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Gamba Osaka journey to Saitama Stadium 2002 on Saturday for the J1 League showdown with home side Urawa Red Diamonds.
Our tips, poll and stats for Urawa Red Diamonds v Gamba Osaka can all be found here - along with the latest match odds.
📏 Form Guide
Urawa Red Diamonds
WDWLWL
Urawa Red Diamonds will be hoping for a better result following the 1-0 J1 League loss in their previous game against Kashiwa Reysol.
In that game, Urawa Red Diamonds had 61% possession and 8 shots on goal with 1 on target. For their opponents, Kashiwa Reysol got 16 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Kosuke Kinoshita (72') scored for Kashiwa Reysol.
In their preceding six games, Per-Mathias Høgmo's Urawa Red Diamonds have scored 11 times giving them an average number of goals per match equal to 1.83.
Looking at the pre-match facts, Urawa Red Diamonds:
- have not been beaten in the league by Gamba Osaka in their previous 3 matches.
- are undefeated in their last 3 league matches at home.
Gamba Osaka
WDDLLW ⚖
Gamba Osaka will go into the encounter after a 2-1 J1 League win versus Sagan Tosu in their most recent match.
In that game, Gamba Osaka had 67% possession and 28 attempts at goal with 10 of them on target. For Gamba Osaka, the scorers were Isa Sakamoto (45') and Genta Miura (99'). Sagan Tosu got 12 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Yoichi Naganuma (41') scored for Sagan Tosu.
Looking at their form, and Gamba Osaka have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 6 goals in all. Defensively, Gamba Osaka have been far from perfect. We will have to see whether or not that trend will be continued on in this game.
Coming into this contest, Gamba Osaka are without an away win for the past 10 matches in the league. Very poor, indeed.
👥 Head to head
Checking on their prior head-to-head clashes going back to 26/02/2022 shows us that Urawa Red Diamonds have won 4 of these games & Gamba Osaka 1, with the number of drawn games being 1.
A sum of 15 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 11 from Reds and 4 coming from Gamba Osaka. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.5.
The last league match between these sides was J1 League match day 28 on 24/09/2023 and the score finished Gamba Osaka 1-3 Urawa Red Diamonds.
In that game, Gamba Osaka had 61% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Takashi Usami (17').
On the other side, Urawa Red Diamonds got 7 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. José Kanté (29'), Toshiki Takahashi (68') and Bryan Linssen (85') scored.
The referee was Yusuke Araki.
📰 Team News: Urawa Red Diamonds
The Urawa Red Diamonds boss Per-Mathias Høgmo has a full complement, with no fitness worries to speak of coming into this game thanks to a completely injury-free squad available to select from.
🗞️ Team News: Gamba Osaka
Gamba Osaka boss Daniel Poyatos has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Yuya Fukuda (Peroneus tendon injury), Riku Matsuda (Calf injury), Jiro Nakamura (Knee surgery), Keisuke Saka (Adductor injury), Juan Alano (Hamstring injury), Ibuki Konno (Hamstring injury) and Yusei Egawa (Knee injury) won’t be making appearances.
🔮 Prediction
We’ve got the feeling that Gamba Osaka could find themselves up against it to get anything against this Urawa Red Diamonds outfit who we reckon will end up scoring and possibly keep a clean sheet as well.
That’s why our selection here is for a very even match with a 1-0 winning score for Urawa Red Diamonds at the end of the 90.
