Yokohama F. Marinos have outperformed Avispa Fukuoka so far, but every game opens at 0-0. Here's all the information you require prior to kickoff:
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the the best goal difference (+11) at home in J-League
- Avispa Fukuoka have yet to win a game away.
Avispa Fukuoka have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It's no vacation for neither Yokohama F. Marinos 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.
Yokohama F. Marinos form and stats
Yokohama F. Marinos are steadily winning J-League games and points here at Nissan Stadium. 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 6 games.
The fans hope that Yokohama will strike back in this game, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the Nabisco Cup fixture against Consadole Sapporo.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Gamba Osaka and winning 2-0.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Yokohama F. Marinos's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 5 games, won 4 matches, drawn 1 and lost 0.
Take note: 8 of the most recent 10 league games from this club have seen goals scored by both teams.
Yokohama F. Marinos can score goals in their home matches. After 6 league matches they have found the net 15 times. Yokohama have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Avispa Fukuoka form and stats
There's been little loot from Avispa Fukuoka's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 6 away games in the J-League. Avispa Fukuoka only have 0 wins to counter their 3 defeats and 3 draws.
The attacking players of Avispa Fukuoka have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 240 minutes. Avispa Fukuoka have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Masaaki Murakami. It's been 181 minutes since they last conceded in J-League.
Two travels in a row for Avispa Fukuoka, whose boss Hasebe could celebrate last time after the Nabisco Cup win against Albirex Niigata.
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Urawa Reds in the J-League.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Fukuoka when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 5 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 2 and winning 0 games.
As for defending, Avispa Fukuoka rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 10 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head numbers (for the prior ten meetings): Yokohama won seven games, two matches ended in a draw and Avispa Fukuoka got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Lopes de Souza 7 goals |  Y. Yamagishi 6 goals | J. Pimentel da Silva 4 goals |
Yokohama F. Marinos missing players
Avispa Fukuoka missing players
| Yokohama F. Marinos | Avispa Fukuoka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 28 | 15 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 15 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 83% | 79% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 67% | 57% |
| 57% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 50% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 50% | 29% |
| 21% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 7% |
| 71% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 67% | 57% |
| 21% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 17% | 36% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 33% | 29% |
| 5.2 | 6.3 | 13 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2.8 | 3.4 |
| 6.3 | 5.3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| 1.1 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.4 | 12.2 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 8.7 | 11.7 |
| 4.9 | 5.5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.7 | 3.4 |
| 41% | 45% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 38% | 31% |
| 14.5 | 12.5 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 11 | 9 |
| 4.5 | 3.8 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
- All of Yokohama F. Marinos's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Avispa Fukuoka have yet to win a game away.
- 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 at home.
- Yokohama F. Marinos have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Avispa Fukuoka have scored away.
- Yokohama F. Marinos have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the the best goal difference (+11) at home in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Yokohama F. Marinos 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 | Vissel Kobe | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 30 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 27 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| 4 | Kashima Antlers | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 23 |
| 5 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | Cerezo Osaka | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 23 |
| 7 | Consadole Sapporo | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 22 |
| 8 | Urawa Reds | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| 9 | Avispa Fukuoka | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 20 |
| 10 | Tokyo | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -2 | 19 |
| 11 | Kawasaki Frontale | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | -1 | 18 |
| 12 | Sagan Tosu | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 18 |
| 13 | Albirex Niigata | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 16 |
| 14 | Kyoto Sanga | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -6 | 13 |
| 15 | Kashiwa Reysol | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -8 | 12 |
| 16 | Yokohama | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -19 | 12 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | -3 | 11 |
| 18 | Gamba Osaka | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 20 | -17 | 7 |
