Gamba Osaka vs Vissel Kobe Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Gamba Osaka

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Gamba Osaka fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being the 0-1 J1 League victory over Avispa Fukuoka.

In that match, Gamba Osaka had 57% possession and 9 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. The only player to score for Gamba Osaka was Patric (85'). For their opponents, Avispa Fukuoka had 19 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target.

Gamba Osaka haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, hitting the target in one hundred percent of their last 6 matches.

They’ve claimed a sum of 14 during that time while also conceding a total of 7. We will just have to see if that trend can be continued on in this game.

Going into this encounter, Gamba Osaka are undefeated in their previous 2 home league matches.

Vissel Kobe

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In their last game, Vissel Kobe drew 1-1 in the J1 League match with Cerezo Osaka.

In that game, Vissel Kobe had 46% possession and 5 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. The only player to score for Vissel Kobe was Kyogo Furuhashi (30'). On the other side, Cerezo Osaka had 12 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Koji Toriumi (90') was the scorer for Cerezo Osaka.

The numbers tell their own story, and Vissel Kobe have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, letting opponents get 5 goals overall. At the back, Ushi seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly.

Heading into this fixture, Vissel Kobe have not been beaten in their last 3 league matches away from home.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A look at their past head-to-head clashes going back to 15/09/2018 shows that Gamba Osaka have won 3 of them & Vissel Kobe 2, with the number of draws standing at 1.

In all, 18 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 10 from Gamba Osaka and 8 coming from Ushi. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.

The previous league meeting between these clubs was J1 League match day 1 on 27/02/2021 when it finished Vissel Kobe 1-0 Gamba Osaka.

The match was refereed by Ryuji Sato.

📋 Team News: Gamba Osaka

Won-ho Shin (Collarbone fracture), Jun Ichimori (Hamstring Injury) and Haruto Shirai (Cruciate Ligament Injury) will not be taking part for Gamba Osaka gaffer Masanobu Matsunami.

📰 Team News: Vissel Kobe

Thanks to a largely full-strength group of players, there’s just the one fitness problem for the Vissel Kobe gaffer Atsuhiro Miura to be concerned with. Lincoln (Hamstring Injury) won’t be in action.

⚡ Prediction

In our view, Vissel Kobe and Gamba Osaka could both end up scoring in a what should be a good tussle with little between the two teams.

It appears that a draw might be on the cards. That’s why we have predicted a very close game with a 1-1 scoreline at the end of the 90.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 23:20 16/07/2021