Gamba Osaka vs Kashima Antlers Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Gamba Osaka

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Gamba Osaka won’t want a repeat of their last result here following a 2-1 J. League Cup loss in their previous 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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Following on from suffering a loss in their previous game against Sagan Tosu in J1 League action, Kashima Antlers and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that match, Kashima Antlers managed 53% possession and 17 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. For Kashima Antlers, the goalscorers were Kimito Nono (11') and Yuma Suzuki (86'). For their opponents, Sagan Tosu had 15 shots on goal with 8 of them 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

Looking at their prior head-to-head clashes stretching back to 19/02/2022 tells us that Gamba Osaka have won 1 of them & Kashima Antlers 4, with the tally of drawn matches being 1.

An aggregate of 20 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 5 of them from Gamba Osaka and 15 created by Antlers. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.33.

The previous league fixture featuring the two was J1 League match day 18 on 24/06/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Gamba Osaka 2-1 Kashima Antlers.

In that game, Gamba Osaka managed 54% possession and 12 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Goals were scored by Keisuke Kurokawa (15') and Dawhan (34').

Kashima Antlers got 8 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Naomichi Ueda (88') scored.

The match was refereed by Futoshi Nakamura.

ℹ️ Team News: Gamba Osaka

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

ℹ️ Team News: Kashima Antlers

Thanks to a completely injury-free squad available to choose from, the Kashima Antlers manager Ranko Popović has no fitness worries whatsoever ahead of 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, 04:14 25/04/2024