Perhaps a welcome break from league football as JEF United & Zweigen Kanazawa face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Emperor Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for JEF United and Zweigen Kanazawa.
JEF United form and stats
Last season, JEF United's Emperor Cup journey ended in the 3rd round.4-2-4 (win-draw-lost) are the J2-League numbers at home for JEF United so far this season.
JEF's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Mito Hollyhock. The home side are looking to build on that result.
In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting V-Varen Nagasaki.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how JEF United have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 1 and lost 6.
The match schedule is unforgiving for JEF as they have a new game in only four days, a J2-League match thankfully also at home. Vegalta Sendai are visiting.
JEF United aren't scoring a lot here at Fukuda Denshi Arena in the league, with only 7 goals from 10 games. From these home matches, JEF United have conceded only 8 goals.
Zweigen Kanazawa form and stats
Zweigen Kanazawa was sent out of Emperor Cup in the 2nd round last season.The story so far for the visiting team on their J2-League travels is 5 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Shoji and Shimada scored in Kanazawa's previous match, the home game against Grulla Morioka that ended 2-1.
Preceding that game was the away J2-League victory against Tokyo Verdy with the score of 3-1.Zweigen Kanazawa are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 9 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The J2-League trip to Fagiano Okayama.
Kanazawa find the net regularly in their away games. 14 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): JEF United seven wins, zero draws and Zweigen Kanazawa three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Hayashi 5 goals |  I. Arai 4 goals | T. Miki 3 goals |
JEF United missing players
Zweigen Kanazawa missing players
| JEF United | Zweigen Kanazawa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 26 | 11 | Scored | S | 15 | 30 | ||
| 23 | 11 | Conceded | C | 13 | 32 | ||
| 92% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 77% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 43% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 21% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 21% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 28% | ||
| 5.1 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.1 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.8 | ||
| 0.7 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.3 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.6 | 8.1 | ||
| 3.4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.2 | ||
| 28% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 38% | ||
| 7.1 | 6.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 9.7 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vegalta Sendai | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 39 |
| 2 | Albirex Niigata | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 38 |
| 3 | Yokohama | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 38 |
| 4 | Machida Zelvia | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 29 |
| 5 | Fagiano Okayama | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 29 |
| 6 | Roasso Kumamoto | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 15 | -2 | 28 |
| 7 | Montedio Yamagata | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 27 |
| 8 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 27 |
| 9 | Ventforet Kofu | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 26 |
| 10 | JEF United | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 26 |
| 11 | Oita Trinita | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 25 |
| 12 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 25 |
| 13 | Blaublitz Akita | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 25 |
| 14 | Tokyo Verdy | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 0 | 24 |
| 15 | Tokushima Vortis | 19 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 23 |
| 16 | Mito Hollyhock | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -1 | 22 |
| 17 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 22 |
| 18 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -1 | 21 |
| 19 | Tochigi | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 21 |
| 20 | Omiya Ardija | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -11 | 18 |
| 21 | Ryūkyū | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -12 | 15 |
| 22 | Grulla Morioka | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -22 | 14 |
