Gamba Osaka vs Nam Dinh Green Steel Prediction, 5:00 p.m. October 22: Difficult for guests

TPO - Football analysis Gamba Osaka vs. Thep Xanh Nam Dinh, round 3 AFC Champions League Two 2025/26 at 5:00 p.m. on October 22 - information on force, expected lineup, performance, history of confrontation. Although declining in LPBank V.League, but Thep Xanh Nam Dinh is unlikely to find joy on the continental front because Gamba Osaka is a superior opponent in terms of class, and plays at home.

Pre-match comments Gamba Osaka vs Nam Dinh Blue Steel

The recent defeat against Becamex TP.HCM caused Nam Dinh Blue Steel to extend their winless streak at LPBank V.League 2025/26 to 4 matches, including 3 consecutive defeats. Now, coach Vu Hong Viet's team has dropped to 10th place and is 10 points behind the top team Ninh Binh FC.

This disappointing performance is partly due to the fact that Nam Dinh Blue Steel has participated in too many different competitions, and the squad has also been constantly changed. This has made the cohesion not guaranteed, not to mention some players not playing regularly. Like in the previous match at AFC Champions League Two against Eastern of Hong Kong (China), although they fielded a squad of 11 foreign players, coach Vu Hong Viet and his team had a hard time winning 1-0.

This time, when playing away at Gamba Osaka, it is likely that Nam Dinh Blue Steel will play with all foreign players. However, finding victory against the team that won the AFC Champions League Elite (2008) and twice won the J League 1 (2005, 2014) is a very difficult task. Before the match, captain Lucas Alves also admitted that "the teams from J League are all very strong, Gamba Osaka is no exception", and "it will not be easy but Nam Dinh Blue Steel will play their best".

Form, head-to-head history Gamba Osaka vs Nam Dinh Blue Steel

Gamba Osaka and Nam Dinh Blue Steel both won the first two matches to have 6 points, making today's match the "final" of the group to determine the top position. Recently in the J League, Gamba Osaka suffered a heavy 0-5 defeat against Kashiwa Reysol. However, maybe because they no longer have the goal of competing for high rankings, they are focusing on the AFC Champions League Two front. And this is not good news for Nam Dinh Blue Steel.

As for the team from Thanh Nam, their performance is not very impressive when they only won 3 victories (all in the international arena against opponents rated lower) in the last 7 matches. Besides, before the victory over Eastern, coach Vu Hong Viet's team did not win in the last 3 away matches (lost 2, drew 1).

Team information Gamba Osaka vs Nam Dinh Green Steel

Gamba Osaka will certainly have their best players for this match, and coach Vu Hong Viet said the Japanese team “has a very impressive midfield with two extremely high-quality central midfielders”. “In addition, in attack, they have a domestic striker wearing the number 7 shirt who is also very dangerous. Those are the names we need to pay attention to in this match”, he said.

On the side of Nam Dinh Steel Blue, Caique has a solid position in goal while Lucao continues to command the defense. Above will be Caio Cesar, Hansen, Dijks and the attack line includes Brenner, Percy Tau.

Expected lineup Gamba Osaka vs Nam Dinh Green Steel

Gamba Osaka: Higashiguchi, Kurokawa, Nakatani, Miura, Handa, Mito, Suzuki, Yamashita, Usami, Okunuki, Hummet

Nam Dinh Green Steel: Caique, Pham Ba, Walber, Lucao, Dijks, Brenner, Romulo, Caio, Hansen, Tau, Eid Mahmoud

Score prediction Gamba Osaka 2-1 Nam Dinh Blue Steel

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