Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Kochi United & Yokohama face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Emperor Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Kochi nor Yokohama as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Kochi United form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Emperor Cup for Kochi United, as the manager Yoshimoto led his troops to eliminate Gamba Osaka and Beluga Rosso Hamada, and reach the 3rd Round. Last season their Emperor Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.The story so far in the Japan Football League for Kochi United at their home stadium (Kochi Haruno Athletic Stadium) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
A nice win for Kochi United last time playing, versus Criacao Shinjuku. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Honda (0-1).The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Kochi here at Kochi Haruno Athletic Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 8 games). Kochi United have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {2 goals}.
Yokohama form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Grulla Morioka in order to reach 3rd round of Emperor Cup. Yokohama's mission in Emperor Cup last season failed in the 3rd round.Yokohama have only collected 5 points from their away games in the J-League, after 1-2-6 (9 played).
Yokohama are looking to quickly end their 196 minutes long goal drought in the J-League.
Two away games in a row for Yokohama, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 versus Kawasaki Frontale. Yamashita, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.14. Yamashita hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Gamba Osaka in the J-League.Yokohama have another fixture that requires travelling in just four nights, a J-League fixture versus Sanfrecce Hiroshima. A rough fixture list for them!
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Yokohama as they have only managed to score 6 times from 9 away games in the league. Yokohama have conceded 21 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Silvestre 1 goals |  T. Kondo 1 goals | S. Ito 1 goals |
Kochi United missing players
Yokohama missing players
| Kochi United | Yokohama | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Lost | L | 8 | 15 | ||
| 23 | 10 | Scored | S | 10 | 23 | ||
| 30 | 9 | Conceded | C | 26 | 48 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 56% | 42% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 76% | ||
| 36% | 17% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 20% | ||
| 36% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 36% | ||
| 1.9 | 0.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.5 | 0.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 5.4 | ||
| 0.7 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 2.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 9.4 | ||
| 2.3 | 1.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4 | ||
| 39% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 23% | ||
| 5.7 | 1.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.1 | 15.2 | ||
| 2.8 | 0.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.2 | ||
| 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 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 24 |
| 2 | Sony Sendai | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 24 |
| 3 | Biwako Shiga | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 23 |
| 4 | Maruyasu Okazaki | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 22 |
| 5 | Criacao Shinjuku | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 22 |
| 6 | Veertien Mie | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 21 |
| 7 | Reinmeer Aomori | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 20 |
| 8 | TIAMO Hirakata | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 20 |
| 9 | Verspah Oita | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -2 | 19 |
| 10 | Suzuka Unlimited | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -4 | 19 |
| 11 | Kochi United | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 18 |
| 12 | Tokyo Musashino City | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 18 |
| 13 | Urayasu | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -6 | 14 |
| 14 | Honda Lock | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 14 |
| 15 | Okinawa SV | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -13 | 9 |
| 16 | Matsue City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 21 | 43 |
| 2 | Vissel Kobe | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 24 | 40 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 39 |
| 4 | Urawa Reds | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 37 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 32 |
| 6 | Kashima Antlers | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 30 |
| 7 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 30 |
| 8 | Sagan Tosu | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 29 |
| 9 | Kawasaki Frontale | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 28 |
| 10 | Consadole Sapporo | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 41 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 27 |
| 11 | Tokyo | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -3 | 26 |
| 12 | Avispa Fukuoka | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 26 |
| 13 | Gamba Osaka | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -10 | 23 |
| 14 | Albirex Niigata | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -8 | 21 |
| 15 | Kyoto Sanga | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | -8 | 20 |
| 16 | Kashiwa Reysol | 20 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -13 | 14 |
| 17 | Yokohama | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 21 | -26 | 14 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 20 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -17 | 13 |
