J2-League: Albirex Niigata expected to win home against Gifu

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Date: Sat 09.November
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tohoku Denryoku Big Swan Stadium (41684 seats)

With their 25 point advantage in the league table, Albirex Niigata fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Gifu.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

Albirex Niigata are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. For Gifu most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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Albirex Niigata form and stats

Overall J2-League stats at home this season for Albirex Niigata are 10-2-7 (wins-draw-losses). There’s a good atmosphere here at Tohoku Denryoku Big Swan Stadium after three straight home wins.

In their previous game, the manager K. Yoshinaga led his Albirex Niigata to a defeat in the J2-League match away at Tochigi. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Tohoku Denryoku Big Swan Stadium. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Kyoto Sanga in a game that was won 3-1.

The Albirex Niigata fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 36 goals in 19 league matches. 21 goals have been conceded.

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Gifu form and stats

Gifu, who have the the worst goal difference (-37) in J2-League, have only collected 11 points from their away games in the J2-League, after 3-2-14 (19 played).

The manager M. Kitano was unhappy after their last game, a J2-League match played at their home ground Tohoku Denryoku Big Swan Stadium. Gifu suffered a 0-7 loss to Tokushima Vortis (placed 5th). Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Kagoshima United's place.

Gifu lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-7 beating and focus on this one.

The attacking power of Gifu when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 19 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Gifu have conceded 33 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Gifu - Albirex Niigata 1-3. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's 2 Albirex Niigata victories, 0 draws and 1 Gifu win. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 0 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Albirex NiigataLeonardo
Leonardo
27 goals
Albirex NiigataFranci
Franci
8 goals
GifuS. Kawanishi
S. Kawanishi
7 goals

Albirex Niigata missing players

Gifu missing players

Albirex Niigata Gifu
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
39 19 7 Played P 5 19 39
15 10 5 Won W 1 3 7
10 2 0 Drew D 0 2 9
14 7 2 Lost L 4 14 23
66 36 17 Scored S 5 13 31
50 21 5 Conceded C 11 33 68
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 90%
82% 84% 71% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 74% 77%
59% 58% 57% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 42% 46%
36% 37% 43% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 21% 26%
18% 16% 29% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 8%
56% 37% 29% BTTS BTTS 60% 42% 46%
26% 37% 57% Clean Sheets C S 0% 5% 15%
23% 26% 14% Failed to Score F T 40% 58% 49%
 
4.4 4.3 3.7 Corners For (avg) C F 3.6 4.3 4.1
4.8 6 6.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 7 7.1 6.3
1 1 0.6 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1.2 1.2
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
Key stats this season:
  • Albirex Niigata have scored more than double the goals of Gifu.
  • Albirex Niigata haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Gifu have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kashiwa Reysol 39 22 9 8 66 32 19 12 4 3 38 15 20 10 5 5 28 17 34 75
2 Yokohama 39 20 10 9 62 40 20 12 4 4 39 22 19 8 6 5 23 18 22 70
3 Omiya Ardija 38 19 12 7 57 38 19 12 5 2 37 18 19 7 7 5 20 20 19 69
4 Montedio Yamagata 39 19 10 10 54 33 19 11 3 5 23 10 20 8 7 5 31 23 21 67
5 Tokushima Vortis 39 19 10 10 62 43 19 11 5 3 33 19 20 8 5 7 29 24 19 67
6 Mito Hollyhock 39 17 13 9 53 36 19 9 7 3 31 17 20 8 6 6 22 19 17 64
7 Fagiano Okayama 39 18 10 11 48 44 20 11 5 4 25 20 19 7 5 7 23 24 4 64
8 Ventforet Kofu 39 17 11 11 57 39 19 7 6 6 22 18 20 10 5 5 35 21 18 62
9 Kyoto Sanga 39 17 11 11 54 43 20 10 7 3 32 18 19 7 4 8 22 25 11 62
10 Zweigen Kanazawa 39 14 14 11 54 44 19 7 9 3 25 17 20 7 5 8 29 27 10 56
11 Albirex Niigata 39 15 10 14 66 50 19 10 2 7 36 21 20 5 8 7 30 29 16 55
12 V-Varen Nagasaki 39 16 5 18 53 57 20 9 2 9 26 31 19 7 3 9 27 26 -4 53
13 Tokyo Verdy 39 13 12 14 53 56 19 8 7 4 31 25 20 5 5 10 22 31 -3 51
14 Renofa Yamaguchi 39 13 8 18 52 63 20 8 3 9 30 31 19 5 5 9 22 32 -11 47
15 Ryukyu 39 12 10 17 55 74 20 8 5 7 33 36 19 4 5 10 22 38 -19 46
16 Ehime 39 12 6 21 45 56 20 8 3 9 23 21 19 4 3 12 22 35 -11 42
17 JEF United 39 10 12 17 46 62 19 6 4 9 26 37 20 4 8 8 20 25 -16 42
18 Avispa Fukuoka 38 11 8 19 37 54 19 4 5 10 16 25 19 7 3 9 21 29 -17 41
19 Machida Zelvia 39 7 16 16 33 55 19 2 11 6 16 26 20 5 5 10 17 29 -22 37
20 Kagoshima United 39 10 7 22 39 68 20 8 2 10 22 27 19 2 5 12 17 41 -29 37
21 Tochigi 39 6 15 18 31 53 20 4 8 8 15 22 19 2 7 10 16 31 -22 33
22 Gifu 39 7 9 23 31 68 20 4 7 9 18 35 19 3 2 14 13 33 -37 30

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