J-League: Important and interesting fight between Shonan Bellmare and Gamba Osaka at Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka. Both are in need of a good run!
- Gamba Osaka have the fewest scored goals (7) in J-League
It's no vacation for neither Shonan Bellmare nor Gamba Osaka as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Shonan Bellmare form and stats
When playing at home in the J-League, Shonan Bellmare have managed 2 wins, 5 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 8 games.
Shonan Bellmare shared the glory with Tokushima Vortis in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Attacking player Shuto Machino bested all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 8.15 out of 10. Machino scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 3 times.
In the match before that, Bellmare hosted Kawasaki Frontale and drew the game 1-1.This is expected to be a close game, with Shonan Bellmare perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Bellmare as a small favourite), we find nine games. Shonan Bellmare has won three of these, drawn two and lost four.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Bellmare as they are travelling to their away game against Tokyo in the Nabisco Cup. That match is three days after this one.
Bellmare aren't scoring a lot here at Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka in the league, with only 6 goals from 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Bellmare have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.
Gamba Osaka form and stats
There's been little loot from Gamba Osaka's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 7 away games in the J-League. Gamba Osaka, who have the fewest scored goals (7) in J-League, only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws.
Impressive finishing from Leandro Pereira (2) secured the home win 2-0 against Yokohama in their previous game. Masaaki Higashiguchi (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.35. Higashiguchi stopped the opponent with five saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Tokushima Vortis.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Gamba Osaka in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Gamba Osaka, six draws and five defeats.
Goals are few and far between in Gamba's away league games. Only 2 goals from 7 travels. It's worth mentioning that 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Gamba Osaka are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Bellmare, one draw and seven wins for Gamba Osaka. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  N. Yamada 3 goals |  S. Nago 3 goals | T. Okamoto 2 goals |
Shonan Bellmare missing players
Gamba Osaka missing players
| Shonan Bellmare | Gamba Osaka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 15 | 6 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 18 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 76% | 50% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 79% |
| 65% | 38% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 29% | 50% |
| 29% | 12% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 18% | 12% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 53% | 25% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 35% | 62% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 36% |
| 35% | 62% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 71% | 64% |
| 4.3 | 4 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4 | 4.1 |
| 5.2 | 5 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 11 | 5.3 | 4.6 |
| 1 | 1.4 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.1 | 6.8 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8.6 | 8.2 |
| 2.2 | 1.8 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 41% | 43% | 71% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 10% | 18% |
- Gamba Osaka have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Gamba Osaka have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in J-League
- Gamba Osaka have the fewest scored goals (2) away in J-League
- Gamba Osaka have the fewest scored goals (7) in J-League
- Gamba Osaka have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in J-League
- Shonan Bellmare have scored more than double the goals of Gamba Osaka.
| 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 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 49 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 34 | 52 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 37 |
| 3 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 17 | 34 |
| 4 | Sagan Tosu | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 33 |
| 5 | Avispa Fukuoka | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 29 |
| 6 | Vissel Kobe | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 28 |
| 7 | Urawa Reds | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 28 |
| 8 | Kashima Antlers | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 27 |
| 9 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 26 |
| 10 | Cerezo Osaka | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 23 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 22 |
| 12 | Tokyo | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 22 |
| 13 | Tokushima Vortis | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -7 | 19 |
| 14 | Shonan Bellmare | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -3 | 17 |
| 15 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -8 | 15 |
| 16 | Kashiwa Reysol | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 14 |
| 17 | Vegalta Sendai | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -16 | 14 |
| 18 | Gamba Osaka | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 13 |
| 19 | Oita Trinita | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -12 | 12 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 42 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 26 | -30 | 7 |