An important duel in the bottom section of the J3-League, with both Gamba Osaka U23 and Grulla Morioka experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 14th and the visitors in 13th place.
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 and Grulla Morioka.
These teams have little in common geographically as Grulla Morioka have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Gamba Osaka U23 form and stats
Gamba Osaka U23 have collected 18 points from their J3-League home games so far after 5-3-6.
The Gamba Osaka U23 crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Blaublitz Akita here at Suita City Football Stadium in a J3-League match. A 1-1 draw away before that, with Vanraure Hachinohe the opponent.
Gamba are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 14 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Gamba defense is not exactly impregnable. 21 goals conceded from 14 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Grulla Morioka form and stats
The visitors, who have the fewest scored goals (10) away in J3-League, are W3-D5-L5 on the road this term. That's in the J3-League.
Morioka played 1-1 against Sagamihara in their previous match. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Gainare Tottori wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 14 goals have been conceded by Morioka in these games.
Head 2 Head
Grulla Morioka - Gamba 1-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's four Gamba victories, two draws and three Grulla Morioka wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Gamba Osaka U23 missing players
Grulla Morioka missing players
| Gamba Osaka U23 | Grulla Morioka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 28 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 35 | 19 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 26 |
| 44 | 21 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 14 | 42 |
| 93% | 86% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 85% | 93% |
| 75% | 86% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 54% | 68% |
| 39% | 50% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 31% | 43% |
| 29% | 36% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 15% | 32% |
| 21% | 21% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 46% | 54% |
| 18% | 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 31% | 25% |
| 39% | 29% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 38% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.9 | 1.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 304 | 155 | 47 | Total Shots | T S | 41 | 107 | 250 |
| 115 | 54 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 36 | 90 |
| 30% | 35% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 13% | 28% | 29% |
- Gamba Osaka U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Grulla Morioka has the fewest scored goals (10) away in J3-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 | Blaublitz Akita | 28 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 49 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 41 | 68 |
| 2 | Parceiro Nagano | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 18 | 49 |
| 3 | Gainare Tottori | 28 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 47 |
| 4 | Sagamihara | 28 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 34 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 47 |
| 5 | Gifu | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 45 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 11 | 46 |
| 6 | Imabari | 28 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 29 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 46 |
| 7 | Roasso Kumamoto | 28 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 46 | 38 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 46 |
| 8 | Kagoshima United | 28 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 41 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 18 | 5 | 43 |
| 9 | Kataller Toyama | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 44 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 9 | 41 |
| 10 | Fujieda MYFC | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 42 | 40 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 2 | 40 |
| 11 | Fukushima United | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 38 | 45 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 21 | -7 | 33 |
| 12 | Azul Claro Numazu | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 29 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 20 | -4 | 32 |
| 13 | Grulla Morioka | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 42 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -16 | 32 |
| 14 | Gamba Osaka U23 | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 35 | 44 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -9 | 29 |
| 15 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 28 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 34 | 48 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 24 | -14 | 25 |
| 16 | Kamatamare Sanuki | 28 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 29 | 44 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 25 | -15 | 24 |
| 17 | YSCC | 28 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 33 | 58 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 27 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 31 | -25 | 23 |
| 18 | Cerezo Osaka U23 | 28 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 49 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 28 | -25 | 20 |