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Albirex Niigata v Gamba Osaka : J-League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Denka Big Swan Stadium, Niigata

Daniel Poyatos Algaba is aiming for a crucial away win in the J-League on Saturday morning, as he takes his Gamba Osaka side to the Denka Big Swan Stadium to visit Albirex Niigata and Rikizo Matsuhashi. Form, head to head (H2H) statistics, predictions and the best odds are all published below. It's our job to give you all the information you need to place a smart, well-informed bet. We're tipping , but why not take a look and see if there's another bet you prefer?

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The last Japanese J-League meeting between Albirex and Gamba Osaka was on Saturday 30th November 2024
Japanese J-League
November 30th 2024
Albirex 0
1 Gamba Osaka
 
18' K. Yamada
 
ALB
GAM
Shots On
3
4
Shots Off
4
4
Corners
10
4
Possession
50%
50%
Fouls
11
8
Yellow/red cards
2/0
 
AlbirexGamba Osaka
 
R. Kojima
M. Fitzgerald
H. Inamura
K. Hashimoto (Y. Horigome 88')
Y. Komi (K. Taniguchi 66')
M. Hasegawa
Y. Hoshi (E. Miyamoto 88')
S. Fujiwara
H. Akiyama
Y. Ono (M. Nagakura 74')
Danilo (S. Ota 66')
J. Ichimori
S. Fukuoka
S. Nakatani
R. Handa
K. Kurokawa
(R. Mito 89') football iconK. Yamada
T. Suzuki
(N. Lavi 84') D. Da Purificação Oliveira
(I. Jebali 89') I. Sakamoto
(T. Kishimoto 89') R. Yamashita
(J. Alano Nascimento 62') W. Paragua de Melo

Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Neither Albirex or Gamba Osaka are in a rich vein of form that would leave us feeling confident enough to tip a match winner, so we're going with over 1.5 goals. The stats tell us that both have a track record in this market, both individually and when facing one another head-to-head. Our predictive algorithm suggests there's a 79% chance of 2 goals or more.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 44% chance of Gamba Osaka coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Albirex
31%
6/4
2%
11/8
Draw
25%
11/521/10
3%
Gamba Osaka
44%
15/8
7%
17/10
3%
Draw 1-1
12%
5/15/1
Gamba Osaka 1-0
9%
8/1
10%
7/1
Gamba Osaka 2-1
9%
10/18/1
Albirex 1-0
8%
15/2
11%
13/2
Albirex 2-1
7%
9/115/2
Gamba Osaka 2-0
7%
12/1
13%
11/1
Draw 0-0
6%
17/2
14%
7/1
6%
Draw 2-2
6%
12/1
8%
11/1
Albirex 2-0
5%
11/1
8%
9/1
9%
Gamba Osaka 3-1
5%
22/1
10%
16/1
Gamba Osaka 3-0
4%
28/120/1
Albirex 3-1
3%
20/1
11%
14/1
Gamba Osaka 3-2
3%
33/1
17%
20/1
Albirex 3-2
2%
28/1
12%
20/1
11%
Albirex 3-0
2%
22/116/1
Over 2.5 Goals
54%
1/1
8%
19/20
5%
Under 2.5 Goals
46%
4/5
8%
8/11
4%
Home 1st Goal
46%
5/6-
Away 1st Goal
50%
6/5
5%
-
No 1st Goal
3%
17/2
14%
-
BTTS - Yes
57%
3/4
5%
4/5
4%
BTTS - No
43%
1/1
5%
19/20
3%
BTTS - Home Win
16%
4/1
5%
19/5
4%
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/3
8%
10/3
BTTS - Away Win
22%
9/217/4
5%
Home/draw
56%
2/5
3%
2/5
3%
Away/draw
69%
1/28/15
Home/away
75%
4/111/3
2%
Over 1.5 Goals
77%
3/10
4%
3/10
1%
Under 1.5 Goals
23%
12/5
9%
2/1
6%
Over 3.5 Goals
32%
5/2
8%
9/4
5%
Under 3.5 Goals
68%
2/7
3%
1/4
4%
Over 4.5 Goals
16%
6/1
17%
5/1
9%
Under 4.5 Goals
84%
1/10
2%
1/12
1%
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
14/1
15%
10/1
10%
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
1/33
1%
1/100
1%
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1/16
1%
1/20
1%
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
17/2
14%
13/2
6%
Home DNB
49%
8/11
4%
3/4
Away DNB
61%
1/1
5%
19/20
Albirex win to nil
15%
10/3
4%
-
Gamba Osaka win to nil
22%
4/1-
Albirex / Albirex
20%
3/129/10
Albirex / Gamba Osaka
3%
28/1
12%
22/1
10%
Albirex / Draw
6%
12/111/1
Draw / Albirex
14%
5/119/4
5%
Draw / Gamba Osaka
13%
11/25/1
Draw / Draw
17%
4/1
9%
18/5
4%
Gamba Osaka / Albirex
3%
25/120/1
Gamba Osaka / Gamba Osaka
18%
15/4
6%
17/5
2%
Gamba Osaka / Draw
6%
14/1
15%
11/1
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Win / draw / win J-League table

Albirex have played 36 matches so far this season and are in 16th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

28 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 13 games, drawn 7 and won 8. Albirex have conceded 46 goals, scored 33, failed to score in 8 matches and kept 6 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Albirex have played 18 games at home, winning 4, drawing 6 and losing 8 fixtures. They have scored 25 goals, conceded 32 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 4 times in home league games.

