Gamba Osaka vs Avispa Fukuoka, J. League 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Match Preview
Gamba Osaka vs Avispa Fukuoka — J. League at Suita City Football Stadium.
- Gamba Osaka 17 games · 25 pts (2026/26)
- Avispa Fukuoka 17 games · 21 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Hayato Shimizu
- Assistant 1 Takumi Takagi
- Assistant 2 Masahiro Horikoshi
8 games this season 🟨 1.6/game ⚽ 6.1 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Kashima Antlers 17 42 2 FC Tokyo 17 37 3 FC Machida Zelvia 17 34 4 Vissel Kobe 17 32 5 Nagoya Grampus 17 31 6 Cerezo Osaka FC 17 28 7 Tokyo Verdy 17 28 8 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 17 27 9 Fagiano Okayama FC 17 26 10 Gamba Osaka 17 25 11 Urawa Red Diamonds 17 25 12 Kawasaki Frontale 17 25 13 Shimizu S-Pulse 17 24 14 V-Varen Nagasaki 17 21 15 Avispa Fukuoka 17 21 16 Kyoto Sanga FC 17 20 17 FC Mito Holly Hock 17 18 18 Kashiwa Reysol 17 17 19 Yokohama F.Marinos 17 17 20 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 17 12 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 22 Apr Avispa Fukuoka H 1–2 L 19 Apr Fagiano Okayama FC H 6–5 W 11 Apr Cerezo Osaka FC H 0–1 L 04 Apr Kyoto Sanga FC H 2–0 W 21 Mar Avispa Fukuoka A 15–16 L 18 Mar Vissel Kobe A 1–1 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 22 Apr Gamba Osaka A 2–1 W 19 Apr Nagoya Grampus A 2–2 D 11 Apr V-Varen Nagasaki H 1–0 W 05 Apr Sanfrecce Hiroshima A 1–0 W 21 Mar Gamba Osaka H 16–15 W 18 Mar Shimizu S-Pulse H 5–6 L Season Stats
Gamba Osaka Avispa Fukuoka #10 Position #15 25 Points 21 17 Played 17 9 / 0 / 8 W / D / L 7 / 0 / 10 59 Scored 49 52 Conceded 58 +7 GD -9 1.47 PPG 1.24 53% Win % 41% Key Stats
58% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)58% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history24% Clean Sheets
Gamba Osaka this season12% Clean Sheets
Avispa Fukuoka this seasonGamba Osaka are 10th (25 pts). Avispa Fukuoka are 15th (21 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Gamba Osaka0-152/116-302/–31-451/446-601/–61-752/276+5/2■ Scored ■ ConcededAvispa Fukuoka0-151/316-303/231-453/146-60–/–61-754/276+–/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Match Events
- 0' We are underway at Suita City Football Stadium. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
- 5' Yuma Tsujioka needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 9' Harumi Minamino puts Gamba Osaka on the lead.
- 14' It looks like no one’s ball. Avispa Fukuoka is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 19' Gamba Osaka is showing some good football. However, Gamba Osaka are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 23' The referee shows Avispa Fukuoka player a card on 23.
- 28' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 28 minutes.
- 33' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 38' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Gamba Osaka that had 382 games and scored 360 goals.
- 43' What a strike from Yutaka Michiwaki! The score is 1-1.
- 48' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 50' GOAL! Kazuki Fujimoto scores on 45. Assisted by Yu Hashimoto
- 55' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Rin Mito made 382 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 56' It’s a booking for Avispa Fukuoka player. Yutaka Michiwaki gets a card.
- 61' Avispa Fukuoka receives a card for a hard tackle on 61.
- 62' Takashi Usami has so much to prove this time. He replaces Issam Jebali on 62 minute.
- 63' It is a substitution in Avispa Fukuoka team. Takumi Kamijima is replaced by Masaya Tashiro on 63 minute.
- 68' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Avispa Fukuoka needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 71' Kanji Okunuki is replacing Shinya Nakano for the Gamba Osaka side.
- 76' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 79' Avispa Fukuoka player sees a card in front of him.
- 80' It’s a booking for Gamba Osaka player. Kanji Okunuki gets a card.
- 81' Yota Maejima is replacing Kazuki Fujimoto for the Avispa Fukuoka side.
- 86' It’s high time Jens Wissing made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Avispa Fukuoka players.
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Gamba Osaka Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
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11
Issam Jebali ↓ Takashi Usami 62'
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8
Ryotaro Meshino ↓ Shu Kurata 81'
- 4
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13
Shuto Abe ↓ Deniz Hummet 62'
- 17
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47
Shinya Nakano ↓ Kanji Okunuki 71'
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15
Takeru Kishimoto ↓ Shoji Toyama 62'
- 27
- 42
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Bench
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7
Takashi Usami ↑ 62'
- 1
- 21
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10
Shu Kurata ↑ 81'
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40
Shoji Toyama ↑ 62'
- 16
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44
Kanji Okunuki ↑ 71'
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23
Deniz Hummet ↑ 62'
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Coach Jens WissingAvispa Fukuoka Lineups
3-4-2-1Starting XI
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45
Daiki Miya ↓ Yuma Tsujioka 62'
- 5
- 16
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22
Kazuki Fujimoto ↓ Yota Maejima 81'
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25
Yuji Kitajima ↓ Kohei Okuno 71'
- 11
- 47
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7
Shosei Usui ↓ Shintaro Nago 62'
- 41
- 27
Bench
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14
Shintaro Nago ↑ 62'
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8
Kohei Okuno ↑ 71'
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29
Yota Maejima ↑ 81'
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37
Masaya Tashiro ↑ 63'
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- 99
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Yuma Tsujioka ↑ 62'
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Coach Shinya Tsukahara -
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H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Patric 3 Yuya Yamagishi 3 Shu Kurata 2 Tatsuya Tanaka 1 Kazuya Konno 1 Ko Yanagisawa 1 Genta Miura 1 Tomoya Miki 1 Head to Head
Gamba Osaka Form
Avispa Fukuoka Form
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Prediction accuracy2 / 44.43 Gamba Osaka xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo3.43 Avispa Fukuoka xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 98% + Both teams to score 94%
Match Result
✗ WrongActual: Avispa Fukuoka winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 7.86Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 100% 0% ± 1.5 99% 1% ± 2.5 98% 2% ± 3.5 94% 6% ± 4.5 86% 14% Double Chance
Gamba Osaka or Draw 65%Draw or Avispa Fukuoka 53%Gamba Osaka or Avispa Fukuoka 81%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Avispa Fukuoka win at HTCorrect Score
✗ 1–2 not predicted1 – 2Actual4 – 3 4.4%3 – 3 4.1%4 – 2 4%5 – 3 3.9%4 – 4 3.7%3 – 2 3.7%5 – 2 3.5%3 – 4 3.4%5 – 4 3.3%2 – 3 2.9%6 – 3 2.9%2 – 2 2.6%Asian Handicap — Gamba Osaka
Handicap Gamba Osaka covers Push Avispa Fukuoka covers -2.5 24% — 76% -2 24% 14% 62% -1.5 38% — 62% -1 38% 16% 46% -0.5 54% — 46% +0.5 69% — 31% +1 69% 12% 19% +1.5 81% — 19% +2 81% 9% 10% +2.5 90% — 10% Clean Sheet
Gamba Osaka keeps clean sheet 4% ✓Avispa Fukuoka keeps clean sheet 2% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.