On Sat Oct 8th, Gamba Osaka and Yokohama F. Marinos will play a match in Yokohama in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched J-League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, 1st placed Yokohama F. Marinos, recorded a 4-0 shutout win against Nagoya Grampus. Kota Mizunuma struck first for Yokohama F. Marinos in the 16th minute on a feed from Katsuya Nagato, then Kota Mizunuma added another in the 46th minute on a feed from Takuya Kida At the end of 90 a dissapointed Nagoya Grampus couldn’t manage to score, and Yokohama F. Marinos took the shutout win. Yokohama F. Marinos should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches, while 17th placed Gamba Osaka is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Kashiwa Reysol. Neither Gamba Osaka nor Kashiwa Reysol could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 10 and 14 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10.
In their last match together, in Nishigaoka National Stadium, Yokohama F. Marinos took the match by a score of 2 to 1. Dawhan struck first for Gamba Osaka in the 7th minute, then in the 56th minute, Watanabe sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Takuma Nishimura But luckily in the 61st minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Kota Mizunuma.
Patric and Leandro Pereira are the top scorers for Gamba Osaka in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. For Yokohama F. Marinos, their top scorers are Anderson Lopes and Kota Mizunuma, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches.