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Avispa Fukuoka suffers defeat against Albirex Niigata in a game dominated by the visitors.
Albirex Niigata beat Avispa Fukuoka 1-0 in a match played at the Best Denki Stadium in Fukuoka. The only goal of the game came in the 49th minute from K. Taniguchi, assisted by M. Fitzgerald.
Albirex Niigata’s dominance was reflected in the statistics. The visitors had 72% possession of the ball, took 18 shots (6 on target) and 5 corners, while Avispa Fukuoka had 28% possession, 8 shots (1 on target) and 2 corners.
Despite the defeat, Avispa Fukuoka did not see any yellow or red cards, while Albirex Niigata also received no cautions.
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Substitutions avispa fukuoka: at minute 46 Y. Maejima came in and S. Inoue went out., at minute 55 S. Zahedi came in and R. Sato went out., at minute 64 M. Shigemi came in and Y. Iwasaki went out., at minute 80 M. Kamekawa came in and I. Oda went out., at minute 80 R. Tsuruno came in and D. Matsuoka went out.
Substitutions albirex niigata: at minute 82 E. Matsuda came in and Danilo Gomes went out., at minute 82 M. Hasegawa came in and K. Taniguchi went out., at minute 90 Y. Ono came in and K. Suzuki went out., at minute 90 R. Endo came in and K. Hashimoto went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Avispa Fukuoka
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