Key statistics for the Emperor Cup fixture between Kawasaki Frontale and Oita Trinita

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Competition: Japan Emperor Cup
Competition: Sun 12.December
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium (27495 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Kawasaki Frontale or Oita Trinita that keep their silverware dream alive.

Both sides have had plenty of rest since their previous competitive action. Let's agree to expect an in-your-face fixture!

It's quite the trip for Oita Trinita when visiting Kawasaki Frontale as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.

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Kawasaki Frontale form and stats

Kawasaki Frontale have been very solid at home in the J-League so far, with 51 points collected from 19 matches (16-3-0). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table. This match is a Emperor Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses in this competition. The Kawasaki fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium and will expect new points from this game. Kawasaki Frontale has played 22 games in a row here without a defeat.

Kawasaki shared the glory with Yokohama F. Marinos in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. The forward Leandro Damião outshone all teammates in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 7.65 out of 10. Damião scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that, Kawasaki had a J-League home game versus Gamba Osaka which ended with a victory 4-1.

The Kawasaki manager T. Oniki has got the team scoring with 39 from 19 home games in the league. Kawasaki Frontale are not conceding a lot of goals here at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 14 from 19 matches.

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Oita Trinita form and stats

Last season their Emperor Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Oita Trinita so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-14 (win-draw-lose). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Emperor Cup stats, they have 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses both home and away.

It's the second away game in a row for Trinita, but there's smiles all around after the 3-2 victory versus Kashiwa Reysol in the J-League last time out. Oita Trinita goalie Shun Takagi was high and low in the Kashiwa Reysol game, contributing six saves towards the victory. The attacker Arata Watanabe got a match rating of 8.33 in that game. Watanabe scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 25 successful passes (of 30 total).

Before that, Trinita secured a home win against Yokohama with the score 2-0.

With the home side stated as having a winning probability of approximately 80% by the bookies, any beneficial result for the away side would be a surprise. Examining earlier matches with similar odds and Trinita playing away, we found two results. The data from these were zero away wins, zero draws and two defeats. The visitors lost two of these games by at least two goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Trinita as they have only managed to score 12 times from 19 away games in the league. Trinita struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 34 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Kawasaki Frontale-Oita Trinita H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Kawasaki Frontale seven wins, Oita Trinita one win, two draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Kawasaki FrontaleL. da Silva dos Santos
L. da Silva dos Santos
23 goals
Kawasaki FrontaleY. Kobayashi
Y. Kobayashi
9 goals
KawasakiA. Ienaga
A. Ienaga
8 goals

Kawasaki Frontale missing players

Oita Trinita missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Kawasaki Frontale Oita Trinita
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   14 25
15 8   Won W   3 9
8 3   Drew D   3 5
2 0   Lost L   8 11
47 25   Scored S   11 25
21 10   Conceded C   23 32
92% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   86% 88%
80% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   64% 68%
48% 64%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   43% 32%
36% 45%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 20%
12% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   21% 16%
64% 73%   BTTS BTTS   43% 36%
32% 27%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 40%
12% 0%   Failed to Score F T   50% 36%
 
4.9 5.6   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 4
3.6 3.8   Corners against (avg) C A   5.7 4.9
0.7 0.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0.6 0.6
0 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
12.5 13.3   Shots (avg) S (   6.8 6.6
4.6 5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.9 3
41% 45%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 32%
 
8.2 7.8   Shots against (avg) S A   14.1 11.7
3 3.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   6.4 5

