Sunday , 16 August 2026

Gamba Osaka vs Nagoya Grampus, J. League 2020 REGULAR SEASON

J. League · 2020
Gamba Osaka
2 – 1
Full Time
Nagoya Grampus
Wed 23 Sep 2020 · 10:00 UTC Panasonic Stadium Suita HT 45+3' · FT 45+5'
Ryu Takao 35' Y
Y 41' Takuji Yonemoto
Y 50' Shinnosuke Nakatani
Y 79' Oh Jaeseok

Overview

Match Preview

Gamba Osaka vs Nagoya Grampus — J. League at Panasonic Stadium Suita.

Match Details

  • Referee Tadashi Baba
  • Referee Hajime Matsuo
  • Referee Yusuke Hamamoto
  • Referee Kentaro Matsui

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Vissel Kobe 18 35
2 Cerezo Osaka FC 18 31
3 Nagoya Grampus 18 31
4 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 30
5 Gamba Osaka 18 28
6 Fagiano Okayama FC 18 26
7 Shimizu S-Pulse 18 24
8 Kyoto Sanga FC 18 23
9 V-Varen Nagasaki 18 21
10 Avispa Fukuoka 18 21
11 Kashima Antlers 18 45
12 FC Tokyo 18 37
13 FC Machida Zelvia 18 37
14 Kawasaki Frontale 18 28
15 Tokyo Verdy 18 28
16 Urawa Red Diamonds 18 25
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

9
5
10
Gamba Osaka 24 games · Avg 3.0 goals Nagoya Grampus
Last 5 meetings
2020-09-23 Gamba Osaka 2–1 Nagoya Grampus 2020-07-08 Nagoya Grampus 2–2 Gamba Osaka 2019-07-20 Nagoya Grampus 2–2 Gamba Osaka 2019-03-09 Gamba Osaka 2–3 Nagoya Grampus 2018-08-05 Nagoya Grampus 3–2 Gamba Osaka

Recent Form

Gamba Osaka
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
23 Sep Nagoya Grampus H 2–1 W
19 Sep Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo A 1–0 W
13 Sep Shonan Bellmare H 0–1 L
09 Sep Kashiwa Reysol A 0–3 L
05 Sep Vegalta Sendai A 4–1 W
29 Aug FC Tokyo H 1–3 L
Nagoya Grampus
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
23 Sep Gamba Osaka A 1–2 L
19 Sep Vissel Kobe H 2–1 W
13 Sep Yokohama FC A 2–3 L
09 Sep Yokohama F.Marinos H 2–1 W
05 Sep Kashima Antlers H 1–3 L
29 Aug Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo A 0–0 D

Season Stats

Gamba Osaka Nagoya Grampus
#5 Position #3
28 Points 31
18 Played 18
10 / 0 / 8 W / D / L 10 / 0 / 8
61 Scored 46
53 Conceded 44
+8 GD +2
1.56 PPG 1.72
56% Win % 56%

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (24 games)
58% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
0% Clean Sheets
Gamba Osaka this season
0% Clean Sheets
Nagoya Grampus this season

Gamba Osaka are 5th (28 pts). Nagoya Grampus are 3rd (31 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Gamba Osaka
0-15
–/–
16-30
–/1
31-45
–/–
46-60
–/–
61-75
1/–
76+
–/–
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Nagoya Grampus
0-15
–/–
16-30
–/1
31-45
–/–
46-60
1/–
61-75
–/–
76+
–/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' It’s Showtime! The match between Gamba Osaka and Nagoya Grampus is underway.
  • 5' Gamba Osaka is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 10' Nagoya Grampus seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 15' Nagoya Grampus is showing some good football. However, Nagoya Grampus are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 20' The home supporters are growing impatient. Gamba Osaka must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 21' Magnificent from Mu Kanazaki! That is 31 goals in 279 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
  • 26' Kazuma Watanabe is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Nagoya Grampus so far.
  • 31' Hiroyuki Abe, a Japan , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 35' Gamba Osaka receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 35.
  • 40' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Nagoya Grampus needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 41' Takuji Yonemoto picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 43' Nagoya Grampus make a change. Takuji Yonemoto trudges off to be replaced by Joao Schmidt on 43 minutes.
  • 46' A tactical swap from Gamba Osaka — Hiroki Fujiharu on, Ryu Takao off on 46 minutes.
  • 50' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Shinnosuke Nakatani.
  • 53' What a moment for Yuki Yamamoto! That strike on 53 puts his side firmly in control.
  • 58' A change in the Nagoya Grampus ranks — Naoki Maeda exits the field as Hiroyuki Abe enters on 58.
  • 62' The supporters are chanting for Ryogo Yamasaki. He replaces Mu Kanazaki on 62 minute.
  • 67' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 72' Nagoya Grampus started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 72.
  • 76' The Gamba Osaka manager makes a substitution. Yuki Yamamoto departs to be replaced by Yasuhito Endo.
  • 79' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Oh Jaeseok.
  • 84' It’s high time Massimo Ficcadenti made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 85' Kazuma Watanabe gets the nod from Gamba Osaka. He replaces Patric and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 87' What composure from Takashi Usami! The Japan international strokes it home. 2-1.
  • The referee brings this contest to a close. Gamba Osaka take all three points.

