 5.3 5.2
21% 26% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 56% 33% 37%
Key stats in J-League this season:
  • Gamba Osaka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gamba Osaka have the most matches under the total-line (15) in J-League
  • Yokohama F. Marinos have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Yokohama F. Marinos have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Yokohama F. Marinos have scored more than double the goals of Gamba Osaka.
  • Yokohama F. Marinos is in the best form (6-0-0)

  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 22 18 4 0 53 15 13 11 2 0 27 10 9 7 2 0 26 5 38 58
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 20 14 4 2 39 16 11 8 3 0 23 6 9 6 1 2 16 10 23 46
3 Vissel Kobe 22 11 8 3 35 21 10 5 4 1 17 6 12 6 4 2 18 15 14 41
4 Sagan Tosu 22 10 8 4 30 15 11 7 3 1 22 6 11 3 5 3 8 9 15 38
5 Nagoya Grampus 21 11 4 6 23 16 10 5 1 4 9 9 11 6 3 2 14 7 7 37
6 Kashima Antlers 22 10 5 7 35 23 11 6 3 2 22 12 11 4 2 5 13 11 12 35
7 Tokyo 22 10 5 7 31 30 11 6 1 4 19 18 11 4 4 3 12 12 1 35
8 Urawa Reds 22 10 5 7 24 23 12 7 3 2 15 12 10 3 2 5 9 11 1 35
9 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 22 7 9 6 24 22 11 3 4 4 9 10 11 4 5 2 15 12 2 30
10 Consadole Sapporo 21 8 5 8 27 28 10 5 2 3 18 13 11 3 3 5 9 15 -1 29
11 Avispa Fukuoka 22 8 5 9 23 27 10 5 0 5 11 11 12 3 5 4 12 16 -4 29
12 Cerezo Osaka 21 6 8 7 29 27 11 5 4 2 16 12 10 1 4 5 13 15 2 26
13 Gamba Osaka 21 7 5 9 14 18 10 3 2 5 8 12 11 4 3 4 6 6 -4 26
14 Shimizu S-Pulse 22 5 8 9 22 30 10 2 4 4 8 14 12 3 4 5 14 16 -8 23
15 Shonan Bellmare 22 4 9 9 21 26 11 2 6 3 8 8 11 2 3 6 13 18 -5 21
16 Kashiwa Reysol 22 6 2 14 22 32 11 4 0 7 14 18 11 2 2 7 8 14 -10 20
17 Tokushima Vortis 22 5 5 12 18 28 11 2 4 5 9 12 11 3 1 7 9 16 -10 20
18 Vegalta Sendai 22 3 8 11 18 36 11 2 4 5 8 15 11 1 4 6 10 21 -18 17
19 Oita Trinita 22 4 4 14 14 32 11 3 4 4 8 12 11 1 0 10 6 20 -18 16
20 Yokohama 22 2 5 15 14 51 11 1 4 6 9 20 11 1 1 9 5 31 -37 11