In this week 11 match on the 3rd of May, Avispa Fukuoka will host Tokyo in a meeting of these two J-League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 11th placed Avispa Fukuoka, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Kyoto Sanga. Yuya Yamagishi struck first for Avispa Fukuoka in the 12th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Kyoto Sanga couldn’t manage to score, and Avispa Fukuoka took the shutout win. Avispa Fukuoka is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Tokyo recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Gamba Osaka. Adailton struck first for Tokyo in the 38th minute, then Leandro added another in the 66th minute In the end, Gamba Osaka couldn’t muster any offence and Tokyo ran away with the shutout win. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Tokyo should be reasonably happy with their performance.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Avispa Fukuoka won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Tokyo’s most prolific scorer has been Adailton. He has netted two goals over the last 5 matches.