Preview

• As week 21 of the 2025 J1 League arrives, Avispa Fukuoka take on Albirex Niigata at Best Denki Stadium on 2025-06-21 (kick-off 08:00 GMT).
• In their most recent matchup, Kim Myung Hwi has 1 victory, while D. Kimori has no victories, and no draws.
• Avispa Fukuoka sit 15th with 23 points while Albirex Niigata occupy 19th on 16 points.
• Avispa Fukuoka and Albirex Niigata will both field their strongest squads with no absentees.
• Our model projects Avispa Fukuoka in a 3-defender setup (3-4-2-1), with Albirex Niigata anticipated to match that in 4-4-2.
• The previous match saw T. Ando lead Avispa Fukuoka with a 8 TheyScored rating, and H. Inamura top-rating for Albirex Niigata at 7.9.
• Avispa Fukuoka came off a win (1-0 vs Fagiano Okayama) and Albirex Niigata also triumphed (1-0 vs Yokohama F. Marinos).
• Avispa Fukuoka (3-1-1) and Albirex Niigata (3-0-2) head into this in winning moods from their past 5 matches.
• Avispa Fukuoka have clearly got the edge H2H: in 20 meetings, they've beaten Albirex Niigata 11 times, with 0 draws and only 9 losses.
• We're forecasting a stalemate, 1-1, as Avispa Fukuoka's 0.90 goals/game at home balance out Albirex Niigata's 1.40 away scoring.

Predictions

Summary

Match Info

21/06/2025 07:00

Best Denki Stadium

N/A

J1 League

Team Kits

Events

4'		0 - 1	H. Inamura E. Miyamoto
9'	Y. Kitajima K. Konno	1 - 1
16'	Y. Hashimoto S. Usui	2 - 1
19'	Y. Iwasaki K. Fujimoto
36'		2 - 2	K. Taniguchi Danilo Gomes
45'	Y. Iwasaki Y. Kitajima	3 - 2
HT 3 - 2
46'	Y. Maejima T. Kamijima
61'			H. Akiyama E. Miyamoto
63'	S. Nago K. Konno
63'	M. Shigemi H. Akino
75'			K. Kasai M. Hasegawa
75'			K. Yamura J. Okumura
75'			S. Ota Danilo Gomes
81'	Wellington S. Usui
90'	S. Nago
90+2'			Y. Takagi Y. Hoshi

Stats

Lineups

AvispaAlbirex

Avispa 3-4-2-1 Kim Myung Hwi

6.2

Yuma Obata

7.2

Yota Maejima

6.5

Masaya Tashiro

6.6

Tomoya Ando

7.3

Yu Hashimoto

6.6

Daiki Matsuoka

6.3

Masato Shigemi

7.3

Yuto Iwasaki

6.3

Shintaro Nago

8.3

Yuji Kitajima

7.3

Shosei Usui

Substitute Players

5

Takumi Kamijima

15

Hiroki Akino

22

Kazuki Fujimoto

8

Kazuya Konno

7

Takeshi Kanamori

77

Takaaki Shichi

3

Tatsuki Nara

17

Wellington

31

Masaaki Murakami

Albirex 4-2-3-1 D. Kimori

6.3

Ryuga Tashiro

6.3

Soya Fujiwara

6.7

Michael James Fitzgerald

7.2

Hayato Inamura

5.6

Kento Hashimoto

?

Yoshiaki Takagi

6.7

Hiroki Akiyama

6.2

Shusuke Ota

6.3

Keisuke Kasai

6.3

Ken Yamura

6.6

Kaito Taniguchi

Substitute Players

19

Yuji Hoshi

8

Eiji Miyamoto

11

Danilo Gomes

41

Motoki Hasegawa

30

Jin Okumura

2

Jason Geria

15

Fumiya Hayakawa

22

Taiki Arai

1

Kazuki Fujita

H2H

Standings

TotalHomeAway

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS	Recent Form
1	Kashima Antlers	19	13	1	5	29	15	14	40	W L W W W
2	Kyoto Sanga	20	10	4	6	30	22	8	34	W L W D W
3	Urawa Reds	21	9	7	5	26	20	6	34	W D L D W
4	Kashiwa Reysol	19	9	7	3	22	17	5	34	L D L W W
5	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	18	10	2	6	20	14	6	32	L W W W W
6	Vissel Kobe	18	9	3	6	23	19	4	30	W L W W L
7	Kawasaki Frontale	18	7	8	3	30	19	11	29	W D D W W
8	Cerezo Osaka	20	8	5	7	30	26	4	29	W D W L W
9	Shimizu S-Pulse	19	7	4	8	26	26	0	25	L W L D L
10	Machida Zelvia	19	7	4	8	22	23	-1	25	L D W D L
11	Fagiano Okayama	19	6	6	7	16	17	-1	24	D D W L D
12	Gamba Osaka	19	7	3	9	23	27	-4	24	L D L L W
13	Tokyo Verdy	19	6	6	7	13	18	-5	24	D W L L W
14	Nagoya Grampus	19	6	5	8	24	26	-2	23	W W D D D
15	Avispa Fukuoka	19	6	5	8	15	19	-4	23	D L D L L
16	Shonan Bellmare	19	6	4	9	14	23	-9	22	D L L W L
17	Yokohama	19	5	4	10	13	20	-7	19	L D W L W
18	Tokyo	18	5	4	9	17	26	-9	19	L L L W W
19	Albirex Niigata	18	3	7	8	19	27	-8	16	L W L D L
20	Yokohama F. Marinos	18	3	5	10	18	26	-8	14	W W L L L

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