Match Report
Avispa Fukuoka (12th, 48 pts) visited Nagoya Grampus (16th, 43 pts) with 5 points between them. Avispa Fukuoka had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 7th in the league over the last five rounds against 12th overall. Per game in the league, Nagoya Grampus were scoring 1.16 and conceding 1.47, Avispa Fukuoka 0.89 and 1, against a competition average of 1.2 goals per team per game.
Three consecutive defeats weighed on Nagoya Grampus. Defeat had not touched Avispa Fukuoka in 5 games. The last-five ledger: Nagoya Grampus 4/15, Avispa Fukuoka 11/15.
Toyota Stadium in Toyota, capacity 27,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.
Goal scorers
Nagoya Grampus: Sho Inagaki (90')