Fukushima United have not won many points this league season. Can they get something to cheer about when Gifu stop by TOHO Stadium?
- Fukushima United have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in J3-League
- Gifu have the fewest points from losing position (0) in J3-League
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Fukushima United form and stats
With 0 J3-League wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Fukushima United are certainly not brimming with confidence. The Fukushima manager Hattori might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Happy days for Fukushima United in their previous game, a fixture away at Vanraure Hachinohe (placed 9th) that ended with a 3-0 victory.
Before that game, the home loss against Osaka with the scoreline 0-1.It should be added that a look at the 12 latest league fixtures shows that 10 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
Fukushima United have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Gifu form and stats
As the visiting team in J3-League matches, Gifu have produced an overall stat of 2-2-3 so far.
The regulars enjoyed Gifu's previous match versus Sagamihara (placed 19th), a 2-1 win played at home. Taguchi came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Sagamihara last time out, making the manager Ueno feel like a tactical genius.
A 0-0 draw at Azul Claro Numazu's stadium before that.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Gifu has managed {7 goals} and let in 7 from 7 matches.
Head 2 Head
Fukushima United-Gifu H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Fukushima United two wins, Gifu three wins, one draw. three of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  R. Kubota 5 goals |  H. Higuchi 3 goals | C. Nduka 3 goals |
Fukushima United missing players
Gifu missing players
| Fukushima United | Gifu | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 7 | 16 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 86% | 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 36% | 17% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 64% |
| 21% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 43% | 43% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 21% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 57% | 57% |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 29% | 29% |
| 57% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 21% |
| 4.1 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 6.1 | 6.2 |
| 5.5 | 5.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.6 | 4.1 |
| 0.9 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.7 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.3 | 7.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 8.7 | 9.4 |
| 3.1 | 2.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.4 | 3 |
| 23% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 41% | 38% |
| 11 | 8.7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.7 | 7.9 | 7.9 |
| 3.6 | 2.3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.7 | 3.1 |
- Fukushima United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Fukushima United have failed to score a single goal at home.
- Fukushima United have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in J3-League
- Fukushima United have the fewest points (2) at home in J3-League
- Fukushima United have the fewest scored goals (0) at home in J3-League
- Fukushima United have yet to win a game at home.
- Gifu have scored at least twice as many goals away as Fukushima United have scored home.
- Gifu have the fewest points from losing position (0) in J3-League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kataller Toyama | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 27 |
| 2 | Kagoshima United | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 25 |
| 3 | Ehime | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 25 |
| 4 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 24 |
| 5 | Nara Club | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 21 |
| 6 | Gifu | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 21 |
| 7 | Osaka | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 21 |
| 8 | Parceiro Nagano | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 20 |
| 9 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 20 |
| 10 | Imabari | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 20 |
| 11 | Azul Claro Numazu | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| 12 | YSCC | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 19 |
| 13 | Tegevajaro Miyazaki | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 18 |
| 14 | Grulla Morioka | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 17 |
| 15 | Ryukyu | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -4 | 17 |
| 16 | Kamatamare Sanuki | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | -12 | 16 |
| 17 | Fukushima United | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | -2 | 15 |
| 18 | Gainare Tottori | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | -4 | 15 |
| 19 | Sagamihara | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -6 | 10 |
| 20 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 10 |
