J3-League preview: Can Gifu edge out victory against Imabari?

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Competition: Japan J3-League
Competition: Sat 02.October
Match begins: 06:00 (UTC)
Venue: Nagaragawa Stadium (16300 seats)

Gifu have achieved 4 home wins so far this season, Imabari have won 0 away. Who boosts their standings in this one?

Insights:
  • Gifu have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Imabari have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in J3-League

Gifu and Imabari 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

When playing at home in the J3-League, Gifu have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 4 defeats from 9 games. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Gifu, their manager T. Amma and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

Gifu are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 200 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by K. Dodate (own goal)).

Gifu faced defeat in their previous match, away at Kagoshima United (0-1).

Preceding that match was a defeat to Gainare Tottori (0-3).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Gifu have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won four times, drawn zero and lost four.

Gifu are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 9 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 12 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Imabari form and stats

There's been little loot from Imabari's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 9 away games in the J3-League. Imabari only have 0 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 3 draws.

Imabari have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 187 minutes ago. Ryang Hyon-Ju was the goal scorer.

The manager K. Nuno was unhappy after their last game, a J3-League match played at their home ground Yume Stadium. Imabari suffered a 0-1 loss to Grulla Morioka (placed 2nd).

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to YSCC.

Imabari are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, one draw and two defeats. From a total of five matches.

The attacking power of Imabari when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 9 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Imabari have conceded 15 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This happened when the contenders faced each other earlier this season; Imabari - Gifu 3-0. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one Gifu victory, one draw and one Imabari win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

GifuS. Kawanishi
S. Kawanishi
9 goals
ImabariV. Augusto Té
V. Augusto Té
4 goals
GifuH. Mitsuda
H. Mitsuda
3 goals

Gifu missing players

Imabari missing players

Gifu Imabari
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 2 9 19
9 4 2 Won W 0 0 3
1 1 0 Drew D 1 3 7
8 4 1 Lost L 1 6 9
24 12 7 Scored S 1 7 19
21 12 4 Conceded C 2 15 24
94% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 89% 84%
67% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 63%
61% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 44% 37%
28% 44% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 16%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 16%
33% 33% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 53%
33% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 11% 26%
39% 44% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 37%
 
4.4 4.9 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5 4.7
6 6.7 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3 5.2 5.1
1.2 1.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 0.9 0.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.6 10.7 13 Shots (avg) S ( 20.5 11.6 10.1
3.8 4 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.1 3
35% 33% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 10% 25% 33%
Key stats in J3-League this season:
  • Gifu have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Imabari have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Imabari have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Imabari have the fewest points (3) away in J3-League
  • Imabari have the fewest scored goals (7) away in J3-League
  • Imabari have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in J3-League
  • Imabari have the the worst goal difference (-8) away in J3-League
  • Imabari have yet to win a 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 18 10 6 2 23 13 9 3 4 2 11 9 9 7 2 0 12 4 10 36
2 Grulla Morioka 19 10 4 5 27 19 9 5 1 3 15 12 10 5 3 2 12 7 8 34
3 Tegevajaro Miyazaki 19 10 4 5 26 21 10 6 2 2 16 12 9 4 2 3 10 9 5 34
4 Kataller Toyama 18 9 5 4 28 21 10 6 3 1 16 8 8 3 2 3 12 13 7 32
5 Fukushima United 19 10 2 7 27 22 9 5 1 3 14 12 10 5 1 4 13 10 5 32
6 Gifu 18 9 1 8 24 21 9 4 1 4 12 12 9 5 0 4 12 9 3 28
7 Kagoshima United 18 8 4 6 23 20 9 3 2 4 10 12 9 5 2 2 13 8 3 28
8 Vanraure Hachinohe 17 7 5 5 20 16 8 5 1 2 10 6 9 2 4 3 10 10 4 26
9 Parceiro Nagano 18 6 6 6 25 18 9 2 3 4 11 11 9 4 3 2 14 7 7 24
10 YSCC 18 5 6 7 17 23 9 2 3 4 7 12 9 3 3 3 10 11 -6 21
11 Fujieda MYFC 18 5 5 8 24 26 9 3 3 3 12 10 9 2 2 5 12 16 -2 20
12 Azul Claro Numazu 19 5 3 11 16 25 9 3 2 4 6 9 10 2 1 7 10 16 -9 18
13 Gainare Tottori 19 5 2 12 19 35 9 1 1 7 5 22 10 4 1 5 14 13 -16 17
14 Imabari 19 3 7 9 19 24 10 3 4 3 12 9 9 0 3 6 7 15 -5 16
15 Kamatamare Sanuki 19 4 4 11 17 31 10 1 1 8 7 15 9 3 3 3 10 16 -14 16