Match Report
50 points for FC Tokyo (11th), 48 for Avispa Fukuoka (12th): a 2-point gap. FC Tokyo's recent output outran their position: 5th on form over five rounds, 11th in the table. Per game in the league, FC Tokyo were scoring 1.08 and conceding 1.26, Avispa Fukuoka 0.89 and 1, against a competition average of 1.2 goals per team per game.
Avispa Fukuoka had lost three in a row. Recent form was uneven: 10/15 points for FC Tokyo, 2/15 for Avispa Fukuoka.
7 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — FC Tokyo 1, draws 1, Avispa Fukuoka 5, at 2.14 goals per meeting. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 29% of the meetings went over two goals.
The venue was Ajinomoto Stadium, with room for 49,970 spectators. FC Tokyo led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-0.
Goal scorers
FC Tokyo: Marcelo Ryan (41')
Key stats
Possession: FC Tokyo 76% · Avispa Fukuoka 24% · Total shots: 12-5 · On target: 6-2 · Corners: 3-0