Urawa Red Diamonds vs Gamba Osaka, J. League 2020 REGULAR SEASON

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Sun 22 Nov 2020 · 07:00 UTC Saitama Stadium 2002 HT 45+1' · FT 45+5'

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Urawa Red Diamonds vs Gamba Osaka — J. League at Saitama Stadium 2002.

Urawa Red Diamonds 18 games · 25 pts (2026/27)
Gamba Osaka 18 games · 28 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Isao Nishihashi
Referee Masaaki Toma
Referee Koji Morikawa
Referee Hayato Shimizu

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	Kyōto 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	Tōkyō 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

Urawa Red Diamonds 22 games · Avg 2.4 goals Gamba Osaka

Last 5 meetings

2020-11-22 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–2 Gamba Osaka 2020-08-19 Gamba Osaka 1–3 Urawa Red Diamonds 2019-12-07 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–3 Gamba Osaka 2019-04-14 Gamba Osaka 0–1 Urawa Red Diamonds 2018-11-03 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–3 Gamba Osaka

Recent Form

Urawa Red Diamonds

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Nov	Gamba Osaka	H	1–2	L
18 Nov	Vissel Kobe	A	1–0	W
14 Nov	Yokohama F·Marinos	A	2–6	L
03 Nov	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	A	1–1	D
31 Oct	Ōita FC Trinita	A	0–0	D
24 Oct	Cerezo Osaka FC	H	3–1	W

Gamba Osaka

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Nov	Urawa Red Diamonds	A	2–1	W
14 Nov	Vegalta Sendai	H	0–4	L
11 Nov	Vissel Kobe	H	1–0	W
03 Nov	Cerezo Osaka FC	A	1–1	D
31 Oct	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	H	2–1	W
24 Oct	Kashiwa Reysol	H	2–1	W

Season Stats

Urawa Red Diamonds		Gamba Osaka
#16	Position	#5
25	Points	28
18	Played	18
7 / 0 / 11	W / D / L	10 / 0 / 8
37	Scored	61
37	Conceded	53
+0	GD	+8
1.39	PPG	1.56
39%	Win %	56%

Key Stats

59% Both Teams to Score
H2H (22 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

14% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this season

14% Clean Sheets
Gamba Osaka this season

Urawa Red Diamonds are 16th (25 pts). Gamba Osaka are 5th (28 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Urawa Red Diamonds

0-15

1/1

16-30

4/3

31-45

4/3

46-60

–/2

61-75

2/4

76+

2/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Gamba Osaka

0-15

1/2

16-30

–/1

31-45

–/1

46-60

–/2

61-75

1/–

76+

2/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Urawa Red Diamonds

Matheus Savio	4 G
Minamino Harumi	4 G
Takuro Kaneko	1 G	5 A
Hiiro Komori	1 G

Gamba Osaka

Issam Jebali	2 G	1 A
Deniz Hummet	2 G
Shinnosuke Nakatani	1 G
Asahi Uenaka	1 G
Welton	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to Saitama Stadium 2002 that hosts another battle between Urawa Red Diamonds and Gamba Osaka.
5' Gamba Osaka come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
10' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
15' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
20' With 0 assists to his name this season, Ryosuke Yamanaka is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Gamba Osaka.
24' Gamba Osaka ring the changes. Kosuke Onose has done his job and it is now time for Yuya Fukuda to step up.
29' Shusaku Nishikawa has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
34' Shinya Yajima needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
39' The home supporters are growing impatient. Urawa Red Diamonds must find a spark to ignite this game.
44' It is a cagey affair so far. Urawa Red Diamonds in their trying to find a way past Gamba Osaka's compact .
49' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
54' Supporters expect more eagerness from Kazuki Nagasawa, as he is very good at scoring at Saitama Stadium 2002 with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
59' It looks surprising Gamba Osaka does not make any changes. Gen Shoji has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
62' Tomoaki Makino makes no mistake. The score reads 1-0 and Urawa Red Diamonds are in front.
66' Takashi Usami adds to his 0 season tally! Gamba Osaka lead 1-1 — and this changes everything.
68' Hiroki Fujiharu makes way for Shuhei Kawasaki at the 68 minute mark. A tactical switch from Gamba Osaka.
70' The Urawa Red Diamonds bench stirs into life. Leo is withdrawn and Yuki Muto gets his opportunity.
75' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Urawa Red Diamonds and Gamba Osaka are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
79' Urawa Red Diamonds manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Tomoya Ugajin is hanging Ryosuke Yamanaka on the field on 79 minute.
80' Kazuma Watanabe is replacing Takashi Usami for the Gamba Osaka side.
81' Sensational shot from Ryu Takao. Gamba Osaka is back in the lead.
85' The Urawa Red Diamonds manager makes a substitution. Kazuki Nagasawa departs to be replaced by Ewerton.
90' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
With this win, Gamba Osaka is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

