J-League news and pre-match guide: Urawa Reds modest betting favourite to beat Avispa Fukuoka

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Sat 05.November
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Saitama Stadium 2002 (63700 seats)

The home crowds plan for a win in this game, and the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Urawa Reds are in 8th spot while the guesting Avispa Fukuoka sweat at 14th.

Insights:
  • Urawa Reds have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Avispa Fukuoka have the fewest scored goals (28) in J-League

Urawa Reds are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Fukuoka are struggling to avoid relegation.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Urawa Reds and Avispa Fukuoka should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Urawa Reds form and stats

When playing at home in the J-League, Urawa Reds have managed 7 wins, 7 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 16 games.

Urawa Reds faced defeat in their previous match, away at Yokohama F. Marinos (1-4). Urawa's goalkeeper Nishikawa was extremely busy against Yokohama F. Marinos, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves. The attacking player Junker was named "man of the match" for Urawa Reds with the rating of 7.21/10. Junker scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Before that, Urawa Reds drew at home versus Consadole Sapporo.

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 Urawa have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won 10 times, drawn 2 and lost 3.

Goal party? Nobody knows about this one, but we do know that 11 of the 14 latest league games with this side has had three or more goals.

The Urawa Reds fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 31 goals in 16 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.

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Avispa Fukuoka form and stats

Avispa Fukuoka have only collected 16 points from their away games in the J-League, after 4-4-8 (16 played).

Delgado and Yamagishi scored in Fukuoka's previous match, the home game against Kashiwa Reysol that ended 2-1. Delgado, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.83. Delgado scored one goal and hit two key passes.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Consadole Sapporo at their stadium, the result 2-1.

We have checked recent matches where Avispa Fukuoka have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 9 games were 1 victory, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Fukuoka have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last head-to-head encounter ended Avispa Fukuoka - Urawa Reds 0-0, earlier this season. Previous ten meetings between these sides: Urawa won eight, Avispa Fukuoka triumphed in one and we saw one draw. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Avispa FukuokaY. Yamagishi
Y. Yamagishi
10 goals
Urawa RedsD. Moberg-Karlsson
D. Moberg-Karlsson
8 goals
Urawa RedsK. Junker
K. Junker
7 goals

Urawa Reds missing players

Avispa Fukuoka missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Urawa Reds Avispa Fukuoka
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
10 7 2 Won W 1 4 9
14 7 2 Drew D 2 4 10
9 2 1 Lost L 2 8 14
47 31 9 Scored S 3 11 28
38 16 5 Conceded C 4 19 37
85% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 88% 79%
70% 81% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 50% 45%
48% 56% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 25% 30%
30% 38% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 19% 24%
18% 19% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 15%
52% 62% 60% BTTS BTTS 40% 31% 36%
30% 25% 20% Clean Sheets C S 20% 25% 33%
33% 19% 20% Failed to Score F T 60% 56% 52%
 
5.1 5.3 4.4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4 4.2
4.2 4.9 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 2.6 3.4 3.7
0.8 0.9 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.4 1.4
3 3 2 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
12.8 14.1 14.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 7.4 8.6
4.8 5.6 5.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.6 3
30% 35% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 27% 29%
 
10.7 10.3 7.2 Shots against (avg) S A 8 8.8 8.7
3.5 3.4 2.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 3.1 3.1
Key stats in J-League this season:
  • Avispa Fukuoka have the fewest scored goals (28) in J-League
  • Urawa Reds have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Urawa Reds have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Avispa Fukuoka have scored away.

