Struggling Gifu will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Mito Hollyhock in the upcoming league round. It’s 21st vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Gifu and Mito Hollyhock 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.
Gifu form and stats
Gifu have collected 8 points from their home games so far after 2-2-1. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Gifu to get some points in this home game.The Gifu fans got no joy from their last match, a J2-League game also here at Nagaragawa Stadium: A 0-4 defeat against V-Varen Nagasaki. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Ehime.
The Gifu fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 5 in 5 matches. On the other hand, Gifu have conceded 6 goals.
Mito Hollyhock form and stats
The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (4) in J2-League, are W3-D2-L0 on the road this term.Mito Hollyhock play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Ventforet Kofu. A draw for Mito Hollyhock before that, at their own venue hosting Tokushima Vortis (1-1).
Mito Hollyhock have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, 5 away games. Mito Hollyhock's manager S. Hasebe has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 2 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Gifu won 5, Mito Hollyhock won 3 and 2 draws.Gifu missing players
Mito Hollyhock missing players
| Gifu | Mito Hollyhock | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | Played | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | 5 | Scored | 5 | 11 |
| 13 | 6 | Conceded | 2 | 4 |
| 89% | 80% | Over 0.5 | 80% | 89% |
| 78% | 80% | Over 1.5 | 40% | 56% |
| 22% | 40% | Over 2.5 | 20% | 22% |
| 11% | 20% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 0% |
| 22% | 40% | Both teams to score | 40% | 44% |
| 22% | 40% | Clean Sheet | 60% | 56% |
| 67% | 40% | Failed To Score | 20% | 11% |
| 4.2 | 3.8 | Corners For (avg) | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| 6.3 | 5.8 | Corners Against (avg) | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| 1.4 | 1.4 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1.6 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 1 | Red Cards (total) | 0 | 0 |
- Gifu is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.
| 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 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 |
| 2 | Montedio Yamagata | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 18 |
| 3 | Kashiwa Reysol | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
| 4 | Omiya Ardija | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 |
| 5 | Ventforet Kofu | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| 6 | Ryūkyū | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 16 |
| 7 | Kyoto Sanga | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| 8 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 9 | Machida Zelvia | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 13 |
| 10 | Albirex Niigata | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| 11 | Fagiano Okayama | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 12 | Tokushima Vortis | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 12 |
| 13 | Ehime | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 11 |
| 14 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 15 | Yokohama | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 10 |
| 16 | JEF United | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -5 | 10 |
| 17 | Tokyo Verdy | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 18 | Tochigi | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 9 |
| 19 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 20 | Avispa Fukuoka | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 8 |
| 21 | Gifu | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | -8 | 8 |
| 22 | Kagoshima United | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -9 | 4 |
