National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Avispa Fukuoka or Júbilo Iwata that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's quite the trip for Júbilo Iwata when visiting Avispa Fukuoka as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Avispa Fukuoka form and stats
Fukuoka participated in Ybc Levain Cup the last season, where they reached the group stage.Avispa Fukuoka have played 4 J-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Yanagisawa (own goal) was the last player to score a league goal for Avispa Fukuoka and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Avispa Fukuoka haven't scored in 279 minutes.
No payout for Avispa Fukuoka in their previous match, an away game at Sanfrecce Hiroshima that ended in defeat 0-1. The defeat against Sanfrecce Hiroshima was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored four minutes into stoppage time (by Shibasaki). Goalkeeper Murakami got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.32 out of ten. Murakami saved a penalty.
Preceding that match was a J-League defeat to Kashima Antlers (0-1).The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Fukuoka have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won six, drawn four and lost four.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the J-League game versus Cerezo Osaka in only four days. This game is also played here at Best Denki Stadium.
Avispa Fukuoka has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 1 goal from 4 games. From these home matches, Fukuoka have conceded only 2 goals.
Júbilo Iwata form and stats
1-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Júbilo Iwata in their J-League matches away.
Júbilo Iwata has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Shonan Bellmare for a 0-0 draw. Defender Ito was the best team player with a rating of 7.42. Ito won 7 of 10 duels.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Kawasaki Frontale.After this away game Júbilo Iwata return home for a J-League game against Sanfrecce Hiroshima. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Júbilo have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 5 league away games 6 goals have been scored. Júbilo Iwata struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 8 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The most up to date logged match involving both these sides is the Júbilo Iwata - Fukuoka 1-0 played previously this season. Avispa Fukuoka-Júbilo Iwata H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Avispa Fukuoka five wins, Júbilo Iwata three wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  Y. Suzuki 4 goals |  K. Omori 2 goals | R. Germain 2 goals |
Avispa Fukuoka missing players
Júbilo Iwata missing players
| Avispa Fukuoka | Júbilo Iwata | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 22 | 14 | Scored | S | 15 | 33 | ||
| 18 | 7 | Conceded | C | 12 | 26 | ||
| 76% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 88% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 28% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 28% | ||
| 48% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 24% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 8.5 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 11.2 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 24% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 31% | ||
| 7.6 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shonan Bellmare | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Tokyo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Júbilo Iwata | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Avispa Fukuoka | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 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 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 3 | Kashima Antlers | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 |
| 4 | Kashiwa Reysol | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
| 5 | Tokyo | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 6 | Cerezo Osaka | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | Kyoto Sanga | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | Sagan Tosu | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 10 | Urawa Reds | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | Gamba Osaka | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 12 | Consadole Sapporo | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 9 |
| 13 | Nagoya Grampus | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 14 | Avispa Fukuoka | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 15 | Júbilo Iwata | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 7 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 17 | Vissel Kobe | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -11 | 4 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 3 |
