In this week 15 match, on Wednesday May 25th, Gamba Osaka hosts Sanfrecce Hiroshima at Nishigaoka National Stadium in a meeting of these two mismatched J-League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 26 degrees, which is great football weather. Gamba Osaka is fresh off their 1-3 loss against Cerezo Osaka. Hiroto Yamami scored the first goal for Gamba Osaka in the 33rd minute, then Adam Taggart tied it up for Cerezo Osaka in the 58th minute But luckily in the 66th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Okuno. Gamba Osaka is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while sanfrecce Hiroshima sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-1 win against Kyoto Sanga. Makoto Mitsuta scored the first goal for Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the 5th minute, then Junior Santos added another in the 26th minute. Sanfrecce Hiroshima should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Sanfrecce Hiroshima won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Kashiwa has been the most prolific scorer on Sanfrecce Hiroshima in his last five matches with 3 goals. Gamba Osaka hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Wellington Silva and Kwon Kyung-Won, and they each have 1 goal.