FUKUOKA. Avispa Fukuoka beats Nagoya Grampus 1-0 after Wellington scored just 1 goal (84′).

The match was played at the Level-5 stadium stadium in Fukuoka on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Takafumi Mikuriya who had the assistance of Haruhiro Otsuka and Mikiya Nishimura. The 4th official was Yusuke Murata. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was extremely hot at 31.34 degrees Celsius or 88.41 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 63%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Avispa Fukuoka was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Nagoya Grampus that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Avispa Fukuoka had a more offensive attitude with 48 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Avispa Fukuoka won the match​.

Avispa Fukuoka shot 14 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Nagoya Grampus shot 10 times, 1 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Avispa Fukuoka received 1 yellow card (Tatsuki Nara). Talking about the opposition, Nagoya Grampus received 1 yellow card (Ryuji Izumi).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Avispa Fukuoka will have 41 points to sit in the 8th place. On the opposite side, Nagoya Grampus will stay with 46 points like Kashima Antlers and Urawa Reds to sit in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the J-League, Avispa Fukuoka will host Sanfrecce Hiroshima on the 2nd of December with a 7-2 head to head record in favor of Sanfrecce Hiroshima (2 draws).

Nagoya Grampus will host Kashiwa Reysol on the 2nd of December with a 15-7 head to head stats in favor of Nagoya Grampus (5 draws).

Avispa Fukuoka – Formation

Avispa Fukuoka adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Shigetoshi Hasebe decided to play with the following team: Masaaki Murakami (7.3), Douglas Grolli (7.1), Tatsuki Nara (7.3), Daiki Miya (7.3), Yota Maejima (7.1), Yosuke Ideguchi (7.1), Hiroyuki Mae (7.3), Itsuki Oda (6.3), Kazuya Konno (6.7), Takeshi Kanamori (7.1) and Yuya Yamagishi (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Takumi Nagaishi, Masato Yuzawa (7.0), Hisashi Jogo, Wellington (7.3), Reiju Tsuruno, Yuto Hiratsuka and Masaya Tashiro.

Substitutions

Avispa Fukuoka made 4 changes: Itsuki Oda for Masato Yuzawa (79′), Kazuya Konno for Wellington (69′), Yuya Yamagishi for Hisashi Jogo (90′) and Takeshi Kanamori for Reiju Tsuruno (90′).

Best player: Tatsuki Nara​

The player that probably impressed the most for Avispa Fukuoka was Tatsuki Nara even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.3) with 33 passes (86% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 6.

Nagoya Grampus – Formation

Also Nagoya Grampus adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Kenta Hasegawa played with: Mitchell Langerak (7.0), Haruya Fujii (7.3), Shinnosuke Nakatani (7.0), Akinari Kawazura (7.3), Yuki Nogami (6.8), Sho Inagaki (7.1), Takuya Uchida (7.3), Ryuji Izumi (6.6), Tsukasa Morishima (6.8), Kensuke Nagai (6.6) and Kasper Junker (7.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Yuichi Maruyama, Yohei Takeda, Ryoya Morishita (6.4), Tojiro Kubo (7.0), Naoki Maeda (6.4), Taika Nakashima (6.7) and Haruki Yoshida (6.8).

Substitutions

Nagoya Grampus made 5 changes: Kasper Junker for Taika Nakashima (76′), Yuki Nogami for Tojiro Kubo (81′), Ryuji Izumi for Haruki Yoshida (81′), Tsukasa Morishima for Ryoya Morishita (64′) and Kensuke Nagai for Naoki Maeda (64′).

Best player: Haruya Fujii​

The player that probably impressed the most for Nagoya Grampus was Haruya Fujii.

His rating is (7.3) with 66 passes (88% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the J-League.​

• Avispa Fukuoka – Nagoya Grampus – 1-0
• Sanfrecce Hiroshima – Vissel Kobe – 2-0
• Kashima Antlers – Cerezo Osaka – 1-0
• Consadole Sapporo – Shonan Bellmare – 0-1