GIFU (Interstat) — Gifu hosts Osaka on Friday at Nagaragawa Stadium in Gifu. Gifu is the home team and Osaka is the visiting team. Osaka enters the match 6-1-4 across all competitions, while Gifu is 6-6-1. Osaka has six wins, one loss and four draws. Gifu has six wins, six losses and one draw. Osaka’s record covers 11 matches across all competitions, while Gifu’s record covers 13 matches across all competitions. The match is scheduled for Friday, and both teams are set to continue league play after it. Nagaragawa Stadium will host the match. Osaka and Gifu are scheduled to meet in league play.

Osaka’s most recent result was a 2-1 home win over Kagoshima Utd. Gifu’s most recent result was a 2-1 loss at Kumamoto.

Riku Kuwako is a player to watch for Osaka. In his recent listed performances, he played 90 minutes and scored one goal in a 2-1 result against Kagoshima Utd, and he played 90 minutes in a 1-3 result at Giravanz Kitakyushu.

Shun Nakamura is a player to watch for Gifu. In his recent listed performances, he played 90 minutes and scored one goal in a 1-2 result at Kumamoto. He also played 90 minutes and received a yellow card in a 1-0 result against Fukushima Utd, played 90 minutes in a 1-0 result at Gainare Tottori, and played 90 minutes in a 0-2 result against Renofa Yamaguchi.

Osaka’s other previous results this season include a 0-1 result at Sagamihara, a 4-0 result at Kochi United, a 4-0 result at Kochi, a 4-1 home result against Fukushima, a 2-1 home result against Ehime, a 0-0 result at Matsumoto, a 0-0 result at Renofa, a 2-2 home result against Ryukyu, a 4-2 home result against AC Nagano Parceiro and a 1-1 result at Tottori.

Gifu’s other previous results this season include a 0-2 home result against Renofa Yamaguchi, a 4-3 win at Kamatamare, a 0-1 result at AC Nagano Parceiro, a 1-2 result at Nara Club, a 0-1 home result against Zweigen, a 4-1 home win against Tochigi SC, a 0-0 result at Kagoshima, a 7-0 home win against Kochi, a 3-0 win at Reilac Shiga and a 1-0 win at Gainare Tottori.

Osaka’s upcoming schedule includes matches against Roasso, Thespa Gunma, Reilac Shiga, Kamatamare, Tochigi SC, Nara Club and Sagamihara. Gifu’s upcoming schedule includes matches against Ryukyu, Giravanz, Matsumoto, Ehime, Thespa Gunma, Zweigen, Reilac Shiga and Tochigi SC.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Osaka 2, Gifu 1. Interstat’s ELO system projects Gifu with a 51.2 percent probability to win.