A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Kagoshima United fans are optimistic that the difference between 6th and Gamba Osaka U23's 14th place in the table will show on the pitch.
- Kagoshima United has the most scored goals in the first half (24) in J3-League
- Gamba Osaka U23 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
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.
Kagoshima United form and stats
Kagoshima United have collected 23 points from their J3-League home games so far after 7-2-6.
It's back home for Kagoshima, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating YSCC away with the result 1-0. T. Sonoda found the net in that victory. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Fukushima United in a game that was won 3-2.
Kagoshima United has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. On the other hand, Kagoshima United have conceded 21 goals.
Gamba Osaka U23 form and stats
There's been little loot from Gamba Osaka U23's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 16 away games in the J3-League. Gamba Osaka U23 only have 3 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 5 draws.
Home advantage was not enough for Gamba in their previous game, as they lost their J3-League-match, hosting Parceiro Nagano, 0-1. Preceding that game was the away victory against Azul Claro Numazu with the score of 2-1.
Gamba find the net regularly in their away games. 18 goals from 16 away fixtures in the league. Gamba have conceded 25 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Gamba Osaka U23 - Kagoshima 2-4. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's four Kagoshima victories, two draws and one Gamba Osaka U23 wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Ushinohama 7 goals |
Kagoshima United missing players
Gamba Osaka U23 missing players
| Kagoshima United | Gamba Osaka U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 32 |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 46 | 19 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 18 | 37 |
| 39 | 21 | 5 | Conceded | C | 8 | 25 | 48 |
| 94% | 93% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 62% | 67% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 62% | 69% |
| 53% | 60% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 31% | 38% |
| 31% | 27% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 19% | 25% |
| 22% | 20% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 19% | 19% |
| 50% | 53% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 50% | 47% |
| 28% | 20% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 16% |
| 28% | 33% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 80% | 50% | 44% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0.9 | 0.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.3 | 10.1 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 10.5 | 10.9 |
| 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 4.2 | 4 |
| 36% | 31% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 8% | 26% | 29% |
- 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.
- Kagoshima United has the most scored goals in the first half (24) in J3-League
- Kagoshima United 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 | 32 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 54 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 40 | 72 |
| 2 | Parceiro Nagano | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 45 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 21 | 58 |
| 3 | Sagamihara | 32 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 40 | 33 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 57 |
| 4 | Gifu | 32 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 49 | 37 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 12 | 55 |
| 5 | Imabari | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 35 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 11 | 52 |
| 6 | Kagoshima United | 32 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 46 | 39 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 52 |
| 7 | Gainare Tottori | 32 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 43 | 35 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 51 |
| 8 | Roasso Kumamoto | 32 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 52 | 45 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 51 |
| 9 | Kataller Toyama | 32 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 49 | 37 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 12 | 50 |
| 10 | Fujieda MYFC | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 45 | 43 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 2 | 46 |
| 11 | Fukushima United | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 43 | 50 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 26 | -7 | 39 |
| 12 | Grulla Morioka | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 29 | 47 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 31 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 16 | -18 | 36 |
| 13 | Azul Claro Numazu | 32 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 31 | 37 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 22 | -6 | 35 |
| 14 | Gamba Osaka U23 | 32 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 37 | 48 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 25 | -11 | 32 |
| 15 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 32 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 38 | 52 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 26 | -14 | 30 |
| 16 | Kamatamare Sanuki | 32 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 47 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 27 | -17 | 28 |
| 17 | Cerezo Osaka U23 | 32 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 52 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 30 | -25 | 25 |
| 18 | YSCC | 32 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 35 | 64 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 32 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 32 | -29 | 24 |