J3-League match prediction: Little separates Vanraure Hachinohe and Gamba Osaka U23 in quality

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Competition: Japan J3-League
Date: Sun 04.August
Match begins: 04:00 (UTC)
Venue: Hachinohe Sports Park Athletic Stadium (5000 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Vanraure Hachinohe in 11th and Gamba Osaka U23 in 8th place.

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.

It's quite the trip for Gamba Osaka U23 when visiting Vanraure Hachinohe as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.

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Vanraure Hachinohe form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories so far this season. Vanraure Hachinohe have only managed 1 win, 1 draw and 4 losses so far from their games here at Hachinohe Sports Park Athletic Stadium. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Vanraure Hachinohe.

The points were shared in Vanraure Hachinohe's previous game, also at home. Visiting Gamba Osaka U23 travelled back with a point after a 2-2 scoreline. 1-1 away at YSCC before that.

This is expected to be a close game, with Vanraure Hachinohe perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Vanraure Hachinohe as a small favourite), we find five games. Vanraure Hachinohe has won 2 of these, drawn 2 and lost 1.

A decent goal production from Vanraure Hachinohe in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 6 matches. Vanraure Hachinohe are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (14 from 6 played).

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Gamba Osaka U23 form and stats

1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Gamba Osaka U23 playing as the away team this season.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Vanraure Hachinohe in their previous outing. The J3-League match ended in a draw 2-2. A loss against Parceiro Nagano was the result prior to that, in a home game.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Gamba Osaka U23 playing away and similar expectations, we found three relevant matches. Results were {0 Gamba Osaka U23 wins}, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Gamba Osaka U23 have scored 6 goals on their travels this season, 5 away games. It's not easy to score on Gamba Osaka U23 as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Vanraure Hachinohe - Gamba Osaka U23 2-2. As for the last two games between these two teams, there's 0 Vanraure Hachinohe victories, 2 draws and {0 Gamba Osaka U23 wins}. 2 of these games ended with three goals or more, 0 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Vanraure Hachinohe missing players

Gamba Osaka U23 missing players

Vanraure Hachinohe Gamba Osaka U23
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
19 9 2 Played 3 9 19
6 2 1 Won 1 3 7
5 2 0 Drew 1 3 5
8 5 1 Lost 1 3 7
31 19 6 Scored 5 15 33
27 19 4 Conceded 3 10 25
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 67% 78% 89%
74% 89% 100% Over 1.5 67% 67% 79%
58% 89% 100% Over 2.5 67% 67% 79%
37% 67% 100% Over 3.5 33% 44% 47%
21% 44% 100% Over 4.5 33% 22% 11%
58% 78% 100% BTTS 67% 56% 74%
16% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 33% 33% 16%
26% 22% 0% Failed To Score 33% 33% 21%
 
4.5 6.6 15 Corners For (avg) 5 4.1 5.3
5 1.8 3 Corners Against (avg) 5 5.6 4.2
1.3 1.4 1 Yellow Cards (avg) 1 1.1 0.8
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Gamba Osaka U23 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Vanraure Hachinohe have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Vanraure Hachinohe have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Vanraure Hachinohe have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Vanraure Hachinohe have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Vanraure Hachinohe haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Vanraure Hachinohe
06-07-19 J3 Sagamihara 1 - 0 Vanraure Hachinohe
14-07-19 J3 Vanraure Hachinohe 5 - 1 Kamatamare Sanuki
20-07-19 J3 Giravanz Kitakyushu 1 - 1 Vanraure Hachinohe
28-07-19 J3 YSCC 1 - 1 Vanraure Hachinohe
04-08-19 J3 Vanraure Hachinohe 2 - 2 Gamba Osaka U23
10-08-19 J3 Gainare Tottori 10:00 Vanraure Hachinohe
14-08-19 EC Júbilo Iwata 10:00 Vanraure Hachinohe
01-09-19 J3 Vanraure Hachinohe 04:00 Giravanz Kitakyushu
08-09-19 J3 Azul Claro Numazu 06:00 Vanraure Hachinohe
15-09-19 J3 Vanraure Hachinohe - Roasso Kumamoto
Gamba Osaka U23
07-07-19 J3 Gamba Osaka U23 1 - 2 Grulla Morioka
14-07-19 J3 Fukushima United 2 - 1 Gamba Osaka U23
21-07-19 J3 Cerezo Osaka U23 1 - 4 Gamba Osaka U23
28-07-19 J3 Gamba Osaka U23 1 - 2 Parceiro Nagano
04-08-19 J3 Vanraure Hachinohe 2 - 2 Gamba Osaka U23
10-08-19 J3 Giravanz Kitakyushu 09:00 Gamba Osaka U23
01-09-19 J3 Gamba Osaka U23 10:00 Fukushima United
07-09-19 J3 Roasso Kumamoto 10:00 Gamba Osaka U23
15-09-19 J3 Gamba Osaka U23 - YSCC
28-09-19 J3 Fujieda MYFC - Gamba Osaka U23

  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