J3-League: Gifu welcome Kagoshima United in what should be an entertaining football match. Here's all the pre-match info you need!
- Gifu have the most scored goals in the first half (13) in J3-League
- Kagoshima United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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.
These teams have little in common geographically as Kagoshima United have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Gifu form and stats
Gifu, who have the the best goal difference (+6) at home in J3-League, have collected 10 points from their J3-League home games so far after 3-1-2.
Gifu lost their last game at Imabari (placed 12th) after a 0-3 scoreline.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Tegevajaro Miyazaki in a game that was won 3-1.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Gifu's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played one game, won zero matches, drawn one and lost zero.
Gifu have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Nagaragawa Stadium with 11 goals in 6 league matches. Gifu have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Kagoshima United form and stats
Playing away, Kagoshima United have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 1 defeat in the J3-League this season. Momentum is building for Kagoshima in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
The Kagoshima goalkeeper Shogo Onishi is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 181 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Kagoshima United delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Vanraure Hachinohe (placed 7th) in their previous match; a J3-League game.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Azul Claro Numazu.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Kagoshima when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing zero and winning zero games.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Kagoshima United have scored 7 goals in 5 league games away. 5 goals have been conceded by Kagoshima in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Gifu one win, one draw and Kagoshima United two victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Kawanishi 8 goals |   R. Yonezawa 5 goals | H. Mitsuda 3 goals |
Gifu missing players
Kagoshima United missing players
| Gifu | Kagoshima United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 19 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 92% | 83% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 82% |
| 67% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 73% |
| 58% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 55% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 20% | 18% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 42% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 45% |
| 33% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 45% |
| 33% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 4.5 | 4.8 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.5 | 6.4 | 5.6 |
| 5.6 | 6.2 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 6.2 | 5.8 |
| 1.2 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.2 | 12.5 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 10.6 | 8.7 |
| 4.1 | 5.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4.4 | 3.1 |
| 39% | 35% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 32% | 38% |
- Gifu have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Gifu have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Gifu have the most scored goals in the first half (13) in J3-League
- Gifu have the the best goal difference (+6) at home in J3-League
- Kagoshima United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Gifu | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 22 |
| 2 | Grulla Morioka | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 21 |
| 3 | Kataller Toyama | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 21 |
| 4 | Tegevajaro Miyazaki | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 20 |
| 5 | Roasso Kumamoto | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 |
| 6 | Fukushima United | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 |
| 7 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -1 | 16 |
| 8 | Kagoshima United | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 15 |
| 9 | Parceiro Nagano | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 14 |
| 10 | YSCC | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 12 |
| 11 | Fujieda MYFC | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 11 |
| 12 | Imabari | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 10 |
| 13 | Azul Claro Numazu | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 10 |
| 14 | Kamatamare Sanuki | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -8 | 9 |
| 15 | Gainare Tottori | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -15 | 8 |