J-League match preview: Yokohama versus Avispa Fukuoka

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Wed 26.May
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium

The visiting Avispa Fukuoka side should be favourites in this visit to Yokohama, as the away team holds a 22 point advantage from their 16 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Yokohama have the most conceded goals (39) in J-League
  • Avispa Fukuoka is in the best form (6-0-0)

It's no vacation for neither Yokohama 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.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Avispa Fukuoka, who are travelling more than 1000 kilometers to play this game.

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Yokohama form and stats

With 1 J-League win, 2 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Yokohama, who have the most conceded goals (39) in J-League, are certainly not brimming with confidence.

The fans are hoping that Yokohama will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the J-League game against Kawasaki Frontale (placed 1st). Attacking player Kleber bested all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 7.84 out of 10. Kleber scored one goal and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times. Yokohama's goalkeeper Akinori Ichikawa was extremely busy against Kawasaki Frontale, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Urawa Reds (0-2).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Yokohama as they are travelling to their away game against Gamba Osaka in the J-League. That match is four days after this one.

The Yokohama fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 7 matches. Yokohama have conceded 15 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Avispa Fukuoka form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their J-League travels is 3 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat. Impressively, the visitors are on a six-match winning run which they hope continue versus Yokohama.

Fukuoka are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the J-League against Shonan Bellmare (placed 14th). Emil Salomonsson was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.64. The defender Salomonsson served one assist, hit two key passes and won 2 of 5 duels.

That result followed a home victory 4-1 versus Sagan Tosu in the Nabisco Cup.

The schedule is very tough for Avispa Fukuoka now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A J-League game at Oita Trinita is waiting in only four days.

The visiting Fukuoka have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 8 games. 9 goals have been conceded by Fukuoka in these games.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Yokohama, five draws and two wins for Avispa Fukuoka. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

Avispa FukuokaB. Pereira Mendes
B. Pereira Mendes
4 goals
Avispa FukuokaE. Salomonsson
E. Salomonsson
3 goals
Avispa FukuokaT. Kanamori
T. Kanamori
3 goals

Yokohama missing players

Avispa Fukuoka missing players

Yokohama Avispa Fukuoka
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 7 0 Played P 3 8 16
1 1 0 Won W 1 3 8
3 2 0 Drew D 2 4 4
11 4 0 Lost L 0 1 4
11 7 0 Scored S 3 10 20
39 15 0 Conceded C 2 9 17
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 75% 88%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 62% 62%
73% 71% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 62% 56%
33% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 38% 25%
20% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
53% 57% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 62% 56%
7% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 38% 44%
40% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 25% 12%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.1 0.9 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.9 8.6 0 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 7.6 8.2
3.5 3.4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.2 3.1
21% 29% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 38% 41%
Key stats in J-League this season:
  • All of Yokohama's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Avispa Fukuoka have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Avispa Fukuoka is in the best form (6-0-0)
  • Yokohama have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Yokohama have the most conceded goals (39) in J-League
  • Yokohama have the most conceded goals in the first half (20) in J-League
  • Yokohama have the most conceded goals in the second half (19) in J-League
  • Yokohama have the most matches over the total-line (10) in J-League
  • Yokohama have the the worst goal difference (-28) in J-League
  • Yokohama haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 18 15 3 0 46 13 12 10 2 0 25 9 6 5 1 0 21 4 33 48
2 Nagoya Grampus 18 11 3 4 22 12 9 5 1 3 9 8 9 6 2 1 13 4 10 36
3 Sagan Tosu 16 9 4 3 22 7 9 6 2 1 16 2 7 3 2 2 6 5 15 31
4 Yokohama F. Marinos 14 8 4 2 29 14 8 5 3 0 17 5 6 3 1 2 12 9 15 28
5 Avispa Fukuoka 16 8 4 4 20 17 8 5 0 3 10 8 8 3 4 1 10 9 3 28
6 Urawa Reds 15 8 2 5 18 17 9 6 2 1 13 9 6 2 0 4 5 8 1 26
7 Kashima Antlers 15 7 3 5 26 18 8 4 2 2 16 11 7 3 1 3 10 7 8 24
8 Vissel Kobe 15 6 6 3 19 15 7 3 3 1 8 4 8 3 3 2 11 11 4 24
9 Cerezo Osaka 15 6 4 5 20 16 8 5 2 1 11 6 7 1 2 4 9 10 4 22
10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 16 5 6 5 18 17 7 2 2 3 5 6 9 3 4 2 13 11 1 21
11 Tokyo 15 6 3 6 22 24 9 5 0 4 16 18 6 1 3 2 6 6 -2 21
12 Consadole Sapporo 14 5 3 6 21 20 6 3 1 2 15 11 8 2 2 4 6 9 1 18
13 Tokushima Vortis 16 5 3 8 14 20 7 2 2 3 6 7 9 3 1 5 8 13 -6 18
14 Shonan Bellmare 15 3 6 6 13 16 7 2 4 1 5 2 8 1 2 5 8 14 -3 15
15 Kashiwa Reysol 15 4 2 9 13 20 6 3 0 3 9 9 9 1 2 6 4 11 -7 14
16 Shimizu S-Pulse 15 2 6 7 11 21 7 0 4 3 4 12 8 2 2 4 7 9 -10 12
17 Vegalta Sendai 15 2 4 9 12 29 6 2 1 3 4 9 9 0 3 6 8 20 -17 10
18 Oita Trinita 14 2 3 9 10 22 7 1 3 3 5 10 7 1 0 6 5 12 -12 9
19 Gamba Osaka 12 1 4 7 3 13 5 0 2 3 1 7 7 1 2 4 2 6 -10 7
20 Yokohama 15 1 3 11 11 39 7 1 2 4 7 15 8 0 1 7 4 24 -28 6