Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Fukushima United & North Asia University face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Emperor Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Fukushima United form and stats
When playing at home in the J3-League, Fukushima United have managed 2 wins, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games.
A strong away win for Fukushima United against Gainare Tottori the last match, as Obu, Takahashi (2) and Nagano were on target. As mentioned above, Fukushima "killed" Gainare Tottori in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Ahead of that match, Fukushima United lost 0-1 at home to Iwaki.Fukushima have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
North Asia University form and stats
Head 2 Head
Fukushima United missing players
North Asia University missing players
| Fukushima United | North Asia University | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | ||
| 40 | 18 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | ||
| 24 | 13 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 72% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 56% | 83% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | ||
| 32% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 5.1 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4.8 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 33% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 8.3 | 8.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 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 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 20 |
| 2 | Fukushima United | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 18 |
| 3 | Iwaki | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 4 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 18 |
| 5 | Parceiro Nagano | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| 6 | Tegevajaro Miyazaki | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 7 | Fujieda MYFC | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | Imabari | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 14 |
| 9 | Gifu | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 10 | Kataller Toyama | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 13 |
| 11 | Azul Claro Numazu | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 12 | Kamatamare Sanuki | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 13 | Ehime | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 9 |
| 14 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 9 |
| 15 | Sagamihara | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 7 |
| 16 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -7 | 6 |
| 17 | Gainare Tottori | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -12 | 4 |
| 18 | YSCC | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -15 | 2 |
