National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Albirex Niigata or Biwako Shiga that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
Albirex Niigata form and stats
Albirex Niigata participated in Emperor Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.3-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the J-League numbers at home for Albirex Niigata so far this season.
The Albirex manager Matsuhashi and his gang return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Shonan Bellmare. Taniguchi, who plays in attack, was the champion player for the side in that game, collecting a rating of 8.72 (out of 10). Taniguchi scored two goals and hit one key pass.
Before that game, the home loss against Gamba Osaka with the scoreline 1-3.The match schedule is unforgiving for Albirex Niigata as they have a new game in only four days, a J-League match thankfully also at home. Kyoto Sanga are visiting.
The Albirex fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 8 matches. Albirex Niigata have conceded 13 from these games.
Biwako Shiga form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Azul Claro Numazu in order to reach 2nd round of Emperor Cup. They also participated in Emperor Cup last season. This ended in the 1st round.2-2-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Biwako Shiga in their Japan Football League matches away.
Biwako are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Honda Lock.
Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Urayasu in the Japan Football League.After this away game Biwako Shiga return home for a Japan Football League game against Maruyasu Okazaki. That game is only three sleeps after this.
It's not easy to score on Biwako Shiga as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  R. Ito 7 goals | S. Ota 4 goals | K. Taniguchi 3 goals |
Albirex Niigata missing players
Biwako Shiga missing players
| Albirex Niigata | Biwako Shiga | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 30 | 19 | Scored | S | 9 | 25 | ||
| 34 | 16 | Conceded | C | 21 | 37 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 64% | ||
| 56% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 32% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2.5 | ||
| 5 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.9 | 3.7 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.6 | 0.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.3 | 13.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.2 | 6.7 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 3 | ||
| 26% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 36% | ||
| 10.8 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.6 | 10.1 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 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 | Vissel Kobe | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 21 | 33 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 33 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 32 |
| 4 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 29 |
| 5 | Urawa Reds | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 28 |
| 6 | Cerezo Osaka | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 26 |
| 7 | Consadole Sapporo | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 25 |
| 8 | Kashima Antlers | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 25 |
| 9 | Sagan Tosu | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 22 |
| 10 | Kawasaki Frontale | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 21 |
| 11 | Avispa Fukuoka | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 20 |
| 12 | Tokyo | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -4 | 19 |
| 13 | Albirex Niigata | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 17 |
| 14 | Kyoto Sanga | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -10 | 13 |
| 15 | Gamba Osaka | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -14 | 13 |
| 16 | Shonan Bellmare | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -4 | 12 |
| 17 | Kashiwa Reysol | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -11 | 12 |
| 18 | Yokohama | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -22 | 12 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Biwako Shiga | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 |
| 2 | Criacao Shinjuku | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 16 |
| 3 | Sony Sendai | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 15 |
| 4 | Honda | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 5 | TIAMO Hirakata | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | Reinmeer Aomori | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 7 | Verspah Oita | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -1 | 14 |
| 8 | Honda Lock | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 14 |
| 9 | Veertien Mie | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 10 | Kochi United | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
| 11 | Suzuka Unlimited | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 12 |
| 12 | Maruyasu Okazaki | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 12 |
| 13 | Tokyo Musashino City | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 11 |
| 14 | Okinawa SV | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -7 | 7 |
| 15 | Urayasu | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -8 | 6 |
| 16 | Matsue City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
