Top-drawer Avispa Fukuoka visit Albirex Niigata after their 2-1-result against Kyoto Sanga. Check out our broad preview!
- Albirex Niigata have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in J-League
- Avispa Fukuoka is in the best form (4-2-0) in J-League
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
This could be an entertaining match with lots of spark and bustle as both sides are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Get ready!
Albirex Niigata form and stats
The story so far in the J-League for Albirex Niigata at their home stadium (Denka Big Swan Stadium) is 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Albirex Niigata drew their last game, 0-0 away at Vissel Kobe (placed 1st). Kojima, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.2 out of 10 in that game. Kojima topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that game, a home victory hosting Kashiwa Reysol in the Nabisco Cup. This is expected to be a close game, with Albirex Niigata perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Albirex Niigata as a small favourite), we find 7 games. Albirex has won 4 of these, drawn 1 and lost 2.
The manager Matsuhashi will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Kashiwa Reysol in only four days.
Albirex Niigata are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 3 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Albirex Niigata defense is not exactly impregnable. 5 goals conceded from 3 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Avispa Fukuoka form and stats
Still no away game victory in the J-League for Avispa Fukuoka with 2 draws and 1 loss from their first 3 attempts.
Avispa Fukuoka are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the match against Kyoto Sanga (placed 10th). Wellington came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Kyoto Sanga last time out, making the manager Hasebe feel like a tactical genius. Midfield player Nakamura was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.62/10. Nakamura served one assist and hit four key passes.
A loss, in the Nabisco Cup away at Kashima Antlers, before that. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Fukuoka in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Avispa Fukuoka, 6 draws and 5 defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Avispa Fukuoka are hosting Kashima Antlers in the Nabisco Cup only four days away.
Goals are few and far between in Avispa Fukuoka's away league games. Only {1 goals} from 3 travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (2 so far).
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head data (for the last ten meetings): Albirex won four games, zero matches ended with a tie and Avispa Fukuoka got six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Ota 4 goals |  Y. Yamagishi 3 goals | R. Ito 2 goals |
Albirex Niigata missing players
Avispa Fukuoka missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 86% |
| 71% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 57% |
| 71% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 43% |
| 43% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 71% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 57% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 29% |
| 3.9 | 4 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1.7 | 2.7 |
| 6.7 | 7 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.7 | 4.1 |
| 1.1 | 0.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.7 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.6 | 12 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7.7 | 10.4 |
| 4 | 5 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.7 | 3.4 |
| 32% | 27% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 12% | 33% |
| 16.1 | 18 | 25 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 10.7 | 9 |
| 5.1 | 5.3 | 9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3.3 |
- Albirex Niigata have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in J-League
- Avispa Fukuoka have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Avispa Fukuoka have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Avispa Fukuoka have yet to win a game away.
- Avispa Fukuoka is in the best form (4-2-0) in J-League
| 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 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 16 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | Avispa Fukuoka | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | Urawa Reds | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 7 | Shonan Bellmare | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | Tokyo | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Consadole Sapporo | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | Kyoto Sanga | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 11 | Albirex Niigata | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 12 | Cerezo Osaka | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 13 | Kawasaki Frontale | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 14 | Kashima Antlers | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 15 | Sagan Tosu | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 7 |
| 16 | Gamba Osaka | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -6 | 6 |
| 17 | Kashiwa Reysol | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -7 | 5 |
| 18 | Yokohama | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -13 | 2 |
