📏 Form Guide

Avispa Fukuoka

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Avispa Fukuoka prepare for this match coming off the back of a 1-1 J1 100 Year Vision League drawn match vs Shimizu S-Pulse.

In that match, Avispa Fukuoka had 44% possession and 7 shots at goal with 2 on target. For their opponents, Shimizu S-Pulse had 8 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. Se-hun Oh (75') scored for Shimizu S-Pulse. The match went to penalties and was won 3-4 by Shimizu S-Pulse.

It has been seldom in recent times that Avispa Fukuoka haven’t conceded. The facts show that Avispa Fukuoka have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 games, leaking 8 goals in the process. That pattern isn’t assured to be carried forward here, though.

Vissel Kobe

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Previously, Vissel Kobe drew 2-2 in the J1 100 Year Vision League match with V-Varen Nagasaki.

In that game, Vissel Kobe managed 58% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 6 on target. For Vissel Kobe, goals were scored by Yoshinori Muto (27') and Thuler (32'). For their opponents, V-Varen Nagasaki got 12 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Hotaru Yamaguchi (21') and Eduardo (45') scored for V-Varen Nagasaki. The game was won 2-3 by V-Varen Nagasaki on penalties.

The attacking players from Vissel Kobe have been starved of goals over their previous 6 games, contributing the poor return of only 4. In those matches, Ushi have also seen the overall goal tally against them equal 11.

↔️ Head to head

A look at their most recent head to head clashes stretching back to 25/06/2023 shows us that Avispa Fukuoka have won 1 of them and Vissel Kobe 4, with the number of draws being 1.

A sum of 10 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 2 of them for Avispa and 8 being from Ushi. That’s an average goals per game figure of 1.67.

The last league fixture featuring these sides was J1 100 Year Vision League match day 4 on 27/02/2026 when it finished Vissel Kobe 2-1 Avispa Fukuoka.

On that occasion, Vissel Kobe had 76% possession and 21 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. The scorers were Yoshinori Muto (53') and Ren Komatsu (60').

At the other end, Avispa Fukuoka got 9 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Yu Hashimoto (90') was the scorer.

📰 Team News: Avispa Fukuoka

We think that Avispa Fukuoka may well employ a 3-4-2-1 formation for the game featuring Kazuki Fujita, Teppei Oka, Takumi Kamijima, Yuma Tsujioka, Kaoru Yamawaki, Keiya Shiihashi, Tomoya Miki, Yota Maejima, Yuji Kitajima, Kazuki Fujimoto and Shosei Usui.

📋 Team News: Vissel Kobe

Vissel Kobe boss Michael Skibbe has to choose a team with limited availability. Takuya Iwanami (Broken collarbone), Niina Tominaga (Patellar tendon rupture) and Takahiro Ogihara (Knee injury) are those who can’t be considered.

From our viewpoint, Ushi might begin the game with a 3-4-2-1 formation, choosing Shuichi Gonda, Boniface Nduka, Matheus Thuler, Caetano, Rikuto Hirose, Yosuke Ideguchi, Gotoku Sakai, Diego, Yoshinori Muto, Daiju Sasaki and Yuya Osako.

⚡ Prediction

We think that Avispa Fukuoka could well find it tough to get anything against this Vissel Kobe team who we reckon will score at least once to put them ahead.

We’re therefore seeing a good tussle with a 0-1 victory for Vissel Kobe after 90 minutes.

Hoping for a good game.

Peter Guest, 04:04 23/05/2026