Gamba Osaka and Yokohama meet at Suita City Football Stadium, in a match for the 9th round of the J1 League. There is no record of direct confrontations between these two teams in the last 3 years. The last match was played on 25‑08‑2013 and ended with the score: Yokohama (2‑2) Gamba Osaka. Despite being a match between 3rd and 17th in the table, it is actually a match between the 6th ranked in home matches and the 11th in away matches.
Gamba Osaka :
After 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, the home team is currently in 3rd place, with 16 points won. In their last match, they lost to Kawasaki Frontale at home by (0‑1), after having won (0‑2) away in the previous match, in a match against Vissel Kobe. Curiously, this is a team that has achieved more positive results abroad than in their stadium, since they won 10 points as a visitor and only 6 in their stadium. In their last match, for the J League Cup, they got an away draw with Oita Trinita by (1‑1). In their last 4 home games for the championship, Gamba Osaka won 2 and lost 2, for which they won 6 points out of 12 possible. The team has conceded goals to the opponent in 6 of the last 8 matches, so it has not been very defensive, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 7 of the last 8 matches for this competition.
Gamba Osaka is having a very positive campaign, despite the loss to the championship leader. However, it is important to recover lost points, so winning is almost a necessity. He has favoritism and cannot end up stumbling again. Therefore, ideally, you should be in control of the party early on. If everything goes as expected, you should not go through difficulties to add the three points.
Yokohama :
After 1 victory, 2 draws and 5 losses, the visiting team is currently in 17th position, with 5 points won. In their last match, they lost to the Sanfrecce Hiroshima at home by (0‑2), after in the previous match having lost at home, in a match against Urawa Reds, by (0‑2). This is a team that usually achieves more positive results as a visitor than at home, since they conquered 4 points away and 1 in their stadium, with 4 goals scored and 6 suffered as a visitor, against 3 goals scored and 12 suffered at home. The team comes to this match after a win away against Sagan Tosu by (0‑1). In the last 10 away matches for all competitions, Yokohama won 4, drew 4 and lost 2.
For this competition, they have not won any of the last 5 matches. Their defense has not been very solid, since they have conceded at least one goal in each of the last 8 matches for this competition. In 8 games in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 5 games in which he suffered the first goal. In the last 12 home matches for all competitions there are 2 periods that stand out: they have scored 4 of their 11 goals between minutes (16′ ‑ 30 ‘); they have conceded 4 of their 11 goals between minutes (61’ ‑ 75 ‘).
Yokohama FC’s campaign is not good and the table can confirm this. He is in the penultimate position and has only one victory, plus he has one of the worst attacks and worst defense in the league. The changes must take place if you want to achieve a better campaign, because otherwise you will not leave the last places of the table. Therefore, he will have to change his attitude already in this match, or it will not be surprising that he may suffer another defeat in the competition.
PREDICTION: G-Osaka to win @ 1,52
