Gifu fights Albirex Niigata in J2-League battle

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Date: Sat 08.June
Match begins: 06:00 (UTC)

An important duel in the bottom section of the league table, with both teams experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 22nd and the visitors in 15th place.

Gifu and Albirex Niigata should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Gifu form and stats

Gifu have collected 11 points from their home games so far after 3-2-4. It's trouble wherever Gifu are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Gifu, their manager T. Oki and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

In their previous game, the manager T. Oki led his Gifu to a defeat in the J2-League match away at Kashiwa Reysol. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. Preceding that match was the home game against Machida Zelvia that was lost 1-2.

Gifu are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 10 goals in 9 matches. 13 goals have been conceded.

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Albirex Niigata form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 2 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. With the Albirex Niigata losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Albirex Niigata are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

The manager K. Yoshinaga was unhappy after their last game, a J2-League match played at their home ground. Albirex Niigata suffered a 0-2 loss to Ventforet Kofu. Prior to that match, the Albirex Niigata manager K. Yoshinaga faced defeat when travelling to Ryūkyū and losing 1-2.

Albirex Niigata find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 13 goals from 9 away fixtures. Albirex Niigata have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Gifu 1 win, 0 draws and Albirex Niigata 1 victory. As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 0 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Leonardo
5 goals
R. Watanabe
4 goals
R. Maeda
3 goals

Gifu missing players

Albirex Niigata missing players

Gifu Albirex Niigata
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs low Away Total
16 9 1 Played 1 9 16
3 3 0 Won 0 2 4
3 2 1 Drew 0 4 5
10 4 0 Lost 1 3 7
12 10 0 Scored 0 13 20
27 13 0 Conceded 1 12 21
94% 89% 0% Over 0.5 100% 78% 88%
75% 78% 0% Over 1.5 0% 67% 62%
38% 56% 0% Over 2.5 0% 56% 44%
19% 22% 0% Over 3.5 0% 33% 31%
12% 11% 0% Over 4.5 0% 33% 25%
44% 56% 0% BTTS 0% 67% 50%
12% 22% 100% Clean Sheets 0% 22% 25%
50% 33% 100% Failed To Score 100% 33% 38%
 
4.4 4.3 4 Corners For (avg) 4 3.9 4.1
6.4 6.1 7 Corners Against (avg) 3 2.9 3.9
1.1 0.8 1 Yellow Cards (avg) 2 1 0.9
1 1 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Albirex Niigata have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Gifu have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Gifu have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Gifu
All Emperor Cup J2-League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
05-05-19 J2 Gifu 2 - 1 Ryūkyū
12-05-19 J2 Gifu 2 - 3 Zweigen Kanazawa
19-05-19 J2 JEF United 5 - 1 Gifu
26-05-19 J2 Gifu 1 - 2 Machida Zelvia
01-06-19 J2 Kashiwa Reysol 1 - 0 Gifu
08-06-19 J2 Gifu 06:00 Albirex Niigata
15-06-19 J2 Omiya Ardija 09:00 Gifu
22-06-19 J2 Renofa Yamaguchi 10:00 Gifu
30-06-19 J2 Gifu 09:00 Tokyo Verdy
03-07-19 EC Ventforet Kofu 10:00 Gifu
Albirex Niigata
All Emperor Cup Nabisco Cup J2-League Club Friendlies J-League
All Home Away
04-05-19 J2 Albirex Niigata 2 - 0 Renofa Yamaguchi
11-05-19 J2 V-Varen Nagasaki 3 - 2 Albirex Niigata
18-05-19 J2 Albirex Niigata 2 - 3 Ehime
25-05-19 J2 Ryūkyū 2 - 1 Albirex Niigata
01-06-19 J2 Albirex Niigata 0 - 2 Ventforet Kofu
08-06-19 J2 Gifu 06:00 Albirex Niigata
15-06-19 J2 Albirex Niigata 10:00 Tochigi
22-06-19 J2 Zweigen Kanazawa 09:00 Albirex Niigata
29-06-19 J2 Kagoshima United 10:00 Albirex Niigata
03-07-19 EC Zweigen Kanazawa 10:00 Albirex Niigata

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Mito Hollyhock 16 8 6 2 15 6 7 2 4 1 6 3 9 6 2 1 9 3 9 30
2 Ventforet Kofu 16 8 5 3 24 12 7 4 1 2 10 6 9 4 4 1 14 6 12 29
3 Montedio Yamagata 15 8 5 2 18 9 7 4 2 1 8 4 8 4 3 1 10 5 9 29
4 Omiya Ardija 15 7 6 2 18 12 7 3 3 1 10 8 8 4 3 1 8 4 6 27
5 Kashiwa Reysol 16 7 6 3 13 8 8 4 3 1 7 2 8 3 3 2 6 6 5 27
6 Kyoto Sanga 15 7 5 3 18 12 8 4 2 2 8 5 7 3 3 1 10 7 6 26
7 V-Varen Nagasaki 15 7 3 5 17 14 7 3 2 2 7 6 8 4 1 3 10 8 3 24
8 Zweigen Kanazawa 15 6 5 4 21 12 6 3 2 1 9 3 9 3 3 3 12 9 9 23
9 Ryūkyū 15 6 5 4 21 17 8 5 3 0 14 7 7 1 2 4 7 10 4 23
10 Fagiano Okayama 16 6 5 5 18 17 9 5 3 1 13 9 7 1 2 4 5 8 1 23
11 Tokyo Verdy 15 5 6 4 20 18 9 4 4 1 14 10 6 1 2 3 6 8 2 21
12 Machida Zelvia 15 5 4 6 13 20 7 2 2 3 5 9 8 3 2 3 8 11 -7 19
13 Yokohama 15 5 3 7 16 18 7 2 2 3 9 10 8 3 1 4 7 8 -2 18
14 JEF United 15 4 6 5 17 21 7 2 3 2 10 11 8 2 3 3 7 10 -4 18
15 Albirex Niigata 16 4 5 7 20 21 7 2 1 4 7 9 9 2 4 3 13 12 -1 17
16 Tokushima Vortis 15 4 5 6 16 18 7 3 3 1 8 6 8 1 2 5 8 12 -2 17
17 Tochigi 15 3 6 6 12 18 8 1 4 3 5 8 7 2 2 3 7 10 -6 15
18 Ehime 16 4 3 9 13 20 10 3 2 5 8 11 6 1 1 4 5 9 -7 15
19 Avispa Fukuoka 15 4 3 8 12 20 7 1 1 5 2 9 8 3 2 3 10 11 -8 15
20 Renofa Yamaguchi 16 4 3 9 21 29 8 1 1 6 9 17 8 3 2 3 12 12 -8 15
21 Kagoshima United 15 4 2 9 12 18 9 3 0 6 8 14 6 1 2 3 4 4 -6 14
22 Gifu 16 3 3 10 12 27 9 3 2 4 10 13 7 0 1 6 2 14 -15 12

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