Yokohama F. Marinos are placed 2nd so far, while Avispa Fukuoka are lagging 14 points behind in the table. Can they reduce the gap?
- Yokohama F. Marinos is in the best form (5-1-0)
- Avispa Fukuoka have won significantly less corners away then at home.
The visiting Avispa Fukuoka played their last game only three days ago, a Emperor Cup match. That game, against Sagan Tosu, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Avispa Fukuoka.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Yokohama F. Marinos form and stats
Yokohama F. Marinos have performed here at NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium this season with 7 wins from 10 J-League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 0. The Yokohama fans aren't used to losing league-games here at NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium and will expect new points from this game. Yokohama F. Marinos has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.
Yokohama are returning here after visiting Kashiwa Reysol in a J-League game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Ado Onaiwu and Daizen Maeda scored the goal(s). Midfielder Takahiro Ogihara was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.4 (out of ten) in that game. Ogihara dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 42 successful passes (of 46 total). Marcos Júnior was on the receiving end of a red card in the Yokohama-Kashiwa Reysol match, being sent off in the 35th minute. The game was drawn at that point, but the home side still managed to pull off a 2-1 victory.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Tokushima Vortis with a 1-0 scoreline.Yokohama F. Marinos are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found seven matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won seven, drew zero and lost zero.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (21 in 10 games), Yokohama F. Marinos's attacking play is working. Yokohama have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Avispa Fukuoka form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their J-League travels is 3 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats. Three has not been a lucky number for Fukuoka as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Yokohama match.
Avispa Fukuoka play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Sagan Tosu (placed 6th). Late heartbreak for Fukuoka in the Sagan Tosu match, as the deciding 0-1 goal came deep into overtime.
It was a J-League defeat before that one as the away game against Urawa Reds wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Fukuoka played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected one time.
Fukuoka have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 12 goals have been scored. 14 goals have been conceded by Avispa Fukuoka in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Avispa Fukuoka - Yokohama F. Marinos 1-3. Yokohama-Avispa Fukuoka H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Yokohama F. Marinos six wins, Avispa Fukuoka zero wins, four draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Onaiwu 11 goals |  D. Maeda 10 goals |  B. Pereira Mendes 5 goals |
Yokohama F. Marinos missing players
Avispa Fukuoka missing players
| Yokohama F. Marinos | Avispa Fukuoka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 20 |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 37 | 21 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 12 | 23 |
| 16 | 6 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 24 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 82% | 90% |
| 74% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 73% | 70% |
| 47% | 40% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 55% | 55% |
| 26% | 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 27% | 20% |
| 16% | 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 42% | 40% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 64% | 60% |
| 53% | 60% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 27% | 35% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 27% | 15% |
| 5.9 | 5.8 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
| 4.3 | 3.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 5.8 | 5.8 |
| 1.2 | 1.5 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.1 | 12.2 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 7.4 | 8 |
| 5.2 | 5.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
| 37% | 41% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 38% | 40% |
- Avispa Fukuoka have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Yokohama F. Marinos have not yet lost a game at home.
- Yokohama F. Marinos have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Yokohama F. Marinos have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Yokohama F. Marinos haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Yokohama F. Marinos is in the best form (5-1-0)
| 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 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 21 | 43 |
| 3 | Vissel Kobe | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 37 |
| 4 | Nagoya Grampus | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 37 |
| 5 | Urawa Reds | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 35 |
| 6 | Sagan Tosu | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 34 |
| 7 | Kashima Antlers | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 32 |
| 8 | Tokyo | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 31 |
| 9 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 30 |
| 10 | Avispa Fukuoka | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -1 | 29 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 28 |
| 12 | Cerezo Osaka | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 23 |
| 13 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | -6 | 22 |
| 14 | Shonan Bellmare | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -4 | 21 |
| 15 | Tokushima Vortis | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -10 | 19 |
| 16 | Kashiwa Reysol | 21 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 20 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 14 | -11 | 17 |
| 17 | Vegalta Sendai | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -17 | 16 |
| 18 | Gamba Osaka | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 14 |
| 19 | Oita Trinita | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 18 | -18 | 13 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 21 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 51 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 31 | -38 | 8 |