Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Kawasaki Frontale & Tochigi City face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Emperor Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Kawasaki Frontale and Tochigi City should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Kawasaki Frontale form and stats
Last season their Emperor Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.The complete J-League results playing at home this season for Kawasaki Frontale are 2-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Kawasaki's last game was hosting Kashiwa Reysol and winning 2-0. Noborizato, defender, was given a rating of 8.15/10 in that game, top of the team. Noborizato scored one goal and won 4 of 5 duels.
Before that match, a loss in the away fixture against Urawa Reds in the Nabisco Cup.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Kawasaki Frontale, as the J-League home game vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima is only four days away.
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 6 from 7 matches.
Tochigi City form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Maruyasu Okazaki in order to reach 2nd round of Emperor Cup. They also participated in Emperor Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.The club members enjoyed Tochigi's previous game versus Joyful Honda Tsukuba, a 6-2 win played at home. As mentioned above, Tochigi City was the only team on the pitch versus Joyful Honda Tsukuba in their previous game, winning 6-2. This could be a tougher task.
Before that match, the victory at home hosting Maruyasu Okazaki (after extra-time) in the Emperor Cup (4-1).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  T. Miyashiro 4 goals |  K. Noborizato 2 goals |  Y. Wakizaka 2 goals |
Kawasaki Frontale missing players
Tochigi City missing players
| Kawasaki Frontale | Tochigi City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 17 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 42 | 18 | Scored | S | 23 | 65 | ||
| 31 | 8 | Conceded | C | 10 | 26 | ||
| 88% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 70% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 32% | ||
| 64% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 12% | ||
| 4.6 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 2.5 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.2 | 2.4 | ||
| 1.1 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 0.6 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.4 | 12.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 1.8 | 6.3 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.8 | 2.3 | ||
| 37% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 367% | 126% | ||
| 10.8 | 9.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 2.2 | 3.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | 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 |
