It's the Emperor Cup: Kyoto Sanga and Tokyo Verdy face off

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Competition: Japan Emperor Cup
Competition: Wed 07.September
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ajinomoto Stadium (50100 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Kyoto Sanga or Tokyo Verdy 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.

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Kyoto Sanga form and stats

Kyoto Sanga participated in Emperor Cup the last season, where they reached the 4th round.

When playing at home in the J-League, Kyoto Sanga have managed 5 wins, 3 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 13 games.

Kyoto's last game was hosting Vissel Kobe and winning 2-0. The striker Matsuda won the honour of being "man of the match" for Kyoto Sanga with a rating of 7.6/10. Matsuda scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 17 successful passes (of 21 total).

Heartbreak before that as Kyoto Sanga lost 0-1 at Shimizu S-Pulse's place.

This is expected to be a close game, with Kyoto perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Kyoto Sanga as a small favourite), we find 7 games. Kyoto Sanga has won 2 of these, drawn 3 and lost 2.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Kashima Antlers are coming to town in three days.

At Ajinomoto Stadium, Kyoto Sanga has the goal stats of 13-13 (for/against) from 13 league fixtures.

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Tokyo Verdy form and stats

Tokyo Verdy was sent out of Emperor Cup in the 2nd round last season.

Tokyo Verdy have only collected 16 points from their away games in the J2-League, after 3-7-7 (17 played).

There might be some fixture complaints from Tokyo Verdy as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 1-2 against Zweigen Kanazawa.

Prior to that match, the Tokyo Verdy manager Jofuku faced defeat when travelling to Roasso Kumamoto and losing 0-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Tokyo in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Tokyo Verdy, 6 draws and 3 defeats.

After this away game Tokyo Verdy return home for a J2-League game against ThespaKusatsu Gunma. That game is only three sleeps after this.

The travelling fans enjoy Tokyo's attacking play in away games, having scored 27 goals in 17 league matches away. Tokyo Verdy's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 32 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings involving these two sides are: five wins for Kyoto Sanga, zero draws and five wins for Tokyo Verdy. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Tokyo VerdyR. Sato
R. Sato
11 goals
KyotoP. Utaka
P. Utaka
9 goals
Tokyo VerdyR. Sugimoto
R. Sugimoto
6 goals

Kyoto Sanga missing players

Tokyo Verdy missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Kyoto Sanga Tokyo Verdy
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 10   Played P   12 25
7 4   Won W   2 8
5 2   Drew D   4 7
13 4   Lost L   6 10
21 10   Scored S   16 33
35 8   Conceded C   22 36
96% 90%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
56% 50%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 72%
36% 30%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 56%
20% 10%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   42% 32%
8% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 8%
44% 40%   BTTS BTTS   67% 60%
20% 30%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 20%
40% 40%   Failed to Score F T   17% 24%
 
4.5 4.2   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 4.6
5.8 4.7   Corners against (avg) C A   4.2 4.5
1.5 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.2 1.1
2 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
10.5 11   Shots (avg) S (   7.7 9.9
3.7 4.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 4.1
23% 23%   Goal Efficiency G E   43% 32%
 
