National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Kawasaki Frontale or Kochi United that keep their silverware dream alive.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Japan Football League game only three days ago.
Kawasaki Frontale form and stats
Last season, Kawasaki's Emperor Cup journey ended in the 3rd round.Kawasaki Frontale have collected 15 points from their J-League home games so far after 4-3-2.
Kawasaki Frontale travelled for their previous game, a trip to Vissel Kobe that ended 2-2. Opportunity lost for Kawasaki Frontale in the Vissel Kobe match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. Midfield player Wakizaka got a match rating of 7.73 in that game, the max score being 10. Wakizaka scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 45 successful passes (of 53 total).
A strong away win before that one, visiting Yokohama F. Marinos and winning 1-0.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Kawasaki, as the J-League home game vs Gamba Osaka is only four days away.
Kawasaki Frontale are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 9 games. From these home matches, Kawasaki have conceded only 6 goals.
Kochi United form and stats
Kochi United was sent out of Emperor Cup in the 2nd round last season.There's been little loot from Kochi United's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 7 away games in the Japan Football League. Kochi United only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Kochi goalkeeper Itsuki Ueda is eager to challenge this, with his 321 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Kochi United are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the match against Maruyasu Okazaki.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Reinmeer Aomori's place.Kochi have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  T. Miyashiro 6 goals |  Y. Wakizaka 4 goals |  Y. Segawa 3 goals |
Kawasaki Frontale missing players
Kochi United missing players
| Kawasaki Frontale | Kochi United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 13 | ||
| 38 | 20 | Scored | S | 12 | 23 | ||
| 25 | 6 | Conceded | C | 19 | 28 | ||
| 88% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 48% | ||
| 4.4 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 1.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 2.1 | ||
| 1.1 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 0.7 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.7 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 2 | ||
| 32% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 47% | ||
| 10.9 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.7 | 4.8 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 2.4 | ||
| 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 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 42 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 25 | 44 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 44 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 20 | 43 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 39 |
| 4 | Urawa Reds | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 37 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 21 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 30 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 35 |
| 6 | Kashima Antlers | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 33 |
| 7 | Kawasaki Frontale | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 32 |
| 8 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 31 |
| 9 | Sagan Tosu | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 29 |
| 10 | Avispa Fukuoka | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 29 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 41 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 21 | 1 | 27 |
| 12 | Tokyo | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -5 | 26 |
| 13 | Gamba Osaka | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -8 | 26 |
| 14 | Albirex Niigata | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -7 | 24 |
| 15 | Kyoto Sanga | 21 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 24 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | -7 | 23 |
| 16 | Yokohama | 21 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 22 | -26 | 15 |
| 17 | Kashiwa Reysol | 21 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 33 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 15 | -15 | 14 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 21 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 44 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -18 | 13 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Honda | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 18 | 33 |
| 2 | Sony Sendai | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 29 |
| 3 | Reinmeer Aomori | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 27 |
| 4 | Criacao Shinjuku | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 27 |
| 5 | Maruyasu Okazaki | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 24 |
| 6 | Biwako Shiga | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| 7 | Verspah Oita | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -1 | 24 |
| 8 | Urayasu | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 23 |
| 9 | Veertien Mie | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 22 |
| 10 | TIAMO Hirakata | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 13 | -2 | 22 |
| 11 | Kochi United | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 21 |
| 12 | Suzuka Unlimited | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -5 | 20 |
| 13 | Tokyo Musashino City | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 19 |
| 14 | Honda Lock | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 18 |
| 15 | Okinawa SV | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | -20 | 9 |
| 16 | Matsue City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
