Cerezo Osaka have played excellent football so far this season, sitting at 5th spot in the table. Avispa Fukuoka have an outlook both up and down the table from the 10th position.
- Cerezo Osaka have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Avispa Fukuoka have the fewest conceded goals (18) in J-League
This should be an interesting match with lots of action and bustle as both squads are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Game on!
Cerezo Osaka form and stats
4-4-3 (win-draw-lost) are the J-League numbers at home for Cerezo Osaka so far this season.
Cerezo Osaka are returning here after visiting Gamba Osaka and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Patric and Yamada scored the goal(s). Manager Kogiku felt very clever after Patric scored the winning goal against Gamba Osaka, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 65th minute. Midfield player Suzuki got a match rating of 7.71 in that game, the max score being 10. Suzuki hit one key pass and had 54 successful passes (of 61 total).
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Cerezo handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
An interesting fact: 9 of the most recent 12 league games from these players have had goals from both teams.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Kawasaki Frontale are coming to town in four days.
Cerezo Osaka are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 11 games. 14 goals have been conceded.
Avispa Fukuoka form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (18) in J-League, on their J-League travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Avispa Fukuoka goalkeeper Takumi Nagaishi is eager to challenge this, with his 297 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Shonan Bellmare (placed 12th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0. Nara, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.32. Nara won 3 of 7 duels.
Avispa Fukuoka are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 4 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.
A tale of few goals? 17 of this side's most recent 22 league fixtures have had two goals or less.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Fukuoka manager Hasebe as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Vissel Kobe.
The attacking power of Avispa Fukuoka when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 11 league matches away. 12 goals have been conceded by Fukuoka in these games.
Head 2 Head
This was the result when the squads faced each other earlier this campaign; Avispa Fukuoka - Cerezo Osaka 0-0. 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 6 goals |  M. Kato 4 goals | H. Yamada 4 goals |
Cerezo Osaka missing players
Avispa Fukuoka missing players
| Cerezo Osaka | Avispa Fukuoka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 34 | 15 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 17 |
| 26 | 14 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 18 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 82% | 68% |
| 77% | 82% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 36% | 32% |
| 55% | 55% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 27% | 23% |
| 32% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 23% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 9% |
| 64% | 64% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 27% | 27% |
| 18% | 9% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 36% | 50% |
| 23% | 27% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 55% | 55% |
| 4.9 | 6.1 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 4.4 | 3.4 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
| 0.9 | 0.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.3 | 12.1 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 7 | 8.1 |
| 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| 34% | 28% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 30% | 27% |
| 11.7 | 9.5 | 7.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.7 | 6.7 | 7.8 |
| 4.4 | 4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.3 | 2.8 |
- Avispa Fukuoka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Avispa Fukuoka have the fewest conceded goals (18) in J-League
- Avispa Fukuoka have the most clean sheets (11) in J-League
- Cerezo Osaka have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 48 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 23 | 45 |
| 2 | Kashima Antlers | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 40 |
| 3 | Kawasaki Frontale | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 37 |
| 4 | Kashiwa Reysol | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 36 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 35 |
| 6 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 35 |
| 7 | Tokyo | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -1 | 32 |
| 8 | Urawa Reds | 22 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 29 |
| 9 | Sagan Tosu | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 28 |
| 10 | Avispa Fukuoka | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -1 | 27 |
| 11 | Kyoto Sanga | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -4 | 25 |
| 12 | Shonan Bellmare | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | -6 | 25 |
| 13 | Nagoya Grampus | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -6 | 25 |
| 14 | Consadole Sapporo | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 28 | -18 | 24 |
| 15 | Vissel Kobe | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -7 | 21 |
| 16 | Gamba Osaka | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -9 | 21 |
| 17 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -9 | 20 |
| 18 | Júbilo Iwata | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -12 | 19 |
