Perhaps a welcome break from league football as V-Varen Nagasaki & Kagoshima United face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Emperor Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
V-Varen Nagasaki form and stats
Last season, V-Varen Nagasaki's Emperor Cup journey ended in the 4th round.3 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what V-Varen Nagasaki have to build on here at transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki in the J2-League.
Uenaka was the last player to score a league goal for Nagasaki and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as V-Varen Nagasaki haven't scored in 225 minutes.
V-Varen Nagasaki drew their last game, also a home match. Fagiano Okayama was the opponent, 0-0 the score.
Before that game, the home loss against JEF United with the scoreline 0-2.The manager Matsuda will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Tochigi in only four days.
V-Varen Nagasaki aren't scoring a lot here at transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki in the league, with only 8 goals from 10 games. From these home matches, V-Varen Nagasaki have conceded only 9 goals.
Kagoshima United form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Giravanz Kitakyushu in order to reach 2nd round of Emperor Cup. Kagoshima's mission in Emperor Cup last season failed in the 2nd round.Playing away, Kagoshima United have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 1 defeat in the J3-League this season.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Kagoshima United goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 180 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Kagoshima United play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-0 victory visiting Kamatamare Sanuki. As mentioned above, Kagoshima United was the only team on the pitch versus Kamatamare Sanuki in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
A quick return to home after this game, as Kagoshima are hosting Azul Claro Numazu in the J3-League only four days away.
The travelling fans enjoy Kagoshima United's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 5 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's one Nagasaki victory, one draw and zero Kagoshima United wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Arita 6 goals | R. Yonezawa 5 goals |   C. da Silva 4 goals |
V-Varen Nagasaki missing players
Kagoshima United missing players
| V-Varen Nagasaki | Kagoshima United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 33 | 15 | Scored | S | 19 | 39 | ||
| 24 | 11 | Conceded | C | 11 | 26 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 64% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 5.1 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5.4 | ||
| 0.8 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.7 | 7.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 9.2 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.8 | ||
| 27% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 42% | ||
| 7.2 | 6.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.4 | 9.4 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 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 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kagoshima United | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 23 |
| 2 | Iwaki | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 21 |
| 4 | Fukushima United | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 19 |
| 5 | Fujieda MYFC | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| 6 | Kataller Toyama | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 16 |
| 7 | Parceiro Nagano | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| 8 | Tegevajaro Miyazaki | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 9 | Ehime | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 15 |
| 10 | Gifu | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 14 |
| 11 | Imabari | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 14 |
| 12 | Azul Claro Numazu | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 13 |
| 13 | Kamatamare Sanuki | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 11 |
| 14 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 9 |
| 15 | Sagamihara | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 7 |
| 16 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -9 | 6 |
| 17 | YSCC | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -14 | 5 |
| 18 | Gainare Tottori | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 16 | -15 | 4 |
