Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Albirex Niigata & Roasso Kumamoto face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Emperor Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's quite the trip for Roasso Kumamoto when visiting Albirex Niigata as the cities are 1200 kilometers apart.
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
Last season, Albirex Niigata's Emperor Cup journey ended in the 3rd round.This stadium, Denka Big Swan Stadium, has been a fortress for Albirex Niigata in the J2-League so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 9-1-0.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Ryosuke Kojima not having conceded a league goal in 311 minutes.
The Albirex club members enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Montedio Yamagata and win 3-0.
In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Mito Hollyhock.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Albirex Niigata matches with similar probabilities have ended with 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat (from 5 games).
Albirex Niigata are traveling soon after this match as the J2-League match at Tokushima Vortis awaits in three days.
Goals decide football matches and Albirex are scoring many of them at home; 23 on target from 10 league matches. From these home matches, Albirex Niigata have conceded only 7 goals.
Roasso Kumamoto form and stats
Last season their Emperor Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 6 wins, 4 draws and only 1 loss in the J2-League.
Kumamoto's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Ventforet Kofu that finished 1-1. The draw against Ventforet Kofu came from a losing position. The Roasso Kumamoto manager Oki brought on Takemoto as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
Prior to that result Roasso Kumamoto won their away game at ThespaKusatsu Gunma in the J2-League. The scoreline was 3-2.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The J2-League trip to Blaublitz Akita.
Roasso Kumamoto has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 19 goals from 11 games. Kumamoto have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the former three meetings): Albirex Niigata won one game, zero matches ended with a tie and Roasso Kumamoto have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / zeroTop Goalscorers
  T. Takahashi 7 goals |  K. Taniguchi 6 goals | Y. Takagi 4 goals |
Albirex Niigata missing players
Roasso Kumamoto missing players
| Albirex Niigata | Roasso Kumamoto | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 37 | 25 | Scored | S | 19 | 30 | ||
| 21 | 10 | Conceded | C | 17 | 31 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 80% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 28% | ||
| 5.8 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.1 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.2 | ||
| 0.8 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.6 | 0.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.2 | 10.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 9.4 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.3 | ||
| 34% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 28% | ||
| 7.9 | 7.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.4 | 8.9 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.7 | ||
| 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 |