14
Kenyu Sugimoto ↑ 70'
8
Ewerton ↑ 85'
3
Tomoya Ugajin ↑ 79'
31
Takuya Iwanami
39
Kosuke Taketomi ↑ 85'
9
Yuki Muto ↑ 70'
36
Zion Suzuki

Coach Takeshi Otsuki

Gamba Osaka Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

13
Shunya Suganuma
14
Yuya Fukuda ↑ 24'
39
Kazuma Watanabe ↑ 80'
26
Kohei Okuno ↑ 80'
16
Jun Ichimori
38
Shoji Toyama ↑ 80'
34
Shuhei Kawasaki ↑ 68'

Coach Tsuneyasu Miyamoto

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Kasper Junker	3
Takashi Usami	3
Alexander Scholz	2
Takahiro Sekine	2
Ademilson	2
Ataru Esaka	2
Toshiki Takahashi	1
Yuki Muto	1

Head to Head

Urawa Red Diamonds Form

2020-11-22 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–2 Gamba Osaka L 2020-11-18 Vissel Kobe 0–1 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2020-11-14 Yokohama F·Marinos 6–2 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2020-11-03 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds D 2020-10-31 Ōita FC Trinita 0–0 Urawa Red Diamonds D 2020-10-24 Urawa Red Diamonds 3–1 Cerezo Osaka FC W

Gamba Osaka Form

2020-11-22 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–2 Gamba Osaka W 2020-11-14 Gamba Osaka 0–4 Vegalta Sendai L 2020-11-11 Gamba Osaka 1–0 Vissel Kobe W 2020-11-03 Cerezo Osaka FC 1–1 Gamba Osaka D 2020-10-31 Gamba Osaka 2–1 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo W 2020-10-24 Gamba Osaka 2–1 Kashiwa Reysol W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.34 Urawa Red Diamonds xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

2.42 Gamba Osaka xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 84% + Both teams to score 81%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Urawa Red Diamonds38% Draw23% Gamba Osaka39%

Actual: Gamba Osaka win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes81% 0% No19%

Avg goals/match: 4.76

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	95%	5%
± 2.5	84%	16%
± 3.5	69%	31%
± 4.5	51%	49%

Double Chance

Urawa Red Diamonds or Draw

61%

Draw or Gamba Osaka

62%

Urawa Red Diamonds or Gamba Osaka

77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Urawa Red Diamonds32% Draw34% Gamba Osaka34%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 2

6.6%

1 – 2

Actual

2 – 1

5.7%

1 – 1

5.5%

2 – 3

5.3%

3 – 2

5.1%

1 – 3

4.6%

3 – 1

4.3%

3 – 3

4.1%

2 – 4

3.2%

4 – 2

1 – 4

2.8%

Asian Handicap — Urawa Red Diamonds

Handicap	Urawa Red Diamonds covers	Push	Gamba Osaka covers
-2.5	11%	—	89%
-2	11%	11%	77%
-1.5	23%	—	77%
-1	23%	16%	61%
-0.5	39%	—	61%
+0.5	59%	—	41%
+1	59%	16%	25%
+1.5	75%	—	25%
+2	75%	12%	13%
+2.5	87%	—	13%

Clean Sheet

Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet

10% ✓

Gamba Osaka keeps clean sheet

10% ✓

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