Season ticket holders at Yanmar Stadium Nagai haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Cerezo Osaka U23 languishing in the 18th position so far. The guesting Gamba Osaka U23 will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
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.
Gamba Osaka U23 play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Gamba Osaka U23 when playing on artifical turf are 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats from one match. They have scored 4 goals and conceded 1 time in these games.
Cerezo Osaka U23 form and stats
Cerezo Osaka U23's struggle is real here at Yanmar Stadium Nagai with only 9 points collected from 10 J3-League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-3-5.
Cerezo shared the glory with Kagoshima United in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Before that game, the home loss against Blaublitz Akita with the scoreline 2-3.
Cerezo aren't scoring a lot here at Yanmar Stadium Nagai in the league, with only 9 goals from 10 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 15 goals have been conceded.
Gamba Osaka U23 form and stats
Gamba Osaka U23 have only collected 9 points from their away games in the J3-League, after 2-3-6 (11 played).
Gamba Osaka U23 has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Gainare Tottori for a J3-League game that ended a draw (1-1). Before that, Gamba secured a home win against Kataller Toyama with the score 3-2.
A new game in only three days for Gamba Osaka U23, the J3-League home match versus Fukushima United. Busy days.
The visiting Gamba have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 14 goals from 11 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Gamba rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 19 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Gamba Osaka U23 - Cerezo 0-0. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: three - three - three (Cerezo wins - draws - Gamba Osaka U23 wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Cerezo Osaka U23 missing players
Gamba Osaka U23 missing players
| Cerezo Osaka U23 | Gamba Osaka U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 21 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 12 | 14 | 32 |
| 40 | 15 | 2 | Conceded | C | 9 | 19 | 37 |
| 77% | 80% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 68% | 70% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 55% | 73% |
| 50% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 36% | 50% |
| 32% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 27% | 36% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 27% | 27% |
| 41% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 45% | 50% |
| 27% | 30% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 55% | 40% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 55% | 36% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 191 | 97 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 40 | 123 | 242 |
| 72 | 38 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 22 | 53 | 99 |
| 29% | 24% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 55% | 26% | 32% |
- Cerezo Osaka U23 has the fewest points (9) at home in J3-League
- Cerezo Osaka U23 has the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in J3-League
- Gamba Osaka U23 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Gamba Osaka U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Blaublitz Akita | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 39 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 32 | 54 |
| 2 | Parceiro Nagano | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 35 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 42 |
| 3 | Roasso Kumamoto | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 39 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 42 |
| 4 | Sagamihara | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 39 |
| 5 | Kagoshima United | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 37 |
| 6 | Gifu | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 37 |
| 7 | Gainare Tottori | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 34 |
| 8 | Imabari | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 33 |
| 9 | Fujieda MYFC | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 32 |
| 10 | Kataller Toyama | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 37 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 31 |
| 11 | Grulla Morioka | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -12 | 26 |
| 12 | Gamba Osaka U23 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 32 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 19 | -5 | 25 |
| 13 | Azul Claro Numazu | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 23 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 18 | -6 | 24 |
| 14 | Fukushima United | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 31 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 17 | -8 | 24 |
| 15 | YSCC | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 46 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 22 | -20 | 20 |
| 16 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -13 | 19 |
| 17 | Kamatamare Sanuki | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -11 | 17 |
| 18 | Cerezo Osaka U23 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 25 | -19 | 15 |