📊 Form Guide

Avispa Fukuoka

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Avispa Fukuoka go into this match after a 1-1 J1 100 Year Vision League draw versus Cerezo Osaka.

In that game, Avispa Fukuoka had 30% possession and 8 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. At the other end, Cerezo Osaka had 7 attempts on goal with 1 on target. Rikito Inoue (45') scored for Cerezo Osaka. Cerezo Osaka won the match 3-4 in a dramatic penalty shootout.

It has been all too rare in recent games where Avispa Fukuoka have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that Avispa Fukuoka have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 games, leaking 8 goals in the process.

Kyoto Sanga

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After suffering a loss in their previous game against Shimizu S-Pulse in J1 100 Year Vision League action, Kyoto Sanga will be aiming to make amends here.

In that match, Kyoto Sanga managed 45% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 5 on target. The scorer for Kyoto Sanga was Túlio (16'). Shimizu S-Pulse had 18 shots on goal with 5 on target.

The stats don’t lie, and Kyoto Sanga have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, letting opponents get 10 goals overall. At the back, Kyoto Sanga have clearly had some problems. While that may be of interest, we’ll just have to find out if that trend shall be sustained in this next game.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A glance at their past head to head meetings going back to 26/08/2023 tells us that Avispa Fukuoka have won 2 of them & Kyoto Sanga 3, with the number of draws standing at 1.

An aggregate of 17 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 7 for Avispa and 10 for Kyoto. That is an average goals per game value of 2.83.

The previous league contest featuring the two was J1 100 Year Vision League match day 3 on 22/02/2026 when the final score was Kyoto Sanga 2-0 Avispa Fukuoka.

In that match, Kyoto Sanga had 55% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 6 on target. The goals were scored by Elias (32') and Túlio (77').

At the other end, Avispa Fukuoka got 4 shots on goal with 0 on target.

📋 Team News: Kyoto Sanga

Thanks to a mainly full-strength squad, there’s just the lone fitness worry for the Kyoto Sanga manager Kwi-jae Cho to be concerned about. Shimpei Fukuoka (Meniscus injury) won’t be in action.

🧠 Prediction

We’re thinking that Avispa Fukuoka will need to put in a solid display to get anything against this Kyoto Sanga outfit who we reckon will end up scoring and staying ahead.

We’re therefore predicting a narrow 0-1 advantage for Kyoto Sanga when the full-time whistle blows.

Little in this one.

Renata Leite, 04:03 06/05/2026