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Predictions and Tips
Gamba Osaka meet away side Kashima Antlers at Panasonic Stadium Suita in this J1 League fixture on Saturday.
Full predictions, pre-match stats and user poll for Gamba Osaka v Kashima Antlers are shown on this page - as well as up-to-date odds.
📏 Form Guide

Gamba Osaka
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Gamba Osaka go into this fixture following a 2-2 J1 League stalemate versus Kawasaki Frontale.
In that match, Gamba Osaka had 47% possession and 10 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. For Gamba Osaka, the goalscorers were Takashi Usami (53') and Ryoya Yamashita (60'). Kawasaki Frontale got 14 shots on goal with 2 on target. Marcinho (32') and Tatsuya Ito (79') scored for Kawasaki Frontale.
Daniel Poyatos's Gamba Osaka have managed to score a sum total of 10 times in their past 6 outings. At the other end, the tally of goals that have been scored against them in those games stands at 8.
Coming into this clash, Gamba Osaka haven't won against Kashima Antlers in their previous 2 matches in the league.
Kashima Antlers
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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Yokohama F. Marinos in J1 League action, Kashima Antlers and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.
In that match, Kashima Antlers managed 73% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 6 on target. The only player to score for Kashima Antlers was Léo Ceará (36'). Yokohama F. Marinos had 8 shots at goal with 4 on target. Katsuya Nagato (4') and Yan Matheus (13', 27') scored for Yokohama F. Marinos.
A sequence of dependable displays from the Kashima Antlers defenders has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 4 from their previous 6 fixtures in total. Over that same period of time, their own forwards have managed to score 9.
🤜🤛 Head to head
An examination of their most recent head to head clashes dating back to 18/05/2022 shows us that Gamba Osaka have won 1 of them & Kashima Antlers 3, with the tally of drawn results standing at 2.
A sum of 14 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 4 from Gamba Osaka and 10 netted by Antlers. That’s an average goals per game of 2.33.
The previous league game featuring these sides was J1 League match day 20 on 26/06/2024 and the score finished Kashima Antlers 0-0 Gamba Osaka.
That day, Kashima Antlers managed 44% possession and 15 shots on goal with 4 of them on target.
On the other side, Gamba Osaka had 7 shots at goal with 1 of them on target.
The referee was Darren England.
🗞️ Team News: Gamba Osaka
The Gamba Osaka manager Daniel Poyatos doesn’t have any fitness concerns to speak of before this clash thanks to a completely injury-free squad ready to go.
📋 Team News: Kashima Antlers
Thanks to a fully injury-free squad to pick from, the Kashima Antlers boss Tōru Oniki doesn’t have any fitness worries at all ahead of this clash.
💭 Prediction
We feel that over the course of the game, Kashima Antlers might have a difficult job to score goals against this Gamba Osaka lineup who we reckon should gain the upper hand.
With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a hard-fought 1-0 advantage for Gamba Osaka when all is said and done.
There should be little in it.
Renata Leite, 08:04 31/05/2025
📊 Poll: Who Will Win?

⚽️ Team Focus:
Gamba Osaka
Formed: 1980
Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Suita (39,694)
Captain: Takashi Usami
Chairman: Naohito Mizutani
Manager: Daniel Poyatos
Competitions: J1 League position 11
🔑 Star Player: Issam Jebali
Typically deployed in the Striker position, Issam Jebali was born in Majaz al Bab, Tunisia. After having made a senior debut playing for IFK Värnamo in the 2015 season, the talented Forward has bagged 4 league goals in the J1 League 2025 campaign so far from a total of 15 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 37 | WWWWL |
2 |
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19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 34 | WWWLD |
3 |
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18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 33 | WWWWW |
4 |
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19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 31 | LWDWL |
5 |
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20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 31 | DWDLD |
6 |
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18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 30 | LLWWL |
7 |
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18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 27 | LWWDD |
8 |
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19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 26 | WWLWD |
9 |
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18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 25 | LLDLW |
10 |
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19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 25 | LDWDL |
11 |
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18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 24 | WWLLD |
12 |
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19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 24 | WLLWD |
13 |
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18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 23 | LDLWD |
14 |
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19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 23 | DDDWW |
15 |
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19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 23 | LLDLD |
16 |
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18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | -9 | 21 | LLWLL |
17 |
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17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 19 | LWWLL |
18 |
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18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 19 | LWLWD |
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18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -8 | 16 | LDLWL |
20 |
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18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -8 | 14 | LLLWW |
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Kawasaki Frontale |
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Gamba Osaka |
Júbilo Iwata |
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Gamba Osaka |
Vissel Kobe |
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Gamba Osaka |
Gamba Osaka |
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Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
Urawa Red Diamonds |
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Gamba Osaka |
Gamba Osaka |
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Kashima Antlers |
Yokohama F. Marinos |
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Kashima Antlers |
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Shimizu S-Pulse |
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Kawasaki Frontale |
Avispa Fukuoka |
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Machida Zelvia |
Gamba Osaka |
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Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
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Shonan Bellmare |
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Kyoto Sanga |
Gamba Osaka |
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Nagoya Grampus |
Gamba Osaka |
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Machida Zelvia |
Gamba Osaka |
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Shimizu S-Pulse |
Yokohama F. Marinos |
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Kashima Antlers |
Avispa Fukuoka |
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Kashima Antlers |
Yokohama FC |
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Kashima Antlers |
Fagiano Okayama |
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Kashima Antlers |
Cerezo Osaka |
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Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
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Goals scored | 1.6 |
Goals conceded | 1.1 |
Time first goal scored | 27 |
Time first goal conceded | 41 |
Yellow cards | 1.1 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.4 |
Biggest victory | 4-0 |
Biggest defeat | 5-2 |
Goals scored | 1.3 |
Goals conceded | 1 |
Time first goal scored | 41 |
Time first goal conceded | 49 |
Yellow cards | 1.4 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 5.1 |
Biggest victory | 3-0 |
Biggest defeat | 3-1 |
Ryoya Yamashita | 5 |
Issam Jebali | 4 |
Takashi Usami | 4 |
Deniz Hümmet | 3 |
Shu Kurata | 3 |
Léo Ceará | 11 |
Yuma Suzuki | 5 |
Shu Morooka | 3 |
Aleksandar Čavrić | 2 |
Kei Chinen | 2 |
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FC Tokyo |
Kyoto Sanga |
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Gamba Osaka |
Cerezo Osaka |
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Kawasaki Frontale |
Gamba Osaka |
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Fagiano Okayama |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
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Gamba Osaka |
Machida Zelvia |
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Gamba Osaka |
Gamba Osaka |
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Yokohama FC |
Shonan Bellmare |
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Gamba Osaka |
Kashima Antlers |
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Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
Machida Zelvia |
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Kashima Antlers |
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Fagiano Okayama |
Kawasaki Frontale |
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Kashima Antlers |
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Kashiwa Reysol |
FC Tokyo |
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Kashima Antlers |
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Avispa Fukuoka |
Albirex Niigata |
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Shimizu S-Pulse |
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Shonan Bellmare |
