Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Gamba Osaka U23 welcomes Grulla Morioka

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Competition: Japan J3-League
Date: Sun 07.July
Match begins: 08:00 (UTC)
Venue: Suita City Football Stadium (40322 seats)

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the J3-League table so far. Here's the Gamba Osaka U23 - Grulla Morioka latest:

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Gamba Osaka U23 and Grulla Morioka.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Gamba Osaka U23 form and stats

3-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for Gamba Osaka U23 so far this season.

Gamba Osaka U23's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Grulla Morioka. A strong away win before that one, visiting Parceiro Nagano and winning 2-1.

A decent goal production from Gamba Osaka U23 in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 7 matches. Gamba Osaka U23's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Grulla Morioka form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Grulla Morioka play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Gamba Osaka U23. Preceding that game, the 0-4 loss visiting Kashiwa Reysol's place.

The attacking power of Grulla Morioka when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored in 6 matches. Grulla Morioka have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Gamba Osaka U23 - Grulla Morioka 1-2 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last seven meetings between these two teams are: 4 wins for Gamba Osaka U23, 1 draw and 2 wins for Grulla Morioka. Over 2,5 goals: 4 times; under 2,5 goals: 3 games.

Top Goalscorers

T. Fukuda
3 goals

Gamba Osaka U23 missing players

Grulla Morioka missing players

Gamba Osaka U23 Grulla Morioka
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
15 9 1 Played 1 7 14
6 4 0 Won 0 3 6
4 2 1 Drew 0 1 1
5 3 0 Lost 1 3 7
25 17 2 Scored 1 7 17
18 13 2 Conceded 4 9 20
87% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
73% 89% 100% Over 1.5 100% 57% 64%
73% 89% 100% Over 2.5 100% 43% 57%
47% 56% 100% Over 3.5 100% 14% 29%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 100% 14% 14%
67% 89% 100% BTTS 100% 57% 64%
20% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 14% 14%
27% 11% 0% Failed To Score 0% 29% 21%
 
5.6 6.6 5 Corners For (avg) 3 4.7 4.4
4.1 3.2 5 Corners Against (avg) 15 8.9 7.5
0.7 0.6 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 1 1 0.8
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Gamba Osaka U23 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Gamba Osaka U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gamba Osaka U23 have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Grulla Morioka have scored away.
  • Gamba Osaka U23 have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Gamba Osaka U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Grulla Morioka haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Gamba Osaka U23
All J3-League
All Home Away
09-06-19 J3 Gamba Osaka U23 2 - 2 Kamatamare Sanuki
15-06-19 J3 Sagamihara 1 - 0 Gamba Osaka U23
23-06-19 J3 Gamba Osaka U23 3 - 1 Gainare Tottori
30-06-19 J3 Parceiro Nagano 1 - 2 Gamba Osaka U23
07-07-19 J3 Gamba Osaka U23 1 - 2 Grulla Morioka
14-07-19 J3 Fukushima United 06:00 Gamba Osaka U23
21-07-19 J3 Cerezo Osaka U23 09:00 Gamba Osaka U23
28-07-19 J3 Gamba Osaka U23 09:00 Parceiro Nagano
04-08-19 J3 Vanraure Hachinohe 04:00 Gamba Osaka U23
10-08-19 J3 Giravanz Kitakyushu 09:00 Gamba Osaka U23
Grulla Morioka
All Emperor Cup J3-League
All Home Away
09-06-19 J3 Grulla Morioka 1 - 0 Azul Claro Numazu
16-06-19 J3 Vanraure Hachinohe 4 - 1 Grulla Morioka
29-06-19 J3 Grulla Morioka 2 - 3 Giravanz Kitakyushu
03-07-19 EC Kashiwa Reysol 4 - 0 Grulla Morioka
07-07-19 J3 Gamba Osaka U23 1 - 2 Grulla Morioka
13-07-19 J3 Grulla Morioka 06:00 Fujieda MYFC
20-07-19 J3 Grulla Morioka 06:00 ThespaKusatsu Gunma
27-07-19 J3 Blaublitz Akita 09:00 Grulla Morioka
04-08-19 J3 Grulla Morioka 06:00 Sagamihara
11-08-19 J3 Azul Claro Numazu 06:00 Grulla Morioka

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Roasso Kumamoto 12 7 2 3 19 14 7 3 2 2 12 11 5 4 0 1 7 3 5 23
2 Kamatamare Sanuki 12 6 4 2 15 9 7 5 1 1 10 4 5 1 3 1 5 5 6 22
3 Giravanz Kitakyushu 11 6 3 2 13 7 5 3 0 2 6 5 6 3 3 0 7 2 6 21
4 Kataller Toyama 12 5 5 2 15 12 6 2 2 2 8 8 6 3 3 0 7 4 3 20
5 Fujieda MYFC 12 6 2 4 15 15 6 3 2 1 6 3 6 3 0 3 9 12 0 20
6 Sagamihara 12 5 3 4 14 13 6 3 2 1 6 4 6 2 1 3 8 9 1 18
7 Cerezo Osaka U23 11 5 2 4 18 17 6 4 1 1 12 7 5 1 1 3 6 10 1 17
8 Gamba Osaka U23 12 4 4 4 19 14 7 3 2 2 13 10 5 1 2 2 6 4 5 16
9 Grulla Morioka 12 5 1 6 13 16 6 3 0 3 8 8 6 2 1 3 5 8 -3 16
10 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 11 4 3 4 18 11 6 3 2 1 13 5 5 1 1 3 5 6 7 15
11 Vanraure Hachinohe 12 4 2 6 19 18 6 1 1 4 11 14 6 3 1 2 8 4 1 14
12 Fukushima United 11 4 1 6 13 15 6 1 1 4 4 9 5 3 0 2 9 6 -2 13
13 Blaublitz Akita 11 3 4 4 11 13 5 1 3 1 3 2 6 2 1 3 8 11 -2 13
14 Parceiro Nagano 11 3 4 4 11 13 5 1 1 3 5 7 6 2 3 1 6 6 -2 13
15 Azul Claro Numazu 11 3 3 5 8 11 4 0 1 3 2 7 7 3 2 2 6 4 -3 12
16 Gainare Tottori 11 3 3 5 15 22 5 1 2 2 4 6 6 2 1 3 11 16 -7 12
17 YSCC 12 4 0 8 18 28 6 1 0 5 7 18 6 3 0 3 11 10 -10 12
18 Tokyo U23 12 3 2 7 11 17 5 2 1 2 4 3 7 1 1 5 7 14 -6 11

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