Gamba Osaka vs Kashima Antlers, J. League 2025 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Gamba Osaka vs Kashima Antlers — J. League at Suita City Football Stadium.
- Gamba Osaka 18 games · 28 pts (2026/26)
- Kashima Antlers 18 games · 45 pts (2026/26)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Kashima Antlers 18 45 2 FC Tokyo 18 37 3 FC Machida Zelvia 18 37 4 Vissel Kobe 18 35 5 Cerezo Osaka FC 18 31 6 Nagoya Grampus 18 31 7 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 30 8 Gamba Osaka 18 28 9 Kawasaki Frontale 18 28 10 Tokyo Verdy 18 28 11 Fagiano Okayama FC 18 26 12 Urawa Red Diamonds 18 25 13 Shimizu S-Pulse 18 24 14 Kyoto Sanga FC 18 23 15 V-Varen Nagasaki 18 21 16 Avispa Fukuoka 18 21 17 Kashiwa Reysol 18 20 18 Yokohama F.Marinos 18 20 19 FC Mito Holly Hock 18 18 20 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 18 12 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 31 May Kashima Antlers H 0–1 L 25 May Kawasaki Frontale A 2–2 D 17 May Vissel Kobe A 2–3 L 11 May Sanfrecce Hiroshima H 0–1 L 06 May Urawa Red Diamonds A 1–0 W 03 May Shonan Bellmare H 4–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 31 May Gamba Osaka A 1–0 W 25 May Yokohama F.Marinos A 1–3 L 17 May Shimizu S-Pulse H 1–0 W 11 May Kawasaki Frontale H 2–1 W 06 May Avispa Fukuoka A 1–0 W 03 May FC Machida Zelvia H 1–0 W Season Stats
Gamba Osaka Kashima Antlers #8 Position #1 28 Points 45 18 Played 18 10 / 0 / 8 W / D / L 15 / 0 / 3 61 Scored 40 53 Conceded 20 +8 GD +20 1.56 PPG 2.50 56% Win % 83% Key Stats
36% Both Teams to Score
H2H (22 games)32% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history22% Clean Sheets
Gamba Osaka this season61% Clean Sheets
Kashima Antlers this seasonGamba Osaka are 8th (28 pts). Kashima Antlers are 1st (45 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Gamba Osaka0-152/116-302/–31-451/446-601/161-753/276+5/2■ Scored ■ ConcededKashima Antlers0-15–/–16-301/–31-452/346-603/261-752/–76+6/–■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Gamba Osaka is hosting Kashima Antlers for another epic battle.
- 5' Yuta Matsumura has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 13 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 9' GOAL! Leo Ceara scores on 9. Assisted by Tae-hyeon Kim
- 14' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Kashima Antlers needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 19' It’s high time Dani Poyatos made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 24' Kashima Antlers started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 24.
- 29' Ryotaro Araki needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 34' 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 354 goals.
- 39' 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.
- 44' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 44 minutes.
- 49' The travelling Kashima Antlers supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 54' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 59' Time for substitution for Kashima Antlers. Koki Anzai is replaced by Keisuke Tsukui.
- 60' The whistle greets Gaku Shibasaki as he departs to be replaced by Yuta Higuchi.
- 65' It looks like no one’s ball. Gamba Osaka is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 70' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Tomoki Hayakawa made 425 appearances and scored 2 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 75' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Juan Alano suffering a number of foals already.
- 76' Another substitution for Gamba Osaka to replace Ryoya Yamashita by Welton on 76 minute.
- 81' It is a substitution in Kashima Antlers team. Ryotaro Araki is replaced by Yuta Matsumura on 81 minute.
- 86' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 90' Another substitution for Gamba Osaka to replace Keisuke Kurokawa by Shinya Nakano on 90 minute.
- Another three points for Kashima Antlers.
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Lineups
Gamba Osaka Lineups
Starting XI
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17
Ryoya Yamashita ↓ Welton 76'
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Bench
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- 10
- 24
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33
Shinya Nakano ↑ 90'
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97
Welton ↑ 76'
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- 38
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Coach Dani PoyatosKashima Antlers Lineups
Starting XI
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9
Leo Ceara ↓ Kyosuke Tagawa 59'
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10
Gaku Shibasaki ↓ Yuta Higuchi 60'
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2
Koki Anzai ↓ Keisuke Tsukui 59'
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- 25
- 77
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71
Ryotaro Araki ↓ Yuta Matsumura 81'
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20
Yu Funabashi ↓ Kento Misao 59'
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Bench
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6
Kento Misao ↑ 59'
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11
Kyosuke Tagawa ↑ 59'
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14
Yuta Higuchi ↑ 60'
- 29
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27
Yuta Matsumura ↑ 81'
- 28
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23
Keisuke Tsukui ↑ 59'
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Coach Toru Oniki -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Shoma Doi 4 Ayase Ueda 3 Kosuke Onose 2 Tiago Alves 2 Yuma Suzuki 2 Hayato Nakama 2 Patric 2 Mu Kanazaki 1 Head to Head
Gamba Osaka Form
Kashima Antlers Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy1 / 41.43 Gamba Osaka xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo2.05 Kashima Antlers xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 66% + Both teams to score 66%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Kashima Antlers winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 3.48Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 96% 4% ± 1.5 86% 14% ± 2.5 66% 34% ± 3.5 45% 55% ± 4.5 27% 73% Double Chance
Gamba Osaka or Draw 52%Draw or Kashima Antlers 73%Gamba Osaka or Kashima Antlers 75%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Kashima Antlers win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 9.9%1 – 2 8.9%0 – 2 6.5%2 – 2 6.3%2 – 1 6.3%1 – 3 6%0 – 1 Actual0 – 0 4.5%2 – 3 4.3%0 – 3 4.3%1 – 0 3.8%2 – 0 3.2%Asian Handicap — Gamba Osaka
Handicap Gamba Osaka covers Push Kashima Antlers covers -2.5 4% — 96% -2 4% 8% 88% -1.5 12% — 88% -1 12% 14% 74% -0.5 26% — 74% +0.5 49% — 51% +1 49% 20% 30% +1.5 70% — 30% +2 70% 15% 15% +2.5 85% — 15% Clean Sheet
Gamba Osaka keeps clean sheet 14% ✓Kashima Antlers keeps clean sheet 25% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.