Pre-match most people would expect a considerable gulf in quality between these sides based on table positions so far, with Avispa Fukuoka ahead of Kawasaki Frontale by 6 points.
- Avispa Fukuoka have the most points (12) at home in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
These teams have little in common geographically as Kawasaki Frontale have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Avispa Fukuoka form and stats
Overall J-League stats at home this season for Avispa Fukuoka are 4-0-0 (wins-draws-losses). Ever since the Cerezo Osaka game Fukuoka has been unbeatable here at Best Denki Stadium producing four straight wins.
An away draw last time out for Avispa Fukuoka, facing Consadole Sapporo in a game that ended 2-2. Avispa Fukuoka salvaged the draw from a difficult situation against Consadole Sapporo, trailing 0-2 at one point. Not giving up resulted in Lukian equalizing. Konno, who plays in attack, was the best player for the side in that fixture, receiving a rating of 7.44 (out of 10). Konno served one assist and hit three key passes.
Before that result, a home win against Kashima Antlers in the Nabisco Cup.
Both teams on the scoresheet! That has happened in 5 league rounds in a row for this club. Could it happen again?
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Tokyo are coming to town in four days.
A decent goal production from Fukuoka in their home games so far, with 7 goals from 4 league matches. 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 3 from 4 matches.
Kawasaki Frontale form and stats
2-0-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Kawasaki Frontale in their J-League matches away.
There were no winners in Kawasaki's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Urawa Reds (placed 4th). Midfielder Ienaga was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.84. Ienaga served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
A home victory as predicted against Shimizu S-Pulse before that, in the Nabisco Cup.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The J-League trip to Kyoto Sanga.
Kawasaki Frontale are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 6 times in 4 away games so far. Kawasaki struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 7 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Avispa Fukuoka three wins, one draw and Kawasaki Frontale six victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  Y. Yamagishi 4 goals | L. Araújo de Almeida 3 goals |   A. Ienaga 2 goals |
Avispa Fukuoka missing players
Kawasaki Frontale missing players
| Avispa Fukuoka | Kawasaki Frontale | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 89% |
| 67% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 78% |
| 56% | 75% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 11% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 11% |
| 67% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 22% | 25% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 3.2 | 3.5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.2 | 3.9 |
| 4.3 | 3.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
| 1.6 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10.1 | 12.8 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10.2 | 10.6 |
| 3.2 | 4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3.1 |
| 41% | 44% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 36% |
| 9.6 | 7.8 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 13 | 12.1 |
| 3.3 | 3.5 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.2 | 4.4 |
- Avispa Fukuoka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Avispa Fukuoka have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Avispa Fukuoka have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Avispa Fukuoka have the most points (12) at home in J-League
- Avispa Fukuoka have won all their matches at home so far.
- Avispa Fukuoka haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Kawasaki Frontale have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Kawasaki Frontale have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Kawasaki Frontale haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 13 | 19 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 18 |
| 3 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Urawa Reds | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
| 5 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 17 |
| 6 | Avispa Fukuoka | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 15 |
| 7 | Cerezo Osaka | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | Tokyo | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | Kyoto Sanga | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | Albirex Niigata | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 12 |
| 11 | Shonan Bellmare | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 11 |
| 12 | Sagan Tosu | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 11 |
| 13 | Kashima Antlers | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | -2 | 10 |
| 14 | Consadole Sapporo | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 10 |
| 15 | Kawasaki Frontale | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 16 | Gamba Osaka | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 7 |
| 17 | Kashiwa Reysol | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -8 | 6 |
| 18 | Yokohama | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | -16 | 3 |
