Urawa Reds are placed 6th so far, while Avispa Fukuoka are lagging 2 points behind in the table. Can they reduce the gap?
- Avispa Fukuoka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a J-League match only four days ago. That game was an away game at Kashiwa Reysol, so at least Urawa are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
It's quite the trip for Avispa Fukuoka when visiting Urawa as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
Urawa Reds form and stats
6 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Urawa Reds have to build on here at Saitama Stadium 2002 in the J-League.
A good away victory last time out for Urawa Reds, who won 2-0 against Kashiwa Reysol (placed 18th). Midfield player Kai Shibato got a match rating of 7.92 in that game, the max score being 10. Shibato scored one goal, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 55 successful passes (of 64 total).
Preceding that match was the home game against Shonan Bellmare that was lost 2-3.Urawa are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 11 games. Urawa have conceded 12 in these home matches.
Avispa Fukuoka form and stats
Playing away, Avispa Fukuoka have won 3 games, drawn 5 and suffered 2 defeats in the J-League this season.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a J-League home defeat versus Vissel Kobe with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Tatsuki Nara was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.33. The defender Nara won 10 of 13 duels.
Before that, Avispa Fukuoka secured a home win against Kagoshima United with the score 6-0.Fukuoka find the net regularly in their away games. 12 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. Avispa Fukuoka have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Avispa Fukuoka - Urawa Reds 2-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Last nine meetings between the teams: Urawa Reds won eight, Avispa Fukuoka won one and zero draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Junker 7 goals |   B. Pereira Mendes 5 goals | Y. Abe 3 goals |
Urawa Reds missing players
Avispa Fukuoka missing players
| Urawa Reds | Avispa Fukuoka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 24 | 15 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 12 | 23 |
| 22 | 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 22 |
| 89% | 82% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 80% | 89% |
| 79% | 73% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 70% | 68% |
| 37% | 36% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 58% |
| 21% | 27% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 30% | 21% |
| 16% | 27% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 26% | 36% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 70% | 63% |
| 47% | 55% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 30% | 37% |
| 37% | 27% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 20% | 11% |
| 4.6 | 4.9 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
| 4.1 | 4.6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.8 | 5.8 |
| 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 7.1 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 7.3 | 8 |
| 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3 | 2.9 |
| 39% | 44% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 40% | 42% |
- Avispa Fukuoka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Avispa Fukuoka have won significantly less corners away then 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 | Kawasaki Frontale | 21 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 51 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 36 | 55 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 19 | 37 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 37 |
| 4 | Vissel Kobe | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 34 |
| 5 | Sagan Tosu | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 33 |
| 6 | Urawa Reds | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 31 |
| 7 | Kashima Antlers | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 29 |
| 8 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 29 |
| 9 | Avispa Fukuoka | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 29 |
| 10 | Tokyo | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -3 | 28 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 25 |
| 12 | Cerezo Osaka | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 23 |
| 13 | Shonan Bellmare | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -2 | 21 |
| 14 | Tokushima Vortis | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -8 | 19 |
| 15 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -7 | 18 |
| 16 | Vegalta Sendai | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -17 | 15 |
| 17 | Gamba Osaka | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 14 |
| 18 | Kashiwa Reysol | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 12 | -12 | 14 |
| 19 | Oita Trinita | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -14 | 13 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 20 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 50 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 31 | -38 | 7 |