  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 38 28 8 2 81 28 19 16 3 0 39 14 19 12 5 2 42 14 53 92
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 38 24 7 7 82 35 19 13 4 2 46 12 19 11 3 5 36 23 47 79
3 Vissel Kobe 38 21 10 7 62 36 19 11 4 4 31 14 19 10 6 3 31 22 26 73
4 Kashima Antlers 38 21 6 11 62 36 19 10 4 5 32 20 19 11 2 6 30 16 26 69
5 Nagoya Grampus 38 19 9 10 44 30 19 11 4 4 22 13 19 8 5 6 22 17 14 66
6 Urawa Reds 38 18 9 11 45 38 19 12 4 3 28 17 19 6 5 8 17 21 7 63
7 Sagan Tosu 38 16 11 11 43 35 19 11 5 3 30 15 19 5 6 8 13 20 8 59
8 Avispa Fukuoka 38 14 12 12 42 37 19 10 3 6 26 18 19 4 9 6 16 19 5 54
9 Tokyo 38 15 8 15 49 53 19 8 3 8 30 26 19 7 5 7 19 27 -4 53
10 Consadole Sapporo 38 14 9 15 48 50 19 8 4 7 27 27 19 6 5 8 21 23 -2 51
11 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 38 12 13 13 44 42 19 5 6 8 19 23 19 7 7 5 25 19 2 49
12 Cerezo Osaka 38 13 9 16 47 51 19 8 5 6 26 28 19 5 4 10 21 23 -4 48
13 Gamba Osaka 38 12 8 18 33 49 19 5 4 10 17 28 19 7 4 8 16 21 -16 44
14 Shimizu S-Pulse 38 10 12 16 37 54 19 5 6 8 17 28 19 5 6 8 20 26 -17 42
15 Kashiwa Reysol 38 12 5 21 37 56 19 6 3 10 21 29 19 6 2 11 16 27 -19 41
16 Shonan Bellmare 38 7 16 15 36 41 19 3 10 6 13 15 19 4 6 9 23 26 -5 37
17 Tokushima Vortis 38 10 6 22 34 55 19 4 5 10 18 24 19 6 1 12 16 31 -21 36
18 Oita Trinita 38 9 8 21 31 55 19 7 5 7 19 21 19 2 3 14 12 34 -24 35
19 Vegalta Sendai 38 5 13 20 31 62 19 3 6 10 12 23 19 2 7 10 19 39 -31 28
20 Yokohama 38 6 9 23 32 77 19 4 6 9 21 31 19 2 3 14 11 46 -45 27

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 Kawasaki Frontale 38 28 8 2 81 28 19 16 3 0 39 14 19 12 5 2 42 14 53 92
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 38 24 7 7 82 35 19 13 4 2 46 12 19 11 3 5 36 23 47 79
3 Vissel Kobe 38 21 10 7 62 36 19 11 4 4 31 14 19 10 6 3 31 22 26 73
4 Kashima Antlers 38 21 6 11 62 36 19 10 4 5 32 20 19 11 2 6 30 16 26 69
5 Nagoya Grampus 38 19 9 10 44 30 19 11 4 4 22 13 19 8 5 6 22 17 14 66
6 Urawa Reds 38 18 9 11 45 38 19 12 4 3 28 17 19 6 5 8 17 21 7 63
7 Sagan Tosu 38 16 11 11 43 35 19 11 5 3 30 15 19 5 6 8 13 20 8 59
8 Avispa Fukuoka 38 14 12 12 42 37 19 10 3 6 26 18 19 4 9 6 16 19 5 54
9 Tokyo 38 15 8 15 49 53 19 8 3 8 30 26 19 7 5 7 19 27 -4 53
10 Consadole Sapporo 38 14 9 15 48 50 19 8 4 7 27 27 19 6 5 8 21 23 -2 51
11 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 38 12 13 13 44 42 19 5 6 8 19 23 19 7 7 5 25 19 2 49
12 Cerezo Osaka 38 13 9 16 47 51 19 8 5 6 26 28 19 5 4 10 21 23 -4 48
13 Gamba Osaka 38 12 8 18 33 49 19 5 4 10 17 28 19 7 4 8 16 21 -16 44
14 Shimizu S-Pulse 38 10 12 16 37 54 19 5 6 8 17 28 19 5 6 8 20 26 -17 42
15 Kashiwa Reysol 38 12 5 21 37 56 19 6 3 10 21 29 19 6 2 11 16 27 -19 41
16 Shonan Bellmare 38 7 16 15 36 41 19 3 10 6 13 15 19 4 6 9 23 26 -5 37
17 Tokushima Vortis 38 10 6 22 34 55 19 4 5 10 18 24 19 6 1 12 16 31 -21 36
18 Oita Trinita 38 9 8 21 31 55 19 7 5 7 19 21 19 2 3 14 12 34 -24 35
19 Vegalta Sendai 38 5 13 20 31 62 19 3 6 10 12 23 19 2 7 10 19 39 -31 28
20 Yokohama 38 6 9 23 32 77 19 4 6 9 21 31 19 2 3 14 11 46 -45 27

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