The league table is allowed to rest as Cerezo Osaka and Gamba Osaka battle for Ybc Levain Cup honors in this first Quarter-finals leg of two fixtures.
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.
Cerezo Osaka form and stats
Cerezo participated in Ybc Levain Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.Cerezo Osaka have collected 23 points from their J-League home games so far after 6-5-3.
Cerezo enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Gamba Osaka's place. The match ended 1-0 with Riku Matsuda scoring. Riku Matsuda, defender, was given a rating of 8.64/10 in that game, top of the team. Matsuda scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 2 of 2 duels.
Preceding that match was a J-League defeat to Shonan Bellmare (1-5).There will be little rest for Cerezo after this match as they are travelling to Gamba Osaka for a Ybc Levain Cup game in only four days.
The Cerezo fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 20 in 14 matches. 18 goals have been conceded.
Gamba Osaka form and stats
Gamba's mission in Ybc Levain Cup last season failed in the group stage.5-3-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Gamba Osaka in their J-League matches away.
Gamba's previous game was their home loss versus Cerezo Osaka (0-1). Yuki Yamamoto got a match rating of 7.4 in that game, top player of the team. Yamamoto hit one key pass and had 51 successful passes (of 57 total).
Prior to that match, the Gamba manager M. Matsunami faced defeat when travelling to Yokohama and losing 1-3.After this away game Gamba return home for a Ybc Levain Cup game against Cerezo Osaka. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Gamba as they have only managed to score 9 times from 14 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Gamba as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Cerezo wins - draws - Gamba Osaka wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Sakamoto 6 goals |  A. Aguiar Oliveira 6 goals | M. Kato 5 goals |
Cerezo Osaka missing players
Gamba Osaka missing players
| Cerezo Osaka | Gamba Osaka | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 38 | 26 | Scored | S | 11 | 36 | ||
| 28 | 19 | Conceded | C | 9 | 26 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 55% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 24% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.5 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 4.3 | ||
| 0.8 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13.1 | 12.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 10.8 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.7 | ||
| 29% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kawasaki Frontale | 27 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 58 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 7 | 41 | 66 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 27 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 60 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 37 | 62 |
| 3 | Kashima Antlers | 27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 46 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 13 | 21 | 47 |
| 4 | Vissel Kobe | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 40 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 47 |
| 5 | Sagan Tosu | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 36 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 47 |
| 6 | Nagoya Grampus | 27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 47 |
| 7 | Urawa Reds | 27 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 45 |
| 8 | Tokyo | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 35 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 42 |
| 9 | Avispa Fukuoka | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 30 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 39 |
| 10 | Consadole Sapporo | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 33 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -3 | 36 |
| 11 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 26 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 35 |
| 12 | Cerezo Osaka | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 35 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 33 |
| 13 | Gamba Osaka | 27 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 11 | -8 | 30 |
| 14 | Kashiwa Reysol | 27 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 28 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 15 | -9 | 30 |
| 15 | Shonan Bellmare | 27 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 28 | 31 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 20 | -3 | 26 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 27 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 26 | 39 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 18 | -13 | 26 |
| 17 | Tokushima Vortis | 27 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 37 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 22 | -17 | 23 |
| 18 | Vegalta Sendai | 27 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 19 | 44 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 26 | -25 | 19 |
| 19 | Yokohama | 27 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 57 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 36 | -36 | 18 |
| 20 | Oita Trinita | 27 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 47 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 29 | -29 | 17 |