Cerezo Osaka are flying at 4th, while Avispa Fukuoka are bringing up the rear 12 points behind in the league table. Will they cut the gap?
- Cerezo Osaka haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Avispa Fukuoka have the fewest points (3) away in J-League
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Cerezo Osaka form and stats
5-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the J-League numbers at home for Cerezo Osaka so far this season. Two home wins in a row for Cerezo Osaka bring valid hopes of a third.
A good away victory last time out for Cerezo, who won 4-1 against Consadole Sapporo (placed 9th). The attacker Ceará won the honour of being "man of the match" for Cerezo Osaka with the rating of 8.21/10. Ceará scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.
Preceding that result, a home loss in the Nabisco Cup against Gamba Osaka. The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Cerezo Osaka have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 16 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 4 and lost 4.
Cerezo Osaka are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 9 games. On the other hand, Cerezo have conceded 10 goals.
Avispa Fukuoka form and stats
There's been little loot from Avispa Fukuoka's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 8 away games in the J-League. Avispa Fukuoka only have 0 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 3 draws. It's looking increasingly bleak for Avispa Fukuoka who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Urawa Reds was the last time a defeat was avoided.
Home advantage was not enough for Fukuoka in their previous game as they lost hosting Vissel Kobe, 0-3. Midfielder Ideguchi was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.44. Ideguchi dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 36 successful passes (of 42 total).
Before that, the Nabisco Cup victory away at Kashiwa Reysol. We have checked recent matches where Avispa Fukuoka have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were 1 victory, 4 draws and 8 defeats.
The attacking power of Avispa Fukuoka when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 8 league matches away. As for defending, Avispa Fukuoka rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 14 goals from these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Avispa Fukuoka - Cerezo 2-1 was the outcome when these contenders last met, some time ago this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cerezo Osaka three wins, three draws and Avispa Fukuoka four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  Y. Yamagishi 7 goals |  L. de Sousa Pereira 6 goals | H. Okuno 3 goals |
Cerezo Osaka missing players
Avispa Fukuoka missing players
| Cerezo Osaka | Avispa Fukuoka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 18 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| 27 | 13 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 17 |
| 20 | 10 | 5 | Conceded | C | 8 | 14 | 25 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 83% |
| 72% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 75% | 67% |
| 61% | 56% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 56% |
| 22% | 22% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 38% | 22% |
| 11% | 11% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 61% | 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | 56% |
| 28% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 28% |
| 17% | 22% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 33% |
| 3.7 | 4 | 2.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4 |
| 5.4 | 5.6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.8 | 4.2 |
| 0.9 | 1 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.5 | 10.4 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 9 | 12.1 |
| 3.8 | 3.4 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.4 | 3.3 |
| 39% | 42% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 37% | 28% |
| 12.3 | 12.4 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 12.6 | 9.8 |
| 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.2 | 3.7 |
- Avispa Fukuoka have the fewest points (3) away in J-League
- Avispa Fukuoka have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Avispa Fukuoka have yet to win a game away.
- Cerezo Osaka haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 18 | 39 |
| 2 | Vissel Kobe | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 23 | 36 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 35 |
| 4 | Cerezo Osaka | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 32 |
| 5 | Urawa Reds | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 30 |
| 6 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 29 |
| 7 | Kashima Antlers | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 28 |
| 8 | Sagan Tosu | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 26 |
| 9 | Consadole Sapporo | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 26 |
| 10 | Kawasaki Frontale | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 25 |
| 11 | Tokyo | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -4 | 22 |
| 12 | Avispa Fukuoka | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -8 | 20 |
| 13 | Kyoto Sanga | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 15 | -7 | 19 |
| 14 | Gamba Osaka | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -11 | 19 |
| 15 | Albirex Niigata | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -9 | 18 |
| 16 | Kashiwa Reysol | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -12 | 13 |
| 17 | Yokohama | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 18 | -23 | 13 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | -11 | 12 |
