The visiting Avispa Fukuoka side should be favourites in this visit to Vegalta Sendai, as the away team holds a 15 point advantage from their 14 league games this season.
- Vegalta Sendai have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Avispa Fukuoka have scored at least twice as many goals away as Vegalta Sendai have scored home.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a J-League match only three days ago. That game was an away game at Kawasaki Frontale, so at least Vegalta are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Vegalta Sendai form and stats
Vegalta Sendai have collected 4 points from their J-League home games so far after 1-1-2.
Vegalta Sendai travelled for their previous game, a trip to Kawasaki Frontale that ended 2-2. Midfielder Shogo Nakahara was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.04 (out of ten) in that game. Nakahara scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 3 of 3 times. The hometeam coach M. Teguramori made a successful contribution in the game against Kawasaki Frontale, bringing on Quenten Martinus who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw.
Heartbreak before that as Vegalta lost 0-2 at Urawa Reds's place.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Sanfrecce Hiroshima are coming to town in four days.
The lack of attacking qualities in Vegalta means that they have only scored 2 goals in 4 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Vegalta have conceded 7 from these games.
Avispa Fukuoka form and stats
The visitors are W2-D4-L1 on the road this term. That's in the J-League. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Avispa Fukuoka hope to make it five in this match.
Fukuoka have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Masaaki Murakami. It's been 242 minutes since they last conceded in J-League.
Takaaki Shichi scored in Fukuoka's previous match, the home game against Kashiwa Reysol that ended 1-0. Emil Salomonsson was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.01. The defender Salomonsson served one assist, hit two key passes and won 1 of 3 duels.
Ahead of that match was the Nabisco Cup away draw versus Kashima Antlers that ended 1-1.A quick return to home after this game, as Avispa Fukuoka are hosting Sagan Tosu in the Nabisco Cup only four days away.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Fukuoka have scored 9 goals in 7 league games away. As opposed to that, Avispa Fukuoka have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Vegalta seven wins, two draws and Avispa Fukuoka one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Salomonsson 3 goals |  B. Pereira Mendes 3 goals | T. Kanamori 3 goals |
Vegalta Sendai missing players
Avispa Fukuoka missing players
| Vegalta Sendai | Avispa Fukuoka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 4 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 17 |
| 27 | 7 | 7 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| 92% | 75% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 71% | 86% |
| 77% | 50% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 71% | 64% |
| 54% | 25% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 71% | 57% |
| 38% | 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 43% | 29% |
| 15% | 25% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 54% | 25% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 71% | 57% |
| 15% | 50% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 29% | 43% |
| 38% | 50% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 29% | 14% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.2 | 7.2 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 6.7 | 8.1 |
| 3.2 | 1.8 | 1.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
| 24% | 29% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 45% | 41% |
- Avispa Fukuoka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Avispa Fukuoka have scored at least twice as many goals away as Vegalta Sendai have scored home.
- Vegalta Sendai have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
| 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 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 29 | 42 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 32 |
| 3 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 27 |
| 4 | Sagan Tosu | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 27 |
| 5 | Vissel Kobe | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 23 |
| 6 | Avispa Fukuoka | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 22 |
| 7 | Kashima Antlers | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 21 |
| 8 | Cerezo Osaka | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 21 |
| 9 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 21 |
| 10 | Urawa Reds | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 20 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| 12 | Shonan Bellmare | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 15 |
| 13 | Tokyo | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 15 |
| 14 | Tokushima Vortis | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 14 |
| 15 | Kashiwa Reysol | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | -3 | 13 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -5 | 12 |
| 17 | Oita Trinita | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -11 | 8 |
| 18 | Gamba Osaka | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 7 |
| 19 | Vegalta Sendai | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -17 | 7 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 21 | -28 | 3 |