📏 Form Guide

Yokohama F. Marinos

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Yokohama F. Marinos, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following a 1-2 J1 League success against Vissel Kobe.

In that game, Yokohama F. Marinos managed 58% possession and 16 shots on goal with 6 on target. For Yokohama F. Marinos, the scorers were Anderson Lopes (47') and Yan Matheus (83'). Vissel Kobe had 18 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Taisei Miyashiro (66') scored for Vissel Kobe.

Harry Kewell's Yokohama F. Marinos have found the net a sum total of 9 times over their past six outings. The corresponding tally of goals that they have conceded in those games is 6.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Yokohama F. Marinos:

• have not lost a league tie with Gamba Osaka in their last 2 matches.
• are without a home win in the past 3 matches in the league.

Gamba Osaka

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Following on from suffering a loss in their previous game against Consadole Sapporo in J1 League action, Gamba Osaka and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that game, Gamba Osaka had 48% possession and 13 shots at goal with 2 on target. For their opponents, Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo had 12 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Hiroki Miyazawa (73') was the scorer for Consadole Sapporo.

Over the course of 5 of the past six clashes featuring Gamba Osaka, a comparatively low number of goals have been scored between them and opposing sides. The overall average goals scored per game during that period comes out as a meagre 1.5, with the number of goals averaged by Gamba Osaka being 0.83. In any event, we will just have to wait and see if such a trend might be maintained in this upcoming match.

Heading into this contest, Gamba Osaka have not won away from home in their last 9 league matches. Their travelling support will be needed here, for sure.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking on their prior head to head meetings dating back to 06/08/2021 shows us that Yokohama F. Marinos have won 4 of them & Gamba Osaka 2, with the tally of drawn games being 0.

A total of 16 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 9 of them for Marinos and 7 coming from Gamba Osaka. That’s an average goals per game of 2.67.

The previous league game between the two was J1 League match day 23 on 12/08/2023 when the final score was Yokohama F. Marinos 2-1 Gamba Osaka.

On that occasion, Yokohama F. Marinos had 44% possession and 18 attempts at goal with 3 on target. The goals were scored by Yan Matheus (34') and Anderson Lopes (51').

On the other side, Gamba Osaka had 12 shots at goal with 3 on target. Ryotaro Meshino (44') was the scorer.

The referee was Akihiko Ikeuchi.

📋 Team News: Yokohama F. Marinos

Ryuta Koike (Broken kneecap) and Kenta Inoue (Acromioclavicular joint dislocation) aren’t available for Yokohama F. Marinos boss Harry Kewell.

We think that Marinos may well use a 4-3-3 formation this time, utilising William Popp, Ren Kato, Shinnosuke Hatanaka, Eduardo, Katsuya Nagato, Riku Yamane, Takuya Kida, Jun Amano, Yan, Anderson Lopes and Yuhi Murakami.

🗞️ Team News: Gamba Osaka

Gamba Osaka boss Daniel Poyatos has some current player fitness concerns. Ibuki Konno (Hamstring injury), Yusei Egawa (Knee injury), Yuya Fukuda (Peroneus tendon injury), Riku Matsuda (Calf injury), Jiro Nakamura (Knee surgery), Keisuke Saka (Adductor injury) and Takeru Kishimoto (Knee injury) will not be playing here.

We believe Gamba Osaka appear most likely to utilise a 4-2-3-1 system by sending out Jun Ichimori, Shota Fukuoka, Genta Miura, Shinnosuke Nakatani, Keisuke Kurokawa, Neta Lavi, Tokuma Suzuki, Shoji Toyama, Isa Sakamoto, Welton and Takashi Usami.

✨ Prediction

We’re of the view that Gamba Osaka have it within them to score against this Yokohama F. Marinos lineup, however that might not be as many as the goals that they could concede.

We’re expecting a very close game with a 2-1 winning margin for Yokohama F. Marinos at the end of the match. Should be a good one.

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

Victor Martins, 09:13 10/04/2024