Urawa Reds visit Avispa Fukuoka and Best Denki Stadium packed with optimism, but the host team is not a walk in the park. More info on the fixture here!
- Avispa Fukuoka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Urawa Reds have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in J-League
It's quite the trip for Urawa Reds when visiting Avispa Fukuoka as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
Both squads have had sufficient rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's wish for an animated fixture!
Avispa Fukuoka form and stats
16 points is a decent return from 7 J-League games here at Best Denki Stadium for Avispa Fukuoka. The data says 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
The spoils were shared in Fukuoka's previous game, also at home. Visiting Sagan Tosu (placed 13th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline. Mae (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.02/10. Mae hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 50 successful passes (of 58 total).
Prior to that, an away loss at Sanfrecce Hiroshima.Avispa Fukuoka are traveling soon after this match as the Nabisco Cup match at Albirex Niigata awaits in four days.
Avispa Fukuoka has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. From these home matches, Fukuoka have conceded only 6 goals.
Urawa Reds form and stats
Playing away, Urawa Reds have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the J-League this season. Visiting Urawa Reds has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Yasui, Scholz and Okubo scored in Urawa's previous match, the home game against Gamba Osaka that ended 3-1. Scholz, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 9.44. Scholz scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and won 5 of 7 duels.
Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Sagan Tosu.A quick return to home after this game, as Urawa Reds are hosting Kawasaki Frontale in the Nabisco Cup only four days away.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Urawa Reds are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head to head data (for the former ten meetings): Fukuoka won one game, two matches ended with a draw and Urawa Reds managed seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.
Top Goalscorers
  Y. Yamagishi 6 goals | L. Araújo de Almeida 3 goals |   A. Scholz 3 goals |
Avispa Fukuoka missing players
Urawa Reds missing players
| Avispa Fukuoka | Urawa Reds | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 16 |
| 16 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 85% | 86% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 91% |
| 62% | 57% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 82% |
| 54% | 57% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 45% |
| 31% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 62% | 57% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 17% | 45% |
| 31% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 27% |
| 23% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 36% |
| 3.2 | 3.4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.3 |
| 3.9 | 3.4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 7.8 | 5.5 |
| 1.6 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.5 | 14 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 9.2 | 11.8 |
| 3.4 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.8 | 3.7 |
| 34% | 32% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 29% | 39% |
| 8.8 | 6.9 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 11.2 | 10.5 |
| 3.1 | 2.9 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
- Avispa Fukuoka have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Urawa Reds have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Urawa Reds have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in J-League
- Urawa Reds have the most points from losing position (10) in J-League
- Urawa Reds have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 20 | 29 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 24 |
| 3 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 23 |
| 4 | Nagoya Grampus | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 23 |
| 5 | Kashima Antlers | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 22 |
| 6 | Urawa Reds | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 |
| 7 | Cerezo Osaka | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 20 |
| 8 | Consadole Sapporo | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 19 |
| 9 | Avispa Fukuoka | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 19 |
| 10 | Kawasaki Frontale | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 18 |
| 11 | Tokyo | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -2 | 18 |
| 12 | Albirex Niigata | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 16 |
| 13 | Sagan Tosu | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -5 | 15 |
| 14 | Kyoto Sanga | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -5 | 13 |
| 15 | Shonan Bellmare | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | -1 | 11 |
| 16 | Kashiwa Reysol | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -8 | 11 |
| 17 | Yokohama | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -20 | 9 |
| 18 | Gamba Osaka | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 20 | -15 | 7 |
