Their next J. League Cup clash sees Júbilo Iwata playing against opponents Gamba Osaka on Wednesday.
To see all of our predictions, user poll & stats for Júbilo Iwata v Gamba Osaka, scroll down - as well as the best betting odds.
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Júbilo Iwata
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Júbilo Iwata, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following a 2-0 J2 League success versus Iwaki.
Matches involving Júbilo Iwata have often been entertaining encounters of late with a lot of goalmouth action expected. Over their past six clashes alone, the sum of 20 goals have flown in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 9 of these belonging to Júbilo Iwata.
Gamba Osaka
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Since being defeated in their last game at the hands of Vissel Kobe in J1 League action, Gamba Osaka will be hoping to turn things around here.
Daniel Poyatos's Gamba Osaka have slotted home a total of 8 times in the course of their previous 6 matches. The aggregate of goals that have been scored against them during the equivalent period comes to 6.
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Head to head
A review of their past head-to-head clashes stretching back to 15/06/2019 shows that Júbilo Iwata have won 0 of these & Gamba Osaka 3, with the number of drawn results being 3.
In all, 16 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 6 of them from Júbilo Iwata and 10 belonging to Gamba Osaka. That is an average goals per game value of 2.67.
The previous league game featuring these clubs was J1 League match day 36 on 09/11/2024 when the final score was Júbilo Iwata 3-4 Gamba Osaka.
In that game, Júbilo Iwata had 37% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Goals were scored by Ryo Watanabe (23'), Rikiya Uehara (87') and Kaito Suzuki (91').
Gamba Osaka got 14 shots on goal with 7 on target. Riku Handa (27'), Ryoya Yamashita (45'), Takashi Usami (62') and Isa Sakamoto (93') scored.
The match was refereed by Yoshiro Imamura.
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Team News: Gamba Osaka
Gamba Osaka manager Daniel Poyatos has multiple availability issues to deal with. Welton (Torn ankle ligaments) and Genta Miura (Cruciate ligament injury) can’t be considered.
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Prediction
Our thinking is that Júbilo Iwata will really need to work well to be putting a goal past this Gamba Osaka side who we reckon will manage to get a goal of their own in a winning performance.
We therefore think that it’s going to be a highly competitive game with a 0-1 win for Gamba Osaka when the referee blows for full-time.
It should be a good one.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?
Checking out the betting prices for the game on the 90 min. result market, backing Júbilo Iwata is best priced at 3.1, betting on the game finishing all-square is 3.3 & staking on a victory for Gamba Osaka can be had at 2.3. These are the top bets offered right now.
Victor Martins,
09:00 17/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Júbilo Iwata
Formed: 1972
Stadium: Yamaha Stadium (15,165)
Captain: Eiji Kawashima
Chairman: Yukimitsu Hamaura
Manager: John Hutchison
Competitions: J2 League position 7, J. League Cup (3rd Round)
⭐ Key Player: Daiki Kaneko
Generally playing in the Central Defensive Midfielder position, Daiki Kaneko was born in Tokyo, Japan. After having played his first senior match for Shonan Bellmare in the 2018 season, the gifted Midfielder has managed to score 2 league goals in this J2 League 2025 campaign so far coming from a total of 13 appearances.