National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Kyoto Sanga or Kataller Toyama that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Kyoto nor Kataller Toyama 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.
Kyoto Sanga form and stats
Kyoto Sanga was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Emperor Cup.Kyoto Sanga's struggle is real here at Takebishi Stadium Kyōto with only 6 points collected from 8 J-League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-0-6.
No payout for Kyoto in their previous match, an away game at Sanfrecce Hiroshima that ended in defeat 1-3. Ota had a busy but productive day in the Sanfrecce Hiroshima match. Despite making seven saves the loss could not be prevented.
Preceding that match was a J-League defeat to Urawa Reds (0-2).There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Kyoto Sanga as they are travelling to their away game against Albirex Niigata in the J-League. That match is four days after this one.
Kyoto aren't scoring a lot here at Takebishi Stadium Kyōto in the league, with only {6 goals} from 8 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 13 goals have been conceded.
Kataller Toyama form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Hokuriku University in order to reach 2nd round of Emperor Cup. Kataller Toyama's mission in Emperor Cup last season failed in the 2nd round.The visitors are W2-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the J3-League.
Kataller Toyama had fun at their own home (Takebishi Stadium Kyōto) last time out, beating Kamatamare Sanuki 3-0. Sasaki (2) and Takahashi scored.
Prior to that match, the Kataller manager Otagiri faced defeat when travelling to Gifu and losing 0-1.After this away game Kataller Toyama return home for a J3-League game against Gainare Tottori. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Kataller Toyama have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 6 league away games 7 goals have been scored. 8 goals have been conceded by Kataller in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Kyoto Sanga two wins, four draws and Kataller Toyama two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Takahashi 7 goals |  A. Aguiar Oliveira 5 goals | Y. Toyokawa 4 goals |
Kyoto Sanga missing players
Kataller Toyama missing players
| Kyoto Sanga | Kataller Toyama | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 15 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 27 | 12 | Scored | S | 17 | 49 | ||
| 39 | 17 | Conceded | C | 13 | 36 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 72% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 32% | ||
| 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 8% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 3.4 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 12 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.8 | ||
| 29% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 41% | ||
| 12.6 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.9 | 8.8 | ||
| 4.9 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 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 | 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 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kataller Toyama | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 23 |
| 2 | Kagoshima United | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 22 |
| 3 | Ehime | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 |
| 4 | Nara Club | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 20 |
| 5 | Parceiro Nagano | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
| 6 | Imabari | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 19 |
| 7 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 18 |
| 8 | Grulla Morioka | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 9 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| 10 | Gifu | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 11 | YSCC | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -2 | 16 |
| 12 | Azul Claro Numazu | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 16 |
| 13 | Tegevajaro Miyazaki | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 16 |
| 14 | Osaka | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 15 |
| 15 | Ryukyu | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 14 |
| 16 | Gainare Tottori | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | -3 | 14 |
| 17 | Kamatamare Sanuki | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | -11 | 13 |
| 18 | Fukushima United | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -4 | 12 |
| 19 | Sagamihara | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 9 |
| 20 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 6 |
