We love the setup of this game, with Sanfrecce Hiroshima positioned 4th and Avispa Fukuoka placed 5th. Here's a full preview!
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have the fewest conceded goals (7) in J-League
- Avispa Fukuoka have yet to win a game away.
The visiting Avispa Fukuoka played their last game only four days ago, a J-League match.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima form and stats
The story so far in the J-League for Sanfrecce Hiroshima at their home stadium (EDION Stadium) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
A strong away win for Sanfrecce against Cerezo Osaka the last match, as Vieira were on target. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Skibbe when Vieira scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 60th minute. Midfield player Notsuda got a match rating of 8.44 in that game, the max score being 10. Notsuda hit four key passes and had 58 successful passes (of 64 total).
Before that game, the home loss against Tokyo with the scoreline 1-2.Sanfrecce Hiroshima have scored {4 league goals} here from 5 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Sanfrecce have conceded only 4 goals.
Avispa Fukuoka form and stats
0 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Avispa Fukuoka playing as the away team in the J-League this season.
Avispa Fukuoka go into this game after a win, the home game against Tokyo that ended 1-0. That victory felt sweet as this team had gone three league matches without victory. Yamagishi, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.9. Yamagishi scored one goal and hit two key passes.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-3 defeat against Kawasaki Frontale.As opposed to that, Avispa Fukuoka have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Sanfrecce have won or drawn the last 5 fixtures (3-2-0) facing Avispa Fukuoka.Top Goalscorers
  D. da Silva Vieira 5 goals |  Y. Yamagishi 5 goals | L. Araújo de Almeida 3 goals |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima missing players
Avispa Fukuoka missing players
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Avispa Fukuoka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 90% | 80% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 91% |
| 60% | 40% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 64% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 55% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 27% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 64% |
| 50% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 40% | 18% |
| 7.2 | 8.4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3 | 3.1 |
| 3.2 | 1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.8 | 4 |
| 1.3 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18.3 | 17.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 8 | 10.7 |
| 6.5 | 6.4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.6 | 3.5 |
| 20% | 12% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 37% |
| 6.9 | 4.8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 11 | 9 |
| 3.1 | 2.2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
- Avispa Fukuoka have yet to win a game away.
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have created more than twice as many corners as Avispa Fukuoka.
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have the fewest conceded goals (7) in J-League
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in J-League
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima is in the best form (5-0-1) in J-League
| 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 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 15 | 23 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 21 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 20 |
| 5 | Avispa Fukuoka | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 18 |
| 6 | Urawa Reds | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
| 7 | Cerezo Osaka | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 17 |
| 8 | Kashima Antlers | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 9 | Tokyo | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| 10 | Kawasaki Frontale | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 15 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 11 | -1 | 13 |
| 12 | Kyoto Sanga | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | -1 | 13 |
| 13 | Albirex Niigata | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 12 |
| 14 | Shonan Bellmare | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 15 | Sagan Tosu | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -6 | 11 |
| 16 | Kashiwa Reysol | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 10 |
| 17 | Gamba Osaka | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 16 | -12 | 7 |
| 18 | Yokohama | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | -18 | 6 |
