The home fans hope for a victory in this match, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Kawasaki Frontale are in 7th place while the guesting Gamba Osaka stress at 13th.
- Kawasaki Frontale have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in J-League
- Gamba Osaka is in the best form (5-1-0) in J-League
There have been little to rest for the team playing at home, as they played a Emperor Cup game only four days back. This match was also played here at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Gamba Osaka have had more rest.
Kawasaki Frontale form and stats
When playing at home in the J-League, Kawasaki Frontale have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 9 games. After failing to beat Urawa Reds here at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium, Kawasaki Frontale has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
Kawasaki Frontale's previous fixture was a Emperor Cup game also played at their own stadium, finishing 1-0 versus Kochi United. The home side are looking to repeat that performance.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Yokohama F. Marinos and winning 1-0.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Kawasaki matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat (from 7 games).
Kawasaki Frontale has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Kawasaki Frontale are not conceding a lot of goals here at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 9 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Gamba Osaka form and stats
Gamba Osaka have only collected 8 points from their away games in the J-League, after 2-2-6 (10 played).
Gamba Osaka had fun at their own home (Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium) last time out, beating Kashiwa Reysol 3-1. Meshino, Dawhan and Alano scored. Kwon was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.41. The defender Kwon won 2 of 2 duels.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Kyoto Sanga.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Gamba when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 5 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 1 and winning 1 game.
For Gamba Osaka, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have fought previously this season: Gamba Osaka - Kawasaki Frontale 2-0. Kawasaki-Gamba Osaka H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Kawasaki Frontale six wins, Gamba Osaka two wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). Damião loves to meet Gamba Osaka and have scored 7 goals in these matches.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Miyashiro 6 goals |   J. Alano Nascimento 5 goals |  D. Da Purificação Oliveira 5 goals |
Kawasaki Frontale missing players
Gamba Osaka missing players
| Kawasaki Frontale | Gamba Osaka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 10 | 21 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 27 | 11 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 27 |
| 23 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 22 | 35 |
| 95% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 71% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 86% |
| 43% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 67% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 60% | 43% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| 52% | 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 67% |
| 33% | 56% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 14% |
| 19% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 24% |
| 3.7 | 3.3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4 | 4.9 |
| 4.4 | 4.7 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.6 | 5.3 |
| 1.4 | 1.2 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.8 | 13.2 | 15.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 11.5 | 13.2 |
| 4.2 | 4.4 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.5 | 4.3 |
| 30% | 28% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 29% | 30% |
| 11.4 | 11.4 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 15.9 | 12.9 |
| 3.5 | 3 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.3 | 4.4 |
- Gamba Osaka have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Gamba Osaka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Gamba Osaka have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Gamba Osaka is in the best form (5-1-0) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in J-League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vissel Kobe | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 42 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 25 | 44 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 44 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 20 | 43 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 39 |
| 4 | Urawa Reds | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 37 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 21 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 30 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 35 |
| 6 | Kashima Antlers | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 33 |
| 7 | Kawasaki Frontale | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 32 |
| 8 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 31 |
| 9 | Sagan Tosu | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 29 |
| 10 | Avispa Fukuoka | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 29 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 41 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 21 | 1 | 27 |
| 12 | Tokyo | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -5 | 26 |
| 13 | Gamba Osaka | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -8 | 26 |
| 14 | Albirex Niigata | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -7 | 24 |
| 15 | Kyoto Sanga | 21 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 24 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | -7 | 23 |
| 16 | Yokohama | 21 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 22 | -26 | 15 |
| 17 | Kashiwa Reysol | 21 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 33 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 15 | -15 | 14 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 21 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 44 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -18 | 13 |
