Match details. J.League Cup, Round of 64. Kick-off is Tue 29 Sep, 11:00 Lagos time. It is played at Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium.
What's at stake. It is one game, with penalties if it is level.
Form. FC Gifu have won five, drawn one and lost four of their last ten, 1.6 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W L L L W. Yokohama FC have won six, drawn two and lost two of their last ten, 2.0 points a game. Their last five, newest first: D W L W W. In this competition Yokohama FC have gone W.
The numbers. FC Gifu score 2.3 and concede 1.2 a game over their last ten, with three clean sheets and three games without a goal. FC Gifu average 9.9 shots (5.3 on target), 4.0 corners and 1.7 cards a game. Yokohama FC score 1.4 and concede 1.8 a game in their last five away, with one clean sheet and two games without a goal. Yokohama FC average 10.8 shots (5.3 on target), 5.0 corners and 1.4 cards a game.
Head to head. In the last ten meetings FC Gifu have won two, drawn one and lost seven. Three of the ten went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in three. In the last four, one was drawn and Yokohama FC won three. The last time they met, on 20 Mar 2025, it finished FC Gifu 0-2 Yokohama FC.
Where it pulls both ways. It pulls both ways: their goals for and against make FC Gifu the likelier winners, but Yokohama FC are the stronger side on form and the table; both teams' records favour Yokohama FC; the meetings favour Yokohama FC. On goals, their goals for and against point to an open game; their records put over 2.5 goals at 49%; seven of the last ten meetings went under 2.5, and the meetings settle it.
The case against. Not everything agrees on goals: their goals for and against point to an open game.
The read. No side to back. A tight game. Nothing separates them clearly enough to back a side. Their records put over 2.5 goals at 49%. Seven of the last ten meetings went under 2.5.
The bets. No bet yet: nothing I'd back is priced yet. Leave: Over 1.5 Goals (no overs on a tight read); Yokohama FC or Over 2.5 Goals (no overs on a tight read); Yokohama FC (Draw No Bet) (no result call). Predicted score: FC Gifu 1-1 Yokohama FC (10% chance).
Every score's chance from both teams' checked games, never cut or rescaled. The lit square is the likeliest score that fits the read (a tight game).