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Gamba Osaka v Kashima Antlers : J-League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 31st May, 10:00 BST, Suita City Football Stadium, Suita

Saturday morning at the Suita City Football Stadium, and it’s a J-League showdown between Gamba Osaka and Kashima Antlers. Daniel Poyatos Algaba and Toru Oniki going all-out to guide their side to the win. Team form, head to head (H2H) statistics, predictions and odds from leading bookmakers are all shown below. Helping our users place smart bets is what we do best. We're tipping under 3.5 goals, but why not flip through the tabs and find the one you like best?


Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

There is 75% chance of Gamba Osaka and Kashima a maximum of 3 goals combined during this J-League game according to our predictive algorithm and, without a strong favourite in the WDW market, we think that's where the smart money should go. Calculations are made based on latest form, historical head-to-head (H2H) statistics and the view of the betting market, and you can get it at top odds of 1.29.

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Over / Under 3.5 Goals
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Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
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If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Gamba Osaka are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 39% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.40.

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Gamba Osaka
39%
7/5-
Draw
27%
12/5-
Kashima
34%
9/5-
Draw 1-1
13%
11/2-
Gamba Osaka 1-0
11%
7/1-
Kashima 1-0
10%
8/1-
Gamba Osaka 2-1
8%
17/2-
Draw 0-0
8%
9/1-
Kashima 2-1
8%
10/1-
Gamba Osaka 2-0
7%
11/1-
Kashima 2-0
6%
14/1-
Draw 2-2
5%
14/1-
Gamba Osaka 3-1
4%
18/1-
Kashima 3-1
3%
22/1-
Gamba Osaka 3-0
3%
22/1-
Kashima 3-0
2%
28/1-
Gamba Osaka 3-2
2%
28/1-
Kashima 3-2
2%
33/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
47%
1/1-
Under 2.5 Goals
53%
4/5-
Home 1st Goal
49%
4/5-
Away 1st Goal
47%
6/5-
No 1st Goal
5%
9/1-
BTTS - Yes
52%
4/5-
BTTS - No
48%
19/20-
BTTS - Home Win
18%
4/1-
BTTS - Draw
19%
7/2-
BTTS - Away Win
15%
9/2-
Home/draw
66%
2/5-
Away/draw
61%
8/15-
Home/away
73%
3/10-
Over 1.5 Goals
72%
3/10-
Under 1.5 Goals
28%
12/5-
Over 3.5 Goals
25%
5/2-
Under 3.5 Goals
75%
2/7-
Over 4.5 Goals
11%
6/1-
Under 4.5 Goals
89%
1/10-
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
14/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
1/33-
Over 0.5 Goals
92%
1/16-
Under 0.5 Goals
8%
9/1-
Home DNB
58%
8/11-
Away DNB
53%
1/1-
Gamba Osaka win to nil
22%
3/1-
Kashima win to nil
19%
4/1-
Gamba Osaka / Gamba Osaka
21%
3/1-
Gamba Osaka / Kashima
3%
28/1-
Gamba Osaka / Draw
6%
12/1-
Draw / Gamba Osaka
14%
5/1-
Draw / Kashima
13%
11/2-
Draw / Draw
17%
4/1-
Kashima / Gamba Osaka
3%
25/1-
Kashima / Kashima
18%
15/4-
Kashima / Draw
6%
14/1-
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Win / draw / win J-League table

Gamba Osaka have played 18 matches so far this season and are in 11th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

9 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 5 games, drawn 1 and won 3. Gamba Osaka have conceded 14 goals, scored 10, failed to score in 3 matches and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Gamba Osaka have played 8 games at home, winning 5, drawing 0 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 13 goals, conceded 9 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 2 times in home league games.

Kashima lay in 1st place on 37 points in the J-League league table having played 18 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 18 games against teams below them in the table, winning 12, drawing 1 and losing 5 games. They have scored 28 goals and kept 8 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Kashima have conceded 15 goals and have failed to score in 3 matches.

Away league performance

Kashima have played 8 away games, winning 4, drawing 0 and losing 4 games. They have scored an average of 1.3 goals per away game and conceded an average 1 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Gamba Osaka
Kashima
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Kashima Away1812151337 
May 31
Oct 4
-
-
2
Kashiwa18972734 
Oct 18
l
 
