Kawasaki Frontale vs Avispa Fukuoka, J. League 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2024

Kawasaki Frontale

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Avispa Fukuoka

Sun 8 Dec 2024 · 05:00 UTC Todoroki Athletics Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 53' Seiya Inoue

Sung-ryong Jung 78' Y

Overview

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Kawasaki Frontale vs Avispa Fukuoka — J. League at Todoroki Athletics Stadium.

Kawasaki Frontale 18 games · 28 pts (2026/27)
Avispa Fukuoka 18 games · 21 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Keigo Sendachi

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Vissel Kobe	18	35
2	Cerezo Osaka FC	18	31
3	Nagoya Grampus	18	31
4	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	18	30
5	Gamba Osaka	18	28
6	Fagiano Okayama FC	18	26
7	Shimizu S-Pulse	18	24
8	Kyoto Sanga FC	18	23
9	V-Varen Nagasaki	18	21
10	Avispa Fukuoka	18	21
11	Kashima Antlers	18	45
12	FC Tokyo	18	37
13	FC Machida Zelvia	18	37
14	Kawasaki Frontale	18	28
15	Tokyo Verdy	18	28
16	Urawa Red Diamonds	18	25
17	Kashiwa Reysol	18	20
18	Yokohama F.Marinos	18	20
19	FC Mito Holly Hock	18	18
20	JEF United Ichihara Chiba	18	12

Head-to-Head

Kawasaki Frontale 10 games · Avg 3.8 goals Avispa Fukuoka

Last 5 meetings

2024-12-08 Kawasaki Frontale 3–1 Avispa Fukuoka 2024-05-06 Avispa Fukuoka 1–1 Kawasaki Frontale 2023-10-20 Kawasaki Frontale 4–2 Avispa Fukuoka 2023-04-29 Avispa Fukuoka 1–3 Kawasaki Frontale 2022-08-20 Avispa Fukuoka 1–4 Kawasaki Frontale

Recent Form

Kawasaki Frontale

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Dec	Avispa Fukuoka	H	3–1	W
30 Nov	Tokyo Verdy	A	5–4	W
22 Nov	Urawa Red Diamonds	A	1–1	D
09 Nov	Kyoto Sanga FC	A	1–1	D
01 Nov	Kashima Antlers	H	1–3	L
18 Oct	Gamba Osaka	H	1–1	D

Avispa Fukuoka

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Dec	Kawasaki Frontale	A	1–3	L
30 Nov	Urawa Red Diamonds	H	1–0	W
09 Nov	Cerezo Osaka FC	A	0–1	L
03 Nov	Kashiwa Reysol	H	2–1	W
19 Oct	Kashima Antlers	A	0–0	D
04 Oct	Nagoya Grampus	H	1–0	W

Season Stats

Kawasaki Frontale		Avispa Fukuoka
#14	Position	#10
28	Points	21
18	Played	18
10 / 0 / 8	W / D / L	7 / 0 / 11
38	Scored	49
40	Conceded	59
-2	GD	-10
1.56	PPG	1.17
56%	Win %	39%

Key Stats

80% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)

70% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Kawasaki Frontale this season

100% Clean Sheets
Avispa Fukuoka this season

Kawasaki Frontale are 14th (28 pts). Avispa Fukuoka are 10th (21 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Kawasaki Frontale

0-15

–/–

16-30

–/–

31-45

1/–

46-60

–/2

61-75

1/–

76+

–/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Avispa Fukuoka

0-15

–/–

16-30

–/–

31-45

2/–

46-60

–/–

61-75

1/–

76+

–/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' Both captains have shaken hands and the referee is ready. We are underway at Todoroki Athletics Stadium!
5' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Kawasaki Frontale side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
8' Akihiro Ienaga adds to his 0 season tally! Kawasaki Frontale lead 1-0 — and this changes everything.
13' It’s high time Toru Oniki made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
18' Yuichi Maruyama is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Kawasaki Frontale tonight.
23' It looks like no one’s ball. Avispa Fukuoka is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
27' What a strike from Yu Kobayashi! The score is 2-0.
32' It looks surprising Kawasaki Frontale does not make any changes. Nassim Ben Khalifa has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
37' Avispa Fukuoka come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
42' Kawasaki Frontale seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
46' It is a substitution in Avispa Fukuoka team. Masashi Kamekawa is replaced by Kimiya Moriyama on 46 minute.
48' GOAL! Marcinho fires home to make it 3-0!
51' The Japan Daiki Matsuoka breaks the deadlock on 51 minutes. 3-1!
53' Seiya Inoue was booked on 53.
57' The Avispa Fukuoka manager makes a substitution. Takeshi Kanamori departs to be replaced by Nassim Ben Khalifa.
62' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
64' Daiya Tono is replacing Marcinho for the Kawasaki Frontale side.
69' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
74' A quiet spell here at Todoroki Athletics Stadium. Kawasaki Frontale seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
75' Fresh legs for Kawasaki Frontale! Erison comes on to replace Yu Kobayashi.
77' A change in the Avispa Fukuoka ranks — Kazuya Konno exits the field as Masato Yuzawa enters on 77.
78' Sung-ryong Jung catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 78.
83' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
85' Fresh legs for Avispa Fukuoka! Reiju Tsuruno comes on to replace Seiya Inoue.
90' Kawasaki Frontale manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Soma Kanda is hanging Shin Yamada on the field on 90 minute.
3-1 the final result. Avispa Fukuoka will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

