Can Gamba Osaka U23 beat Gifu in Suita City Football Stadium clash?

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Competition: Japan J3-League
Competition: Sun 20.December
Match begins: 04:00 (UTC)
Venue: Suita City Football Stadium (40000 seats)

Struggling Gamba Osaka U23 will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Gifu in the upcoming league round. It’s 14th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Gamba Osaka U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gifu has the most scored goals (29) away in J3-League

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Gamba Osaka U23 form and stats

5-3-8 (win-draw-lost) are the J3-League numbers at home for Gamba Osaka U23 so far this season. With Gamba Osaka U23 having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager H. Morishita.

Gamba faced defeat in their previous match, away at Kagoshima United (4-6). Preceding that match was the home game against Parceiro Nagano that was lost 0-1.

Did Gamba Osaka U23 get overconfident in their match against Kagoshima United? We'll let you decide, but they did lose a 4-1 lead to end up with a 4-6 defeat. A goal frenzy last time out for Gamba, with a total of 10 goals in the match against Kagoshima United. Fun stuff to watch!

The Gamba fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 16 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Gamba Osaka U23's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 23 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Gifu form and stats

9-3-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Gifu, who have the most scored goals (29) away in J3-League, in their J3-League matches away.

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. Gifu goalkeeper Seong-Su Park is eager to challenge this, with his 235 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Gifu are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Parceiro Nagano (placed 2nd). Before that, Gifu secured a home win against Vanraure Hachinohe with the score 1-0.

Gifu are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 29 times in 16 away games so far. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 18 goals have been conceded by Gifu in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Gifu - Gamba 3-0.

Top Goalscorers

GifuS. Kawanishi
S. Kawanishi
8 goals

Gamba Osaka U23 missing players

Gifu missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Gamba Osaka U23 Gifu
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
8 5 1 Won W 2 9 16
8 3 0 Drew D 2 3 8
17 8 4 Lost L 1 4 9
41 19 5 Scored S 6 29 49
54 23 9 Conceded C 4 18 37
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
70% 75% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 81% 76%
39% 44% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 56% 48%
27% 31% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 44% 30%
21% 19% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 19% 15%
48% 44% 20% BTTS BTTS 40% 50% 45%
15% 31% 20% Clean Sheets C S 40% 38% 36%
42% 38% 60% Failed to Score F T 20% 19% 27%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0.8 0.9 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.4 0.4 0.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
11 11.3 10.4 Shots (avg) S ( 8.6 9.4 9.4
4.1 3.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 4.3 3.5
30% 31% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 44% 43%
Key stats in J3-League this season:
  • Gamba Osaka U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gifu has the most scored goals (29) away in J3-League
  • Gifu have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Blaublitz Akita 33 21 10 2 55 15 17 10 5 2 27 10 16 11 5 0 28 5 40 73
2 Parceiro Nagano 33 17 8 8 45 24 16 9 2 5 20 11 17 8 6 3 25 13 21 59
3 Sagamihara 33 15 13 5 41 34 17 9 7 1 25 16 16 6 6 4 16 18 7 58
4 Gifu 33 16 8 9 49 37 17 7 5 5 20 19 16 9 3 4 29 18 12 56
5 Imabari 33 15 10 8 38 25 16 5 5 6 17 18 17 10 5 2 21 7 13 55
6 Kagoshima United 33 17 4 12 52 43 16 8 2 6 25 25 17 9 2 6 27 18 9 55
7 Roasso Kumamoto 33 16 6 11 55 45 17 10 2 5 34 23 16 6 4 6 21 22 10 54
8 Gainare Tottori 33 16 6 11 45 36 16 8 3 5 22 15 17 8 3 6 23 21 9 54
9 Kataller Toyama 33 15 5 13 50 40 17 7 2 8 24 20 16 8 3 5 26 20 10 50
10 Fujieda MYFC 33 14 7 12 48 43 17 9 3 5 25 17 16 5 4 7 23 26 5 49
11 Fukushima United 33 11 6 16 44 52 17 5 5 7 23 26 16 6 1 9 21 26 -8 39
12 Grulla Morioka 33 10 9 14 34 47 17 5 4 8 18 31 16 5 5 6 16 16 -13 39
13 Azul Claro Numazu 33 11 5 17 33 38 16 7 4 5 21 16 17 4 1 12 12 22 -5 38
14 Gamba Osaka U23 33 8 8 17 41 54 16 5 3 8 19 23 17 3 5 9 22 31 -13 32
15 Vanraure Hachinohe 33 7 9 17 38 55 17 4 5 8 20 26 16 3 4 9 18 29 -17 30
16 Kamatamare Sanuki 33 6 10 17 30 50 16 3 5 8 14 20 17 3 5 9 16 30 -20 28
17 Cerezo Osaka U23 33 5 10 18 27 57 16 3 5 8 13 27 17 2 5 10 14 30 -30 25
18 YSCC 33 4 12 17 36 66 16 2 6 8 19 32 17 2 6 9 17 34 -30 24

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 33 21 10 2 55 15 17 10 5 2 27 10 16 11 5 0 28 5 40 73
2 Parceiro Nagano 33 17 8 8 45 24 16 9 2 5 20 11 17 8 6 3 25 13 21 59
3 Sagamihara 33 15 13 5 41 34 17 9 7 1 25 16 16 6 6 4 16 18 7 58
4 Gifu 33 16 8 9 49 37 17 7 5 5 20 19 16 9 3 4 29 18 12 56
5 Imabari 33 15 10 8 38 25 16 5 5 6 17 18 17 10 5 2 21 7 13 55
6 Kagoshima United 33 17 4 12 52 43 16 8 2 6 25 25 17 9 2 6 27 18 9 55
7 Roasso Kumamoto 33 16 6 11 55 45 17 10 2 5 34 23 16 6 4 6 21 22 10 54
8 Gainare Tottori 33 16 6 11 45 36 16 8 3 5 22 15 17 8 3 6 23 21 9 54
9 Kataller Toyama 33 15 5 13 50 40 17 7 2 8 24 20 16 8 3 5 26 20 10 50
10 Fujieda MYFC 33 14 7 12 48 43 17 9 3 5 25 17 16 5 4 7 23 26 5 49
11 Fukushima United 33 11 6 16 44 52 17 5 5 7 23 26 16 6 1 9 21 26 -8 39
12 Grulla Morioka 33 10 9 14 34 47 17 5 4 8 18 31 16 5 5 6 16 16 -13 39
13 Azul Claro Numazu 33 11 5 17 33 38 16 7 4 5 21 16 17 4 1 12 12 22 -5 38
14 Gamba Osaka U23 33 8 8 17 41 54 16 5 3 8 19 23 17 3 5 9 22 31 -13 32
15 Vanraure Hachinohe 33 7 9 17 38 55 17 4 5 8 20 26 16 3 4 9 18 29 -17 30
16 Kamatamare Sanuki 33 6 10 17 30 50 16 3 5 8 14 20 17 3 5 9 16 30 -20 28
17 Cerezo Osaka U23 33 5 10 18 27 57 16 3 5 8 13 27 17 2 5 10 14 30 -30 25
18 YSCC 33 4 12 17 36 66 16 2 6 8 19 32 17 2 6 9 17 34 -30 24

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