1-0A
Jul 20
w
 
1-3F
3
Hiroshima171025732 
l
 
0-1A
Aug 16
Jun 14
l
 
1-0A
4
Kyoto Sanga19946531 
w
 
2-1F
Jun 28
l
 
3-4F
Oct 25
5
Urawa Reds19865530 
Sep 13
w
 
0-1F
d
 
1-1A
Sep 20
6
Vissel Kobe17836227 
Nov 8
l
 
3-2A
w
 
1-0F
Oct 18
7
Kawasaki176831026 
Jul 20
d
 
2-2A
w
 
2-1A
Jul 5
8
Cerezo18747225 
l
 
2-5A
Jul 5
Sep 23
l
 
1-0A
9
Shimizu18747225 
w
 
1-0F
Jun 15
w
 
1-0F
Aug 31
10
Machida18747225 
l
 
0-1A
Aug 20
w
 
1-0F
Jun 21
11
Gamba Osaka H18738-324 
-
-
Oct 4
May 31
12
Fagiano18657-123 
Aug 10
l
 
2-0A
Jun 28
w
 
1-2A
13
Tokyo Verdy18657-523 
Dec 6
w
 
0-1F
w
 
4-0F
Nov 30
14
Avispa18648-422 
w
 
2-1F
Nov 30
Aug 16
w
 
0-1F
15
Shonan18639-921 
w
 
4-0F
Aug 31
Sep 13
l
 
1-0A
16
Nagoya18558-520 
w
 
2-0F
Oct 25
w
 
1-0F
Sep 27
17
Tokyo17548-619 
Jun 22
l
 
3-0A
w
 
2-0F
Aug 10
18
Yokohama18549-619 
Aug 23
d
 
1-1A
Nov 8
w
 
0-3F
19
Albirex17377-516 
Sep 27
d
 
3-3A
w
 
2-1F
Aug 23
20
Yokohama FM172510-1111 
Sep 23
l
 
2-0A
Dec 6
l
 
3-1A
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Win / draw / win form
Gamba Osaka 10TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
11
D
3
Lost
6
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Gamba Osaka0 - 1Hiroshima
Gamba Osaka4 - 0Shonan
Gamba Osaka2 - 1Kyoto Sanga
Gamba Osaka2 - 0Nagoya
Gamba Osaka0 - 1Machida
Gamba Osaka1 - 0Shimizu
Gamba Osaka2 - 1Avispa
Gamba Osaka2 - 5Cerezo
Gamba Osaka3 - 1Hiroshima
Gamba Osaka3 - 2Nagoya
Gamba Osaka2 - 1Sapporo
Gamba Osaka1 - 1Tokyo Verdy
Gamba Osaka0 - 1Urawa Reds
Gamba Osaka2 - 2Avispa
Gamba Osaka0 - 0Tokyo
Gamba Osaka0 - 1Shonan
Gamba Osaka4 - 0Yokohama FM
Gamba Osaka1 - 3Machida
Gamba Osaka2 - 1Vissel Kobe
Gamba Osaka2 - 1Kashiwa
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
10
D
2
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AGamba Osaka2 - 3Vissel Kobe
HGamba Osaka0 - 1Hiroshima
AGamba Osaka1 - 0Urawa Reds
HGamba Osaka4 - 0Shonan
HGamba Osaka2 - 1Kyoto Sanga
AGamba Osaka0 - 3Tokyo
AGamba Osaka1 - 1Yokohama
HGamba Osaka2 - 0Nagoya
AGamba Osaka0 - 1Kashiwa
HGamba Osaka0 - 1Machida
AGamba Osaka3 - 3Albirex
AGamba Osaka0 - 2Yokohama FM
HGamba Osaka1 - 0Shimizu
AGamba Osaka1 - 0Tokyo Verdy
AGamba Osaka0 - 2Fagiano
HGamba Osaka2 - 1Avispa
HGamba Osaka2 - 5Cerezo
HGamba Osaka3 - 1Hiroshima
AGamba Osaka1 - 0Albirex
AGamba Osaka4 - 3Jubilo Iwata
Kashima 1ST
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
34
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
10
D
2
Lost
8
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Avispa0 - 1Kashima
Yokohama0 - 3Kashima
Fagiano1 - 2Kashima
Cerezo1 - 0Kashima
Hiroshima1 - 0Kashima
Kashiwa1 - 3Kashima
Shonan1 - 0Kashima
Cerezo0 - 2Kashima
Kyoto Sanga0 - 0Kashima
Kawasaki1 - 3Kashima
Albirex0 - 4Kashima
Shonan3 - 2Kashima
Tokyo Verdy2 - 1Kashima
Jubilo Iwata2 - 1Kashima
Yokohama FM4 - 1Kashima
Vissel Kobe3 - 1Kashima
Urawa Reds2 - 2Kashima
Sapporo0 - 3Kashima
Hiroshima1 - 3Kashima
Kashiwa1 - 2Kashima
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
13
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
14
D
2
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HKashima1 - 0Shimizu
HKashima2 - 1Kawasaki
AKashima1 - 0Avispa
HKashima1 - 0Machida
AKashima3 - 0Yokohama
HKashima1 - 0Nagoya
AKashima2 - 1Fagiano
AKashima0 - 1Cerezo
HKashima3 - 4Kyoto Sanga
AKashima0 - 1Hiroshima
HKashima1 - 0Vissel Kobe
HKashima1 - 1Urawa Reds
AKashima3 - 1Kashiwa
HKashima2 - 0Tokyo
HKashima2 - 1Albirex
HKashima4 - 0Tokyo Verdy
AKashima0 - 1Shonan
HKashima3 - 1Machida
AKashima2 - 0Cerezo
AKashima0 - 0Kyoto Sanga
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Gamba Osaka since 2018
Gamba Osaka
Kashima
Goals: Scored
8
9
Games: Scored
6 / 7
6 / 7
Clean sheets
1 / 7
1 / 7
GAM
2
D
2
KAS
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Gamba Osaka
1 - 2Kashima
Gamba Osaka2 - 1
1 - 3Kashima
0 - 1Kashima
Gamba Osaka2 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
League games at Kashima since 2018
Kashima
Gamba Osaka
Goals: Scored
11
4
Games: Scored
5 / 7
3 / 7
Clean sheets
4 / 7
2 / 7
D
4
KAS
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Kashima
Draw0 - 0Draw
Kashima4 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Kashima3 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
Kashima1 - 0
Goal Statistics

