Things hardly could line up better for Gamba Osaka.
The hosts won 2-0 in their visit to Urawa Red Diamonds last Saturday, which reduce the gap between these two teams to only two points.
This was followed by impressive 5-2 victory over Shimizu at the semi-finals of Emperors Cup on Wednesday and now this team is good position to make a remarkable treble at the end of this season.
The fact, that Gamba Osaka is in a good shape is obvious and my expectations for this match are strengthened by the fact, that the hosts will have almost full squad for this game, as only Takahiro Futagawa (m / 19+1) is unavailable due to injury.
Kobe is in the middle of the standings and after two defeats against Tosu (1-2 / away) and Yokohama (1-2 / at home) in the last two rounds, it seems, that this team already expects end of the season.
Gamba Osaka will hardly make mistake in that game.
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