Tokushima Vortis vs Avispa Fukuoka: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Sat 13.March
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Pocari Sweat Stadium (17924 seats)

It's still early in the J-League season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Tokushima Vortis - Avispa Fukuoka preview!

It's no vacation for neither Tokushima nor Avispa Fukuoka as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Tokushima Vortis form and stats

The first J-League game here at Pocari Sweat Stadium resulted in a draw. Last season Tokushima Vortis's home game statistics were 11 victories, 7 draws and 3 defeats from 21 games.

Tokushima lost their last game at Kawasaki Frontale (placed 1st) after a 0-2 scoreline. Before that, Tokushima Vortis drew at home versus Vissel Kobe.

This is expected to be a close game, with Tokushima Vortis perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Tokushima as a small favourite), we find nine games. Tokushima Vortis has won four of these, drawn two and lost three.

Tokushima are traveling soon after this match as the J-League match at Yokohama F. Marinos awaits in four days.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Tokushima Vortis at home in the league. 1 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Avispa Fukuoka form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first J-League away game of the season. During their previous season 21 away games resulted in 13 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.

The manager S. Hasebe was unhappy after their last game, a J-League match played at their home ground Level-5 stadium. Fukuoka suffered a 1-3 loss to Yokohama F. Marinos (placed 10th). Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Shimizu S-Pulse.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Fukuoka in our archives, and the results are: seven wins for Avispa Fukuoka, two draws and five defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Fukuoka are hosting Kashima Antlers in the J-League only four days away.

It's early days yet, but Avispa Fukuoka has scored 2 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - zero - five (Tokushima wins - draws - Avispa Fukuoka wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Tokushima VortisT. Kishimoto
T. Kishimoto
1 goals
TokushimaY. Kakita
Y. Kakita
1 goals
Avispa FukuokaY. Yamagishi
Y. Yamagishi
1 goals

Tokushima Vortis missing players

Avispa Fukuoka missing players

Tokushima Vortis Avispa Fukuoka
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 2
2 1 0 Scored S 0 2 4
4 1 0 Conceded C 0 2 7
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0.3 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6.3 9 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 6 8
1.7 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 3
40% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 40% 44%
Tokushima Vortis Last season Avispa Fukuoka
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
42 21   Played P   21 42
25 11   Won W   13 25
9 7   Drew D   5 9
8 3   Lost L   3 8
67 33   Scored S   25 51
33 11   Conceded C   13 29
93% 86%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 98%
67% 67%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   52% 52%
38% 33%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   24% 26%
21% 19%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   10% 14%
10% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
43% 38%   BTTS BTTS   38% 38%
43% 52%   Clean Sheets C S   52% 50%
21% 24%   Failed to Score F T   14% 14%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
0.7 0.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.4 1.5
0 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
9.7 10.7   Shots (avg) S (   8.2 8.7
3.8 4.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.8 3.1
42% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   43% 39%

  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 4 4 0 0 12 3 3 3 0 0 7 2 1 1 0 0 5 1 9 12
2 Sagan Tosu 3 3 0 0 8 0 2 2 0 0 7 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 8 9
3 Nagoya Grampus 3 3 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 3 1 3 9
4 Vissel Kobe 3 2 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 7
5 Cerezo Osaka 4 2 0 2 8 7 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 2 4 6 1 6
6 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3 1 2 0 6 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 5
7 Shimizu S-Pulse 3 1 1 1 6 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 4
8 Oita Trinita 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
9 Tokyo 3 1 1 1 6 6 2 1 0 1 5 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4
10 Yokohama F. Marinos 3 1 1 1 6 6 1 0 1 0 3 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 4
11 Urawa Reds 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 4
12 Consadole Sapporo 3 1 0 2 6 4 1 1 0 0 5 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 2 3
13 Kashima Antlers 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
14 Kashiwa Reysol 3 1 0 2 2 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 3
15 Tokushima Vortis 3 0 2 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2 2
16 Avispa Fukuoka 3 0 1 2 4 7 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 -3 1
17 Vegalta Sendai 3 0 1 2 2 11 1 0 0 1 1 5 2 0 1 1 1 6 -9 1
18 Gamba Osaka 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
19 Shonan Bellmare 3 0 0 3 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 5 -4 0
20 Yokohama 3 0 0 3 2 9 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 7 -7 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Tokushima Vortis 42 25 9 8 67 33 21 11 7 3 33 11 21 14 2 5 34 22 34 84
2 Avispa Fukuoka 42 25 9 8 51 29 21 12 4 5 26 16 21 13 5 3 25 13 22 84
3 V-Varen Nagasaki 42 23 11 8 66 39 21 14 4 3 37 15 21 9 7 5 29 24 27 80
4 Ventforet Kofu 42 16 17 9 50 41 21 10 7 4 25 19 21 6 10 5 25 22 9 65
5 Giravanz Kitakyushu 42 19 8 15 59 51 21 12 4 5 30 19 21 7 4 10 29 32 8 65
6 Jubilo Iwata 42 16 15 11 58 47 21 11 6 4 38 21 21 5 9 7 20 26 11 63
7 Montedio Yamagata 42 17 11 14 59 42 21 11 3 7 36 22 21 6 8 7 23 20 17 62
8 Kyoto Sanga 42 16 11 15 47 45 21 12 4 5 33 21 21 4 7 10 14 24 2 59
9 Mito Hollyhock 42 16 10 16 68 62 21 7 6 8 31 32 21 9 4 8 37 30 6 58
10 Tochigi 42 15 13 14 41 39 21 7 7 7 21 18 21 8 6 7 20 21 2 58
11 Albirex Niigata 42 14 15 13 55 55 21 6 8 7 27 30 21 8 7 6 28 25 0 57
12 Tokyo Verdy 42 13 15 14 48 48 21 6 8 7 23 21 21 7 7 7 25 27 0 54
13 Matsumoto Yamaga 42 13 15 14 44 52 21 7 8 6 24 26 21 6 7 8 20 26 -8 54
14 JEF United 42 15 8 19 47 51 21 6 4 11 22 31 21 9 4 8 25 20 -4 53
15 Omiya Ardija 42 14 11 17 43 52 21 8 8 5 24 22 21 6 3 12 19 30 -9 53
16 Ryukyu 42 14 8 20 58 61 21 7 6 8 34 26 21 7 2 12 24 35 -3 50
17 Fagiano Okayama 42 12 14 16 39 49 21 8 6 7 25 24 21 4 8 9 14 25 -10 50
18 Zweigen Kanazawa 42 12 13 17 57 67 21 6 7 8 27 31 21 6 6 9 30 36 -10 49
19 Machida Zelvia 42 12 13 17 41 52 21 7 9 5 23 19 21 5 4 12 18 33 -11 49
20 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 42 15 4 23 40 62 21 6 1 14 17 36 21 9 3 9 23 26 -22 49
21 Ehime 42 8 10 24 38 68 21 3 4 14 14 32 21 5 6 10 24 36 -30 34
22 Renofa Yamaguchi 42 9 6 27 43 74 21 7 2 12 24 33 21 2 4 15 19 41 -31 33