Kashima Antlers's defensive record is very strong, Toru Oniki's men having conceded 1 or less in 8 consecutive J-League matches. An average PG rating of 1.3 for Gamba Osaka makes sense in this context.

Gamba Osaka 10th Kashima 1st
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.3
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
27%
1
35%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 62% probability that Gamba Osaka will score no more than 1 goal
0
30%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 66% probability that Kashima will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+22
Gamba Osaka have scored 22% more goals at home than predicted
+36
Kashima have scored 36% more goals when away than predicted
1.7
average goals scored
1.7
average goals scored
1.2
conceded
1.2
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
J-League - 2025/2025 season
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Gamba Osaka
PG (predicted goals)
Kashima
1.3
1.2
Attack rating
GAM
KAS
25%
better
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Games scored11
14
Failed to score6
3
Scored first7
11
Goals scored21
27
Avg. goals scored1.2
1.6
Avg. shots per game9
8
Avg. shots per goal7
5
Conversion rate for14
20
Avg. XG for1.4
1.2
KickOff rating
+25%
Defence rating
GAM
KAS
35%
better
view stats
Games conceded12
9
Clean sheets5
8
Conceded first10
6
Goals conceded24
12
Avg. goals conceded1.4
0.7
Avg. shots/game conceded9
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
12
Conversion rate against15%
8%
Avg. XG against1.3
1.2
KickOff rating
+35%

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Gamba Osaka J-League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
17464
J IchimoriI JebaliJ AlanoT Suzuki
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Ichimori GLK171
1
-
K Kurokawa DEF1721
-
R Handa DEF172
-
S Kurata MID173
1
-
T Suzuki MID16
3
1
S Fukuoka DEF15
-
I Jebali FWD1542
3
-
S Nakatani DEF141
1
-
R Yamashita FWD144
1
-
T Usami FWD1321
1
-
T Kishimoto DEF122
-
J Alano MID126
-
N Lavi MID1111
1
-
R. Mito MID11
-
H Minamino FWD9
-
S Sasaki DEF6
-
Y Egawa DEF5
1
-
S Toyama FWD5
-
S Nakano DEF4
-
R Meshino FWD41
-
G. Nawata FWD3
-
K Okunuki FWD11
-
Welton FWD1
-
Kashima J-League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
17943
T HayakawaL CearáK AnzaiY Matsumura
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T Hayakawa GLK171
1
-
K Anzai DEF174
1
-
N Ueda DEF173
-
Y Matsumura MID171
3
-
Y Suzuki FWD1753
1
-
I Sekigawa DEF14
-
K Chinen MID132
1
-
Y Funabashi MID131
-
Y Higuchi MID131
1
-
L Ceará FWD139
2
-
R Koike DEF1212
2
-
G Shibasaki MID12
1
-
A Cavric FWD1223
2
-
S Morooka FWD112
1
-
K Tagawa FWD112
-
K Tae-Hyeon DEF10
2
-
R Araki MID10
-
K. Nono DEF91
2
-
K Misao MID9
-
K Tsukui DEF71
1
-
Talles MID61
-
H. Tokuda FWD5
-
S Mizoguchi DEF2
-
M. Sato DEF2
-