Kawasaki Frontale Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

4
Jesiel
31
Sai van Wermeskerken
17
Daiya Tono ↑ 64'
9
Erison ↑ 75'
19
So Kawahara ↑ 64'
32
Soma Kanda ↑ 90'
98
Louis Thebault-Yamaguchi

Coach Toru Oniki

Avispa Fukuoka Lineups

Starting XI

17
Wellington ↓ Shahab Zahedi Tabar 57'
7
Takeshi Kanamori ↓ Nassim Ben Khalifa 57'
19
Masashi Kamekawa ↓ Kimiya Moriyama 46'
18
Yuto Iwasaki
8
Kazuya Konno ↓ Masato Yuzawa 77'
29
Yota Maejima
37
Masaya Tashiro
31
Masaaki Murakami
6
Hiroyuki Mae
4
Seiya Inoue ↓ Reiju Tsuruno 85'
88
Daiki Matsuoka

Bench

13
Nassim Ben Khalifa ↑ 57'
2
Masato Yuzawa ↑ 77'
44
Kimiya Moriyama ↑ 46'
35
Yuto Hiratsuka
28
Reiju Tsuruno ↑ 85'
41
Daiki Sakata
9
Shahab Zahedi Tabar ↑ 57'

Coach Shigetoshi Hasebe

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Akihiro Ienaga	4
Marcinho	4
Daiya Tono	3
Kazuya Konno	2
Yu Kobayashi	2
Erison	2
Yuya Yamagishi	2
Shintaro Nago	2

Head to Head

Kawasaki Frontale Form

2024-12-08 Kawasaki Frontale 3–1 Avispa Fukuoka W 2024-11-30 Tokyo Verdy 4–5 Kawasaki Frontale W 2024-11-22 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 Kawasaki Frontale D 2024-11-09 Kyoto Sanga FC 1–1 Kawasaki Frontale D 2024-11-01 Kawasaki Frontale 1–3 Kashima Antlers L 2024-10-18 Kawasaki Frontale 1–1 Gamba Osaka D

Avispa Fukuoka Form

2024-12-08 Kawasaki Frontale 3–1 Avispa Fukuoka L 2024-11-30 Avispa Fukuoka 1–0 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2024-11-09 Cerezo Osaka FC 1–0 Avispa Fukuoka L 2024-11-03 Avispa Fukuoka 2–1 Kashiwa Reysol W 2024-10-19 Kashima Antlers 0–0 Avispa Fukuoka D 2024-10-04 Avispa Fukuoka 1–0 Nagoya Grampus W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

3.01 Kawasaki Frontale xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.89 Avispa Fukuoka xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 85% + Both teams to score 80%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Kawasaki Frontale60% Draw19% Avispa Fukuoka21%

Actual: Kawasaki Frontale win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes80% 0% No20%

Avg goals/match: 4.9

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	99%	1%
± 1.5	95%	5%
± 2.5	85%	15%
± 3.5	70%	30%
± 4.5	53%	47%

Double Chance

Kawasaki Frontale or Draw

78%

Draw or Avispa Fukuoka

40%

Kawasaki Frontale or Avispa Fukuoka

81%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Kawasaki Frontale46% Draw32% Avispa Fukuoka22%

Actual: Kawasaki Frontale win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

6.4%

3 – 1

Actual

2 – 2

5.9%

3 – 2

5.8%

1 – 1

4.9%

4 – 1

4.7%

4 – 2

4.4%

1 – 2

4.1%

2 – 3

3.7%

3 – 3

3.7%

2 – 0

3.6%

3 – 0

3.5%

Asian Handicap — Kawasaki Frontale

Handicap	Kawasaki Frontale covers	Push	Avispa Fukuoka covers
-2.5	25%	—	75%
-2	25%	16%	59%
-1.5	41%	—	59%
-1	41%	18%	41%
-0.5	59%	—	41%
+0.5	77%	—	23%
+1	77%	11%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	7%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Kawasaki Frontale keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

Avispa Fukuoka keeps clean sheet

6% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.