Kashima Antlers vs Avispa Fukuoka Live Stream, Predictions

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Kashima Antlers

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Kashima Antlers prepare for this match following a 1-1 J. League Cup tied result vs Kashiwa Reysol.

The only scorer from Kashima Antlers was Yuta Matsumura (22'). Mao Hosoya (90') was the scorer for Kashiwa Reysol.

Their more recent scorelines reveal that not much more can be done by the Kashima Antlers rearguard. Kashima Antlers have given the opposition little, resulting in the number of goals that have flown into the back of their net during their previous six outings standing at 4.

Taking a look at their past results, Kashima Antlers:

• haven't been beaten in the league by Avispa Fukuoka in their previous 2 matches.
• haven’t won at home in the past 4 matches in the league. Their supporters are understandably frustrated.

Avispa Fukuoka

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Avispa Fukuoka come into this game after a 1-0 J. League Cup win vs Albirex Niigata in their most recent game.

The only scorer from Avispa Fukuoka was Reiju Tsuruno (59').

A succession of very capable performances by the Avispa Fukuoka defenders has seen the number of goals they’ve conceded amounting to 4 from their past 6 outings combined. Over that same period of time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves amounts to 7. However, it remains to be seen whether that trend might be maintained in this game or not.

Coming into this meeting, Avispa Fukuoka have not won away from home in their last 2 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head meetings dating back to 17/03/2021, there has been little to separate the clubs with Kashima Antlers winning 3 of those games, Avispa Fukuoka 3 and 0 being drawn in regulation time.

11 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 5 for Antlers and 6 belonging to Avispa. That is an average goals per game value of 1.83.

The previous league game between the two was J1 League match day 25 on 14/08/2022 when the final score was Kashima Antlers 2-0 Avispa Fukuoka.

On that occasion, Kashima Antlers managed 52% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 4 on target. The scorer was Everaldo (93').

On the other side, Avispa Fukuoka had 11 shots at goal with 2 on target. Yuto Hiratsuka (10' Own goal) was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Koei Koya.

📰 Team News: Kashima Antlers

There aren’t many personnel worries, with just a single fitness concern for the Kashima Antlers manager Daiki Iwamasa to contend with due to a largely intact set of players. Sun-tae Kwon (Calf Injury) will miss out.

ℹ️ Team News: Avispa Fukuoka

Due to a completely injury-free squad available for selection, the Avispa Fukuoka boss Shigetoshi Hasebe has zero fitness concerns to report before this game.

🧠 Prediction

Our thinking is that Avispa Fukuoka will have to play well to get anything against this Kashima Antlers outfit who we think will end up scoring and staying ahead.

We’re going for a highly competitive game with a 1-0 win for Kashima Antlers when the referee blows for full-time.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 03:07 08/03/2023