📊 Form Guide

Avispa Fukuoka

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Avispa Fukuoka are hoping to win again following a 1-0 J1 League victory versus Urawa Red Diamonds.

In that match, Avispa Fukuoka managed 45% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer for Avispa Fukuoka was Yuto Iwasaki (68'). On the other side, Urawa Red Diamonds got 13 attempts on goal with 6 on target.

Their more recent scorelines really do illustrate the point that things are going according to plan in the Avispa Fukuoka defence. Avispa Fukuoka have kept it tight, seeing the total number of goals that have flown into the back of their net over the course of their past 6 matches standing at 2. Historical results aside, time will tell whether the trend shall be replicated here in this match.

Pre-game facts show that Avispa Fukuoka:

• haven't lost in the league to Yokohama F. Marinos in their previous 2 matches.
• are unbeaten in their previous 3 league matches at home.

Yokohama F. Marinos

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In their last fixture, Yokohama F. Marinos drew 3-3 in the J1 League match with Kawasaki Frontale.

In that match, Yokohama F. Marinos managed 59% possession and 16 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. For Yokohama F. Marinos, goals were scored by Yan Matheus (41', 92') and Jun Amano (89'). Kawasaki Frontale got 10 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Yuto Ozeki (7'), Cesar Haydar (66') and Kota Takai (99') scored for Kawasaki Frontale.

Steve Holland's Yokohama F. Marinos have turned their attacks into goals a total of 9 times throughout their previous six matches. The total of goals that have been scored against them during that same period equals 6.

Going into this one, Yokohama F. Marinos are without a win away from home in their last 4 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

If we look at their past head to head duels going back to 21/05/2022, there has been little to separate the clubs with Avispa Fukuoka winning 3 of those games, Yokohama F. Marinos 3 and 0 being drawn in normal time.

An aggregate of 12 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 4 for Avispa and 8 created by Marinos. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.

The last league game between these sides was J1 League match day 20 on 26/06/2024 when it finished Avispa Fukuoka 2-1 Yokohama F. Marinos.

In that match, Avispa Fukuoka had 27% possession and 10 shots at goal with 4 on target. The scorers were Shahab Zahedi (20') and Wellington Tanque (70').

Yokohama F. Marinos got 13 shots on goal with 5 on target. Jun Amano (83') was the scorer.

The referee was Koei Koya.

📋 Team News: Avispa Fukuoka

Jurato Ikeda (Cruciate ligament injury), Hisashi Jogo (Cruciate ligament injury), Tatsuki Nara (Knee surgery) and Itsuki Oda (Meniscus injury) are unavailable for Avispa Fukuoka boss Myung-hwi Kim.

📋 Team News: Yokohama F. Marinos

Yokohama F. Marinos manager Steve Holland has to choose a team with limited availability. Reno Noguchi (Hamstring injury) and Takuto Kimura (Cruciate ligament injury) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

⚡ Prediction

Our assessment is that Yokohama F. Marinos certainly have the ability to put one past this Avispa Fukuoka team, however that is unlikely to be as many as they’ll concede.

We’re predicting a narrow 2-1 win for Avispa Fukuoka when all is said and done. It will be interesting to see how this one goes.

Renata Leite, 04:06 12/04/2025