Nagoya Grampus vs Gamba Osaka, J. League 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Nagoya Grampus vs Gamba Osaka — J. League at Toyota Stadium.
- Nagoya Grampus 18 games · 31 pts (2026/26)
- Gamba Osaka 18 games · 28 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Koji Takasaki (Japan)
- Assistant 1 Yusuke Shiotsu
- Assistant 2 Mikiya Nishimura
11 games this season 🟨 0.9/game ⚽ 4.1 goals/gameStandings
# 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 Tōkyō 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
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 06 May Gamba Osaka H 2–1 W 03 May V-Varen Nagasaki A 2–1 W 29 Apr Fagiano Okayama FC H 1–1 D 25 Apr Shimizu S-Pulse A 2–0 W 19 Apr Avispa Fukuoka H 2–2 D 11 Apr Vissel Kobe A 2–3 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 06 May Nagoya Grampus A 1–2 L 02 May Vissel Kobe H 5–0 W 29 Apr Kyoto Sanga FC A 1–1 D 25 Apr V-Varen Nagasaki A 7–6 W 22 Apr Avispa Fukuoka H 1–2 L 19 Apr Fagiano Okayama FC H 6–5 W Season Stats
Nagoya Grampus Gamba Osaka #3 Position #5 31 Points 28 18 Played 18 10 / 0 / 8 W / D / L 10 / 0 / 8 46 Scored 61 44 Conceded 53 +2 GD +8 1.72 PPG 1.56 56% Win % 56% Key Stats
67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (24 games)58% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history28% Clean Sheets
Nagoya Grampus this season22% Clean Sheets
Gamba Osaka this seasonNagoya Grampus are 3rd (31 pts). Gamba Osaka are 5th (28 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Nagoya Grampus0-152/116-302/431-455/446-604/361-753/176+4/5■ Scored ■ ConcededGamba Osaka0-152/116-302/–31-451/446-601/161-753/276+5/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' Welcome to Toyota Stadium that hosts another battle between Nagoya Grampus and Gamba Osaka.
- 5' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Shinnosuke Nakatani made 439 appearances and scored 20 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 8' GOAL! Sho Inagaki scores on 8. Assisted by Katsuhiro Nakayama
- 12' Gamba Osaka player sees a card in front of him.
- 17' It’s high time Jens Wissing made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 22' Gamba Osaka started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 22.
- 27' Supporters expect more eagerness from Ryoya Yamashita, as he is very good at scoring at Toyota Stadium with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
- 31' GOAL! Yudai Kimura scores on 31. Assisted by Teruki Hara
- 32' Yudai Kimura with the second goal in the match!
- 37' 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.
- 42' 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.
- 47' Gamba Osaka is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 52' Nagoya Grampus looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Sho Inagaki scoring 1 goals.
- 57' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Gamba Osaka that had 403 games and scored 377 goals.
- 62' 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.
- 67' It looks surprising Gamba Osaka does not make any changes. Rui Araki has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 72' Shuhei Tokumoto has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 18 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 77' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Nagoya Grampus winning 50% of all matches.
- 80' That looks like a foul for a card for Ryotaro Meshino.
- 85' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 85 minutes.
- 90' It looks like no one’s ball. Nagoya Grampus is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- With this win, Nagoya Grampus is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.
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Lineups
Nagoya Grampus Lineups
3-4-2-1Starting XI
- 1
- 15
- 13
- 7
- 70
- 31
- 9
- 27
- 11
- 22
- 55
Bench
- 17
- 18
- 2
- 19
- 33
- 20
- 35
- 41
- 30
Coach Mihailo PetrovićGamba Osaka Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 7
- 5
- 21
- 4
- 13
- 17
- 27
- 44
- 42
- 18
- 19
Bench
- 11
- 1
- 8
- 47
- 15
- 16
- 41
- 23
- 36
Coach Jens Wissing -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Jo 4 Jo 4 Ademilson 3 Patric 3 Jakub Swierczok 2 Ryoya Yamashita 2 Gabriel Xavier 2 Sho Inagaki 2 Head to Head
Nagoya Grampus Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 42.86 Nagoya Grampus xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo2.76 Gamba Osaka xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 91% + Both teams to score 87%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Nagoya Grampus winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 5.62Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 99% 1% ± 1.5 97% 3% ± 2.5 91% 9% ± 3.5 79% 21% ± 4.5 64% 36% Double Chance
Nagoya Grampus or Draw 65%Draw or Gamba Osaka 55%Nagoya Grampus or Gamba Osaka 80%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Nagoya Grampus win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 122 – 2 5.6%3 – 2 5.2%2 – 3 5%3 – 3 4.7%2 – 1 Actual1 – 2 4.1%3 – 1 3.9%4 – 2 3.7%1 – 3 3.7%2 – 4 3.5%1 – 1 3.4%4 – 3 3.4%Asian Handicap — Nagoya Grampus
Handicap Nagoya Grampus covers Push Gamba Osaka covers -2.5 15% — 85% -2 15% 12% 73% -1.5 27% — 73% -1 27% 16% 57% -0.5 43% — 57% +0.5 60% — 40% +1 60% 15% 24% +1.5 76% — 24% +2 76% 11% 13% +2.5 87% — 13% Clean Sheet
Nagoya Grampus keeps clean sheet 7% ✓Gamba Osaka keeps clean sheet 7% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.