Gifu vs Giravanz Kitakyushu betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Japan J3-League
Competition: Sun 20.November
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Nagaragawa Stadium (16300 seats)

This game stars two teams dwelling in the carpet of the J3-League, Gifu at 14th place and Giravanz Kitakyushu sitting at 13th. A decent chance for one of the contenders to boost their position.

Insights:
  • Gifu have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Giravanz Kitakyushu have the fewest clean sheets (1) away in J3-League

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Gifu form and stats

The complete J3-League statistics playing at home this season for Gifu are 7-3-6 (wins-draws-losses). When Gifu hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Gifu, Kamatamare Sanuki, Sagamihara, Azul Claro Numazu and YSCC), they have won 4 of 4 matches!

No payout for Gifu in their previous match, an away game at Kagoshima United that ended in defeat 0-1.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Tegevajaro Miyazaki (1-2).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Gifu have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 12 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 5 and lost 4.

Gifu are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 23 goals in 16 games. On the other hand, Gifu have conceded 23 goals.

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Giravanz Kitakyushu form and stats

Giravanz Kitakyushu have only collected 14 points from their away games in the J3-League, after 3-5-8 (16 played). Visiting Giravanz Kitakyushu has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

This game can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Kataller Toyama with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Giravanz Kitakyushu were so close to getting something from the game against Kataller Toyama, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal two minutes into overtime.

That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Sagamihara.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Giravanz Kitakyushu in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Giravanz Kitakyushu, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

Will both teams score? This team's most recent fixtures suggest that, having completed 5 league matches in a row with one or more goals from each team.

Kitakyushu find the net regularly in their away games. 18 goals from 16 away fixtures in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Giravanz Kitakyushu have conceded 27 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. When Giravanz Kitakyushu is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 4 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Giravanz Kitakyushu, Kamatamare Sanuki, Sagamihara, Azul Claro Numazu and YSCC.

Head 2 Head

Giravanz Kitakyushu - Gifu 2-1 was the scoreline in these sides' latest h2h game, earlier this season. Previous ten meetings with these participants: Gifu won three, Giravanz Kitakyushu triumphed in six and we saw one draw. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

GifuK. Fujioka
K. Fujioka
15 goals
Giravanz KitakyushuR. Sato
R. Sato
8 goals
Giravanz KitakyushuY. Takazawa
Y. Takazawa
7 goals

Gifu missing players

Giravanz Kitakyushu missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Gifu Giravanz Kitakyushu
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 4 16 33
10 7 4 Won W 0 3 10
7 3 0 Drew D 1 5 7
16 6 0 Lost L 3 8 16
42 23 9 Scored S 4 18 39
51 23 2 Conceded C 10 27 44
91% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
82% 94% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 69% 64%
67% 75% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 62% 55%
27% 19% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 44% 30%
9% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 12% 9%
58% 56% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 52%
24% 31% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 6% 18%
27% 19% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 36%
 
5.8 6 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.8 4.2
4.3 4.3 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 5.9 5.5
1.4 1.6 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.4 1.2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.4 9.1 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9 7.6 8.7
4.2 4.6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 2.9 3.4
31% 32% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 38% 35%
 
