J-League forecast and data: Kashima Antlers odds-on betting favourite to outplay Gamba Osaka

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Sat 05.November
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kashima Soccer Stadium (40728 seats)

A good game and three points is the only event that will please the Kashima Antlers supporters in this Kashima Soccer Stadium duel with Gamba Osaka, as they enjoy a robust lead on the away side in the J-League standings.

Insights:
  • Kashima Antlers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gamba Osaka have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Gamba are struggling to avoid relegation.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Kashima Antlers form and stats

Kashima Antlers have collected 26 points from their J-League home games so far after 7-5-4.

Happy days for Kashima Antlers in their previous game, a fixture away at Shimizu S-Pulse (placed 17th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Just what the doctor ordered, as that was the first league victory after going winless in seven consecutive matches. Kashima Antlers goalkeeper Hayakawa did an outstanding job against Shimizu S-Pulse with six saves, so vital to securing the victory. Goalkeeper Hayakawa got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.41 out of ten. Hayakawa topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that, Kashima played out a draw 3-3 when visiting Júbilo Iwata.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Kashima Antlers handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats.

Trench warfare? Looking at this team's last 13 league games, 10 have seen two goals or less.

The Kashima fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 25 goals in 16 league matches. Kashima Antlers's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 22 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Gamba Osaka form and stats

Playing away, Gamba Osaka have won 5 games, drawn 3 and suffered 8 defeats in the J-League this season.

The Gamba goalkeeper Masaaki Higashiguchi is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 270 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Gamba Osaka had fun at their own home (Kashima Soccer Stadium) last time out, beating Júbilo Iwata 2-0. Meshino and Patric scored. Takao, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.81. Takao won 9 of 11 duels.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Yokohama F. Marinos at their stadium, the result 2-0.

We have checked recent matches where Gamba Osaka have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 10 games were 2 victories, 2 draws and 6 defeats.

Look out: 8 of the last 10 league matches featuring this club have had only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).

The visitors have scored 15 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 23 goals have been conceded by Gamba in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Kashima Antlers have won all of the 6 most recent fixtures against this opponent. Another win today?

The records show that this isn''t the first time these sides get together this season, as the fixture list show this recent fixture: Gamba Osaka - Kashima 1-3.

Top Goalscorers

Kashima AntlersA. do Nascimento Cruz
A. do Nascimento Cruz
9 goals
Kashima AntlersY. Suzuki
Y. Suzuki
7 goals

Kashima Antlers missing players

Gamba Osaka missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Kashima Antlers Gamba Osaka
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
13 7 5 Won W 1 5 9
12 5 0 Drew D 0 3 9
8 4 0 Lost L 4 8 15
47 25 10 Scored S 5 15 33
42 22 3 Conceded C 14 23 44
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
79% 75% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 69% 73%
45% 50% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 31% 36%
24% 31% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 19% 21%
12% 19% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 6% 6%
55% 50% 60% BTTS BTTS 40% 44% 45%
27% 25% 40% Clean Sheets C S 20% 31% 33%
24% 31% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 25% 30%
 
4.6 4.4 5.6 Corners for (avg) C F 2.4 2.8 3.5
5.1 4.9 5.6 Corners against (avg) C A 8 5.1 5.1
1.4 1.2 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.1 1.3
2 2 1 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
11.7 12.6 13.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.6 8.6 10.7
4.5 4.7 6.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.2 3.8
32% 33% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 29% 26%
 
