Football betting preview: Gamba Osaka U23 vs Blaublitz Akita

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Competition: Japan J3-League
Competition: Wed 18.November
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Suita City Football Stadium (40000 seats)

The visiting Blaublitz Akita side should be favourites in this visit to Gamba Osaka U23, as the away team holds a 36 point advantage from their 27 league games this season.

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.

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Gamba Osaka U23 form and stats

Overall J3-League stats at home this season for Gamba Osaka U23 are 5-3-5 (wins-draw-losses). Two draws in a row at home now for Gamba Osaka U23.

Gamba travelled for their previous game, a trip to Vanraure Hachinohe that ended 1-1. Before that, Gamba drew at home versus Kamatamare Sanuki.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Gamba as they have a new game in only four days, a J3-League match thankfully also at home. Grulla Morioka are visiting.

The Gamba Osaka U23 fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 13 matches. On the other hand, Gamba have conceded 19 goals.

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Blaublitz Akita form and stats

Blaublitz Akita, who have the most scored goals (47) in J3-League, have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 30 points collected from 12 J3-League games. 9 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the record so far. Blaublitz has drawn their two previous away games.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Blaublitz goalkeeper Yudai Tanaka is eager to challenge this, with his 320 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Blaublitz had fun at their own home (Suita City Football Stadium) last time out, beating Gifu 1-0. Before that, Blaublitz travelled to Parceiro Nagano and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Kataller Toyama in just four days.

Blaublitz Akita has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 21 goals from 12 games. Blaublitz's manager K. Yoshida has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 2 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Blaublitz Akita - Gamba Osaka U23 1-1. Numbers for the last nine meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Gamba Osaka U23, three draws and three wins for Blaublitz Akita. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Gamba Osaka U23H. Shirai
H. Shirai
4 goals

Gamba Osaka U23 missing players

Blaublitz Akita missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Gamba Osaka U23 Blaublitz Akita
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 5 12 27
7 5 2 Won W 4 9 19
8 3 0 Drew D 1 3 8
12 5 1 Lost L 0 0 0
35 19 6 Scored S 10 21 47
42 19 3 Conceded C 2 2 8
93% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 75% 74%
74% 85% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 50% 56%
41% 54% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 25% 37%
30% 38% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 25% 26%
22% 23% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 17% 11%
52% 54% 33% BTTS BTTS 20% 8% 26%
19% 38% 67% Clean Sheets C S 80% 92% 74%
37% 23% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 25% 26%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1 1.2 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 0.5 0.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
292 143 29 Total Shots T S 60 107 268
111 50 13 Shots on Target S O 22 47 99
32% 38% 46% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 45% 47%
Key stats in J3-League this season:
  • Blaublitz Akita has the fewest conceded goals (2) away in J3-League
  • Blaublitz Akita has the fewest conceded goals (8) in J3-League
  • Blaublitz Akita has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in J3-League
  • Blaublitz Akita has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in J3-League
  • Blaublitz Akita has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in J3-League
  • Blaublitz Akita has the most clean sheets (20) in J3-League
  • Blaublitz Akita has the most points (30) away in J3-League
  • Blaublitz Akita has the most scored goals (47) in J3-League
  • Blaublitz Akita has the the best goal difference (+19) away in J3-League
  • Blaublitz Akita has the the best goal difference (+39) in J3-League
  • Blaublitz Akita have not yet lost a game.
  • Blaublitz Akita have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Blaublitz Akita is in the best form (3-3-0)
  • Gamba Osaka U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 27 19 8 0 47 8 15 10 5 0 26 6 12 9 3 0 21 2 39 65
2 Parceiro Nagano 27 14 7 6 40 21 13 8 1 4 19 10 14 6 6 2 21 11 19 49
3 Roasso Kumamoto 27 14 4 9 45 36 13 8 2 3 27 17 14 6 2 6 18 19 9 46
4 Sagamihara 27 12 10 5 33 29 14 7 6 1 20 13 13 5 4 4 13 16 4 46
5 Gainare Tottori 27 13 5 9 37 30 14 8 2 4 21 13 13 5 3 5 16 17 7 44
6 Gifu 27 12 7 8 42 34 13 4 5 4 14 16 14 8 2 4 28 18 8 43
7 Imabari 27 11 10 6 27 19 14 4 5 5 14 16 13 7 5 1 13 3 8 43
8 Kagoshima United 27 12 4 11 39 35 13 6 2 5 16 18 14 6 2 6 23 17 4 40
9 Kataller Toyama 27 11 5 11 42 34 14 5 2 7 19 16 13 6 3 4 23 18 8 38
10 Fujieda MYFC 27 10 7 10 41 40 13 5 3 5 19 17 14 5 4 5 22 23 1 37
11 Azul Claro Numazu 27 9 5 13 29 32 13 5 4 4 17 13 14 4 1 9 12 19 -3 32
12 Fukushima United 27 9 5 13 36 43 14 4 4 6 19 22 13 5 1 7 17 21 -7 32
13 Grulla Morioka 27 8 7 12 25 41 14 5 2 7 15 27 13 3 5 5 10 14 -16 31
14 Gamba Osaka U23 27 7 8 12 35 42 13 5 3 5 19 19 14 2 5 7 16 23 -7 29
15 Vanraure Hachinohe 27 6 7 14 33 46 14 4 3 7 17 22 13 2 4 7 16 24 -13 25
16 Kamatamare Sanuki 27 5 9 13 28 42 13 3 4 6 13 17 14 2 5 7 15 25 -14 24
17 YSCC 27 4 10 13 31 56 13 2 6 5 18 27 14 2 4 8 13 29 -25 22
18 Cerezo Osaka U23 27 4 8 15 24 46 13 2 4 7 11 21 14 2 4 8 13 25 -22 20

