Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Sanfrecce Hiroshima in 10th and Gamba Osaka in 9th place.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Gamba Osaka have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima form and stats
Sanfrecce Hiroshima have played 7 J-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
It's back home for Sanfrecce, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Oita Trinita away with the result 2-0. T. Morishima and Douglas Vieira found the net in that victory. Before that, Sanfrecce played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Kashiwa Reysol.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Sanfrecce have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won five times, drawn six and lost three.
The Sanfrecce manager H. Jofuku has got the team scoring with 14 from 7 home games in the league. Sanfrecce's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Gamba Osaka form and stats
Gamba Osaka's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Gamba Osaka collect 17 points from their 8 away matches in the J-League. 5 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).
Gamba had fun at their own home (EDION Stadium) last time out, beating Nagoya Grampus 2-1. Y. Yamamoto and T. Usami scored. Prior to that result Gamba won their away game at Consadole Sapporo. The scoreline was 1-0.
T. Usami came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Nagoya Grampus last time out, making the manager T. Miyamoto feel like a tactical genius.
We have checked recent matches where Gamba have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were two victories, three draws and four defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy Gamba's attacking play in away games, having scored 14 goals in 8 league matches away. 9 goals have been conceded by Gamba Osaka in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Gamba Osaka - Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sanfrecce four wins, two draws and Gamba Osaka four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. da Silva Vieira 7 goals | L. Peruchena Pereira 7 goals | Y. Asano 4 goals |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima missing players
Gamba Osaka missing players
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Gamba Osaka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 26 | 14 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 14 | 24 |
| 20 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 22 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 76% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 76% |
| 47% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | 65% |
| 24% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 24% |
| 18% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 47% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | 65% |
| 41% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 18% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 0.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 175 | 70 | 10 | Total Shots | T S | 19 | 74 | 180 |
| 68 | 30 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 42 | 84 |
| 37% | 43% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | 29% |
- Gamba Osaka haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima 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 | Kawasaki Frontale | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 58 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 40 | 50 |
| 2 | Cerezo Osaka | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 39 |
| 3 | Tokyo | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 38 |
| 4 | Kashima Antlers | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 33 |
| 5 | Kashiwa Reysol | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 30 |
| 6 | Nagoya Grampus | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 30 |
| 7 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 40 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 30 |
| 8 | Urawa Reds | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 19 | -6 | 30 |
| 9 | Gamba Osaka | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 29 |
| 10 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 25 |
| 11 | Vissel Kobe | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | -4 | 23 |
| 12 | Oita Trinita | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -7 | 22 |
| 13 | Consadole Sapporo | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -13 | 17 |
| 14 | Yokohama | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -14 | 17 |
| 15 | Sagan Tosu | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 14 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 25 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | -17 | 12 |
| 17 | Vegalta Sendai | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -16 | 11 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -16 | 9 |