National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Urawa Reds or Montedio Yamagata that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Urawa Reds nor Montedio Yamagata as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Urawa Reds form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Emperor Cup for Urawa Reds, as the manager Skorża led his troops to eliminate Kansai University, and reach the 3rd Round. Urawa participated in Emperor Cup the last season, where they reached the 3rd round.21 points is a decent return from 10 J-League games here at ND Soft Stadium Yamagata for Urawa Reds. The data says 6 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Urawa Reds, who played 0-0 against Tokyo. That match was also played at this venue (ND Soft Stadium Yamagata). Scholz was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.63 out of 10. The defender Scholz hit two key passes and won 13 of 17 duels.
Before that match, a J-League win away at Sagan Tosu.Urawa are traveling soon after this match as the J-League match at Cerezo Osaka awaits in four days.
Urawa Reds have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at ND Soft Stadium Yamagata with 18 goals in 10 league matches. Urawa have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Montedio Yamagata form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Sony Sendai in order to reach 3rd round of Emperor Cup. They also participated in Emperor Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Montedio Yamagata so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 4-1-8 (win-draw-lose).
Montedio Yamagata's previous game was their home loss versus Júbilo Iwata (1-3).
Prior to that match, the Montedio Yamagata manager Watanabe faced defeat when travelling to Renofa Yamaguchi and losing 0-1.Montedio have another fixture away from home in just four nights, a J2-League game versus Mito Hollyhock. A back-breaking diary for them!
Montedio Yamagata have scored 17 goals on their travels this season, from 13 away games in the league. 19 goals have been conceded by Montedio Yamagata in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Urawa victories, three draws and four Montedio Yamagata wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Mendes Alves 11 goals | Y. Fujimoto 7 goals |   S. Koroki 4 goals |
Urawa Reds missing players
Montedio Yamagata missing players
| Urawa Reds | Montedio Yamagata | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 8 | 13 | ||
| 33 | 22 | Scored | S | 15 | 37 | ||
| 15 | 11 | Conceded | C | 18 | 34 | ||
| 76% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 64% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 32% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | ||
| 12% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 28% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.9 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 4.2 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.1 | 13.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 8.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.6 | ||
| 31% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 41% | ||
| 9.8 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.4 | 11.3 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.2 | ||
| 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 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 21 | 43 |
| 2 | Vissel Kobe | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 24 | 40 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 39 |
| 4 | Urawa Reds | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 37 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 32 |
| 6 | Kashima Antlers | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 30 |
| 7 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 30 |
| 8 | Sagan Tosu | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 29 |
| 9 | Kawasaki Frontale | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 28 |
| 10 | Consadole Sapporo | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 41 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 27 |
| 11 | Tokyo | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -3 | 26 |
| 12 | Avispa Fukuoka | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 26 |
| 13 | Gamba Osaka | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -10 | 23 |
| 14 | Albirex Niigata | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -8 | 21 |
| 15 | Kyoto Sanga | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | -8 | 20 |
| 16 | Kashiwa Reysol | 20 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -13 | 14 |
| 17 | Yokohama | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 21 | -26 | 14 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 20 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -17 | 13 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Machida Zelvia | 25 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 42 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 25 | 54 |
| 2 | Tokyo Verdy | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 8 | 16 | 44 |
| 3 | Júbilo Iwata | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 43 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 44 |
| 4 | Ventforet Kofu | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 40 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 43 |
| 5 | Oita Trinita | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -1 | 42 |
| 6 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 48 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 27 | 41 |
| 7 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 39 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 41 |
| 8 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 28 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 36 |
| 9 | Fujieda MYFC | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 38 | 43 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 20 | -5 | 35 |
| 10 | Fagiano Okayama | 25 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 30 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 34 |
| 11 | Roasso Kumamoto | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 32 |
| 12 | Montedio Yamagata | 25 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 38 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 19 | 3 | 32 |
| 13 | Vegalta Sendai | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 16 | -3 | 32 |
| 14 | Blaublitz Akita | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -7 | 32 |
| 15 | JEF United | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -8 | 31 |
| 16 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -17 | 30 |
| 17 | Tokushima Vortis | 25 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 24 | 34 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 19 | -10 | 27 |
| 18 | Mito Hollyhock | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 30 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -15 | 27 |
| 19 | Iwaki | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 42 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 23 | -17 | 27 |
| 20 | Tochigi | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 16 | -5 | 26 |
| 21 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 25 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 28 | 43 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 32 | -15 | 24 |
| 22 | Omiya Ardija | 25 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 23 | 46 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 25 | -23 | 17 |
