Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Giravanz Kitakyushu & 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 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.
Giravanz Kitakyushu form and stats
Kitakyushu was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the Emperor Cup.Giravanz Kitakyushu's struggle is real here at Mikuni World Stadium with only 5 points collected from 6 J3-League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-3.
Giravanz Kitakyushu are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 212 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Nakayama).
Kitakyushu's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Tegevajaro Miyazaki.
Heartbreak before that as Giravanz Kitakyushu lost 0-2 at Kagoshima United's place.Kitakyushu are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 6 games. Giravanz Kitakyushu have conceded 8 in these home matches.
Kagoshima United form and stats
Kagoshima was sent out of Emperor Cup in the 2nd round last season.The visitors are W1-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the J3-League.
The Kagoshima United goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 291 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Impressive finishing from Take and Endo secured the home win 2-0 against Ryūkyū in their previous game.
That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Giravanz Kitakyushu in the J3-League.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Kagoshima United as they have only managed to score 3 times from 4 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
The 5 most recent games involving these sides have all finished as Kagoshima United victories. Will history repeat itself?Top Goalscorers
  T. Inui 4 goals | Y. Okada 3 goals |  J. Hanato 3 goals |
Giravanz Kitakyushu missing players
Kagoshima United missing players
| Giravanz Kitakyushu | Kagoshima United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 31 | 19 | Scored | S | 11 | 40 | ||
| 36 | 17 | Conceded | C | 16 | 34 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 28% | ||
| 56% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 48% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 20% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 6.2 | ||
| 5.9 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 5.5 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10.1 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 11.1 | ||
| 3.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.6 | ||
| 32% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 35% | ||
| 12.4 | 11.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 10.7 | ||
| 5 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Parceiro Nagano | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 20 |
| 2 | Kataller Toyama | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | Ehime | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 |
| 4 | Nara Club | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 18 |
| 5 | Kagoshima United | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 |
| 6 | Imabari | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| 7 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 15 |
| 8 | Grulla Morioka | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
| 9 | Gainare Tottori | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 10 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 11 | Azul Claro Numazu | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| 12 | Osaka | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 12 |
| 13 | Tegevajaro Miyazaki | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 12 |
| 14 | Kamatamare Sanuki | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 12 |
| 15 | Gifu | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 16 | YSCC | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -4 | 10 |
| 17 | Ryūkyū | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 10 |
| 18 | Fukushima United | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 9 |
| 19 | Sagamihara | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 20 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 6 |