Lineups

Gamba Osaka Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Tsuneyasu Miyamoto

Nagoya Grampus Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Massimo Ficcadenti

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Jo 4
Jo 4
Patric 3
Ademilson 3
Takeru Kishimoto 2
Takashi Usami 2
Yoichiro Kakitani 2
Isa Sakamoto 2

Head to Head

2020-09-23 Gamba Osaka 2–1 Nagoya Grampus 2020-07-08 Nagoya Grampus 2–2 Gamba Osaka 2019-07-20 Nagoya Grampus 2–2 Gamba Osaka 2019-03-09 Gamba Osaka 2–3 Nagoya Grampus 2018-08-05 Nagoya Grampus 3–2 Gamba Osaka

Gamba Osaka Form

2020-09-23 Gamba Osaka 2–1 Nagoya Grampus W 2020-09-19 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 0–1 Gamba Osaka W 2020-09-13 Gamba Osaka 0–1 Shonan Bellmare L 2020-09-09 Kashiwa Reysol 3–0 Gamba Osaka L 2020-09-05 Vegalta Sendai 1–4 Gamba Osaka W 2020-08-29 Gamba Osaka 1–3 FC Tokyo L

Nagoya Grampus Form

2020-09-23 Gamba Osaka 2–1 Nagoya Grampus L 2020-09-19 Nagoya Grampus 2–1 Vissel Kobe W 2020-09-13 Yokohama FC 3–2 Nagoya Grampus L 2020-09-09 Nagoya Grampus 2–1 Yokohama F.Marinos W 2020-09-05 Nagoya Grampus 1–3 Kashima Antlers L 2020-08-29 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 0–0 Nagoya Grampus D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
3.08 Gamba Osaka xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
2.51 Nagoya Grampus xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 90% + Both teams to score 86%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Gamba Osaka51% Draw19% Nagoya Grampus30%
Actual: Gamba Osaka win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes86% 0% No14%
Avg goals/match: 5.59
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 99%
1%
± 1.5 97%
3%
± 2.5 90%
10%
± 3.5 79%
21%
± 4.5 64%
36%

Double Chance

Gamba Osaka or Draw
70%
Draw or Nagoya Grampus
49%
Gamba Osaka or Nagoya Grampus
81%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Gamba Osaka40% Draw31% Nagoya Grampus29%
Actual: Nagoya Grampus win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
3 – 2
5.5%
2 – 2
5.5%
2 – 1
Actual
3 – 3
4.6%
3 – 1
4.6%
2 – 3
4.6%
4 – 2
4.2%
1 – 2
3.8%
4 – 3
3.5%
1 – 1
3.5%
4 – 1
3.5%
1 – 3
3.1%

Asian Handicap — Gamba Osaka

Handicap Gamba Osaka covers Push Nagoya Grampus covers
-2.5 19% — 81%
-2 19% 14% 67%
-1.5 33% — 67%
-1 33% 17% 50%
-0.5 50% — 50%
+0.5 67% — 33%
+1 67% 14% 19%
+1.5 81% — 19%
+2 81% 9% 9%
+2.5 91% — 9%

Clean Sheet

Gamba Osaka keeps clean sheet
9% ✓
Nagoya Grampus keeps clean sheet
5% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.