Urawa Reds look to Saitama Stadium 2002 supporters for inspiration before Gamba Osaka match

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Sun 14.May
Match begins: 07:00 (UTC)
Venue: Saitama Stadium 2002 (63700 seats)

Urawa Reds have 17 points performing as the home team. Gamba Osaka have brought back 7 points being the away side. Should we expect a home win?

Insights:
  • Urawa Reds have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in J-League
  • Gamba Osaka have the fewest points (1) away in J-League

These are hectic days for the host team, as they had a game only four days ago in the J-League. This match was also played here at Saitama Stadium 2002. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Gamba Osaka have had more rest.

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Urawa Reds form and stats

When playing at home in the J-League, Urawa Reds have managed 3 wins, 0 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games.

The Urawa Reds supporters got no joy from their last match, also played here at Saitama Stadium 2002: A 0-2 defeat against Sagan Tosu (placed 12th). Before that fixture this club had gone seven consecutive league games without being beaten. Iwao (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.82/10. Iwao hit four key passes and had 70 successful passes (of 83 total).

Ahead of that result, a home win hosting Al Hilal in the AFC Champions League. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Urawa Reds handle that role? We have found 16 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 10 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Urawa Reds's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Gamba Osaka form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Gamba Osaka so far with only 1 point returning home. The records show 0-1-5 (win-draw-lose). A depressing five defeats in a row for Gamba in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Kashiwa Reysol.

Gamba Osaka lost away at Nagoya Grampus (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Meshino, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.05. Meshino dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 20 successful passes (of 22 total).

Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Cerezo Osaka.

We have checked recent matches where Gamba Osaka have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 11 games were 2 victories, 1 draw and 8 defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Gamba as they have only managed to score 4 times from 6 away games in the league. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Gamba Osaka's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 17 goals in 6 travels.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Urawa Reds victories, two draws and four Gamba Osaka wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Gamba OsakaT. Usami
T. Usami
3 goals
Gamba OsakaD. Da Purificação Oliveira
D. Da Purificação Oliveira
3 goals
Urawa RedsT. Akimoto
T. Akimoto
2 goals

Urawa Reds missing players

Gamba Osaka missing players

Urawa Reds Gamba Osaka
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 4 1 Played P 0 6 12
5 3 1 Won W 0 0 1
2 0 0 Drew D 0 1 4
3 1 0 Lost L 0 5 7
13 8 2 Scored S 0 4 12
10 5 1 Conceded C 0 17 25
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
80% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 83% 92%
40% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 83% 67%
10% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 67% 42%
10% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 8%
40% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 67%
30% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 8%
40% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 25%
 
3.8 4.5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.2 5.2
5.8 2.8 3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3.8 4.3
1.1 0.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.7
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.3 14.5 10 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11 13.8
3.4 4.2 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.5 4.1
38% 47% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 27% 24%
 
9.8 7.8 8 Shots against (avg) S A 0 14 11.7
2.9 2.2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5.2 4.5
Key stats in J-League this season:
  • All of Urawa Reds's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Gamba Osaka have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • 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 (17) away in J-League
  • Gamba Osaka have the the worst goal difference (-13) 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.
  • Urawa Reds have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Urawa Reds have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Urawa Reds have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in J-League
  • Urawa Reds 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 Vissel Kobe 12 8 2 2 26 8 7 4 1 2 12 4 5 4 1 0 14 4 18 26
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 12 7 3 2 25 13 6 4 2 0 15 4 6 3 1 2 10 9 12 24
3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 11 7 2 2 16 8 6 3 1 2 7 5 5 4 1 0 9 3 8 23
4 Nagoya Grampus 12 6 5 1 16 8 6 2 4 0 6 4 6 4 1 1 10 4 8 23
5 Kashima Antlers 12 6 1 5 17 13 5 1 1 3 7 9 7 5 0 2 10 4 4 19
6 Kawasaki Frontale 12 5 3 4 15 14 6 1 3 2 5 6 6 4 0 2 10 8 1 18
7 Avispa Fukuoka 12 5 3 4 15 16 6 5 0 1 9 6 6 0 3 3 6 10 -1 18
8 Urawa Reds 10 5 2 3 13 10 4 3 0 1 8 5 6 2 2 2 5 5 3 17
9 Cerezo Osaka 12 5 2 5 15 15 7 3 1 3 9 9 5 2 1 2 6 6 0 17
10 Consadole Sapporo 12 4 4 4 25 22 6 2 1 3 13 11 6 2 3 1 12 11 3 16
11 Tokyo 12 4 3 5 14 17 5 3 1 1 10 6 7 1 2 4 4 11 -3 15
12 Sagan Tosu 12 4 2 6 12 17 6 2 1 3 5 10 6 2 1 3 7 7 -5 14
13 Kyoto Sanga 12 4 1 7 15 19 6 2 0 4 6 10 6 2 1 3 9 9 -4 13
14 Albirex Niigata 12 3 4 5 13 17 6 2 2 2 7 9 6 1 2 3 6 8 -4 13
15 Shonan Bellmare 11 2 5 4 19 18 5 1 2 2 8 8 6 1 3 2 11 10 1 11
16 Kashiwa Reysol 12 2 5 5 8 15 6 1 3 2 5 10 6 1 2 3 3 5 -7 11
17 Gamba Osaka 12 1 4 7 12 25 6 1 3 2 8 8 6 0 1 5 4 17 -13 7
18 Yokohama 12 1 3 8 9 30 7 1 1 5 5 16 5 0 2 3 4 14 -21 6