Week 5 brings us a match on Mar 19th, where Shonan Bellmare will travel to Fukuoka to battle Avispa Fukuoka in a J-League match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. In their last match, Avispa Fukuoka recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Kashima Antlers. Neither Kashima Antlers nor Avispa Fukuoka could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 14 and 5 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Avispa Fukuoka is looking for direction having 2 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches, while shonan Bellmare sits at 10th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-2 loss against Kyoto Sanga. Kosuke Kinoshita scored the first goal for Kyoto Sanga in the 55th minute, then Yamada added another in the 74th minute on a feed from Patric In the end, Shonan Bellmare couldn’t muster any offence and Kyoto Sanga ran away with the shutout win. Shonan Bellmare is looking for direction having 1 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 2 draws each.
Shonan Bellmare’s top weapon lately has been Yuki Ohashi, who has 3 goals in the last five matches. Juan Manuel Delgado Lloria and Takeshi Kanamori are the top scorers for Avispa Fukuoka in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.