A victory to the home team is predicted from this fixture if the league table is to be believed. The Nagoya Grampus followers are optimistic that the difference between 3rd and Gamba Osaka's 17th spot in the table will be visible on the playing field.
- Nagoya Grampus have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in J-League
- Gamba Osaka have the fewest points (1) away in J-League
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Nagoya Grampus and Gamba Osaka.
Nagoya Grampus form and stats
Nagoya Grampus have collected 7 points from their J-League home games so far after 1-4-0. The home supporters have been following results with a growing disbelief as Nagoya Grampus has racked up an amazing four draws in a row here at their own stadium. How long will this continue?
The spoils were shared in Grampus's previous game, also at home. Visiting Vissel Kobe (placed 1st) travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. Late drama in the game against Vissel Kobe as Nagoya Grampus were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Fujii popped out and made it level in the 90th minute. Defender Nogami got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.81/10. Nogami hit one key pass and won 15 of 21 duels.
A 1-1 draw away before that, with Yokohama F. Marinos the opponent.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Nagoya Grampus handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Grampus have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Gamba Osaka form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their J-League travels is 0 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. Bitter travels for Gamba Osaka as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Kashiwa Reysol match.
Gamba Osaka's previous game was their home loss versus Cerezo Osaka (1-2). Usami got a match rating of 8.03 in that game, top player of the team. Usami hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 44 successful passes (of 54 total).
Prior to that match, the Gamba manager Algaba faced defeat when travelling to Kashima Antlers and losing 0-4.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, 1 draw and 7 defeats.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. There are big problems for the Gamba defense as they have conceded 16 goals in 5 away games.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the prior ten meetings involving these two sides are: five wins for Nagoya Grampus, two draws and three wins for Gamba Osaka. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Junker 5 goals |  K. Nagai 3 goals |   T. Usami 3 goals |
Nagoya Grampus missing players
Gamba Osaka missing players
| Nagoya Grampus | Gamba Osaka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 15 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 16 | 24 |
| 82% | 60% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 55% | 40% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 45% | 40% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 73% |
| 27% | 40% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 80% | 45% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 45% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 73% |
| 45% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 27% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 40% | 18% |
| 5.2 | 6.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.4 | 5.5 |
| 5 | 5 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3.4 | 4.2 |
| 1.2 | 1.2 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.5 | 13.2 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 11.4 | 14.3 |
| 5.2 | 4.4 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.6 | 4.3 |
| 26% | 23% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 26% |
| 10.8 | 9.4 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 13.6 | 11.3 |
| 3.5 | 2.8 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.8 | 4.7 |
- All of Gamba Osaka's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Gamba Osaka have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Gamba Osaka have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Gamba Osaka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Gamba Osaka have the fewest points (1) away in J-League
- Gamba Osaka have the most conceded goals (16) away in J-League
- Gamba Osaka have the the worst goal difference (-12) away in J-League
- Gamba Osaka have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Gamba Osaka have yet to win a game away.
- Gamba Osaka haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Nagoya Grampus have not yet lost a game at home.
- Nagoya Grampus have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) 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 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 15 | 23 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 21 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 20 |
| 5 | Avispa Fukuoka | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 18 |
| 6 | Urawa Reds | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
| 7 | Cerezo Osaka | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 17 |
| 8 | Kashima Antlers | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 9 | Tokyo | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| 10 | Kawasaki Frontale | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 15 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 11 | -1 | 13 |
| 12 | Kyoto Sanga | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | -1 | 13 |
| 13 | Albirex Niigata | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 12 |
| 14 | Shonan Bellmare | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 15 | Sagan Tosu | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -6 | 11 |
| 16 | Kashiwa Reysol | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 10 |
| 17 | Gamba Osaka | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 16 | -12 | 7 |
| 18 | Yokohama | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | -18 | 6 |
