National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Mito Hollyhock or Renofa Yamaguchi that keep their silverware dream alive.
These teams have little in common geographically as Renofa Yamaguchi have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
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.
Mito Hollyhock form and stats
Hollyhock participated in Emperor Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.The total J2-League stats playing at home this season for Mito Hollyhock are 4-2-4 (wins-draws-losses).
Mito Hollyhock lost their last game at JEF United after a 1-2 scoreline.
Preceding that match was a J2-League defeat to Albirex Niigata (0-3).Mito Hollyhock are traveling soon after this match as the J2-League match at Omiya Ardija awaits in four days.
The Hollyhock fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 10 matches. Mito Hollyhock's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Renofa Yamaguchi form and stats
Renofa Yamaguchi's mission in Emperor Cup last season failed in the 1st round.There's been little loot from Renofa Yamaguchi's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 10 away games in the J2-League. Renofa Yamaguchi only have 0 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 4 draws.
The attacking players of Renofa Yamaguchi have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 209 minutes.
Yamaguchi play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Yokohama.
A 0-1 defeat away at Montedio Yamagata before that.After this away game Renofa Yamaguchi return home for a J2-League game against ThespaKusatsu Gunma. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Renofa Yamaguchi have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Hollyhock victories, three draws and three Renofa Yamaguchi wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Kinoshita 8 goals |  Y. Soneda 4 goals |  T. Numata 4 goals |
Mito Hollyhock missing players
Renofa Yamaguchi missing players
| Mito Hollyhock | Renofa Yamaguchi | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 8 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 35 | 16 | Scored | S | 10 | 27 | ||
| 35 | 16 | Conceded | C | 16 | 27 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 68% | ||
| 60% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 23% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 64% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 32% | ||
| 4.9 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 5.4 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 4.9 | ||
| 1 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.6 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 10.5 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.9 | ||
| 38% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 27% | ||
| 10.3 | 10.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 8.8 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 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 | Vegalta Sendai | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 39 |
| 2 | Albirex Niigata | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 38 |
| 3 | Yokohama | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 38 |
| 4 | Machida Zelvia | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 29 |
| 5 | Fagiano Okayama | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 29 |
| 6 | Roasso Kumamoto | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 15 | -2 | 28 |
| 7 | Montedio Yamagata | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 27 |
| 8 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 27 |
| 9 | Ventforet Kofu | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 26 |
| 10 | JEF United | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 26 |
| 11 | Oita Trinita | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 25 |
| 12 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 25 |
| 13 | Blaublitz Akita | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 25 |
| 14 | Tokyo Verdy | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 0 | 24 |
| 15 | Tokushima Vortis | 19 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 23 |
| 16 | Mito Hollyhock | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -1 | 22 |
| 17 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 22 |
| 18 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -1 | 21 |
| 19 | Tochigi | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 21 |
| 20 | Omiya Ardija | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -11 | 18 |
| 21 | Ryūkyū | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -12 | 15 |
| 22 | Grulla Morioka | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -22 | 14 |
