Avispa Fukuoka will hope to make use of their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s adversaries. The home team are currently 10 points behind Yokohama F. Marinos.
- Avispa Fukuoka have the fewest conceded goals (9) in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most scored goals (26) in J-League
It's quite the trip for Yokohama F. Marinos when visiting Avispa Fukuoka as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Avispa Fukuoka and Yokohama F. Marinos.
Avispa Fukuoka form and stats
1 victory, 5 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Avispa Fukuoka have to build on here at Best Denki Stadium in the J-League.
Fukuoka are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 198 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Lukian).
The Avispa Fukuoka coach Hasebe and his crew return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Tokyo in the Nabisco Cup.
Prior to that, an away loss at Kawasaki Frontale in the J-League.There will be little rest for Avispa Fukuoka after this match as they are travelling to Nagoya Grampus for a J-League game in only four days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Avispa Fukuoka here at Best Denki Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 7 games). As for guarding their own goal, Fukuoka have only let in 3 goals at home.
Yokohama F. Marinos form and stats
Playing away, Yokohama F. Marinos have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the J-League this season.
Yokohama F. Marinos are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 3-3 draw at Urawa Reds (placed 15th). Drawing 3-3 against Urawa Reds after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 3-0. Their manager Muscat needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result. Lopes has found the net for this team four games in a row. The ability! Miyaichi got a match rating of 8.1 in that game, top player of the team. Miyaichi scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 23 successful passes (of 27 total).
Before that one, a nice away victory 4-1 at Shonan Bellmare.After this away game Yokohama return home for a J-League game against Kyoto Sanga. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Yokohama F. Marinos struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 10 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the former ten meetings featuring these two participants are: zero wins for Avispa Fukuoka, three draws and seven wins for Yokohama F. Marinos. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Lopes de Souza 7 goals | T. Nishimura 4 goals |  Y. Yamagishi 3 goals |
Avispa Fukuoka missing players
Yokohama F. Marinos missing players
| Avispa Fukuoka | Yokohama F. Marinos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 12 | 26 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 16 |
| 62% | 43% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 31% | 29% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 15% | 14% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 62% |
| 15% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 15% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 23% |
| 23% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 62% |
| 46% | 57% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 31% |
| 69% | 71% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 4.3 | 5 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 5.2 | 5.3 |
| 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.2 | 5.2 |
| 1 | 1.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 1.8 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7.8 | 9.7 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 10.8 | 13.3 |
| 3.1 | 3.9 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | 5.7 |
| 25% | 22% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 46% | 35% |
| 6.5 | 7 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 13.8 | 11.5 |
| 2.5 | 2.9 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 6 | 4.4 |
- All of Yokohama F. Marinos's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Avispa Fukuoka have the fewest conceded goals (9) in J-League
- Avispa Fukuoka have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in J-League
- Avispa Fukuoka have the fewest points from losing position (0) in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Yokohama F. Marinos have scored more than double the goals of Avispa Fukuoka.
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most matches over the total-line (5) in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most points from losing position (8) in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most scored goals (26) in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most scored goals in the first half (11) in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most scored goals in the second half (15) in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the the best goal difference (+10) in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos 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 | Kawasaki Frontale | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 29 |
| 2 | Kashima Antlers | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 28 |
| 3 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 25 |
| 4 | Kashiwa Reysol | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 |
| 5 | Sagan Tosu | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 19 |
| 6 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 7 | Tokyo | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 18 |
| 8 | Cerezo Osaka | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 17 |
| 9 | Kyoto Sanga | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
| 10 | Gamba Osaka | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 17 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 17 |
| 12 | Avispa Fukuoka | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| 13 | Nagoya Grampus | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 14 |
| 14 | Jubilo Iwata | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -4 | 14 |
| 15 | Urawa Reds | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 17 | Vissel Kobe | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -10 | 7 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -13 | 7 |
