Gamba Osaka will welcome Kashima Antlers in the last round of the YBC Levain Cup. Kashima tops the group with ten points from five matches, but is tied with Cerezo Osaka who only has a worse goal difference. Gamba is out of the race for the second place, and will go easier into this game as they also have a league campaign to worry about. Meanwhile, Kashima hopes to finish first-placed, and is going strong into this meeting.

Gamba is coming from a 1-0 away win over Kashiwa Reysol, the guests' second consecutive victory this month. The hosts arrive at the duel after a dominant 4-1 triumph vs. Sapporo, continuing their phenomenal form. Kashima is sitting in first place in the Japanese top division, currently in a close title race with Kawasaki Frontale. Manager Rene Weiler is doing a great job with his squad, winning four of the team's previous five games. Antlers have lost on just one visit since October last year, being a very tough guest to face. In this duel, the guests will start without Everaldo, while Osaka has more injury trouble than their opponent, missing Takashi Usami, Masaaki Higashiguchi, and Shu Kurata.

These two teams already met in this stadium in 2022. Kashima took the three points home in a 3-1 win, while also defeating Gamba on their ground in March, as the duel ended 4-1. They are on a four-game winning streak vs. Gamba Osaka, while losing just once to them since 2016.

Osaka has been nothing more than decent this year, currently tenth in the league, while winning only four of their thirteen matches. The hosts conceded the same amount of goals they scored, fifteen, meaning they failed to impress both offensively and defensively so far. It will be a hard job for Tomohiro Katanosaka's men here, and honestly, I cannot see them taking more than a point in this game. Good luck!

大阪钢巴将在联赛杯的最后一轮迎战鹿岛鹿角队。鹿岛在五场比赛中以 10 分位居小组第一，但与净胜球差的大阪樱花并列。大阪钢巴已经退出了第二名争夺比赛，他们还有联赛需要分心。与此同时，鹿岛希望以第一名的成绩完赛，并在这次比赛中表现出色。

钢巴客场1-0战胜太阳神，这是客队本月连续第二场胜利。主队在以 4-1 战胜札幌之后进入决斗，继续他们的惊人状态。鹿岛在日本顶级联赛中排名第一，目前正在与川崎前锋争夺冠军。主教练雷内·韦勒在球队中的表现非常出色，在球队前五场比赛中赢了四场。自去年 10 月以来，鹿角仅在一次访问中就输了，这是一个非常难对付的客人。在这场对决中，客队们将缺少Everaldo，而大阪的伤病麻烦比他们的对手多，缺少了宇佐美隆、东口雅明和仓田修。

这两支球队已经在今年在这个体育场相遇。鹿岛以 3-1 的比分将三分带回家，同时也在 3 月在主场击败了钢巴，比赛以 4-1 结束。他们在对阵大阪钢巴的比赛中取得了四连胜，而自 2016 年以来只输给了他们一次。

大阪今年的表现也不错，目前在联赛中排名第十，而在他们的 13 场比赛中只赢了 4 场。主队丢了同样多的球，15个，这意味着他们到目前为止在进攻和防守上都没有给人留下深刻的印象。这对 Tomohiro Katanosaka 的队员来说将是一项艰巨的工作。我不认为大阪能够至少拿到1分。祝好运！

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After the best season in the club's history, Vissel Kobe is having another poor start to the campaign. Kobe finished third-placed last year, surpassing everyone's expectations. However, they are in danger of relegation in 2022, sitting in seventeenth place, tied in points with the worst side in the league, Shonan. This side will welcome Kawasaki Frontale, the defending champions in the top flight who have been the most dominant side in Japan for the previous five years. Frontale has won four of the last five campaigns of the Japanese first division, and is currently in the race with Kashima for another league title.

Kobe is led by a Barcelona legend Andreas Iniesta, who is, however, playing way worse than he did in his best years. A thirty-eight-year-old midfielder is the team's top scorer this year, with just two goals and two assists to his name. This just shows how poor Kobe has been playing in 2022, scoring only nine goals after twelve matches, and earning seven points. The hosts will miss Sergi Samper, Noriaki Fujimoto, and Daiju Sasaki ahead of the upcoming duel.

On the other side, the guests are without Kyohei Noborizato, Chanathip Songkrasin, Ryota Oshima, and Jesiel. Kawasaki is coming from a 2-0 victory over Avispa Fukuoka, which extends the club's winning streak to three games. The last clash between these two teams resulted in a 3-1 win for Kawasaki, who are unbeaten in their last five matches vs. Kobe. Manager Toru Oniki is certainly doing a phenomenal job with this squad, leading the famous "Azzurro Nero" since 2017.

Meanwhile, the hosts are yet to play well under their new head coach Miguel Angel Lotina, who has failed to repeat the club's success from the last season.

I expect the guests to win, considering the hosts' awful shape. Good luck!

在经历了俱乐部历史上最好的一个赛季之后，神户胜利船又一次糟糕的开局。科比去年获得第三名，超出了所有人的预期。然而，他们在2022年面临降级的危险，排在第17位，与联赛最差的湘南队并列积分。这支球队将欢迎川崎前锋，他们是顶级联赛的卫冕冠军，过去五年一直是日本最具统治力的球队。前锋在日本甲级联赛的最后五场比赛中赢得了四场，目前正在与鹿岛争夺另一个联赛冠军。

神户由巴塞罗那传奇人物安德烈亚斯·伊涅斯塔领导，然而，他的表现比他最好的时候更糟糕。一名三十八岁的中场球员是球队今年的最佳射手，他的名字只有两个进球和两次助攻。这恰恰说明了科比在2022年的表现有多差，12场比赛只打进9球，拿到7分。主队在即将到来的决斗之前，将会缺少 Sergi Samper、Noriaki Fujimoto 和 Daiju Sasaki。

另一方面，客队会缺少 Kyohei Noborizato、Chanathip Songkrasin、Ryota Oshima 和 Jesiel。川崎以 2-0 战胜福冈 Avispa，将俱乐部的连胜纪录扩大到三场。这两支球队的最后一次交锋以 3-1 战胜了川崎，他们在最近五场对阵神户的比赛中保持不败。教练Toru Oniki 无疑在这支球队中做得非常出色，自 2017 年以来一直领导着球队。

与此同时，主队在新任主教练米格尔·安吉尔·洛蒂纳的带领下还没有表现出色，后者未能重现俱乐部上赛季的成功。

考虑到主队糟糕的状态，我希望客队能赢。祝好运！