About Match
The table reads 4th (Kashima Antlers, 6 pts) against 1st (Avispa Fukuoka, 0 pts), 6 points apart. A win here leaves Kashima Antlers on 9 points and up to 1st, overtaking Avispa Fukuoka, other results permitting.
Momentum sits with Kashima Antlers, winners of their last seven, having scored in 8 consecutive games. Kashima Antlers have banked 15 of the last 15 points on offer; Avispa Fukuoka, 7.
11 meetings are on record — 6 won by Kashima Antlers, 1 by Avispa Fukuoka, 4 drawn, at 2.45 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 27% of those meetings.


