It's the Emperor Cup: Kawasaki Frontale and Blaublitz Akita face off

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Competition: Japan Emperor Cup
Competition: Sun 27.December
Match begins: 04:05 (UTC)
Venue: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium (27495 seats)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Kawasaki Frontale & Blaublitz Akita face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Emperor Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Emperor Cup game only four days ago.

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Kawasaki Frontale form and stats

Last season, Kawasaki's Emperor Cup journey ended in the 4th round.

Kawasaki Frontale have been very solid at home in the J-League so far, with 46 points collected from 17 matches (15-1-1). This has contributed greatly to their 2nd position in the table. Kawasaki Frontale are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

Kawasaki Frontale enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Kashiwa Reysol's place. The match ended 3-2 with A. Ienaga (2) and Leandro Damião scoring. Before that, Kawasaki had a J-League home game versus Urawa Reds which ended with a victory 3-1.

The force was strong with Kawasaki in their previous game playing Kashiwa Reysol. It looked dark when they went behind 0-2 but thanks to goals from A. Ienaga (2) and Leandro Damião the match ended with a very strong 3-2 win. Manager T. Oniki felt very clever after A. Ienaga scored the winning goal against Kashiwa Reysol, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 46th minute.

Kawasaki Frontale are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. five earlier games are comparable to this one, and Kawasaki Frontale has won four times, drawn zero and lost one. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Kawasaki Frontale has won by at least two goals two times when in this position.

Kawasaki are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 48 goals in 17 matches. From these home matches, Kawasaki Frontale have conceded only 15 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Blaublitz Akita form and stats

They also participated in Emperor Cup last season. This ended in the 1st round.

Blaublitz Akita's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Blaublitz Akita collect 38 points from their 17 away matches in the J3-League. 11 victories and 5 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).

Impressive finishing from N. Eguchi, T. Shige and K. Hisatomi secured the home win 3-1 against Fukuyama City in their previous game. Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Kagoshima United's place.

Blaublitz are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 15 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were six wins, three draws and six defeats. Of the defeats, three games were lost by at least two goals margin.

The travelling fans enjoy Blaublitz's attacking play in away games, having scored 28 goals in 17 league matches away. Blaublitz's manager K. Yoshida has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 8 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Kawasaki FrontaleL. da Silva dos Santos
L. da Silva dos Santos
14 goals
Kawasaki FrontaleY. Kobayashi
Y. Kobayashi
14 goals
Kawasaki FrontaleA. Ienaga
A. Ienaga
11 goals

