Tokyo Verdy vs Avispa Fukuoka Preview & Prediction 25 Nov 2020

Tokyo Verdy will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 21 points behind Avispa Fukuoka.

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 Tokyo and 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.

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Tokyo Verdy form and stats

5 victories, 6 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Tokyo Verdy have to build on here at Ajinomoto Stadium in the J2-League.

The Tokyo supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Renofa Yamaguchi in J2-League and win 1-0. In the game before, an away victory match versus ThespaKusatsu Gunma with a 3-0 scoreline.

This is expected to be a close game, with Tokyo Verdy perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Tokyo Verdy as a small favourite), we find eight games. Tokyo Verdy has won four of these, drawn three and lost one.

Tokyo are traveling soon after this match as the J2-League match at Ryukyu awaits in four days.

Tokyo are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 16 games. Tokyo have only conceded 15 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Avispa Fukuoka form and stats

Avispa Fukuoka's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Avispa Fukuoka, who have the fewest conceded goals (25) in J2-League, collect 39 points from their 18 away matches in the J2-League. 12 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 3 defeats). Momentum is building for Avispa Fukuoka in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

Fukuoka's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Montedio Yamagata that finished 1-1. Prior to that result Fukuoka won their away game at Renofa Yamaguchi. The scoreline was 1-0.

The draw against Montedio Yamagata came from a losing position. The Fukuoka manager S. Hasebe brought on K. Kido as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Fukuoka playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were seven Avispa Fukuoka wins, two draws and five defeats.

A new game in only four days for Avispa Fukuoka, the J2-League home match versus Omiya Ardija. Busy days.

The visiting Avispa Fukuoka have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 21 goals from 18 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (11 so far).

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Avispa Fukuoka - Tokyo 1-3, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - five - three (Tokyo Verdy wins - draws - Avispa Fukuoka wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.

Tokyo Verdy missing players

Avispa Fukuoka missing players

Total First Half Second Half

Tokyo Verdy				Avispa Fukuoka
Total	Home	vs top	Statistics	Stat	vs mid	Away	Total
35	17	5	Played	P	5	18	35
13	6	3	Won	W	4	12	21
12	6	1	Drew	D	0	3	6
10	5	1	Lost	L	1	3	8
44	20	9	Scored	S	6	21	41
36	15	5	Conceded	C	3	11	25
83%	82%	100%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	100%	94%	97%
63%	53%	80%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	40%	44%	49%
49%	35%	40%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	40%	28%	29%
26%	24%	20%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	11%	14%
6%	6%	20%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	0%
46%	41%	60%	BTTS	BTTS	40%	33%	37%
37%	41%	40%	Clean Sheets	C S	60%	56%	49%
34%	35%	0%	Failed to Score	F T	0%	17%	17%

0	0	0	Corners for (avg)	C F	0	0	0
0	0	0	Corners against (avg)	C A	0	0	0
0.9	0.5	0.6	Yellow cards (avg)	Y C	0.8	1.3	1.5
2	0	0	Red cards	R C	0	0	0

319	167	54	Total Shots	T S	26	145	304
132	68	29	Shots on Target	S O	10	50	109
33%	29%	31%	Goal Efficiency	G E	60%	42%	38%

Tokyo Verdy			First Half	Avispa Fukuoka
Total	Home	vs top	Statistics	Stat	vs mid	Away	Total
35	17	5	Played	P	5	18	35
9	4	2	Won	W	2	5	11
19	10	3	Drew	D	2	10	19
7	3	0	Lost	L	1	3	5
23	11	5	Scored	S	3	7	15
17	7	2	Conceded	C	2	6	11
60%	59%	80%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	80%	56%	54%
40%	35%	60%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	20%	17%	17%
14%	12%	0%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	0%	0%	3%
0%	0%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	0%	0%
0%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	0%
20%	24%	40%	BTTS	BTTS	20%	11%	11%
66%	65%	60%	Clean Sheets	C S	60%	72%	74%
54%	53%	20%	Failed to Score	F T	40%	61%	60%

Tokyo Verdy			Second Half	Avispa Fukuoka
Total	Home	vs top	Statistics	Stat	vs mid	Away	Total
35	17	5	Played	P	5	18	35
7	3	1	Won	W	2	9	16
19	9	3	Drew	D	3	8	14
9	5	1	Lost	L	0	1	5
21	9	4	Scored	S	3	14	26
19	8	3	Conceded	C	1	5	14
66%	59%	60%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	60%	72%	77%
34%	24%	40%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	20%	28%	29%
11%	12%	20%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	0%	6%	9%
3%	6%	20%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	0%	0%
0%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	0%
29%	18%	40%	BTTS	BTTS	20%	22%	26%
49%	53%	40%	Clean Sheets	C S	80%	72%	63%
57%	71%	60%	Failed to Score	F T	40%	33%	34%

Key stats in J2-League this season:

Avispa Fukuoka has the fewest conceded goals (11) away in J2-League
Avispa Fukuoka has the fewest conceded goals (25) in J2-League
Avispa Fukuoka has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14) in J2-League
Avispa Fukuoka has the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in J2-League
Avispa Fukuoka has the most clean sheets (10) away in J2-League
Avispa Fukuoka has the most clean sheets (17) in J2-League
Avispa Fukuoka has the most matches under the total-line (25) in J2-League

