About Match
Sanfrecce Hiroshima, 3rd with 17 points, sit 17 points above Gamba Osaka (10th, 0). Three points here take Sanfrecce Hiroshima to 20 and up to 1st, assuming other results stand.
The five-game form split reads 10/15 points for Sanfrecce Hiroshima against 4/15 for Gamba Osaka.
12 meetings are on record — 5 won by Sanfrecce Hiroshima, 4 by Gamba Osaka, 3 drawn, at 3.17 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 33% of meetings won. Both teams scored in 67% of the meetings. The fixture has tightened lately: 1.6 goals per game over the last five meetings, down from 3.17 all-time.
EDION Stadium in Hiroshima stages the fixture, a ground that holds 50,000.