National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's MD Nagasaki or Matsue City that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both participants have had a decent time to rest since their previous match. Let's trust this will be an animated fixture!
MD Nagasaki form and stats
Last season their Emperor Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.The fans hope that MD Nagasaki will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-4 away loss in the Emperor Cup fixture against Kagoshima United.
Erik lost again
Matsue City form and stats
Matsue City was sent out of Emperor Cup in the 1st round last season.The story so far for the visiting team on their Japan Football League travels is 1 win, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Matsue, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Verspah Oita.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Maruyasu Okazaki in the Japan Football League.There's been a serious shortage of goals from Matsue City's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 4 matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Matsue City have conceded 7 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
MD Nagasaki missing players
Matsue City missing players
| MD Nagasaki | Matsue City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 5 | 1 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 13 | 23 | ||
| 13 | 1 | Conceded | C | 19 | 32 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 56% | ||
| 80% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 12% | ||
| 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 40% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 32% | ||
| 80% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 36% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 4.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 3.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 0.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.9 | 9.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.7 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 29% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.4 | 8.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Maruyasu Okazaki | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 |
| 2 | Honda | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | Honda Lock | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| 4 | Tokyo Musashino City | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | Osaka | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 6 | Reinmeer Aomori | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 7 | Nara Club | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 8 | Veertien Mie | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 9 | TIAMO Hirakata | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 11 |
| 10 | Verspah Oita | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 11 |
| 11 | Kochi United | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 10 |
| 12 | Suzuka Unlimited | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 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 | Matsue City | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -9 | 5 |
| 15 | Biwako Shiga | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -14 | 4 |
| 16 | Criacao Shinjuku | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -10 | 1 |