11.3 9.8 6.6 Shots against (avg) S A 21 15.6 15
3.8 3.1 1.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8.2 5.8 5.5
Key stats in J-League this season:
  • Gamba Osaka have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Gamba Osaka haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Kashima Antlers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 33 19 8 6 67 34 17 12 3 2 33 10 16 7 5 4 34 24 33 65
2 Kawasaki Frontale 33 19 6 8 62 40 17 14 1 2 38 18 16 5 5 6 24 22 22 63
3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 33 15 9 9 50 39 17 10 3 4 31 15 16 5 6 5 19 24 11 54
4 Cerezo Osaka 33 13 12 8 46 39 16 7 5 4 23 19 17 6 7 4 23 20 7 51
5 Kashima Antlers 33 13 12 8 47 42 16 7 5 4 25 22 17 6 7 4 22 20 5 51
6 Tokyo 33 14 7 12 44 40 16 8 5 3 25 12 17 6 2 9 19 28 4 49
7 Kashiwa Reysol 33 13 8 12 42 42 16 6 3 7 21 23 17 7 5 5 21 19 0 47
8 Urawa Reds 33 10 14 9 47 38 16 7 7 2 31 16 17 3 7 7 16 22 9 44
9 Nagoya Grampus 33 10 13 10 29 35 17 7 6 4 17 17 16 3 7 6 12 18 -6 43
10 Consadole Sapporo 33 10 12 11 41 52 16 6 6 4 21 21 17 4 6 7 20 31 -11 42
11 Sagan Tosu 33 9 14 10 43 42 16 5 8 3 21 11 17 4 6 7 22 31 1 41
12 Vissel Kobe 33 11 7 15 34 38 16 7 3 6 20 13 17 4 4 9 14 25 -4 40
13 Shonan Bellmare 33 9 11 13 29 38 17 5 6 6 15 22 16 4 5 7 14 16 -9 38
14 Avispa Fukuoka 33 9 10 14 28 37 17 5 6 6 17 18 16 4 4 8 11 19 -9 37
15 Gamba Osaka 33 9 9 15 33 44 17 4 6 7 18 21 16 5 3 8 15 23 -11 36
16 Kyoto Sanga 33 8 11 14 30 38 17 5 6 6 16 17 16 3 5 8 14 21 -8 35
17 Shimizu S-Pulse 33 7 12 14 41 50 17 2 8 7 20 29 16 5 4 7 21 21 -9 33
18 Júbilo Iwata 33 6 11 16 32 57 16 4 6 6 21 28 17 2 5 10 11 29 -25 29

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 Yokohama F. Marinos 33 19 8 6 67 34 17 12 3 2 33 10 16 7 5 4 34 24 33 65
2 Kawasaki Frontale 33 19 6 8 62 40 17 14 1 2 38 18 16 5 5 6 24 22 22 63
3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 33 15 9 9 50 39 17 10 3 4 31 15 16 5 6 5 19 24 11 54
4 Cerezo Osaka 33 13 12 8 46 39 16 7 5 4 23 19 17 6 7 4 23 20 7 51
5 Kashima Antlers 33 13 12 8 47 42 16 7 5 4 25 22 17 6 7 4 22 20 5 51
6 Tokyo 33 14 7 12 44 40 16 8 5 3 25 12 17 6 2 9 19 28 4 49
7 Kashiwa Reysol 33 13 8 12 42 42 16 6 3 7 21 23 17 7 5 5 21 19 0 47
8 Urawa Reds 33 10 14 9 47 38 16 7 7 2 31 16 17 3 7 7 16 22 9 44
9 Nagoya Grampus 33 10 13 10 29 35 17 7 6 4 17 17 16 3 7 6 12 18 -6 43
10 Consadole Sapporo 33 10 12 11 41 52 16 6 6 4 21 21 17 4 6 7 20 31 -11 42
11 Sagan Tosu 33 9 14 10 43 42 16 5 8 3 21 11 17 4 6 7 22 31 1 41
12 Vissel Kobe 33 11 7 15 34 38 16 7 3 6 20 13 17 4 4 9 14 25 -4 40
13 Shonan Bellmare 33 9 11 13 29 38 17 5 6 6 15 22 16 4 5 7 14 16 -9 38
14 Avispa Fukuoka 33 9 10 14 28 37 17 5 6 6 17 18 16 4 4 8 11 19 -9 37
15 Gamba Osaka 33 9 9 15 33 44 17 4 6 7 18 21 16 5 3 8 15 23 -11 36
16 Kyoto Sanga 33 8 11 14 30 38 17 5 6 6 16 17 16 3 5 8 14 21 -8 35
17 Shimizu S-Pulse 33 7 12 14 41 50 17 2 8 7 20 29 16 5 4 7 21 21 -9 33
18 Júbilo Iwata 33 6 11 16 32 57 16 4 6 6 21 28 17 2 5 10 11 29 -25 29

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