Perhaps a welcome break from league football as JEF United & Omiya Ardija face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Emperor Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for JEF and Omiya Ardija.
JEF United form and stats
JEF United participated in Emperor Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.JEF United have collected 15 points from their J2-League home games so far after 4-3-3.
The JEF United crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Machida Zelvia here at Fukuda Denshi Arena.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Vegalta Sendai (1-2).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 JEF have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 3 and lost 5.
The manager Kobayashi will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Mito Hollyhock in only four days.
On the other hand, JEF United have conceded 11 goals.
Omiya Ardija form and stats
Ardija was sent out of Emperor Cup in the 3rd round last season.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Omiya Ardija so far with only 1 point returning home. The records show 0-1-8 (win-draw-lose).
The manager Harasaki was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground NACK5 Stadium Ōmiya. Omiya Ardija suffered a 1-2 loss to Mito Hollyhock.
A 1-5 defeat away at Ventforet Kofu before that.We have checked recent matches where Ardija have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were 2 victories, 6 draws and 6 defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Omiya Ardija are hosting Fujieda MYFC in the J2-League only four days away.
The attacking power of Omiya Ardija when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 9 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
JEF United-Omiya Ardija H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: JEF four wins, Omiya Ardija three wins, three draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  H. komori 6 goals |  T. Tomiyama 5 goals | R. Angelotti 3 goals |
JEF United missing players
Omiya Ardija missing players
| JEF United | Omiya Ardija | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 11 | 16 | ||
| 24 | 12 | Scored | S | 6 | 23 | ||
| 32 | 13 | Conceded | C | 23 | 40 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | ||
| 5 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.7 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.3 | 11.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 10.2 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 27% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 24% | ||
| 8.5 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 10.4 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Machida Zelvia | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 18 | 42 |
| 2 | Oita Trinita | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 34 |
| 3 | Tokyo Verdy | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 33 |
| 4 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 32 |
| 5 | Ventforet Kofu | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 32 |
| 6 | Júbilo Iwata | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 30 |
| 7 | Vegalta Sendai | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 30 |
| 8 | Fagiano Okayama | 19 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 29 |
| 9 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 29 |
| 10 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 22 | 28 |
| 11 | Roasso Kumamoto | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 27 |
| 12 | Blaublitz Akita | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 26 |
| 13 | Montedio Yamagata | 19 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 29 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 25 |
| 14 | Fujieda MYFC | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | -2 | 25 |
| 15 | JEF United | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 23 |
| 16 | Tochigi | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -4 | 20 |
| 17 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 24 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 24 | -9 | 20 |
| 18 | Tokushima Vortis | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -9 | 20 |
| 19 | Mito Hollyhock | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -17 | 20 |
| 20 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -17 | 19 |
| 21 | Iwaki | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | -20 | 16 |
| 22 | Omiya Ardija | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 18 | -14 | 14 |
