Grulla Morioka will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 11 points behind Gifu.
Grulla Morioka and Gifu 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.
Gifu have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Grulla Morioka form and stats
4-1-6 (win-draw-lost) are the J3-League numbers at home for Grulla Morioka, who have the fewest scored goals (20) in J3-League, so far this season.
Morioka are confident in defense, having played 198 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Morioka enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Kataller Toyama's place. The match ended 1-0 with Brenner scoring. Ahead of that match, Morioka won a home game hosting Azul Claro Numazu (1-0).
The Grulla Morioka fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 11 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Morioka defense is not exactly impregnable. 21 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Gifu form and stats
Gifu, who have the most scored goals (23) away in J3-League, have an excellent away record in the J3-League so far with 7-1-3 from 11 games. Gifu has been amazing away for a time now, winning five in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Azul Claro Numazu. Three has not been a lucky number for Gifu as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Imabari match.
Gifu failed to get anything from their last game, a J3-League home match vs Fukushima United (placed 14th) that ended with defeat 1-2. A 0-5 loss hosting Blaublitz Akita before that.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Gifu are regular goalscorers on their travels. As opposed to that, Gifu have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Gifu - Morioka 1-1 played earlier this season.Grulla Morioka missing players
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| Grulla Morioka | Gifu | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 20 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 9 | 23 | 36 |
| 32 | 21 | 8 | Conceded | C | 8 | 16 | 31 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 64% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 41% | 55% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 73% | 59% |
| 32% | 55% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 55% | 41% |
| 9% | 18% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 27% | 23% |
| 50% | 55% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 64% | 55% |
| 32% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 27% |
| 27% | 18% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 9% | 23% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 184 | 94 | 13 | Total Shots | T S | 42 | 82 | 179 |
| 67 | 38 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 20 | 43 | 73 |
| 30% | 32% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 47% | 45% |
- All of Gifu's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Gifu has the most scored goals (23) away in J3-League
- Gifu have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Gifu haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Grulla Morioka has the fewest scored goals (20) in J3-League
- Grulla Morioka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Grulla Morioka haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Blaublitz Akita | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 39 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 32 | 54 |
| 2 | Parceiro Nagano | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 35 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 42 |
| 3 | Roasso Kumamoto | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 39 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 42 |
| 4 | Sagamihara | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 39 |
| 5 | Kagoshima United | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 37 |
| 6 | Gifu | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 37 |
| 7 | Gainare Tottori | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 34 |
| 8 | Imabari | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 33 |
| 9 | Fujieda MYFC | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 32 |
| 10 | Kataller Toyama | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 34 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 28 |
| 11 | Grulla Morioka | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -12 | 26 |
| 12 | Gamba Osaka U23 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 32 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 19 | -5 | 25 |
| 13 | Azul Claro Numazu | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 23 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 18 | -6 | 24 |
| 14 | Fukushima United | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 31 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 17 | -8 | 24 |
| 15 | YSCC | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -17 | 20 |
| 16 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -13 | 19 |
| 17 | Kamatamare Sanuki | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -11 | 17 |
| 18 | Cerezo Osaka U23 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 25 | -19 | 15 |