  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 33 19 8 6 67 34 17 12 3 2 33 10 16 7 5 4 34 24 33 65
2 Kawasaki Frontale 33 19 6 8 62 40 17 14 1 2 38 18 16 5 5 6 24 22 22 63
3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 33 15 9 9 50 39 17 10 3 4 31 15 16 5 6 5 19 24 11 54
4 Cerezo Osaka 33 13 12 8 46 39 16 7 5 4 23 19 17 6 7 4 23 20 7 51
5 Kashima Antlers 33 13 12 8 47 42 16 7 5 4 25 22 17 6 7 4 22 20 5 51
6 Tokyo 33 14 7 12 44 40 16 8 5 3 25 12 17 6 2 9 19 28 4 49
7 Kashiwa Reysol 33 13 8 12 42 42 16 6 3 7 21 23 17 7 5 5 21 19 0 47
8 Urawa Reds 33 10 14 9 47 38 16 7 7 2 31 16 17 3 7 7 16 22 9 44
9 Nagoya Grampus 33 10 13 10 29 35 17 7 6 4 17 17 16 3 7 6 12 18 -6 43
10 Consadole Sapporo 33 10 12 11 41 52 16 6 6 4 21 21 17 4 6 7 20 31 -11 42
11 Sagan Tosu 33 9 14 10 43 42 16 5 8 3 21 11 17 4 6 7 22 31 1 41
12 Vissel Kobe 33 11 7 15 34 38 16 7 3 6 20 13 17 4 4 9 14 25 -4 40
13 Shonan Bellmare 33 9 11 13 29 38 17 5 6 6 15 22 16 4 5 7 14 16 -9 38
14 Avispa Fukuoka 33 9 10 14 28 37 17 5 6 6 17 18 16 4 4 8 11 19 -9 37
15 Gamba Osaka 33 9 9 15 33 44 17 4 6 7 18 21 16 5 3 8 15 23 -11 36
16 Kyoto Sanga 33 8 11 14 30 38 17 5 6 6 16 17 16 3 5 8 14 21 -8 35
17 Shimizu S-Pulse 33 7 12 14 41 50 17 2 8 7 20 29 16 5 4 7 21 21 -9 33
18 Júbilo Iwata 33 6 11 16 32 57 16 4 6 6 21 28 17 2 5 10 11 29 -25 29

Table
  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 33 19 8 6 67 34 17 12 3 2 33 10 16 7 5 4 34 24 33 65
2 Kawasaki Frontale 33 19 6 8 62 40 17 14 1 2 38 18 16 5 5 6 24 22 22 63
3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 33 15 9 9 50 39 17 10 3 4 31 15 16 5 6 5 19 24 11 54
4 Cerezo Osaka 33 13 12 8 46 39 16 7 5 4 23 19 17 6 7 4 23 20 7 51
5 Kashima Antlers 33 13 12 8 47 42 16 7 5 4 25 22 17 6 7 4 22 20 5 51
6 Tokyo 33 14 7 12 44 40 16 8 5 3 25 12 17 6 2 9 19 28 4 49
7 Kashiwa Reysol 33 13 8 12 42 42 16 6 3 7 21 23 17 7 5 5 21 19 0 47
8 Urawa Reds 33 10 14 9 47 38 16 7 7 2 31 16 17 3 7 7 16 22 9 44
9 Nagoya Grampus 33 10 13 10 29 35 17 7 6 4 17 17 16 3 7 6 12 18 -6 43
10 Consadole Sapporo 33 10 12 11 41 52 16 6 6 4 21 21 17 4 6 7 20 31 -11 42
11 Sagan Tosu 33 9 14 10 43 42 16 5 8 3 21 11 17 4 6 7 22 31 1 41
12 Vissel Kobe 33 11 7 15 34 38 16 7 3 6 20 13 17 4 4 9 14 25 -4 40
13 Shonan Bellmare 33 9 11 13 29 38 17 5 6 6 15 22 16 4 5 7 14 16 -9 38
14 Avispa Fukuoka 33 9 10 14 28 37 17 5 6 6 17 18 16 4 4 8 11 19 -9 37
15 Gamba Osaka 33 9 9 15 33 44 17 4 6 7 18 21 16 5 3 8 15 23 -11 36
16 Kyoto Sanga 33 8 11 14 30 38 17 5 6 6 16 17 16 3 5 8 14 21 -8 35
17 Shimizu S-Pulse 33 7 12 14 41 50 17 2 8 7 20 29 16 5 4 7 21 21 -9 33
18 Júbilo Iwata 33 6 11 16 32 57 16 4 6 6 21 28 17 2 5 10 11 29 -25 29

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