Both sides are capable of winning this one, Kashima Antlers enjoying a 8 point advantage on Avispa Fukuoka in the tables. Get ready!
- Avispa Fukuoka have not yet lost a game at home.
- Kashima Antlers is in the best form (5-0-1) 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.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the J-League.
Avispa Fukuoka form and stats
Three J-League home games done for Avispa Fukuoka, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches. The home fans are hungry for more even though Fukuoka have been steadily collecting points here at Best Denki Stadium through three straight draws.
The home club members saw a 0-0 draw versus Sagan Tosu last time out and are looking for a win here. Miya was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.63 out of 10. The defender Miya won 5 of 6 duels.
There will be little rest for Avispa Fukuoka after this match as they are travelling to Sanfrecce Hiroshima for a J-League game in only four days.
Fukuoka have scored 1 goal here in 3 league matches, a depressing statistic. As for guarding their own goal, Avispa Fukuoka have only let in 1 goal at home.
Kashima Antlers form and stats
Kashima Antlers are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the J-League. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Kashima Antlers hope to make it five in this match.
Kashima Antlers had fun at their own home (Best Denki Stadium) last time out, beating Shimizu S-Pulse 2-1. Ueda and Suzuki scored. Suzuki, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.65. Suzuki scored one goal, served one assist and hit four key passes.
A quick return to home after this game, as Kashima are hosting Yokohama F. Marinos in the J-League only four days away.
5 goals so far away for Kashima Antlers, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Avispa Fukuoka victories, one draw and six Kashima Antlers wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Ueda 4 goals |   J. Croux 1 goals |
Avispa Fukuoka missing players
Kashima Antlers missing players
| Avispa Fukuoka | Kashima Antlers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 17% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 4.7 | 5.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 10 | 7.5 | 7 |
| 3 | 2.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6 | 4.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.5 | 12 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 31 | 20.5 | 13.5 |
| 4 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 14 | 10 | 6.3 |
| 17% | 7% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 25% | 26% |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 9 | 7.8 |
| 2.2 | 2.3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.5 | 3.3 |
- All of Kashima Antlers's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Avispa Fukuoka have not yet lost a game at home.
- Avispa Fukuoka have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Avispa Fukuoka have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Avispa Fukuoka have yet to win a game at home.
- Kashima Antlers have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Kashima Antlers have scored more than double the goals of Avispa Fukuoka.
- Kashima Antlers have the most points from losing position (6) in J-League
- Kashima Antlers have won all their away games so far.
- Kashima Antlers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Kashima Antlers is in the best form (5-0-1) 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 | Kawasaki Frontale | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 16 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 3 | Kashima Antlers | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | Kashiwa Reysol | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | Tokyo | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | Urawa Reds | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Sagan Tosu | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | Gamba Osaka | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 10 | Kyoto Sanga | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| 11 | Avispa Fukuoka | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 12 | Consadole Sapporo | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 14 | Nagoya Grampus | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 15 | Júbilo Iwata | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 5 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 17 | Vissel Kobe | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -8 | 4 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 2 |