		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	35	21	8	6	55	27	17	8	6	3	25	10	18	13	2	3	30	17	28	71
2	Avispa Fukuoka	35	21	6	8	41	25	17	9	3	5	20	14	18	12	3	3	21	11	16	69
3	V-Varen Nagasaki	35	19	9	7	55	34	16	11	2	3	29	12	19	8	7	4	26	22	21	66
4	Giravanz Kitakyushu	35	17	6	12	49	38	18	10	3	5	25	18	17	7	3	7	24	20	11	57
5	Albirex Niigata	35	14	14	7	50	39	18	6	7	5	24	23	17	8	7	2	26	16	11	56
6	Ventforet Kofu	34	14	14	6	44	35	18	10	6	2	25	16	16	4	8	4	19	19	9	56
7	Kyoto Sanga	35	14	8	13	42	39	17	11	2	4	29	17	18	3	6	9	13	22	3	50
8	Montedio Yamagata	35	13	10	12	48	37	18	8	3	7	27	20	17	5	7	5	21	17	11	49
9	Mito Hollyhock	35	13	9	13	61	54	17	5	5	7	26	27	18	8	4	6	35	27	7	48
10	Tokyo Verdy	34	12	12	10	43	36	16	5	6	5	19	15	18	7	6	5	24	21	7	48
11	Jubilo Iwata	35	11	15	9	45	39	18	8	6	4	30	19	17	3	9	5	15	20	6	48
12	Tochigi	35	12	10	13	29	30	17	5	6	6	15	14	18	7	4	7	14	16	-1	46
13	Fagiano Okayama	35	11	11	13	32	39	19	8	5	6	22	20	16	3	6	7	10	19	-7	44
14	Zweigen Kanazawa	35	11	10	14	47	52	19	6	6	7	23	26	16	5	4	7	24	26	-5	43
15	Omiya Ardija	35	11	10	14	32	42	18	6	7	5	15	17	17	5	3	9	17	25	-10	43
16	JEF United	35	12	6	17	40	45	18	4	4	10	18	28	17	8	2	7	22	17	-5	42
17	Matsumoto Yamaga	35	10	12	13	36	48	17	5	6	6	18	24	18	5	6	7	18	24	-12	42
18	Machida Zelvia	35	9	13	13	34	40	18	5	9	4	21	16	17	4	4	9	13	24	-6	40
19	Ryukyu	35	11	7	17	45	54	16	5	5	6	23	22	19	6	2	11	22	32	-9	40
20	ThespaKusatsu Gunma	35	10	3	22	28	57	18	4	1	13	13	34	17	6	2	9	15	23	-29	33
21	Ehime	34	6	9	19	30	51	17	2	4	11	12	26	17	4	5	8	18	25	-21	27
22	Renofa Yamaguchi	34	7	6	21	35	60	16	5	2	9	18	26	18	2	4	12	17	34	-25	27

Table

		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	35	21	8	6	55	27	17	8	6	3	25	10	18	13	2	3	30	17	28	71
2	Avispa Fukuoka	35	21	6	8	41	25	17	9	3	5	20	14	18	12	3	3	21	11	16	69
3	V-Varen Nagasaki	35	19	9	7	55	34	16	11	2	3	29	12	19	8	7	4	26	22	21	66
4	Giravanz Kitakyushu	35	17	6	12	49	38	18	10	3	5	25	18	17	7	3	7	24	20	11	57
5	Albirex Niigata	35	14	14	7	50	39	18	6	7	5	24	23	17	8	7	2	26	16	11	56
6	Ventforet Kofu	34	14	14	6	44	35	18	10	6	2	25	16	16	4	8	4	19	19	9	56
7	Kyoto Sanga	35	14	8	13	42	39	17	11	2	4	29	17	18	3	6	9	13	22	3	50
8	Montedio Yamagata	35	13	10	12	48	37	18	8	3	7	27	20	17	5	7	5	21	17	11	49
9	Mito Hollyhock	35	13	9	13	61	54	17	5	5	7	26	27	18	8	4	6	35	27	7	48
10	Tokyo Verdy	34	12	12	10	43	36	16	5	6	5	19	15	18	7	6	5	24	21	7	48
11	Jubilo Iwata	35	11	15	9	45	39	18	8	6	4	30	19	17	3	9	5	15	20	6	48
12	Tochigi	35	12	10	13	29	30	17	5	6	6	15	14	18	7	4	7	14	16	-1	46
13	Fagiano Okayama	35	11	11	13	32	39	19	8	5	6	22	20	16	3	6	7	10	19	-7	44
14	Zweigen Kanazawa	35	11	10	14	47	52	19	6	6	7	23	26	16	5	4	7	24	26	-5	43
15	Omiya Ardija	35	11	10	14	32	42	18	6	7	5	15	17	17	5	3	9	17	25	-10	43
16	JEF United	35	12	6	17	40	45	18	4	4	10	18	28	17	8	2	7	22	17	-5	42
17	Matsumoto Yamaga	35	10	12	13	36	48	17	5	6	6	18	24	18	5	6	7	18	24	-12	42
18	Machida Zelvia	35	9	13	13	34	40	18	5	9	4	21	16	17	4	4	9	13	24	-6	40
19	Ryukyu	35	11	7	17	45	54	16	5	5	6	23	22	19	6	2	11	22	32	-9	40
20	ThespaKusatsu Gunma	35	10	3	22	28	57	18	4	1	13	13	34	17	6	2	9	15	23	-29	33
21	Ehime	34	6	9	19	30	51	17	2	4	11	12	26	17	4	5	8	18	25	-21	27
22	Renofa Yamaguchi	34	7	6	21	35	60	16	5	2	9	18	26	18	2	4	12	17	34	-25	27

Evenly matched teams: Tokyo Verdy vs Avispa Fukuoka match preview

Tokyo Verdy will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 21 points behind Avispa Fukuoka.

Tokyo Verdy form and stats

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Evenly matched teams: Tokyo Verdy vs Avispa Fukuoka match preview

Tokyo Verdy will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 21 points behind Avispa Fukuoka.

Tokyo Verdy form and stats

Avispa Fukuoka form and stats

Head 2 Head

Verdict

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Avispa Fukuoka missing players

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