National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Nagoya Grampus or Doshisha University that keep their silverware dream alive.
The hosts Grampus saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the J-League. That game was an away game at Sanfrecce Hiroshima, so at least Nagoya Grampus are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Nagoya Grampus form and stats
Nagoya Grampus participated in Emperor Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.Nagoya Grampus have collected 15 points from their J-League home games so far after 4-3-1.
Nagoya Grampus are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Defender Nakatani got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.61/10. Nakatani hit one key pass and won 4 of 7 duels.
Before that, Grampus had a J-League home game versus Avispa Fukuoka which ended with a victory 1-0.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Nagoya Grampus, as the Nabisco Cup home game vs Kyoto Sanga is only three days away.
Nagoya Grampus has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Nagoya Grampus are not conceding a lot of goals here at Nagoya Mizuho Athletic Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 8 matches.
Doshisha University form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Fukui United in order to reach 2nd round of Emperor Cup.Two travels in a row for Doshisha, whose boss could celebrate last time after the Emperor Cup win against Fukui United.
Head 2 Head
Nagoya Grampus missing players
Doshisha University missing players
| Nagoya Grampus | Doshisha University | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | ||
| 24 | 12 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | ||
| 23 | 8 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 32% | 17% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 44% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 5 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.9 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.3 | 10.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 26% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 9.1 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 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 |
