📊 Form Guide

Avispa Fukuoka

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Avispa Fukuoka will be looking to improve on their last outing here after a 2-1 J1 League loss in their previous game against Urawa Red Diamonds.

In that match, Avispa Fukuoka had 28% possession and 4 attempts on goal with 4 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Avispa Fukuoka was Shahab Zahedi (28'). Urawa Red Diamonds had 17 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. Ryoma Watanabe (65') and Thiago Santana (73') scored for Urawa Red Diamonds.

Avispa Fukuoka haven’t exactly had impressive attacking statistics in more recent games. Their goals record stands at just 4 vs opposing sides over the course of their previous six matches. In those games, Avispa Fukuoka have also seen the tally of goals against them total 7.

Their past results show that Avispa Fukuoka:

• have not lost a league tie with Kashima Antlers in their previous 2 games.
• have not beaten Kashima Antlers in their previous 4 matches in the league.
• are without a win at home for the past 6 league matches. Their supporters are understandably frustrated.

Kashima Antlers

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Kashima Antlers will go into this match following on from a 1-0 J1 League win with the defeat of Júbilo Iwata in their previous game.

In that match, Kashima Antlers managed 54% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 3 on target. The only player to score for Kashima Antlers was Yuma Suzuki (33'). Jubilo Iwata had 16 shots at goal with 3 on target.

A run of dependable displays from the Kashima Antlers defenders has seen the number of goals they’ve conceded amounting to 4 from their past 6 clashes overall. Over that same period, the number of goals that they have scored themselves is 9. We will see if that trend will be continued on here.

Heading into this contest, Kashima Antlers are undefeated by Avispa Fukuoka in away games against them for the last 2 league matches.

👥 Head to head

A review of their prior head-to-head clashes dating back to 11/06/2022 shows us that Avispa Fukuoka have won 1 of these games and Kashima Antlers 3, with the tally of drawn games being 2.

In all, 9 goals were scored between them in these games, with 3 from Avispa and 6 belonging to Antlers. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 1.5.

The last league match featuring these clubs was J1 League match day 29 on 30/09/2023 and the score finished Avispa Fukuoka 0-0 Kashima Antlers.

In that match, Avispa Fukuoka managed 43% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 1 on target.

Kashima Antlers got 15 shots at goal with 0 of them on target.

The referee was Hajime Matsuo.

🗞️ Team News: Avispa Fukuoka

It doesn’t get much better regarding selection, with just the sole fitness concern for the Avispa Fukuoka boss Shigetoshi Hasebe to contend with from an otherwise complete group. Ryoga Sato (Cruciate ligament injury) is out of contention.

We think that Avispa Fukuoka should use a 3-4-2-1 system for this game featuring Masaaki Murakami, Masaya Tashiro, Douglas Grolli, Daiki Miya, Masato Yuzawa, Yota Maejima, Masato Shigemi, Daiki Matsuoka, Yuji Kitajima, Yuto Iwasaki and Shahab Zahedi.

ℹ️ Team News: Kashima Antlers

Thanks to a completely injury-free group available to select from, the Kashima Antlers boss Ranko Popović has no fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this match.

From our viewpoint, Kashima Antlers might begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 formation, starting Tomoki Hayakawa, Kimito Nono, Naomichi Ueda, Ikuma Sekigawa, Koki Anzai, Kei Chinen, Kaishu Sano, Shintaro Nago, Shoma Doi, Aleksandar Cavric and Yuma Suzuki.

✨ Prediction

We think that Avispa Fukuoka will need things to go their way to score against this Kashima Antlers lineup who will likely score at least once to put them ahead.

We’re therefore anticipating a 0-1 victory for Kashima Antlers after 90 minutes.

Little in this one.

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

Andre Moura, 09:11 03/04/2024