Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Kashima Antlers & Honda face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Emperor Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
Kashima Antlers form and stats
Last season, Kashima Antlers's Emperor Cup journey ended in the semi-finals.The story so far in the J-League for Kashima Antlers at their home stadium (Kashima Soccer Stadium) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Kashima Antlers drew their last game, 0-0 away at Urawa Reds. Pituca (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.75/10. Pituca dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 66 successful passes (of 77 total).
Preceding that game was the away draw at Sagan Tosu that finished 2-2.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the J-League game versus Shonan Bellmare in only four days. This game is also played here at Kashima Soccer Stadium.
Kashima Antlers has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. On the other hand, Kashima have conceded 10 goals.
Honda form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Nara Club in order to reach 2nd round of Emperor Cup. Honda's mission in Emperor Cup last season failed in the 2nd round.The visitors are W2-D3-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Japan Football League.
347 minutes! That's how long the Honda goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
It's the second away game in a row for Honda, but there's smiles all around after the 4-0 victory versus Suzuka Unlimited last time out. As mentioned above, Honda was the only team on the pitch versus Suzuka Unlimited in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
A draw for Honda before that, at their own venue hosting Tokyo Musashino City (0-0).After this away game Honda return home for a Japan Football League game against Verspah Oita. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Honda has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 5 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's two Kashima victories, zero draws and zero Honda wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less. One of the profiles has been Doi with 3 goals scored against Honda in these 2 meetings.
Top Goalscorers
  Y. Suzuki 8 goals | K. Chinen 4 goals |  S. Doi 2 goals |
Kashima Antlers missing players
Honda missing players
| Kashima Antlers | Honda | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 30 | 12 | Scored | S | 14 | 37 | ||
| 24 | 10 | Conceded | C | 11 | 21 | ||
| 88% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 56% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 72% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 40% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 20% | ||
| 5 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.1 | ||
| 4.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.3 | 2.2 | ||
| 1.3 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.4 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 9.3 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 4.1 | ||
| 35% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 36% | ||
| 9.2 | 8.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.6 | 5.3 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vissel Kobe | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 21 | 33 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 33 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 32 |
| 4 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 29 |
| 5 | Urawa Reds | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 28 |
| 6 | Cerezo Osaka | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 26 |
| 7 | Consadole Sapporo | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 25 |
| 8 | Kashima Antlers | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 25 |
| 9 | Sagan Tosu | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 22 |
| 10 | Kawasaki Frontale | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 21 |
| 11 | Avispa Fukuoka | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 20 |
| 12 | Tokyo | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -4 | 19 |
| 13 | Albirex Niigata | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 17 |
| 14 | Kyoto Sanga | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -10 | 13 |
| 15 | Gamba Osaka | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -14 | 13 |
| 16 | Shonan Bellmare | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -4 | 12 |
| 17 | Kashiwa Reysol | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -11 | 12 |
| 18 | Yokohama | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -22 | 12 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Biwako Shiga | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 |
| 2 | Criacao Shinjuku | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 16 |
| 3 | Sony Sendai | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 15 |
| 4 | Honda | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 5 | TIAMO Hirakata | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | Reinmeer Aomori | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 7 | Verspah Oita | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -1 | 14 |
| 8 | Honda Lock | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 14 |
| 9 | Veertien Mie | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 10 | Kochi United | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
| 11 | Suzuka Unlimited | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 12 |
| 12 | Maruyasu Okazaki | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 12 |
| 13 | Tokyo Musashino City | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 11 |
| 14 | Okinawa SV | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -7 | 7 |
| 15 | Urayasu | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -8 | 6 |
| 16 | Matsue City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