Looking forward to watching this one unfold.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Renata Leite, 06:07 20/04/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
Urawa Red Diamonds
Formed: 1950
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 (62,010)
Captain: Hiroki Sakai
Chairman: Yoichi Tachibana
Manager: Per-Mathias Høgmo
Competitions: J1 League position 11, J. League Cup (2nd Round)
🔑 Key Man: Thiago Santana
Regularly played in the Striker position, Thiago Santana was born in Serrinha, Brazil. Having made a first senior appearance for Figueirense in the 2015 season, the goalscoring Forward has scored a sum of 3 league goals in the J1 League 2024 campaign so far from a total of 8 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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1 |
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8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 18 | WWDWW |
2 |
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9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 17 | DDWWD |
3 |
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8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 16 | WWLWL |
4 |
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9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | DWDLW |
5 |
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8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | LDWWD |
6 |
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9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 13 | WWLLW |
7 |
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8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | LDDDW |
8 |
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8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 13 | WWWDW |
9 |
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8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | WLWWD |
10 |
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9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | LLWWL |
11 |
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8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | DDLLW |
12 |
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9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 12 | DDLLD |
13 |
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8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | DWLWL |
14 |
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9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | -2 | 10 | LLWDD |
15 |
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8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | -1 | 8 | DDWDD |
16 |
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8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 7 | LWDLL |
17 |
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9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -5 | 7 | DLLLD |
18 |
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9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -8 | 7 | LLDLL |
19 |
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9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 6 | LDDLL |
20 |
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9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -11 | 6 | LLLWD |
Gainare Tottori |
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Urawa Red Diamonds |
Urawa Red Diamonds |
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Gamba Osaka |
Kashiwa Reysol |
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Urawa Red Diamonds |
Urawa Red Diamonds |
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Sagan Tosu |
FC Tokyo |
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Urawa Red Diamonds |
Urawa Red Diamonds |
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Avispa Fukuoka |
FC Ryukyu |
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Gamba Osaka |
Urawa Red Diamonds |
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Gamba Osaka |
Gamba Osaka |
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Sagan Tosu |
Yokohama F. Marinos |
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Gamba Osaka |
Consadole Sapporo |
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Gamba Osaka |
Gamba Osaka |
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Kyoto Sanga |
Urawa Red Diamonds |
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Sagan Tosu |
Urawa Red Diamonds |
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Avispa Fukuoka |
Urawa Red Diamonds |
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Tokyo Verdy |
Urawa Red Diamonds |
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Avispa Fukuoka |
Urawa Red Diamonds |
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Vissel Kobe |
Urawa Red Diamonds |
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Kashiwa Reysol |
Yokohama F. Marinos |
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Gamba Osaka |
Consadole Sapporo |
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Gamba Osaka |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
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Gamba Osaka |
Machida Zelvia |
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Gamba Osaka |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
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Gamba Osaka |
Cerezo Osaka |
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Gamba Osaka |
Goals scored | 2 |
Goals conceded | 0.7 |
Time first goal scored | 53 |
Time first goal conceded | 35 |
Yellow cards | 1.3 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4.3 |
Biggest victory | 3-0 |
Biggest defeat | null |
Goals scored | 0.5 |
Goals conceded | 1.3 |
Time first goal scored | 80 |
Time first goal conceded | 55 |
Yellow cards | 1 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4.8 |
Biggest victory | null |
Biggest defeat | 2-0 |
Thiago Santana | 3 |
Yusuke Matsuo | 2 |
Samuel Gustafson | 1 |
Shinzo Koroki | 1 |
Naoki Maeda | 1 |
Takashi Usami | 3 |
Isa Sakamoto | 2 |
Dawhan | 1 |
Genta Miura | 1 |
Welton Felipe | 1 |
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Nagoya Grampus |
Kawasaki Frontale |
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Urawa Red Diamonds |
Urawa Red Diamonds |
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Yokohama F. Marinos |
Albirex Niigata |
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Urawa Red Diamonds |
Urawa Red Diamonds |
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Kyoto Sanga |
Júbilo Iwata |
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Urawa Red Diamonds |
Urawa Red Diamonds |
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Machida Zelvia |
Urawa Red Diamonds |
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Vissel Kobe |
Cerezo Osaka |
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Urawa Red Diamonds |
Urawa Red Diamonds |
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Kashima Antlers |
Gamba Osaka |
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Kashima Antlers |
Avispa Fukuoka |
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Gamba Osaka |
Gamba Osaka |
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Cerezo Osaka |
Nagoya Grampus |
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Gamba Osaka |
Tokyo Verdy |
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Gamba Osaka |
Gamba Osaka |
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Kawasaki Frontale |
FC Tokyo |
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Gamba Osaka |
Shonan Bellmare |
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Gamba Osaka |
Gamba Osaka |
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Kashiwa Reysol |
Gamba Osaka |
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Vissel Kobe |