14.1 12.6   Shots against (avg) S A   9.5 10.2
5.3 5.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.4 4.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 28 14 8 6 45 28 15 9 3 3 26 12 13 5 5 3 19 16 17 50
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 25 14 7 4 53 29 11 9 2 0 25 6 14 5 5 4 28 23 24 49
3 Kawasaki Frontale 26 15 4 7 45 30 13 10 1 2 26 14 13 5 3 5 19 16 15 49
4 Kashima Antlers 28 12 9 7 41 36 15 7 5 3 25 21 13 5 4 4 16 15 5 45
5 Kashiwa Reysol 28 13 5 10 39 35 14 6 1 7 20 22 14 7 4 3 19 13 4 44
6 Cerezo Osaka 26 11 8 7 40 31 14 6 4 4 20 17 12 5 4 3 20 14 9 41
7 Sagan Tosu 28 9 13 6 40 33 14 5 7 2 20 9 14 4 6 4 20 24 7 40
8 Tokyo 26 11 6 9 35 34 13 6 5 2 19 10 13 5 1 7 16 24 1 39
9 Urawa Reds 26 8 12 6 38 26 12 5 6 1 24 12 14 3 6 5 14 14 12 36
10 Nagoya Grampus 27 9 9 9 25 28 13 6 4 3 14 11 14 3 5 6 11 17 -3 36
11 Shimizu S-Pulse 28 7 10 11 35 41 14 2 6 6 18 26 14 5 4 5 17 15 -6 31
12 Consadole Sapporo 27 7 10 10 29 45 13 4 6 3 12 16 14 3 4 7 17 29 -16 31
13 Kyoto Sanga 26 7 8 11 25 29 13 5 3 5 13 13 13 2 5 6 12 16 -4 29
14 Shonan Bellmare 26 7 8 11 22 32 15 4 5 6 12 22 11 3 3 5 10 10 -10 29
15 Avispa Fukuoka 28 6 10 12 21 31 14 3 6 5 12 14 14 3 4 7 9 17 -10 28
16 Gamba Osaka 28 7 7 14 28 42 14 3 4 7 16 21 14 4 3 7 12 21 -14 28
17 Vissel Kobe 26 6 6 14 23 34 11 3 2 6 11 11 15 3 4 8 12 23 -11 24
18 Júbilo Iwata 27 5 8 14 25 45 14 4 4 6 16 23 13 1 4 8 9 22 -20 23
  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 34 19 10 5 54 38 17 12 3 2 28 15 17 7 7 3 26 23 16 67
2 Albirex Niigata 34 19 8 7 59 31 16 11 2 3 32 15 18 8 6 4 27 16 28 65
3 Fagiano Okayama 34 16 12 6 49 32 17 9 5 3 28 16 17 7 7 3 21 16 17 60
4 Vegalta Sendai 34 16 7 11 63 48 18 7 4 7 27 23 16 9 3 4 36 25 15 55
5 Roasso Kumamoto 34 14 12 8 43 38 16 6 5 5 16 15 18 8 7 3 27 23 5 54
6 Oita Trinita 34 13 13 8 48 39 17 6 7 4 28 22 17 7 6 4 20 17 9 52
7 V-Varen Nagasaki 32 14 8 10 39 33 16 4 7 5 17 17 16 10 1 5 22 16 6 50
8 Montedio Yamagata 33 13 10 10 49 35 16 8 2 6 29 17 17 5 8 4 20 18 14 49
9 Machida Zelvia 34 14 7 13 44 37 17 7 5 5 25 19 17 7 2 8 19 18 7 49
10 Tokushima Vortis 34 9 20 5 37 26 17 5 10 2 20 12 17 4 10 3 17 14 11 47
11 Mito Hollyhock 33 12 10 11 40 35 17 7 5 5 20 16 16 5 5 6 20 19 5 46
12 JEF United 34 12 10 12 35 33 18 6 5 7 14 14 16 6 5 5 21 19 2 46
13 Ventforet Kofu 34 9 15 10 40 42 16 5 8 3 25 19 18 4 7 7 15 23 -2 42
14 Tokyo Verdy 33 10 11 12 49 49 16 7 4 5 22 17 17 3 7 7 27 32 0 41
15 Tochigi 33 9 12 12 26 32 18 4 8 6 15 19 15 5 4 6 11 13 -6 39
16 Blaublitz Akita 34 10 9 15 28 42 16 4 4 8 15 21 18 6 5 7 13 21 -14 39
17 Zweigen Kanazawa 33 10 9 14 39 55 16 4 4 8 17 27 17 6 5 6 22 28 -16 39
18 Renofa Yamaguchi 34 9 9 16 37 45 18 8 5 5 26 21 16 1 4 11 11 24 -8 36
19 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 34 8 7 19 25 42 17 3 5 9 12 22 17 5 2 10 13 20 -17 31
20 Omiya Ardija 33 7 10 16 33 51 16 4 4 8 18 27 17 3 6 8 15 24 -18 31
21 Grulla Morioka 34 8 6 20 29 63 17 3 3 11 13 31 17 5 3 9 16 32 -34 30
22 Ryukyu 34 6 11 17 37 57 18 2 8 8 22 29 16 4 3 9 15 28 -20 29

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 Yokohama 34 19 10 5 54 38 17 12 3 2 28 15 17 7 7 3 26 23 16 67
2 Albirex Niigata 34 19 8 7 59 31 16 11 2 3 32 15 18 8 6 4 27 16 28 65
3 Fagiano Okayama 34 16 12 6 49 32 17 9 5 3 28 16 17 7 7 3 21 16 17 60
4 Vegalta Sendai 34 16 7 11 63 48 18 7 4 7 27 23 16 9 3 4 36 25 15 55
5 Roasso Kumamoto 34 14 12 8 43 38 16 6 5 5 16 15 18 8 7 3 27 23 5 54
6 Oita Trinita 34 13 13 8 48 39 17 6 7 4 28 22 17 7 6 4 20 17 9 52
7 V-Varen Nagasaki 32 14 8 10 39 33 16 4 7 5 17 17 16 10 1 5 22 16 6 50
8 Montedio Yamagata 33 13 10 10 49 35 16 8 2 6 29 17 17 5 8 4 20 18 14 49
9 Machida Zelvia 34 14 7 13 44 37 17 7 5 5 25 19 17 7 2 8 19 18 7 49
10 Tokushima Vortis 34 9 20 5 37 26 17 5 10 2 20 12 17 4 10 3 17 14 11 47
11 Mito Hollyhock 33 12 10 11 40 35 17 7 5 5 20 16 16 5 5 6 20 19 5 46
12 JEF United 34 12 10 12 35 33 18 6 5 7 14 14 16 6 5 5 21 19 2 46
13 Ventforet Kofu 34 9 15 10 40 42 16 5 8 3 25 19 18 4 7 7 15 23 -2 42
14 Tokyo Verdy 33 10 11 12 49 49 16 7 4 5 22 17 17 3 7 7 27 32 0 41
15 Tochigi 33 9 12 12 26 32 18 4 8 6 15 19 15 5 4 6 11 13 -6 39
16 Blaublitz Akita 34 10 9 15 28 42 16 4 4 8 15 21 18 6 5 7 13 21 -14 39
17 Zweigen Kanazawa 33 10 9 14 39 55 16 4 4 8 17 27 17 6 5 6 22 28 -16 39
18 Renofa Yamaguchi 34 9 9 16 37 45 18 8 5 5 26 21 16 1 4 11 11 24 -8 36
19 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 34 8 7 19 25 42 17 3 5 9 12 22 17 5 2 10 13 20 -17 31
20 Omiya Ardija 33 7 10 16 33 51 16 4 4 8 18 27 17 3 6 8 15 24 -18 31
21 Grulla Morioka 34 8 6 20 29 63 17 3 3 11 13 31 17 5 3 9 16 32 -34 30
22 Ryukyu 34 6 11 17 37 57 18 2 8 8 22 29 16 4 3 9 15 28 -20 29

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