Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Gainare Tottori & Verspah Oita face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Emperor Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Gainare Tottori nor Verspah Oita 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.
Gainare Tottori form and stats
Gainare participated in Emperor Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.Gainare Tottori have played 3 J3-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Ishikawa was the last player to score a league goal for Gainare Tottori and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Gainare Tottori haven't scored in 184 minutes.
Gainare Tottori's previous fixture was also a home event, the loss 0-2 against Verspah Oita (in Emperor Cup).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Gifu (0-3).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Gainare Tottori have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 4 and lost 5.
Gainare has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. Gainare Tottori have conceded 5 from these games.
Verspah Oita form and stats
Last season their Emperor Cup adventure ended in the 4th round.Verspah Oita are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Japan Football League, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).
Two away matches in a row for Verspah Oita, whose manager Yamahashi could celebrate last time after the Emperor Cup win against Gainare Tottori.
Before that, Verspah secured a home win against Matsue City with the score 1-0.The attacking power of Verspah Oita when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away. As opposed to that, Verspah have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  Y. Okubo 3 goals | D. Ishikawa 2 goals | Y. Nagashima 1 goals |
Gainare Tottori missing players
Verspah Oita missing players
| Gainare Tottori | Verspah Oita | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 34 | 16 | Scored | S | 13 | 31 | ||
| 49 | 25 | Conceded | C | 11 | 18 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 60% | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 20% | ||
| 5 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.9 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.9 | 3.2 | ||
| 0.6 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.6 | 0.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.3 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.9 | 10.7 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.6 | ||
| 32% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 26% | ||
| 10.6 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.9 | 8.6 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 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 | 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 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Maruyasu Okazaki | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 |
| 2 | Honda | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | Honda Lock | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| 4 | Tokyo Musashino City | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | Osaka | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 6 | Reinmeer Aomori | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 7 | Nara Club | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 8 | Veertien Mie | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 9 | TIAMO Hirakata | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 11 |
| 10 | Verspah Oita | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 11 |
| 11 | Kochi United | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 10 |
| 12 | Suzuka Unlimited | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 10 |
| 13 | Sony Sendai | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -6 | 8 |
| 14 | Matsue City | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -9 | 5 |
| 15 | Biwako Shiga | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -14 | 4 |
| 16 | Criacao Shinjuku | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -10 | 1 |
