Evenly matched teams: Tokyo vs Avispa Fukuoka match preview

These teams have little in common geographically as Avispa Fukuoka have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

This should be an engaging fixture with lots of action and excitement as both participants are well refreshed since they last played a game. Game on!

Tokyo form and stats

Tokyo have collected 15 points from their J-League home games so far after 4-3-1.

Stress levels are on the rise for Tokyo's attacking players as they have now played 218 minutes without scoring in a league game. Diego was their last goal scorer.

Tokyo are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-5 away versus Sagan Tosu. As you see from the result above, Tokyo suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Adailton, a natural forward, was the champion player for the side in that fixture, receiving a rating of 7.3 (out of 10). Adailton hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.

Erik lost again The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Tokyo have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 3 and lost 4.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Tokyo, as the J-League home game vs Consadole Sapporo is only four days away.

The Tokyo fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 8 matches. Tokyo have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

Avispa Fukuoka form and stats

Avispa Fukuoka have only collected 7 points from their away games in the J-League, after 2-1-5 (8 played).

The manager Hasebe was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Level-5 stadium. Fukuoka suffered a 1-3 loss to Sanfrecce Hiroshima (placed 4th). The attacker Watari got a match rating of 7.33 in that game. Watari scored one goal.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Avispa Fukuoka playing away and similar expectations, we found 17 relevant matches. Results were 8 Avispa Fukuoka wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

Avispa Fukuoka have another fixture away in just four sleeps, a J-League match against Jubilo Iwata. A difficult timetable for the visitors!

The attacking power of Fukuoka when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 8 league matches away. As opposed to that, Avispa Fukuoka have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Avispa Fukuoka - Tokyo 5-1 was the result in these squads' previous head-to-head match, played this season. Previous ten meetings with these contenders: Tokyo won two, Avispa Fukuoka were winners in five and we saw three draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

A. dos Santos da Silva 4 goals

Y. Yamagishi 4 goals

D. Queiroz de Oliveira 3 goals

Tokyo missing players

Avispa Fukuoka missing players