Kawasaki Frontale missing players

Blaublitz Akita missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Kawasaki Frontale Blaublitz Akita
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   11 25
17 10   Won W   6 13
4 0   Drew D   4 9
4 2   Lost L   1 3
60 33   Scored S   18 40
24 12   Conceded C   8 17
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   73% 72%
84% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   64% 60%
64% 75%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   36% 44%
52% 58%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   27% 32%
28% 42%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   27% 16%
52% 50%   BTTS BTTS   27% 36%
32% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   64% 56%
16% 17%   Failed to Score F T   36% 36%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
0.6 0.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0.6 0.6
1 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
15.3 17.8   Shots (avg) S (   6.8 9.2
6.4 7.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.9 3.3
37% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   56% 51%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kawasaki Frontale 34 26 5 3 88 31 17 15 1 1 48 15 17 11 4 2 40 16 57 83
2 Gamba Osaka 34 20 5 9 46 42 17 8 2 7 19 23 17 12 3 2 27 19 4 65
3 Nagoya Grampus 34 19 6 9 45 28 17 12 3 2 28 12 17 7 3 7 17 16 17 63
4 Cerezo Osaka 34 18 6 10 46 37 17 8 4 5 20 13 17 10 2 5 26 24 9 60
5 Kashima Antlers 34 18 5 11 55 44 17 8 5 4 27 22 17 10 0 7 28 22 11 59
6 Tokyo 34 17 6 11 47 42 17 10 0 7 23 22 17 7 6 4 24 20 5 57
7 Kashiwa Reysol 34 15 7 12 60 46 17 5 4 8 30 30 17 10 3 4 30 16 14 52
8 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 34 13 9 12 46 37 17 7 5 5 29 20 17 6 4 7 17 17 9 48
9 Yokohama F. Marinos 34 14 5 15 69 59 17 9 2 6 42 26 17 5 3 9 27 33 10 47
10 Urawa Reds 34 13 7 14 43 56 17 5 4 8 18 22 17 8 3 6 25 34 -13 46
11 Oita Trinita 34 11 10 13 36 45 17 5 5 7 12 19 17 6 5 6 24 26 -9 43
12 Consadole Sapporo 34 10 9 15 47 58 17 5 5 7 27 29 17 5 4 8 20 29 -11 39
13 Sagan Tosu 34 7 15 12 37 43 17 3 7 7 17 20 17 4 8 5 20 23 -6 36
14 Vissel Kobe 34 9 9 16 50 59 17 4 5 8 25 30 17 5 4 8 25 29 -9 36
15 Yokohama 34 9 6 19 38 60 17 6 2 9 22 32 17 3 4 10 16 28 -22 33
16 Shimizu S-Pulse 34 7 7 20 48 70 17 4 3 10 32 35 17 3 4 10 16 35 -22 28
17 Vegalta Sendai 34 6 10 18 36 61 17 0 7 10 14 32 17 6 3 8 22 29 -25 28
18 Shonan Bellmare 34 6 9 19 29 48 17 4 4 9 12 19 17 2 5 10 17 29 -19 27
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Blaublitz Akita 34 21 10 3 55 18 17 10 5 2 27 10 17 11 5 1 28 8 37 73
2 Sagamihara 34 16 13 5 43 35 17 9 7 1 25 16 17 7 6 4 18 19 8 61
3 Parceiro Nagano 34 17 8 9 45 26 17 9 2 6 20 13 17 8 6 3 25 13 19 59
4 Kagoshima United 34 18 4 12 55 43 17 9 2 6 28 25 17 9 2 6 27 18 12 58
5 Gainare Tottori 34 17 6 11 47 37 17 9 3 5 24 16 17 8 3 6 23 21 10 57
6 Gifu 34 16 8 10 50 39 17 7 5 5 20 19 17 9 3 5 30 20 11 56
7 Imabari 34 15 10 9 39 27 17 5 5 7 18 20 17 10 5 2 21 7 12 55
8 Roasso Kumamoto 34 16 6 12 56 47 17 10 2 5 34 23 17 6 4 7 22 24 9 54
9 Kataller Toyama 34 15 5 14 52 43 17 7 2 8 24 20 17 8 3 6 28 23 9 50
10 Fujieda MYFC 34 14 7 13 48 44 17 9 3 5 25 17 17 5 4 8 23 27 4 49
11 Grulla Morioka 34 11 9 14 36 47 17 5 4 8 18 31 17 6 5 6 18 16 -11 42
12 Azul Claro Numazu 34 12 5 17 36 40 17 8 4 5 24 18 17 4 1 12 12 22 -4 41
13 Fukushima United 34 11 6 17 46 55 17 5 5 7 23 26 17 6 1 10 23 29 -9 39
14 Gamba Osaka U23 34 9 8 17 43 55 17 6 3 8 21 24 17 3 5 9 22 31 -12 35
15 Vanraure Hachinohe 34 8 9 17 42 56 17 4 5 8 20 26 17 4 4 9 22 30 -14 33
16 Kamatamare Sanuki 34 7 10 17 33 52 17 4 5 8 17 22 17 3 5 9 16 30 -19 31
17 YSCC 34 5 12 17 37 66 17 3 6 8 20 32 17 2 6 9 17 34 -29 27
18 Cerezo Osaka U23 34 5 10 19 28 61 17 3 5 9 14 31 17 2 5 10 14 30 -33 25

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Blaublitz Akita 34 21 10 3 55 18 17 10 5 2 27 10 17 11 5 1 28 8 37 73
2 Sagamihara 34 16 13 5 43 35 17 9 7 1 25 16 17 7 6 4 18 19 8 61
3 Parceiro Nagano 34 17 8 9 45 26 17 9 2 6 20 13 17 8 6 3 25 13 19 59
4 Kagoshima United 34 18 4 12 55 43 17 9 2 6 28 25 17 9 2 6 27 18 12 58
5 Gainare Tottori 34 17 6 11 47 37 17 9 3 5 24 16 17 8 3 6 23 21 10 57
6 Gifu 34 16 8 10 50 39 17 7 5 5 20 19 17 9 3 5 30 20 11 56
7 Imabari 34 15 10 9 39 27 17 5 5 7 18 20 17 10 5 2 21 7 12 55
8 Roasso Kumamoto 34 16 6 12 56 47 17 10 2 5 34 23 17 6 4 7 22 24 9 54
9 Kataller Toyama 34 15 5 14 52 43 17 7 2 8 24 20 17 8 3 6 28 23 9 50
10 Fujieda MYFC 34 14 7 13 48 44 17 9 3 5 25 17 17 5 4 8 23 27 4 49
11 Grulla Morioka 34 11 9 14 36 47 17 5 4 8 18 31 17 6 5 6 18 16 -11 42
12 Azul Claro Numazu 34 12 5 17 36 40 17 8 4 5 24 18 17 4 1 12 12 22 -4 41
13 Fukushima United 34 11 6 17 46 55 17 5 5 7 23 26 17 6 1 10 23 29 -9 39
14 Gamba Osaka U23 34 9 8 17 43 55 17 6 3 8 21 24 17 3 5 9 22 31 -12 35
15 Vanraure Hachinohe 34 8 9 17 42 56 17 4 5 8 20 26 17 4 4 9 22 30 -14 33
16 Kamatamare Sanuki 34 7 10 17 33 52 17 4 5 8 17 22 17 3 5 9 16 30 -19 31
17 YSCC 34 5 12 17 37 66 17 3 6 8 20 32 17 2 6 9 17 34 -29 27
18 Cerezo Osaka U23 34 5 10 19 28 61 17 3 5 9 14 31 17 2 5 10 14 30 -33 25

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