9.1 9.8 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12 12.9 12.8
3.7 3.8 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 5.2 5.1
Key stats in J3-League this season:
  • Gifu have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Giravanz Kitakyushu have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Giravanz Kitakyushu have the fewest clean sheets (1) away 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 Iwaki 33 23 6 4 71 22 16 11 4 1 33 11 17 12 2 3 38 11 49 75
2 Fujieda MYFC 33 20 6 7 58 29 17 12 2 3 32 17 16 8 4 4 26 12 29 66
3 Kagoshima United 33 20 3 10 51 37 17 12 1 4 33 17 16 8 2 6 18 20 14 63
4 Matsumoto Yamaga 33 19 6 8 45 33 16 11 2 3 21 12 17 8 4 5 24 21 12 63
5 Imabari 33 18 6 9 54 38 17 9 3 5 25 17 16 9 3 4 29 21 16 60
6 Kataller Toyama 33 19 3 11 53 44 16 11 1 4 31 24 17 8 2 7 22 20 9 60
7 Parceiro Nagano 33 14 9 10 42 41 16 9 4 3 24 19 17 5 5 7 18 22 1 51
8 Ehime 33 13 10 10 48 41 17 8 6 3 31 19 16 5 4 7 17 22 7 49
9 Tegevajaro Miyazaki 33 11 10 12 43 46 17 7 5 5 25 22 16 4 5 7 18 24 -3 43
10 Fukushima United 33 11 9 13 37 42 16 6 5 5 15 19 17 5 4 8 22 23 -5 42
11 Vanraure Hachinohe 33 13 1 19 30 45 16 8 0 8 16 21 17 5 1 11 14 24 -15 40
12 Gainare Tottori 33 11 5 17 52 56 16 6 4 6 28 17 17 5 1 11 24 39 -4 38
13 Giravanz Kitakyushu 33 10 7 16 39 44 17 7 2 8 21 17 16 3 5 8 18 27 -5 37
14 Gifu 33 10 7 16 42 51 16 7 3 6 23 23 17 3 4 10 19 28 -9 37
15 Azul Claro Numazu 33 8 7 18 26 44 16 7 4 5 17 16 17 1 3 13 9 28 -18 31
16 Kamatamare Sanuki 33 6 9 18 27 46 17 3 6 8 15 25 16 3 3 10 12 21 -19 27
17 YSCC 33 8 3 22 24 65 17 5 2 10 14 32 16 3 1 12 10 33 -41 27
18 Sagamihara 33 6 7 20 31 49 17 3 3 11 14 27 16 3 4 9 17 22 -18 25

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Iwaki 33 23 6 4 71 22 16 11 4 1 33 11 17 12 2 3 38 11 49 75
2 Fujieda MYFC 33 20 6 7 58 29 17 12 2 3 32 17 16 8 4 4 26 12 29 66
3 Kagoshima United 33 20 3 10 51 37 17 12 1 4 33 17 16 8 2 6 18 20 14 63
4 Matsumoto Yamaga 33 19 6 8 45 33 16 11 2 3 21 12 17 8 4 5 24 21 12 63
5 Imabari 33 18 6 9 54 38 17 9 3 5 25 17 16 9 3 4 29 21 16 60
6 Kataller Toyama 33 19 3 11 53 44 16 11 1 4 31 24 17 8 2 7 22 20 9 60
7 Parceiro Nagano 33 14 9 10 42 41 16 9 4 3 24 19 17 5 5 7 18 22 1 51
8 Ehime 33 13 10 10 48 41 17 8 6 3 31 19 16 5 4 7 17 22 7 49
9 Tegevajaro Miyazaki 33 11 10 12 43 46 17 7 5 5 25 22 16 4 5 7 18 24 -3 43
10 Fukushima United 33 11 9 13 37 42 16 6 5 5 15 19 17 5 4 8 22 23 -5 42
11 Vanraure Hachinohe 33 13 1 19 30 45 16 8 0 8 16 21 17 5 1 11 14 24 -15 40
12 Gainare Tottori 33 11 5 17 52 56 16 6 4 6 28 17 17 5 1 11 24 39 -4 38
13 Giravanz Kitakyushu 33 10 7 16 39 44 17 7 2 8 21 17 16 3 5 8 18 27 -5 37
14 Gifu 33 10 7 16 42 51 16 7 3 6 23 23 17 3 4 10 19 28 -9 37
15 Azul Claro Numazu 33 8 7 18 26 44 16 7 4 5 17 16 17 1 3 13 9 28 -18 31
16 Kamatamare Sanuki 33 6 9 18 27 46 17 3 6 8 15 25 16 3 3 10 12 21 -19 27
17 YSCC 33 8 3 22 24 65 17 5 2 10 14 32 16 3 1 12 10 33 -41 27
18 Sagamihara 33 6 7 20 31 49 17 3 3 11 14 27 16 3 4 9 17 22 -18 25

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