About Match
Osaka (3rd, 13 pts) visit Gifu (9th, 10 pts) with 3 points between them. The last five rounds place Gifu no better than 14th for form, against 9th in the standings. Scoring rates set the scale: Gifu 2.14 scored and 0.71 conceded per game, Osaka 1.86 and 1, with the league averaging 1.47. Three points here take Gifu to 13 and up to 3rd, overtaking Osaka, assuming other results stand.
Gifu have been beaten in three straight games. Osaka's unbeaten run stands at 5. Recent form is uneven: 4/15 points for Gifu, 11/15 for Osaka.
The sides have met 4 times in the GioScore results database: 1 win for Gifu, 2 draws and 1 for Osaka, at 2.25 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 25% of the wins in this fixture. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 25% of the meetings.
Nagaragawa Stadium in Gifu, capacity 16,300, hosts the game.