Table
  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 27 19 8 0 47 8 15 10 5 0 26 6 12 9 3 0 21 2 39 65
2 Parceiro Nagano 27 14 7 6 40 21 13 8 1 4 19 10 14 6 6 2 21 11 19 49
3 Roasso Kumamoto 27 14 4 9 45 36 13 8 2 3 27 17 14 6 2 6 18 19 9 46
4 Sagamihara 27 12 10 5 33 29 14 7 6 1 20 13 13 5 4 4 13 16 4 46
5 Gainare Tottori 27 13 5 9 37 30 14 8 2 4 21 13 13 5 3 5 16 17 7 44
6 Gifu 27 12 7 8 42 34 13 4 5 4 14 16 14 8 2 4 28 18 8 43
7 Imabari 27 11 10 6 27 19 14 4 5 5 14 16 13 7 5 1 13 3 8 43
8 Kagoshima United 27 12 4 11 39 35 13 6 2 5 16 18 14 6 2 6 23 17 4 40
9 Kataller Toyama 27 11 5 11 42 34 14 5 2 7 19 16 13 6 3 4 23 18 8 38
10 Fujieda MYFC 27 10 7 10 41 40 13 5 3 5 19 17 14 5 4 5 22 23 1 37
11 Azul Claro Numazu 27 9 5 13 29 32 13 5 4 4 17 13 14 4 1 9 12 19 -3 32
12 Fukushima United 27 9 5 13 36 43 14 4 4 6 19 22 13 5 1 7 17 21 -7 32
13 Grulla Morioka 27 8 7 12 25 41 14 5 2 7 15 27 13 3 5 5 10 14 -16 31
14 Gamba Osaka U23 27 7 8 12 35 42 13 5 3 5 19 19 14 2 5 7 16 23 -7 29
15 Vanraure Hachinohe 27 6 7 14 33 46 14 4 3 7 17 22 13 2 4 7 16 24 -13 25
16 Kamatamare Sanuki 27 5 9 13 28 42 13 3 4 6 13 17 14 2 5 7 15 25 -14 24
17 YSCC 27 4 10 13 31 56 13 2 6 5 18 27 14 2 4 8 13 29 -25 22
18 Cerezo Osaka U23 27 4 8 15 24 46 13 2 4 7 11 21 14 2 4 8 13 25 -22 20

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