Gamba Osaka vs Yokohama F. Marinos Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Gamba Osaka

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Gamba Osaka won’t want a repeat of their last result here after a 3-1 J1 League loss in their previous game against Urawa Red Diamonds.

In that game, Gamba Osaka had 36% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 5 on target. The only player to score for Gamba Osaka was Issam Jebali (23'). On the other side, Urawa Red Diamonds had 16 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Alexander Scholz (45'), Tomoaki Okubo (54') and Kaito Yasui (59') scored for Urawa Red Diamonds.

It has not been often in recent games where Gamba Osaka have kept a clean sheet. In fact, Gamba Osaka have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 12 goals on the way. Previous results aside, time will tell whether such a trend shall be replicated in this match or not.

Going into this encounter, Gamba Osaka haven’t won at home in the past 2 matches in the league.

Yokohama F. Marinos

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Following on from suffering a loss in their previous game against Albirex Niigata in J1 League competition, Yokohama F. Marinos and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that match, Yokohama F. Marinos managed 53% possession and 12 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Yokohama F. Marinos was Joel Chima Fujita (45'). Albirex Niigata got 14 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Ryotaro Ito (57') and Shunsuke Mito (67') scored for Albirex Niigata.

The stats don’t lie, and Yokohama F. Marinos have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 7 goals in all. At the back, Yokohama F. Marinos have not been doing too well.

Coming into this fixture, Yokohama F. Marinos remain undefeated by Gamba Osaka in games played away from home for the previous 4 league games. A very good record, indeed.

👥 Head to head

Checking on their most recent head to head clashes stretching back to 23/02/2020 shows that Gamba Osaka have won 3 of these games and Yokohama F. Marinos 2, with the tally of draws being 1.

A combined total of 16 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 9 from Gamba Osaka and 7 netted by Marinos. That’s an average goals per game of 2.67.

The previous league fixture featuring the two was J1 League match day 32 on 08/10/2022 which finished with the scoreline of Yokohama F. Marinos 0-2 Gamba Osaka.

In that match, Yokohama F. Marinos managed 80% possession and 22 shots on goal with 8 of them on target.

At the other end, Gamba Osaka got 8 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Juan Alano (8') and Patric (80') scored.

The match was refereed by Ryo Tanimoto.

📋 Team News: Gamba Osaka

The Gamba Osaka boss Daniel Poyatos does not have any fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this game owing to a completely healthy squad to choose from.

It seems likely that Gamba Osaka may well line up in a 4-1-2-3 system for this one featuring Masaaki Higashiguchi, Riku Handa, Shota Fukuoka, Yota Sato, Keisuke Kurokawa, Neta Lavi, Shu Kurata, Dawhan, Juan, Issam Jebali and Hideki Ishige.

ℹ️ Team News: Yokohama F. Marinos

Yokohama F. Marinos manager Kevin Muscat has to currently contend with reduced team options. Ryotaro Tsunoda (Metatarsal Fracture) and Ryuta Koike (Fractured Kneecap) will not be playing here.

It’s our belief that Marinos seem most likely to begin the game with a 4-2-1-3 system, starting the game with Hiroki Iikura, Ken Matsubara, Shinnosuke Hatanaka, Eduardo, Katsuya Nagato, Takuya Kida, Kota Watanabe, Takuma Nishimura, Yan, Anderson Lopes and Jose Elber.

💡 Prediction

We’re thinking that Gamba Osaka have it in them to breach the defence of this Yokohama F. Marinos lineup, but one goal is unlikely to prevent defeat.

We therefore reckon that it will be a 1-2 victory for Yokohama F. Marinos when all is said and done. Could easily go either way, this.

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

Lucas Pereira, 00:46 16/05/2023