Kawasaki Frontale vs Gamba Osaka, J. League 2025 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Kawasaki Frontale vs Gamba Osaka — J. League at Todoroki Athletics Stadium.
- Kawasaki Frontale 18 games · 28 pts (2026/26)
- Gamba Osaka 18 games · 28 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 25 May Gamba Osaka H 2–2 D 21 May Urawa Red Diamonds H 2–2 D 18 May Cerezo Osaka FC H 2–0 W 14 May Yokohama FC H 2–1 W 11 May Kashima Antlers A 1–2 L 20 Apr Tokyo Verdy H 0–0 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 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 29 Apr Kyoto Sanga FC H 2–1 W Season Stats
Kawasaki Frontale Gamba Osaka #9 Position #8 28 Points 28 18 Played 18 10 / 0 / 8 W / D / L 10 / 0 / 8 38 Scored 61 40 Conceded 53 -2 GD +8 1.56 PPG 1.56 56% Win % 56% Key Stats
55% Both Teams to Score
H2H (22 games)55% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history11% Clean Sheets
Kawasaki Frontale this season22% Clean Sheets
Gamba Osaka this seasonKawasaki Frontale are 9th (28 pts). Gamba Osaka are 8th (28 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Kawasaki Frontale0-152/116-30–/–31-45–/346-601/461-751/376+7/2■ Scored ■ ConcededGamba Osaka0-152/116-302/–31-451/446-601/161-753/276+5/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Kawasaki Frontale is hosting Gamba Osaka for another epic battle.
- 5' The travelling Gamba Osaka supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 10' It looks surprising Gamba Osaka does not make any changes. Marcinho has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 15' 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.
- 20' Louis Thebault-Yamaguchi has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 14 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 25' It’s high time Dani Poyatos made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 30' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 32' Kawasaki Frontale is taking the lead after the goal scored by Marcinho on 32.
- 37' Supporters expect more eagerness from Tokuma Suzuki, as he is very good at scoring at Todoroki Athletics Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 42' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Gamba Osaka that had 383 games and scored 365 goals.
- 47' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Kawasaki Frontale needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 52' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 52 minutes.
- 53' Goal! Takashi Usami scores his 43 goal in 300 matches.
- 57' Kawasaki Frontale manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Yusuke Segawa is hanging Marcinho on the field on 57 minute.
- 60' GOAL! Ryoya Yamashita scores on 60. Assisted by Takashi Usami
- 65' 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.
- 70' It looks like no one’s ball. Gamba Osaka is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 71' Kawasaki Frontale manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Yuto Ozeki is hanging So Kawahara on the field on 71 minute.
- 76' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 78' Another change for Gamba Osaka made on 78 minute. Neta Lavi leaves to be changed by Shu Kurata.
- 79' What a strike from Tatsuya Ito! The score is 2-2.
- 84' 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.
- 86' Welton is replacing Juan Alano for the Gamba Osaka side.
- 87' The referee calls foul for Ryoya Yamashita. He receives a card.
- 90' It’s a booking for Gamba Osaka player. Shinnosuke Nakatani gets a card.
- 90' The supporters are chanting for Kento Tachibanada. He replaces Yuki Yamamoto on 90 minute.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-2.
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Lineups
Kawasaki Frontale Lineups
Starting XI
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11
Yu Kobayashi ↓ Shin Yamada 57'
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41
Akihiro Ienaga ↓ Tatsuya Ito 57'
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- 35
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23
Marcinho ↓ Yusuke Segawa 57'
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19
So Kawahara ↓ Yuto Ozeki 71'
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- 98
Bench
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17
Tatsuya Ito ↑ 57'
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18
Yusuke Segawa ↑ 57'
- 44
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8
Kento Tachibanada ↑ 90'
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20
Shin Yamada ↑ 57'
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16
Yuto Ozeki ↑ 71'
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Coach Shigetoshi HasebeGamba Osaka Lineups
Starting XI
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7
Takashi Usami ↓ Deniz Hummet 78'
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47
Juan Alano ↓ Welton 86'
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- 4
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Neta Lavi ↓ Shu Kurata 78'
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- 17
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- 16
- 51
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3
Riku Handa ↓ Shinya Nakano 90'
Bench
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10
Shu Kurata ↑ 78'
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33
Shinya Nakano ↑ 90'
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15
Takeru Kishimoto ↑ 90'
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97
Welton ↑ 86'
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Deniz Hummet ↑ 78'
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Coach Dani Poyatos -
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Leandro Damiao 7 Akihiro Ienaga 5 Yusuke Segawa 3 Kosuke Onose 3 Shu Kurata 3 Marcinho 3 Takashi Usami 2 Kazuma Watanabe 2 Head to Head
Kawasaki Frontale Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 42.5 Kawasaki Frontale xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo2.61 Gamba Osaka xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 87% + Both teams to score 84%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 5.11Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 99% 1% ± 1.5 96% 4% ± 2.5 87% 13% ± 3.5 73% 27% ± 4.5 56% 44% Double Chance
Kawasaki Frontale or Draw 60%Draw or Gamba Osaka 62%Kawasaki Frontale or Gamba Osaka 78%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Kawasaki Frontale win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 122 – 2 Actual2 – 3 5.3%1 – 2 5.2%3 – 2 5.1%2 – 1 5%1 – 1 4.6%3 – 3 4.4%1 – 3 4.4%3 – 1 4.1%2 – 4 3.5%4 – 2 3.2%3 – 4 2.9%Asian Handicap — Kawasaki Frontale
Handicap Kawasaki Frontale covers Push Gamba Osaka covers -2.5 12% — 88% -2 12% 11% 77% -1.5 23% — 77% -1 23% 16% 61% -0.5 39% — 61% +0.5 58% — 42% +1 58% 16% 26% +1.5 74% — 26% +2 74% 12% 14% +2.5 86% — 14% Clean Sheet
Kawasaki Frontale keeps clean sheet 8% ✓Gamba Osaka keeps clean sheet 9% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.