The visiting Avispa Fukuoka side should be favourites in this visit to ThespaKusatsu Gunma, as the away team holds a 26 point advantage from their 26 league games this season.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for ThespaKusatsu Gunma and Avispa Fukuoka.
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.
ThespaKusatsu Gunma form and stats
ThespaKusatsu Gunma's struggle is real here at Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma with only 10 points collected from 13 J2-League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-1-9.
ThespaKusatsu are confident in defense, having played 284 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
ThespaKusatsu are returning here after visiting Ryukyu in a J2-League game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. T. Uchida scored the goal(s). Before that, ThespaKusatsu played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Giravanz Kitakyushu.
The match schedule is unforgiving for ThespaKusatsu Gunma as they have a new game in only three days, a J2-League match thankfully also at home. Ventforet Kofu are visiting.
ThespaKusatsu aren't scoring a lot here at Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma in the league, with only 9 goals from 13 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the ThespaKusatsu defense is not exactly impregnable. 25 goals conceded from 13 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Avispa Fukuoka form and stats
Avispa Fukuoka, who have the fewest conceded goals (20) in J2-League, have an excellent away record in the J2-League so far with 9-2-2 from 13 games. In general it has been a productive period now for Fukuoka as they haven't lost any of their last twelve games. Fukuoka are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eight in a row without losing.
Fukuoka play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Albirex Niigata (placed 6th). Prior to that result Fukuoka won their away game at Ventforet Kofu. The scoreline was 2-0.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Fukuoka manager S. Hasebe as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Machida Zelvia.
The visiting Fukuoka have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 17 goals from 13 games. It's not easy to score on Fukuoka as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Avispa Fukuoka - ThespaKusatsu 1-0. ThespaKusatsu-Avispa Fukuoka H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: ThespaKusatsu Gunma two wins, Avispa Fukuoka seven wins, one draw. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).ThespaKusatsu Gunma missing players
Avispa Fukuoka missing players
| ThespaKusatsu Gunma | Avispa Fukuoka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 9 | 16 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 16 | 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 21 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 17 | 32 |
| 43 | 25 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | 20 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 54% | 54% |
| 46% | 54% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 31% | 31% |
| 31% | 31% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 15% | 15% |
| 12% | 15% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 38% | 38% |
| 19% | 15% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 46% | 46% |
| 46% | 46% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 15% | 15% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 237 | 116 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 32 | 102 | 218 |
| 73 | 32 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 41 | 76 |
| 29% | 28% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 39% | 39% |
- Avispa Fukuoka has the fewest conceded goals (20) in J2-League
- Avispa Fukuoka has the fewest conceded goals (9) away in J2-League
- Avispa Fukuoka has the most clean sheets (12) in J2-League
- Avispa Fukuoka has the most matches under the total-line (18) in J2-League
- Avispa Fukuoka haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Avispa Fukuoka is in the best form (6-0-0)
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma has the fewest scored goals (21) in J2-League
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma has the most conceded goals (25) at home in J2-League
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma has the most conceded goals in the first half (20) in J2-League
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma has the the worst goal difference (-16) at home in J2-League
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma has the the worst goal difference (-22) in J2-League
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- ThespaKusatsu Gunma haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Tokushima Vortis | 27 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 41 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 20 | 52 |
| 2 | Avispa Fukuoka | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 52 |
| 3 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 39 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 47 |
| 4 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 36 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 47 |
| 5 | Ventforet Kofu | 27 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 36 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 42 |
| 6 | Albirex Niigata | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 38 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 40 |
| 7 | Tokyo Verdy | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 33 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 39 |
| 8 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 40 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 4 | 38 |
| 9 | Kyoto Sanga | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 38 |
| 10 | Mito Hollyhock | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 7 | 35 |
| 11 | Montedio Yamagata | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 35 |
| 12 | Machida Zelvia | 27 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 29 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -1 | 35 |
| 13 | Tochigi | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 13 | -1 | 35 |
| 14 | Júbilo Iwata | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 34 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 34 |
| 15 | Omiya Ardija | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -6 | 34 |
| 16 | JEF United | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 29 | 32 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 11 | -3 | 32 |
| 17 | Fagiano Okayama | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 32 |
| 18 | Ryukyu | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 35 | 44 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 24 | -9 | 27 |
| 19 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 26 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 21 | 43 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 18 | -22 | 26 |
| 20 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 27 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 26 | 42 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 23 | -16 | 25 |
| 21 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 31 | 47 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 30 | -16 | 23 |
| 22 | Ehime | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 35 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 15 | -12 | 22 |