Gamba Osaka vs Kashima Antlers Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Gamba Osaka

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Gamba Osaka will be looking to improve on their last outing here following the 2-1 J. League Cup losing effort in their last game against FC Ryukyu.

The only scorer from Gamba Osaka was Tokuma Suzuki (49'). Yu Tomidokoro (43') and Haruto Shirai (76') scored for FC Ryukyu.

Gamba Osaka have not been in good attacking form in more recent games. Their ‘goals for’ figure equals just 4 against opposing sides over the course of their previous 6 outings. In those games, Gamba Osaka have also seen the number of goals against them total 6. We will find out if that trend will end up being continued on here.

Coming into this fixture, Gamba Osaka are unbeaten in their last 4 home league matches.

Kashima Antlers

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After suffering a loss in their previous game against Sagan Tosu in J1 League competition, Kashima Antlers and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that game, Kashima Antlers managed 53% possession and 17 shots at goal with 5 on target. For Kashima Antlers, the goals were scored by Kimito Nono (11') and Yuma Suzuki (86'). Sagan Tosu got 15 shots on goal with 8 on target. So Kawahara (30'), Marcelo Ryan (45', 80') and Akito Fukuta (88') scored for Sagan Tosu.

Ranko Popović's Kashima Antlers have managed to stick the ball in the net a total of 6 times in the course of their previous 6 matches. The total of goals that have been scored against them during those same clashes comes to 8.

Coming into this clash, Kashima Antlers are without a win away from home in their last 4 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

A review of their prior head-to-head meetings going back to 19/02/2022 tells us that Gamba Osaka have won 1 of these games & Kashima Antlers 4, with the tally of drawn results standing at 1.

A total of 20 goals were scored between them in these games, with 5 of them from Gamba Osaka and 15 being from Antlers. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.33.

The last league contest between these clubs was J1 League match day 18 on 24/06/2023 when it finished Gamba Osaka 2-1 Kashima Antlers.

That day, Gamba Osaka had 54% possession and 12 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. The scorers were Keisuke Kurokawa (15') and Dawhan (34').

For their opponents, Kashima Antlers had 8 shots on goal with 2 on target. Naomichi Ueda (88') was the scorer.

The referee was Futoshi Nakamura.

📋 Team News: Gamba Osaka

Yusei Egawa (Knee injury), Yuya Fukuda (Peroneus tendon injury), Riku Matsuda (Calf injury), Jiro Nakamura (Knee surgery), Keisuke Saka (Adductor injury), Juan Alano (Hamstring injury) and Ibuki Konno (Hamstring injury) will not be able to play for Gamba Osaka gaffer Daniel Poyatos.

📰 Team News: Kashima Antlers

Thanks to a completely healthy group available to choose from, the Kashima Antlers manager Ranko Popović has zero fitness worries at all before this game.

⚡ Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Kashima Antlers and Gamba Osaka should both get enough opportunities to score, although it’s hard to separate the two.

Will be interesting to see how this one goes, with a good chance of a draw. Therefore, we predict a close game with a 1-1 scoreline when all is said and done.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 09:21 25/04/2024