Avispa Fukuoka get ready to welcome Nagoya Grampus for something different than the ordinary league football: The J-League Cup Semi-finals leg 1 of 2.
There have been little to rest for the hosts, as they performed in a Emperor Cup fixture only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Kawasaki Frontale.
Avispa Fukuoka form and stats
The complete J-League results playing at home this season for Avispa Fukuoka are 8-3-4 (wins-draws-losses).
The fans hope that Fukuoka will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 2-4 away loss in the Emperor Cup fixture against Kawasaki Frontale.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a J-League home game that ended 0-0 versus Kashima Antlers.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Avispa Fukuoka as they are travelling to their away game against Nagoya Grampus in the J-League Cup. That match is four days after this one.
Avispa Fukuoka are not conceding a lot of goals here at Best Denki Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 15 matches.
Nagoya Grampus form and stats
5-1-8 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Nagoya Grampus in their J-League matches away.
Two away games in a row for Grampus, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 versus Sanfrecce Hiroshima. The attacker Junker got a match rating of 7.4 in that game. Junker scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Consadole Sapporo in the J-League.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Avispa Fukuoka in just four days.
The visiting Nagoya Grampus have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 15 goals from 14 games. Grampus have conceded 19 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Avispa Fukuoka-Nagoya Grampus H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Avispa Fukuoka two wins, Nagoya Grampus seven wins, one draw. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  K. Junker 13 goals |   Y. Yamagishi 8 goals | L. Araújo de Almeida 4 goals |
Avispa Fukuoka missing players
Nagoya Grampus missing players
| Avispa Fukuoka | Nagoya Grampus | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 11 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 9 | ||
| 33 | 15 | Scored | S | 7 | 32 | ||
| 25 | 9 | Conceded | C | 18 | 31 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 24% | ||
| 4.5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.2 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 10.8 | ||
| 4 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.4 | ||
| 33% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 29% | ||
| 10.9 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.2 | 13.1 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vissel Kobe | 29 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 51 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 26 | 58 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 29 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 52 | 36 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 16 | 54 |
| 3 | Urawa Reds | 29 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 50 |
| 4 | Kashima Antlers | 29 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 39 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 47 |
| 5 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 29 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 36 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 47 |
| 6 | Nagoya Grampus | 29 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 47 |
| 7 | Cerezo Osaka | 29 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 38 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 45 |
| 8 | Avispa Fukuoka | 29 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 30 | 31 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 18 | -1 | 45 |
| 9 | Kawasaki Frontale | 29 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 39 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 0 | 39 |
| 10 | Tokyo | 29 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 39 | 40 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 21 | -1 | 39 |
| 11 | Albirex Niigata | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 33 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 18 | -6 | 36 |
| 12 | Sagan Tosu | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 38 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 17 | -1 | 35 |
| 13 | Gamba Osaka | 29 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 37 | 53 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 35 | -16 | 34 |
| 14 | Consadole Sapporo | 29 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 50 | 53 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 30 | -3 | 33 |
| 15 | Kyoto Sanga | 29 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 33 | 39 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 23 | -6 | 33 |
| 16 | Kashiwa Reysol | 29 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 40 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 18 | -12 | 29 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 29 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 35 | 53 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 25 | -18 | 24 |
| 18 | Yokohama | 29 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 52 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 29 | -27 | 23 |
