The home supporters anticipate a victory in this match, as the home advantage might do the trick versus a stumbling visitor. Nagoya Grampus are in 10th spot while the guesting Gamba Osaka stress at 17th.
- Nagoya Grampus have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in J-League
- Gamba Osaka is in the worst form (0-1-5)
Both contenders have had enough days rest since their previous competitive action. Let's look for an in-your-face game!
Nagoya Grampus form and stats
When playing at home in the J-League, Nagoya Grampus have managed 6 wins, 4 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 12 games.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Mitchell James Langerak not having conceded a league goal in 270 minutes.
The Grampus followers enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Jubilo Iwata and win 1-0. Silva (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.43/10. Silva hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 42 successful passes (of 44 total).
0-0 away at Sagan Tosu before that.It should be taken into account that a peek at the 11 most recent league matches shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
The Nagoya Grampus fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 12 matches. Nagoya Grampus have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Gamba Osaka form and stats
There's been little loot from Gamba Osaka's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 12 away games in the J-League. Gamba Osaka only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 3 draws.
Two away games in a row for Gamba, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 2-5 versus Sanfrecce Hiroshima. As you can tell from the result, the match against Sanfrecce Hiroshima was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today? Patric, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.41. Patric served one assist and hit one key pass.
A 0-2 loss hosting Shimizu S-Pulse before that.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Gamba Osaka manager Katanosaka as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Avispa Fukuoka.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Gamba Osaka as they have only managed to score 9 times from 12 away games in the league. Gamba have conceded 21 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these two sides meet on the pitch this campaign, as the statistics show this recent fixture: Gamba Osaka - Nagoya Grampus 3-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Grampus five wins, two draws and Gamba Osaka three victories. As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. dos Santos Castro 8 goals |  K. Onose 3 goals | L. Peruchena Pereira 3 goals |
Nagoya Grampus missing players
Gamba Osaka missing players
| Nagoya Grampus | Gamba Osaka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 25 |
| 8 | 6 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 22 | 14 | 7 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 25 |
| 24 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 21 | 39 |
| 84% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 60% | 75% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 67% | 76% |
| 32% | 17% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 33% | 40% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 28% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 40% | 42% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 50% | 56% |
| 40% | 42% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 17% | 20% |
| 36% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 33% | 28% |
| 4.9 | 4.6 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.6 |
| 4.9 | 4.6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.9 |
| 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.7 | 1.1 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10.4 | 11 | 11.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 8.5 | 10.5 |
| 3.8 | 4.2 | 2.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 3 | 3.8 |
| 23% | 28% | 54% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 25% | 27% |
| 10.4 | 8.2 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.8 | 15.7 | 15.2 |
| 3.7 | 2.6 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
- Gamba Osaka have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Gamba Osaka have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in J-League
- Gamba Osaka have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Gamba Osaka haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Gamba Osaka is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Nagoya Grampus have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in J-League
- Nagoya Grampus haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 51 | 27 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 24 | 48 |
| 2 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 40 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 44 |
| 3 | Kawasaki Frontale | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 43 |
| 4 | Kashiwa Reysol | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 34 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 43 |
| 5 | Kashima Antlers | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 37 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 43 |
| 6 | Cerezo Osaka | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 41 |
| 7 | Sagan Tosu | 25 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 36 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 36 |
| 8 | Urawa Reds | 25 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 36 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 35 |
| 9 | Tokyo | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -2 | 35 |
| 10 | Nagoya Grampus | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -2 | 33 |
| 11 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 34 | 39 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 13 | -5 | 28 |
| 12 | Consadole Sapporo | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 44 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 29 | -17 | 28 |
| 13 | Avispa Fukuoka | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 27 |
| 14 | Kyoto Sanga | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -5 | 26 |
| 15 | Shonan Bellmare | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | -11 | 25 |
| 16 | Vissel Kobe | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -9 | 24 |
| 17 | Gamba Osaka | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 39 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -14 | 22 |
| 18 | Jubilo Iwata | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 43 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 22 | -20 | 22 |