Gamba Osaka lay in 4th place on 60 points in the J-League league table having played 36 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 31 games against teams below them in the table, winning 15, drawing 9 and losing 7 games. They have scored 38 goals and kept 12 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Gamba Osaka have conceded 26 goals and have failed to score in 11 matches.

Away league performance

Gamba Osaka have played 18 away games, winning 6, drawing 8 and losing 4 games. They have scored an average of 1 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.9 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Albirex
Gamba Osaka
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Vissel Kobe3821982572 
l
 
2-3A
l
 
3-2A
w
 
2-1F
d
 
2-2A
2
Hiroshima38191182968 
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1F
w
 
3-1F
d
 
1-1F
3
Machida38199102066 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-3F
l
 
1-3F
d
 
1-1A
4
Gamba Osaka A38181281466 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
1-0A
-
-
5
Kashima38181191965 
l
 
0-4A
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-2A
d
 
0-00-0
6
Tokyo Verdy38141410056 
l
 
0-2A
d
 
2-2A
d
 
1-1F
d
 
0-00-0
7
Tokyo3815914254 
l
 
1-3A
l
 
2-0A
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-1F
8
Kawasaki38131312952 
d
 
2-2A
l
 
5-1A
w
 
3-1A
d
 
1-1F
9
Yokohama FM3815716-152 
w
 
3-1A
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
4-0F
l
 
2-0A
10
Cerezo38131312-552 
l
 
0-1A
w
 
1-2F
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
11
Nagoya3815518-350 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
3-0A
w
 
3-2A
w
 
0-1F
12
Avispa38121412-550 
l
 
1-2A
w
 
0-1F
d
 
2-2A
l
 
1-0A
13
Urawa Reds38121214448 
l
 
2-4A
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-1F
14
Kyoto Sanga38121115-1247 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-1F
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
2-2F
15
Shonan3812917-545 
w
 
3-1F
l
 
2-1F
l
 
0-1A
w
 
1-2F
16
Albirex Home38101216-1542 
-
-
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
17
Kashiwa3891415-1241 
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1A
w
 
2-1F
d
 
0-00-0
18
Jubilo Iwata3810820-2138 
d
 
2-2F
l
 
2-0A
w
 
2-1F
w
 
3-4A
19
Sapporo3891019-2337 
d
 
1-1A
w
 
0-1F
w
 
2-1A
l
 
1-0A
20
Sagan Tosu3810523-2035 
l
 
3-4A
w
 
1-2A
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-2F
Afc Champions League
Afc Champions League Qualifiers
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Albirex 17TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
5
Draw
7
Lost
8
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
6
Draw
7
Lost
7
Gamba Osaka 4TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
18
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
6
Draw
8
Lost
6
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
Draw
8
L
4
bet365
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Goal Statistics

Goals have been difficult to come by for Albirex Niigata of late. It has been 5 J-League matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.3 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Saturday morning against Gamba Osaka.

Albirex 17th Gamba Osaka 4th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.3
goals
1.6
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
28%
1
36%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 64% probability that Albirex will score no more than 1 goal
0
21%
1
33%
2
26%
3
13%
4+
There is a 79% probability that Gamba Osaka will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-6
Albirex’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-19
Gamba Osaka have scored 19% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.3
average goals scored
0.9
average goals scored
1.6
conceded
1.0
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
J-League - 2024/2024 season
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Albirex
PG (predicted goals)
Gamba Osaka
1.3
1.6
Attack rating
ALB
GAM
1%
better
view stats
Games scored27
25
Failed to score9
11
Scored first12
16
Goals scored44
45
Avg. goals scored1.2
1.3
Avg. shots per game10
10
Avg. shots per goal8
8
Conversion rate for12
13
Avg. XG for1.3
1.4
KickOff rating
+1%
Defence rating
ALB
GAM
31%
better
view stats
Games conceded29
24
Clean sheets7
12
Conceded first22
15
Goals conceded58
34
Avg. goals conceded1.6
0.9
Avg. shots/game conceded10
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
11
Conversion rate against17%
10%
Avg. XG against1.4
1.3
KickOff rating
+31%

Albirex v Gamba Osaka J-League lLine ups will show here when available.

Albirex J-League squad statistics 2024
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
371046
S FujiwaraK TaniguchiM FitzgeraldM Fitzgerald
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Kojima GLK33
1
-
S Fujiwara DEF3752
3
-
M Fitzgerald DEF3214
6
-
H Inamura DEF121
2
-
K Hashimoto DEF92
1
-
H Akiyama MID3622
1
-
Y Hoshi MID111
1
-
D Gomes MID18
1
-
M Hasegawa MID3311
1
-
Y Komi MID2924
1
-
Y Ono FWD2441
2
-
Subs
K Abe GLK5
-
F Hayakawa DEF162
2
1
Y Horigome DEF192
2
-
E Miyamoto MID2311
4
-
K Taniguchi FWD34102
-
S Ota FWD172
2
-
M Nagakura FWD3051
1
-
Gamba Osaka J-League squad statistics 2024
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
381066
J IchimoriI SakamotoWeltonWelton
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Ichimori GLK38
1
-
R Handa DEF2411
3
1
S Nakatani DEF384
2
-
S Fukuoka DEF3621
-
K Kurokawa DEF383
1
-
Dawhan MID373
4
-
T Suzuki MID372
3
-
R Yamashita MID3015
3
-
K Yamada MID2341
1
-
Welton MID3146
6
-
I Sakamoto FWD37101
1
-
Subs
M Higashiguchi GLK
-
T Kishimoto DEF2611
2
-
Y Fukuda MID71
-
R. Mito MID11
1
1
J Alano MID201
3
-
N Lavi MID21
2
-
I Jebali FWD1822
-
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