August 27th features a match where Gamba Osaka and Nagoya Grampus will play a match in Nagoya in a clash of the J-League. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 23 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, 10th placed Nagoya Grampus, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Júbilo Iwata. Mateus struck first for Nagoya Grampus in the 19th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Júbilo Iwata couldn’t manage to score, and Nagoya Grampus took the shutout win. Nagoya Grampus is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while 17th placed Gamba Osaka is fresh off their 2-5 loss against Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Leandro Pereira struck first for Gamba Osaka in the 2nd minute, then Nassim Ben Khalifa tied it up for Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the 11th minute on a feed from Mitsuta Finally they completed the comback in the 76th minute on a goal by Nassim Ben Khalifa to cap off a wild match. Gamba Osaka looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10.
On Apr 2nd, Gamba Osaka hosted Nagoya Grampus at the Nishigaoka National Stadium in their last match together. Gamba Osaka was victorious by a score of 3 to 1. Patric scored the first goal for Gamba Osaka in the 26th minute, then Miyahara added another on an own goal in the 54th minute.
Gamba Osaka is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Kwon Kyung-Won and Ryotaro Meshino each only have 1 goal in their last five. Nagoya Grampus’s most prolific scorer has been Mateus. The Brazilian attacker has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches.