Match Report
32 points separated the sides: Omiya Ardija 1st on 85, Gifu 8th on 53. Omiya Ardija's recent output lagged their position: 7th on form over five rounds while 1st in the table. Against a league average of 1.3 goals per team per game, Gifu ran at 1.68 scored and 1.47 conceded, Omiya Ardija at 1.89 and 0.84.
Gifu had not lost in 5 games, having scored in 7 consecutive games. Omiya Ardija's unbeaten run stood at 11.
4 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Gifu 1, draws 0, Omiya Ardija 3, at 2.25 goals per meeting.
Nagaragawa Stadium in Gifu, capacity 16,300, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Omiya Ardija led 1-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 2-2.
Goal scorers
Gifu: Kosuke Fujioka (56'), Tomoya Yokoyama (82') · Omiya Ardija: Oriola Sunday (26'), Takamitsu Tomiyama (74')