Kawasaki Frontale vs Gamba Osaka, J. League 2025 REGULAR SEASON
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Match Preview
Kawasaki Frontale vs Gamba Osaka — J. League at Todoroki Athletics Stadium.
- Kawasaki Frontale 14 games · 20 pts (2026/26)
- Gamba Osaka 15 games · 25 pts (2026/26)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Kashima Antlers 14 34 2 FC Tokyo 14 32 3 Vissel Kobe 13 26 4 Gamba Osaka 15 25 5 Nagoya Grampus 14 25 6 FC Machida Zelvia 13 25 7 Tokyo Verdy 13 24 8 Cerezo Osaka FC 14 21 9 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 14 20 10 Shimizu S-Pulse 14 20 11 Kawasaki Frontale 14 20 12 Fagiano Okayama FC 14 20 13 Kyoto Sanga FC 13 19 14 Urawa Red Diamonds 14 18 15 FC Mito Holly Hock 14 18 16 Avispa Fukuoka 15 18 17 Yokohama F.Marinos 14 16 18 V-Varen Nagasaki 14 16 19 Kashiwa Reysol 14 11 20 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 14 9 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 25 May Gamba Osaka H 2–2 D 21 May Urawa Red Diamonds H 2–2 D 18 May Cerezo Osaka FC H 2–0 W 14 May Yokohama FC H 2–1 W 11 May Kashima Antlers A 1–2 L 20 Apr Tokyo Verdy H 0–0 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 25 May Kawasaki Frontale A 2–2 D 17 May Vissel Kobe A 2–3 L 11 May Sanfrecce Hiroshima H 0–1 L 06 May Urawa Red Diamonds A 1–0 W 03 May Shonan Bellmare H 4–0 W 29 Apr Kyoto Sanga FC H 2–1 W Season Stats
Kawasaki Frontale Gamba Osaka #11 Position #4 20 Points 25 14 Played 15 7 / 0 / 7 W / D / L 9 / 0 / 6 29 Scored 58 34 Conceded 49 -5 GD +9 1.43 PPG 1.67 50% Win % 60% Key Stats
55% Both Teams to Score
H2H (22 games)55% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history7% Clean Sheets
Kawasaki Frontale this season27% Clean Sheets
Gamba Osaka this seasonKawasaki Frontale are 11th (20 pts). Gamba Osaka are 4th (25 pts).
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Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Kawasaki Frontale is hosting Gamba Osaka for another epic battle.
- 5' The travelling Gamba Osaka supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 10' It looks surprising Gamba Osaka does not make any changes. Marcinho has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 15' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 20' Louis Thebault-Yamaguchi has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 14 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 25' It’s high time Dani Poyatos made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 30' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 32' Kawasaki Frontale is taking the lead after the goal scored by Marcinho on 32.
- 37' Supporters expect more eagerness from Tokuma Suzuki, as he is very good at scoring at Todoroki Athletics Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 42' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Gamba Osaka that had 383 games and scored 365 goals.
- 47' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Kawasaki Frontale needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 52' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 52 minutes.
- 53' Goal! Takashi Usami scores his 43 goal in 300 matches.
- 57' Kawasaki Frontale manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Yusuke Segawa is hanging Marcinho on the field on 57 minute.
- 60' GOAL! Ryoya Yamashita scores on 60. Assisted by Takashi Usami
- 65' Gamba Osaka is showing some good football. However, Gamba Osaka are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 70' It looks like no one’s ball. Gamba Osaka is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 71' Kawasaki Frontale manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Yuto Ozeki is hanging So Kawahara on the field on 71 minute.
- 76' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 78' Another change for Gamba Osaka made on 78 minute. Neta Lavi leaves to be changed by Shu Kurata.
- 79' What a strike from Tatsuya Ito! The score is 2-2.
- 84' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 86' Welton is replacing Juan Alano for the Gamba Osaka side.
- 87' The referee calls foul for Ryoya Yamashita. He receives a card.
- 90' It’s a booking for Gamba Osaka player. Shinnosuke Nakatani gets a card.
- 90' The supporters are chanting for Kento Tachibanada. He replaces Yuki Yamamoto on 90 minute.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-2.
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Kawasaki Frontale
Starting XI-
11
Yu Kobayashi ↓ Shin Yamada 57'
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41
Akihiro Ienaga ↓ Tatsuya Ito 57'
- 14
- 35
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23
Marcinho ↓ Yusuke Segawa 57'
- 31
- 6
- 5
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19
So Kawahara ↓ Yuto Ozeki 71'
- 2
- 98
Bench-
17
Tatsuya Ito ↑ 57'
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18
Yusuke Segawa ↑ 57'
- 44
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8
Kento Tachibanada ↑ 90'
- 15
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20
Shin Yamada ↑ 57'
- 1
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16
Yuto Ozeki ↑ 71'
- 38
Coach Shigetoshi HasebeGamba Osaka
Starting XI-
7
Takashi Usami ↓ Deniz Hummet 78'
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47
Juan Alano ↓ Welton 86'
- 20
- 4
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6
Neta Lavi ↓ Shu Kurata 78'
- 22
- 17
- 2
- 16
- 51
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3
Riku Handa ↓ Shinya Nakano 90'
Bench- 1
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10
Shu Kurata ↑ 78'
- 24
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33
Shinya Nakano ↑ 90'
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15
Takeru Kishimoto ↑ 90'
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97
Welton ↑ 86'
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23
Deniz Hummet ↑ 78'
- 42
- 38
Coach Dani Poyatos -
11
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Head to Head
Kawasaki Frontale Form