FUKUOKA. Albirex Niigata prevails over Avispa Fukuoka 1-0 after K. Taniguchi scored just 1 goal (49′). Albirex Niigata was much superior in terms of ball possession (71%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Best Denki Stadium (Fukuoka) stadium in Fukuoka on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Keigo Sendachi who had the assistance of Mitsuharu Taketa and Hisao Manabe. The 4th official was Shūhei Ishimaru. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was extremely hot at 31.77 degrees Celsius or 89.19 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 74%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Albirex Niigata was in firm control of the ball 71% while Avispa Fukuoka was struggling with a 29% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Albirex Niigata was more aggressive with 53 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Albirex Niigata won the match.​

Avispa Fukuoka shot 8 times, 1 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Albirex Niigata shot 18 times, 6 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

None of the teams received any yellow card.

Standings

After this match, Avispa Fukuoka stays with 37 points to hold in the 9th place. On the opposite side, Albirex Niigata will has 35 points like Urawa Reds and Tokyo Verdy to hold in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the J-League, Avispa Fukuoka will play away against Gamba Osaka on the 24th of August with a 6-3 head to head statistic in favor of Gamba Osaka (4 draws).

Albirex Niigata will host Machida Zelvia on the 25th of August with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Albirex Niigata (0 draws).

Avispa Fukuoka – Formation

Avispa Fukuoka started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Shigetoshi Hasebe decided to play with the following team: Masaaki Murakami (8.0), Seiya Inoue (6.9), Masaya Tashiro (7.3), Daiki Miya (7.7), Itsuki Oda (6.6), Daiki Matsuoka (6.7), Hiroyuki Mae (6.9), Yuto Iwasaki (6.4), Kazuya Konno (6.7), Ryoga Sato (6.5) and Wellington (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Takumi Nagaishi, Takeshi Kanamori, Shahab Zahedi (6.6), Masashi Kamekawa (6.7), Reiju Tsuruno (6.6), Yota Maejima (6.6) and Masato Shigemi (6.8).

Substitutions

Avispa Fukuoka made 5 changes: Yuto Iwasaki for Masato Shigemi (64′), Seiya Inoue for Yota Maejima (46′), Ryoga Sato for Shahab Zahedi (55′), Itsuki Oda for Masashi Kamekawa (80′) and Daiki Matsuoka for Reiju Tsuruno (80′).

Player of the match: Masaaki Murakami​

The player that probably impressed the most for Avispa Fukuoka was the goalkeeper: Masaaki Murakami. His rating is 7.96. He performed 5 saves.

Albirex Niigata – Formation

Albirex Niigata started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Rikizo Matsuhashi played with: Ryosuke Kojima (7.2), Soya Fujiwara (7.7), Michael James Fitzgerald (7.3), Thomas Deng (7.1), Kento Hashimoto (8.4), Eiji Miyamoto (7.1), Hiroki Akiyama (7.3), Danilo Gomes (8.5), Motoki Nagakura (6.9), Kaito Taniguchi (8.4) and Koji Suzuki (7.1).

They had on the bench: Motoki Hasegawa (6.7), Yuzuru Shimada, Koto Abe, Eitaro Matsuda (6.7), Ryo Endo, Yuto Horigome and Yuji Ono.

Substitutions

Albirex Niigata made 4 changes: Kaito Taniguchi for Motoki Hasegawa (82′), Danilo Gomes for Eitaro Matsuda (82′), Kento Hashimoto for Ryo Endo (90′) and Koji Suzuki for Yuji Ono (90′).

Player of the match: Danilo Gomes​

The player that probably impressed the most for Albirex Niigata was Danilo Gomes even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is 8.5 with 29 passes (90% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 13 duels out of 15. He performed 11 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Kashima Antlers – Urawa Reds – 0-0
• Machida Zelvia – Júbilo Iwata – 4-0
• FC Tokyo – Tokyo Verdy – 0-0
• Kawasaki Frontale – Yokohama F. Marinos – 1-3
• Shonan Bellmare – Kashiwa Reysol – 1-2
• Nagoya Grampus – Sanfrecce Hiroshima – 1-2
• Cerezo Osaka – Kyoto Sanga – 3-5
• Vissel Kobe – Gamba Osaka – 2-2
• Avispa Fukuoka – Albirex Niigata – 0-1