J-League: Top level vs not good enough, at least based on the matches so far. Yokohama F. Marinos - Gamba Osaka. Home victory or a shock?
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most scored goals (63) in J-League
- Gamba Osaka have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in J-League
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Yokohama F. Marinos form and stats
Yokohama F. Marinos have been outstanding at home so far in the J-League with 11 wins, 3 draws and only 0 losses.
Yokohama F. Marinos are confident in defense, having played 182 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Yokohama enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Nagoya Grampus's place. The match ended 4-0 with Fujita, Ceará and Mizunuma (2) scoring. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Yokohama F. Marinos played a great game against Nagoya Grampus and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Midfielder Mizunuma was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.7 (out of ten) in that game. Mizunuma scored two goals, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
In the match before that, Yokohama F. Marinos hosted Consadole Sapporo and drew the game 0-0.Yokohama are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 7 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 6, drew 0 and lost 1.
Lots of goals and action? Nobody knows about this one, but we do know that 11 of the 14 most recent league games with this team has had three or more goals.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Yokohama F. Marinos, as the J-League home game vs Jubilo Iwata is only four days away.
The Yokohama F. Marinos manager Muscat has got the team scoring with 29 from 14 home games in the league. Yokohama have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 6 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Gamba Osaka form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Gamba Osaka so far with only 15 points returning home. The records show 4-3-8 (win-draw-lose).
Gamba Osaka's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Kashiwa Reysol that finished 0-0. Higashiguchi had red hot gloves after the game against Kashiwa Reysol, shaping the outcome of the game with eight saves made. Higashiguchi was the team player of the game with the player rating of 9.15. The agile goalkeeper Higashiguchi topped it up with a clean sheet.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Vissel Kobe wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Gamba Osaka played away with similar odds. This revealed 5 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 1 time, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 4 times.
The visitors have scored 13 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Gamba have conceded 23 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches. Gamba Osaka has visited these top teams four times, and 3 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Gamba Osaka - Yokohama F. Marinos 1-2 was the scoreline in these squads' previous head to head game, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Yokohama F. Marinos six wins, one draw and Gamba Osaka three victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. de Sousa Pereira 11 goals | T. Nishimura 9 goals | A. Lopes de Souza 9 goals |
Yokohama F. Marinos missing players
Gamba Osaka missing players
| Yokohama F. Marinos | Gamba Osaka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 18 | 11 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 63 | 29 | 8 | Scored | S | 3 | 13 | 29 |
| 30 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 14 | 23 | 44 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 87% | 79% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 71% |
| 63% | 50% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 33% | 39% |
| 37% | 21% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 20% | 23% |
| 13% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 7% | 6% |
| 50% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 47% | 48% |
| 43% | 71% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 29% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 27% | 32% |
| 5.2 | 5.2 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.2 | 2.8 | 3.5 |
| 4.1 | 5 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
| 1 | 0.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 0.9 | 1.3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 14.4 | 16.1 | 18.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 8.7 | 10.6 |
| 5.7 | 6.6 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.7 |
| 37% | 31% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 28% | 25% |
| 11.3 | 9.7 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20 | 14.9 | 14.6 |
| 3.9 | 3 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.8 | 5.5 | 5.4 |
- Gamba Osaka have the most dropped points from leading position (21) 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.
- Yokohama F. Marinos have not yet lost a game at home.
- Yokohama F. Marinos have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Yokohama F. Marinos have scored more than double the goals of Gamba Osaka.
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the fewest conceded goals (30) in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most clean sheets (10) at home in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most matches over the total-line (16) in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most points (36) at home in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most scored goals (63) in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most scored goals in the first half (26) in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the the best goal difference (+23) at home in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the the best goal difference (+33) in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos is in the best form (4-2-0) 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 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 63 | 30 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 24 | 33 | 62 |
| 2 | Kawasaki Frontale | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 54 | 36 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 18 | 54 |
| 3 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 31 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 49 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 54 |
| 4 | Cerezo Osaka | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 46 | 35 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 49 |
| 5 | Kashima Antlers | 31 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 43 | 39 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 47 |
| 6 | Tokyo | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 39 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 3 | 46 |
| 7 | Kashiwa Reysol | 31 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 41 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 46 |
| 8 | Sagan Tosu | 31 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 42 | 37 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 5 | 41 |
| 9 | Urawa Reds | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 43 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 40 |
| 10 | Nagoya Grampus | 31 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 26 | 33 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -7 | 39 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 37 | 48 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 29 | -11 | 38 |
| 12 | Vissel Kobe | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 36 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -8 | 34 |
| 13 | Kyoto Sanga | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 34 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 18 | -6 | 33 |
| 14 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 38 | 45 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 18 | -7 | 32 |
| 15 | Shonan Bellmare | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 24 | 37 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 15 | -13 | 32 |
| 16 | Avispa Fukuoka | 31 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 35 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 18 | -11 | 31 |
| 17 | Gamba Osaka | 31 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 44 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -15 | 30 |
| 18 | Jubilo Iwata | 29 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 51 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 26 | -24 | 24 |
