National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Kyoto Sanga or Kochi United that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Kyoto Sanga form and stats
Last season their Emperor Cup adventure ended in the 4th round.When playing at home in the J-League, Kyoto Sanga have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 8 games.
Kyoto Sanga's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Kawasaki Frontale. The home side are looking to build on that result. Ogiwara, defender, was given a rating of 7.64/10 in that game, top of the team. Ogiwara hit two key passes and won 5 of 10 duels.
Prior to that, an away loss at Yokohama F. Marinos in the J-League.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Kyoto Sanga as they are travelling to their away game against Nagoya Grampus in the Nabisco Cup. That match is three days after this one.
Kyoto aren't scoring a lot here at Takebishi Stadium Kyōto in the league, with only 7 goals from 8 games.
Kochi United form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Saga LIXIL in order to reach 2nd round of Emperor Cup. Last season their Emperor Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.2-1-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Kochi United in their Japan Football League matches away.
There might be some fixture complaints from Kochi United as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 2-3 against Osaka.
hometeam won
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Matsue City in just four days.
Kochi United are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 4 games (in the league).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  P. Utaka 8 goals |  T. Ogiwara 2 goals |  K. Taketomi 2 goals |
Kyoto Sanga missing players
Kochi United missing players
| Kyoto Sanga | Kochi United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 24 | 13 | Scored | S | 15 | 20 | ||
| 29 | 12 | Conceded | C | 13 | 28 | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 40% | ||
| 4.1 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 3.5 | ||
| 5.5 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.6 | 0.4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 9.7 | ||
| 3.5 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.8 | ||
| 28% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 21% | ||
| 11.4 | 10.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 9.8 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 31 |
| 2 | Kashima Antlers | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 30 |
| 3 | Kawasaki Frontale | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 30 |
| 4 | Kashiwa Reysol | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 27 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| 6 | Tokyo | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 25 |
| 7 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 24 |
| 8 | Sagan Tosu | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 24 |
| 9 | Kyoto Sanga | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 20 |
| 10 | Nagoya Grampus | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 20 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 17 | -11 | 20 |
| 12 | Avispa Fukuoka | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 19 |
| 13 | Gamba Osaka | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 17 |
| 14 | Urawa Reds | 16 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -1 | 15 |
| 15 | Júbilo Iwata | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 15 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -9 | 13 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | -10 | 13 |
| 18 | Vissel Kobe | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -8 | 11 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Maruyasu Okazaki | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 |
| 2 | Honda Lock | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 17 |
| 3 | Tokyo Musashino City | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | Osaka | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
| 5 | Reinmeer Aomori | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Honda | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 7 | Veertien Mie | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 8 | Verspah Oita | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | Nara Club | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 10 | TIAMO Hirakata | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 11 |
| 11 | Kochi United | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 10 |
| 12 | Suzuka Unlimited | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 10 |
| 13 | Sony Sendai | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -6 | 8 |
| 14 | Biwako Shiga | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -13 | 7 |
| 15 | Matsue City | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 5 |
| 16 | Criacao Shinjuku | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -12 | 1 |
