Tokyo Verdy vs Júbilo Iwata in Emperor Cup preview: Key statistics and predictions

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Competition: Japan Emperor Cup
Competition: Wed 20.July
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ajinomoto Stadium (50100 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Tokyo Verdy or Júbilo Iwata that keep their silverware dream alive.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a J-League game only three days ago. That game, against Tokyo, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Júbilo Iwata.

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Tokyo Verdy form and stats

Last season their Emperor Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.

6-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the J2-League numbers at home for Tokyo Verdy so far this season.

Tokyo travelled for their previous game, a trip to Omiya Ardija that ended 2-2. Kato was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against Omiya Ardija after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?

Before that match, a J2-League win away at Tochigi.

This is expected to be a close game, with Tokyo Verdy perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Tokyo Verdy as a small favourite), we find 16 games. Tokyo Verdy has won 11 of these, drawn 1 and lost 4.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Yokohama are coming to town in four days.

Tokyo have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Ajinomoto Stadium with 21 goals in 12 league matches. Tokyo Verdy's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Júbilo Iwata form and stats

They also participated in Emperor Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.

Júbilo Iwata have only collected 7 points from their away games in the J-League, after 1-4-6 (11 played).

The attacking players of Júbilo have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 365 minutes.

Júbilo Iwata are travelling again after losing away to Tokyo in their previous match (0-2). Midfield player Uehara was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.53/10. Uehara hit five key passes and had 40 successful passes (of 46 total).

A loss against Vissel Kobe was the result prior to that, in a J-League home game.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Júbilo playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 1 Júbilo Iwata win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

The attacking power of Júbilo Iwata when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 11 league matches away. Júbilo's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 19 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Tokyo Verdy one win, three draws and Júbilo Iwata six victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Tokyo VerdyR. Sato
R. Sato
10 goals
Tokyo VerdyR. Sugimoto
R. Sugimoto
6 goals
TokyoM. Arai
M. Arai
5 goals

Tokyo Verdy missing players

Júbilo Iwata missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Tokyo Verdy Júbilo Iwata
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   13 25
10 6   Won W   1 7
7 3   Drew D   4 6
8 3   Lost L   8 12
43 20   Scored S   6 25
41 16   Conceded C   20 35
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   77% 88%
84% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   62% 68%
64% 67%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   38% 48%
44% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   15% 20%
20% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 8%
72% 75%   BTTS BTTS   38% 52%
20% 17%   Clean Sheets C S   31% 20%
8% 8%   Failed to Score F T   54% 40%
 
5.4 6   Corners for (avg) C F   3.2 3.6
4 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   5.4 5.2
1 0.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.4 1.2
0 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
9.6 11.3   Shots (avg) S (   9 8.7
4.4 5.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.8 3.2
39% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   16% 31%
 
