Soccer game preview: Home crowds with high hopes before Gifu - Kamatamare Sanuki

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Competition: Japan J3-League
Competition: Sat 23.July
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Nagaragawa Stadium (16300 seats)

The lights are on for J3-League and Gifu - Kamatamare Sanuki. In this pre-match guide you'll find statistics, previous results, analysis, trends and stories!

Insights:
  • Gifu have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gifu have scored more than double the goals of Kamatamare Sanuki.

Both participants have had plentiful rest since their last match. Let's look for an active fixture!

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Gifu form and stats

4-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the J3-League numbers at home for Gifu so far this season. Gifu has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Yokoyama and the players.

Gifu lost their last game at Giravanz Kitakyushu (placed 12th) after a 1-2 scoreline.

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

Goals, goals, goals? Nobody knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 11 of the 14 most recent league games with this side has seen at least three goals.

The Gifu fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 8 league matches. On the other hand, Gifu have conceded 11 goals. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Kamatamare Sanuki form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Kamatamare Sanuki so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-5 (win-draw-lose). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Kamatamare have lost on their last two travels.

Kamatamare Sanuki aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 211 league minutes without a goal. Shigematsu was the last player to find the net.

The manager Nishimura was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Pikara Stadium. Kamatamare Sanuki suffered a 0-2 loss to Ehime (placed 6th).

Prior to that match, the Kamatamare manager Nishimura faced defeat when travelling to Azul Claro Numazu and losing 0-1.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Kamatamare Sanuki when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 9 matches with the visitors losing 5 times, drawing 3 and winning 1 game.

Few goals the story here? 8 of this team's most recent 10 league rounds have contained two goals or less.

Goals are few and far between in Kamatamare Sanuki's away league games. Only 4 goals from 8 travels.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these two teams face each other this campaign, as the statistics show this recent match: Kamatamare Sanuki - Gifu 2-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Gifu wins - draws - Kamatamare Sanuki wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

GifuK. Fujioka
K. Fujioka
8 goals
Kamatamare SanukiK. Matsumoto
K. Matsumoto
5 goals
GifuT. Ugajin
T. Ugajin
3 goals

Gifu missing players

Kamatamare Sanuki missing players

Gifu Kamatamare Sanuki
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 8 3 Played P 3 8 17
7 4 2 Won W 0 2 5
3 1 1 Drew D 0 1 2
7 3 0 Lost L 3 5 10
27 12 5 Scored S 1 4 13
25 11 0 Conceded C 5 8 21
88% 88% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 88%
82% 88% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 25% 47%
71% 75% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 25% 41%
35% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 12% 18%
18% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
53% 38% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 25% 35%
35% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 24%
24% 25% 33% Failed to Score F T 67% 62% 53%
 
5.8 6 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2.5 3.1
3.9 3.8 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 5.2 4.9
1.1 1.4 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 0.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.5 9.1 10.3 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 8.5 9.3
5.1 4.8 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 2.5 2.9
31% 32% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 20% 27%
 
9.5 10.4 9.3 Shots against (avg) S A 7 8 9.6
3.7 3.5 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.2 3.8
Key stats in J3-League this season:
  • Gifu have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gifu have scored more than double the goals of Kamatamare Sanuki.
  • Kamatamare Sanuki have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Kamatamare Sanuki have won significantly less corners away then at 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 Iwaki 17 11 4 2 36 13 9 5 3 1 17 7 8 6 1 1 19 6 23 37
2 Kagoshima United 17 11 2 4 28 13 9 7 1 1 16 5 8 4 1 3 12 8 15 35
3 Matsumoto Yamaga 16 10 4 2 26 13 8 5 2 1 11 6 8 5 2 1 14 7 13 34
4 Fujieda MYFC 17 10 2 5 31 17 8 5 1 2 15 9 9 5 1 3 16 8 14 32
5 Kataller Toyama 17 10 2 5 25 19 8 6 0 2 15 9 9 4 2 3 10 10 6 32
6 Ehime 17 8 4 5 20 18 8 5 1 2 13 8 9 3 3 3 7 10 2 28
7 Parceiro Nagano 17 7 6 4 19 17 8 3 4 1 11 11 9 4 2 3 8 6 2 27
8 Imabari 16 7 4 5 18 14 8 3 2 3 6 6 8 4 2 2 12 8 4 25
9 Gifu 17 7 3 7 27 25 8 4 1 3 12 11 9 3 2 4 15 14 2 24
10 Azul Claro Numazu 17 7 2 8 18 20 8 6 1 1 14 7 9 1 1 7 4 13 -2 23
11 Fukushima United 16 5 6 5 17 16 8 2 3 3 5 11 8 3 3 2 12 4 1 21
12 Giravanz Kitakyushu 17 5 5 7 18 22 9 3 2 4 8 8 8 2 3 3 10 14 -4 20
13 Tegevajaro Miyazaki 17 4 6 7 17 22 9 3 3 3 10 12 8 1 3 4 7 10 -5 18
14 Sagamihara 17 5 2 10 16 23 9 3 1 5 8 12 8 2 1 5 8 11 -7 17
15 Kamatamare Sanuki 17 5 2 10 13 21 9 3 1 5 9 13 8 2 1 5 4 8 -8 17
16 Vanraure Hachinohe 17 4 1 12 12 27 8 4 0 4 6 9 9 0 1 8 6 18 -15 13
17 Gainare Tottori 17 3 3 11 16 31 9 2 3 4 10 12 8 1 0 7 6 19 -15 12
18 YSCC 16 2 2 12 8 34 8 1 1 6 4 18 8 1 1 6 4 16 -26 8