Open game expected at Nagaragawa Stadium: Gifu vs Grulla Morioka preview

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Competition: Japan J3-League
Competition: Sun 17.October
Match begins: 07:00 (UTC)
Venue: Nagaragawa Stadium (16300 seats)

Look!Here is all you need to know about the J3-League match Gifu - Grulla Morioka!

Insights:
  • Gifu have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Grulla Morioka have the most points from losing position (11) in J3-League

Both squads have had ample time to rest since their last game. Let's wish for an active match!

It's quite the trip for Grulla Morioka when visiting Gifu as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.

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Gifu form and stats

5 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats. That’s what Gifu have to build on here at Nagaragawa Stadium in the J3-League.

The home team returns to Nagaragawa Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Kamatamare Sanuki (placed 13th) on their last time out; the J3-League game ended 0-0.

Before that, Gifu had a home game versus Imabari which ended with a victory 2-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Gifu perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Gifu as a small favourite), we find seven games. Gifu has won one of these, drawn four and lost two.

The Gifu fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 10 matches. Gifu's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Grulla Morioka form and stats

Playing away, Grulla Morioka have won 5 games, drawn 3 and suffered 2 defeats in the J3-League this season. Grulla Morioka have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

Morioka go into this game after a win, the home game against Gainare Tottori that ended 2-1.

Prior to that result Morioka won their away game at Imabari. The scoreline was 1-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Grulla Morioka in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Grulla Morioka, two draws and two defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Grulla Morioka have scored 12 goals in 10 league games away. It's not easy to score on Morioka as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent recorded match featuring both these teams is the Grulla Morioka - Gifu 0-2 played previously this season. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: two - one - zero (Gifu wins - draws - Grulla Morioka wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

GifuS. Kawanishi
S. Kawanishi
11 goals
Grulla MoriokaT. Nakamura
T. Nakamura
5 goals
Grulla MoriokaB. Alves Sabino
B. Alves Sabino
4 goals

Gifu missing players

Grulla Morioka missing players

Gifu Grulla Morioka
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 3 10 20
10 5 1 Won W 3 5 11
2 1 0 Drew D 0 3 4
8 4 2 Lost L 0 2 5
26 14 3 Scored S 6 12 29
22 13 6 Conceded C 1 7 20
90% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
65% 70% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 60% 70%
60% 70% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 30% 45%
25% 40% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 15%
35% 40% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 50%
35% 30% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 40% 30%
40% 40% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 10% 25%
 
4.3 4.5 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4.8 5.4
6.1 7.1 7.7 Corners against (avg) C A 7.7 5.6 4.5
1.2 1.4 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 1.3 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.1 9.8 9.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 9.6 9.6
3.7 3.8 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.1 3.6
35% 37% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 55% 39% 41%
Key stats in J3-League this season:
  • Gifu have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Grulla Morioka have the most points from losing position (11) in J3-League
  • Grulla Morioka haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Roasso Kumamoto 20 12 6 2 31 15 10 4 4 2 14 11 10 8 2 0 17 4 16 42
2 Tegevajaro Miyazaki 21 12 4 5 31 21 10 6 2 2 16 12 11 6 2 3 15 9 10 40
3 Kataller Toyama 20 11 5 4 32 22 10 6 3 1 16 8 10 5 2 3 16 14 10 38
4 Grulla Morioka 20 11 4 5 29 20 10 6 1 3 17 13 10 5 3 2 12 7 9 37
5 Fukushima United 21 10 3 8 29 26 11 5 2 4 16 16 10 5 1 4 13 10 3 33
6 Gifu 20 10 2 8 26 22 10 5 1 4 14 13 10 5 1 4 12 9 4 32
7 Kagoshima United 20 8 5 7 25 24 10 3 2 5 11 15 10 5 3 2 14 9 1 29
8 Parceiro Nagano 20 6 8 6 25 18 10 2 4 4 11 11 10 4 4 2 14 7 7 26
9 Vanraure Hachinohe 20 7 5 8 22 29 10 5 1 4 10 12 10 2 4 4 12 17 -7 26
10 YSCC 20 6 7 7 20 24 10 2 4 4 7 12 10 4 3 3 13 12 -4 25
11 Fujieda MYFC 20 6 5 9 31 30 10 4 3 3 17 11 10 2 2 6 14 19 1 23
12 Azul Claro Numazu 21 6 3 12 24 32 10 4 2 4 13 11 11 2 1 8 11 21 -8 21
13 Kamatamare Sanuki 21 4 6 11 17 31 11 1 2 8 7 15 10 3 4 3 10 16 -14 18
14 Gainare Tottori 21 5 2 14 20 41 10 1 1 8 5 26 11 4 1 6 15 15 -21 17
15 Imabari 21 3 7 11 20 27 11 3 4 4 12 10 10 0 3 7 8 17 -7 16