9.8 10.8   Shots against (avg) S A   13.6 12.2
4 4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.9 4.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Albirex Niigata 27 16 6 5 48 23 12 10 1 1 27 9 15 6 5 4 21 14 25 54
2 Yokohama 27 15 9 3 45 29 14 10 3 1 26 12 13 5 6 2 19 17 16 54
3 Vegalta Sendai 27 15 6 6 53 35 14 7 4 3 23 14 13 8 2 3 30 21 18 51
4 V-Varen Nagasaki 27 12 7 8 32 26 14 4 6 4 13 12 13 8 1 4 19 14 6 43
5 Fagiano Okayama 26 10 11 5 34 25 14 7 4 3 22 13 12 3 7 2 12 12 9 41
6 Roasso Kumamoto 27 10 11 6 34 33 12 2 5 5 9 15 15 8 6 1 25 18 1 41
7 Oita Trinita 27 10 10 7 38 32 15 5 6 4 23 20 12 5 4 3 15 12 6 40
8 Machida Zelvia 27 11 6 10 36 30 15 7 4 4 24 17 12 4 2 6 12 13 6 39
9 JEF United 27 10 7 10 28 29 14 6 3 5 13 11 13 4 4 5 15 18 -1 37
10 Montedio Yamagata 26 9 9 8 37 28 11 5 2 4 20 12 15 4 7 4 17 16 9 36
11 Tokyo Verdy 26 9 9 8 45 42 12 6 3 3 21 15 14 3 6 5 24 27 3 36
12 Mito Hollyhock 27 9 8 10 34 32 14 5 4 5 17 16 13 4 4 5 17 16 2 35
13 Zweigen Kanazawa 27 9 8 10 33 38 13 3 4 6 14 19 14 6 4 4 19 19 -5 35
14 Ventforet Kofu 27 8 10 9 30 33 13 4 6 3 16 13 14 4 4 6 14 20 -3 34
15 Tokushima Vortis 26 6 15 5 27 20 13 3 8 2 14 9 13 3 7 3 13 11 7 33
16 Renofa Yamaguchi 27 8 7 12 27 32 14 7 3 4 20 15 13 1 4 8 7 17 -5 31
17 Tochigi 27 7 10 10 19 25 14 3 6 5 11 14 13 4 4 5 8 11 -6 31
18 Blaublitz Akita 27 7 7 13 22 37 13 4 3 6 14 16 14 3 4 7 8 21 -15 28
19 Grulla Morioka 27 7 6 14 23 47 13 3 3 7 11 22 14 4 3 7 12 25 -24 27
20 Omiya Ardija 27 5 9 13 27 43 13 3 3 7 15 23 14 2 6 6 12 20 -16 24
21 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 27 6 5 16 21 35 13 2 4 7 10 17 14 4 1 9 11 18 -14 23
22 Ryukyu 27 4 8 15 28 47 15 1 7 7 18 26 12 3 1 8 10 21 -19 20
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Yokohama F. Marinos 22 13 6 3 48 25 10 8 2 0 23 6 12 5 4 3 25 19 23 45
2 Kashima Antlers 22 11 7 4 35 27 12 6 4 2 21 17 10 5 3 2 14 10 8 40
3 Kawasaki Frontale 20 11 4 5 31 22 10 7 1 2 18 12 10 4 3 3 13 10 9 37
4 Kashiwa Reysol 22 11 3 8 28 22 12 6 1 5 15 13 10 5 2 3 13 9 6 36
5 Cerezo Osaka 22 9 8 5 34 26 11 4 4 3 15 14 11 5 4 2 19 12 8 35
6 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 22 9 8 5 29 22 12 7 3 2 18 8 10 2 5 3 11 14 7 35
7 Tokyo 22 9 5 8 25 26 11 6 4 1 17 6 11 3 1 7 8 20 -1 32
8 Urawa Reds 22 6 11 5 27 20 11 4 6 1 21 11 11 2 5 4 6 9 7 29
9 Sagan Tosu 21 6 10 5 29 24 11 4 5 2 17 8 10 2 5 3 12 16 5 28
10 Avispa Fukuoka 22 6 9 7 17 18 11 3 6 2 9 6 11 3 3 5 8 12 -1 27
11 Kyoto Sanga 22 6 7 9 21 25 11 4 3 4 10 11 11 2 4 5 11 14 -4 25
12 Shonan Bellmare 22 6 7 9 18 24 12 3 4 5 8 15 10 3 3 4 10 9 -6 25
13 Nagoya Grampus 21 6 7 8 16 22 10 4 4 2 10 9 11 2 3 6 6 13 -6 25
14 Consadole Sapporo 22 5 9 8 19 37 9 3 5 1 7 9 13 2 4 7 12 28 -18 24
15 Vissel Kobe 22 5 6 11 21 28 10 3 2 5 11 10 12 2 4 6 10 18 -7 21
16 Gamba Osaka 22 5 6 11 22 31 11 3 3 5 15 15 11 2 3 6 7 16 -9 21
17 Shimizu S-Pulse 22 4 8 10 26 35 11 1 4 6 13 22 11 3 4 4 13 13 -9 20
18 Júbilo Iwata 22 4 7 11 22 34 11 3 3 5 13 15 11 1 4 6 9 19 -12 19

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Yokohama F. Marinos 22 13 6 3 48 25 10 8 2 0 23 6 12 5 4 3 25 19 23 45
2 Kashima Antlers 22 11 7 4 35 27 12 6 4 2 21 17 10 5 3 2 14 10 8 40
3 Kawasaki Frontale 20 11 4 5 31 22 10 7 1 2 18 12 10 4 3 3 13 10 9 37
4 Kashiwa Reysol 22 11 3 8 28 22 12 6 1 5 15 13 10 5 2 3 13 9 6 36
5 Cerezo Osaka 22 9 8 5 34 26 11 4 4 3 15 14 11 5 4 2 19 12 8 35
6 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 22 9 8 5 29 22 12 7 3 2 18 8 10 2 5 3 11 14 7 35
7 Tokyo 22 9 5 8 25 26 11 6 4 1 17 6 11 3 1 7 8 20 -1 32
8 Urawa Reds 22 6 11 5 27 20 11 4 6 1 21 11 11 2 5 4 6 9 7 29
9 Sagan Tosu 21 6 10 5 29 24 11 4 5 2 17 8 10 2 5 3 12 16 5 28
10 Avispa Fukuoka 22 6 9 7 17 18 11 3 6 2 9 6 11 3 3 5 8 12 -1 27
11 Kyoto Sanga 22 6 7 9 21 25 11 4 3 4 10 11 11 2 4 5 11 14 -4 25
12 Shonan Bellmare 22 6 7 9 18 24 12 3 4 5 8 15 10 3 3 4 10 9 -6 25
13 Nagoya Grampus 21 6 7 8 16 22 10 4 4 2 10 9 11 2 3 6 6 13 -6 25
14 Consadole Sapporo 22 5 9 8 19 37 9 3 5 1 7 9 13 2 4 7 12 28 -18 24
15 Vissel Kobe 22 5 6 11 21 28 10 3 2 5 11 10 12 2 4 6 10 18 -7 21
16 Gamba Osaka 22 5 6 11 22 31 11 3 3 5 15 15 11 2 3 6 7 16 -9 21
17 Shimizu S-Pulse 22 4 8 10 26 35 11 1 4 6 13 22 11 3 4 4 13 13 -9 20
18 Júbilo Iwata 22 4 7 11 22 34 11 3 3 5 13 15 11 1 4 6 9 19 -12 19

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