Urawa Red Diamonds vs Gamba Osaka, J. League 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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Sat 20 Apr 2024 · 07:00 UTC Saitama Stadium 2002 HT 45' · FT 45'

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

Urawa Red Diamonds 18 games · 25 pts (2026/26)
Gamba Osaka 18 games · 28 pts (2026/26)

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 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

Urawa Red Diamonds 22 games · Avg 2.4 goals Gamba Osaka

Last 5 meetings

2024-04-20 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–1 Gamba Osaka 2023-09-24 Gamba Osaka 1–3 Urawa Red Diamonds 2023-05-14 Urawa Red Diamonds 3–1 Gamba Osaka 2022-07-02 Gamba Osaka 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds 2022-02-26 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–1 Gamba Osaka

Recent Form

Urawa Red Diamonds

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
20 Apr	Gamba Osaka	H	0–1	L
12 Apr	Kashiwa Reysol	A	0–1	L
07 Apr	Sagan Tosu FC	H	3–0	W
03 Apr	FC Tōkyō	A	1–2	L
30 Mar	Avispa Fukuoka	H	2–1	W
17 Mar	Shonan Bellmare	A	4–4	D

Gamba Osaka

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
20 Apr	Urawa Red Diamonds	A	1–0	W
14 Apr	Sagan Tosu FC	H	2–1	W
10 Apr	Yokohama F·Marinos	A	0–2	L
06 Apr	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	A	0–1	L
03 Apr	Kyoto Sanga FC	H	0–0	D
30 Mar	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	A	1–1	D

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

33% Clean Sheets
Urawa Red Diamonds this season

22% 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

2/1

31-45

1/–

46-60

4/–

61-75

3/2

76+

2/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Gamba Osaka

0-15

2/1

16-30

2/–

31-45

1/4

46-60

1/1

61-75

3/2

76+

5/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' The wait is over. Gamba Osaka get us underway at Saitama Stadium 2002.
5' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Urawa Red Diamonds side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
10' Urawa Red Diamonds have won 403 goals from 439 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
15' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
20' Urawa Red Diamonds are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
25' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
30' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
35' Shu Kurata is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Gamba Osaka tonight.
40' Urawa Red Diamonds are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Gamba Osaka backline.
45' Isa Sakamoto has been relatively quiet despite scoring 13 goals in his last 403 appearances.
50' It looks like no one’s ball. Urawa Red Diamonds is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
55' Gamba Osaka fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
58' Another change for Gamba Osaka made on 58 minute. Shoji Toyama leaves to be changed by Takeru Kishimoto.
63' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
67' A tactical swap from Urawa Red Diamonds — Yusuke Matsuo on, Naoki Maeda off on 67 minutes.
72' Shinya Nakano gets the nod from Gamba Osaka. He replaces Shota Fukuoka and will look to change the dynamic.
76' A tactical swap from Urawa Red Diamonds — Yoshio Koizumi on, Tomoaki Okubo off on 76 minutes.
78' Isa Sakamoto adds to his 0 season tally! Gamba Osaka lead 0-1 — and this changes everything.
83' A change in the Urawa Red Diamonds ranks — Atsuki Ito exits the field as Shinzo Koroki enters on 83.
88' Gamba Osaka ring the changes. Welton has done his job and it is now time for Ryoya Yamashita to step up.
Urawa Red Diamonds will have plenty to reflect on. Gamba Osaka were simply the better side today.

Lineups

Urawa Red Diamonds Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

30
Shinzo Koroki ↑ 83'
24
Yusuke Matsuo ↑ 67'
8
Yoshio Koizumi ↑ 76'
20
Yota Sato ↑ 76'
25
Kaito Yasui ↑ 67'
16
Ayumi Niekawa
39
Junpei Hayakawa

Coach Per-Mathias Høgmo

Gamba Osaka Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

11
Issam Jebali
10
Shu Kurata ↑ 88'
17
Ryoya Yamashita ↑ 88'
33
Shinya Nakano ↑ 72'
15
Takeru Kishimoto ↑ 58'
31
Aolin Zhang
27
Rin Mito

Coach Dani Poyatos

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Urawa Red Diamonds Form

2024-04-20 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–1 Gamba Osaka L 2024-04-12 Kashiwa Reysol 1–0 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2024-04-07 Urawa Red Diamonds 3–0 Sagan Tosu FC W 2024-04-03 FC Tōkyō 2–1 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2024-03-30 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Avispa Fukuoka W 2024-03-17 Shonan Bellmare 4–4 Urawa Red Diamonds D

Gamba Osaka Form

2024-04-20 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–1 Gamba Osaka W 2024-04-14 Gamba Osaka 2–1 Sagan Tosu FC W 2024-04-10 Yokohama F·Marinos 2–0 Gamba Osaka L 2024-04-06 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 1–0 Gamba Osaka L 2024-04-03 Gamba Osaka 0–0 Kyoto Sanga FC D 2024-03-30 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–1 Gamba Osaka D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

2.26 Urawa Red Diamonds xG

Expected Goals

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

1.93 Gamba Osaka xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 77% + Urawa Red Diamonds or Gamba Osaka 76%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Urawa Red Diamonds43% Draw24% Gamba Osaka33%

Actual: Gamba Osaka win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes76% 0% No24%

Avg goals/match: 4.19

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	92%	8%
± 2.5	77%	23%
± 3.5	59%	41%
± 4.5	40%	60%

Double Chance

Urawa Red Diamonds or Draw

67%

Draw or Gamba Osaka

57%

Urawa Red Diamonds or Gamba Osaka

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Urawa Red Diamonds36% Draw37% Gamba Osaka27%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✗ 0–1 not predicted

0 – 1

Actual

1 – 1

7.4%

2 – 1

7.3%

2 – 2

6.9%

1 – 2

6.3%

3 – 1

5.4%

3 – 2

5.2%

2 – 3

4.4%

2 – 0

1 – 3

3 – 3

3.3%

1 – 0

3.1%

4 – 1

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Urawa Red Diamonds

Handicap	Urawa Red Diamonds covers	Push	Gamba Osaka covers
-2.5	14%	—	86%
-2	14%	14%	73%
-1.5	27%	—	73%
-1	27%	18%	55%
-0.5	45%	—	55%
+0.5	67%	—	33%
+1	67%	15%	18%
+1.5	82%	—	18%
+2	82%	10%	8%
+2.5	92%	—	8%

Clean Sheet

Urawa Red Diamonds keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

Gamba Osaka keeps clean sheet

11% ✗

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