National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Nagoya Grampus or Veertien Mie 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.
Nagoya Grampus form and stats
Nagoya Grampus participated in Emperor Cup the last season, where they reached the 4th round.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Toyota Stadium as Nagoya Grampus have scored 11 goals to get 16 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the J-League are 4-4-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Grampus's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Cerezo Osaka. The home side are looking to build on that result. Midfield player Izumi got a match rating of 7.64 in that game, the max score being 10. Izumi scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
In the game before, an away victory in the J-League match versus Consadole Sapporo with a 2-1 scoreline.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Avispa Fukuoka are coming to town in four days.
Nagoya Grampus are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 8 games. Grampus are not conceding a lot of goals here at Toyota Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 8 matches.
Veertien Mie form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Gainare Tottori in order to reach 2nd round of Emperor Cup.The visitors are W2-D0-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Japan Football League.
The followers enjoyed Veertien Mie's previous game versus Kochi United, a 3-2 win played at home.
A 0-1 defeat away at Criacao Shinjuku before that.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Veertien Mie manager Higuchi as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Reinmeer Aomori.
The travelling fans enjoy Veertien Mie's attacking play in away games, having scored 7 goals in 4 league matches away. Veertien are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 4 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  K. Junker 8 goals |  M. dos Santos Castro 3 goals |  K. Nagai 3 goals |
Nagoya Grampus missing players
Veertien Mie missing players
| Nagoya Grampus | Veertien Mie | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 36 | 16 | Scored | S | 18 | 35 | ||
| 19 | 10 | Conceded | C | 11 | 21 | ||
| 88% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 28% | ||
| 4.6 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 3.4 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 3.6 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 12 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9.9 | ||
| 4.4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.9 | ||
| 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 31% | ||
| 11.2 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.6 | 10.2 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.9 | 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 | Vissel Kobe | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 21 | 33 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 33 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 32 |
| 4 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 29 |
| 5 | Urawa Reds | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 28 |
| 6 | Cerezo Osaka | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 26 |
| 7 | Consadole Sapporo | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 25 |
| 8 | Kashima Antlers | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 25 |
| 9 | Sagan Tosu | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 22 |
| 10 | Kawasaki Frontale | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 21 |
| 11 | Avispa Fukuoka | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 20 |
| 12 | Tokyo | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -4 | 19 |
| 13 | Albirex Niigata | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 17 |
| 14 | Kyoto Sanga | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -10 | 13 |
| 15 | Gamba Osaka | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -14 | 13 |
| 16 | Shonan Bellmare | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -4 | 12 |
| 17 | Kashiwa Reysol | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -11 | 12 |
| 18 | Yokohama | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -22 | 12 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Biwako Shiga | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 |
| 2 | Criacao Shinjuku | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 16 |
| 3 | Sony Sendai | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 15 |
| 4 | Honda | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 5 | TIAMO Hirakata | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | Reinmeer Aomori | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 7 | Verspah Oita | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -1 | 14 |
| 8 | Honda Lock | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 14 |
| 9 | Veertien Mie | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 10 | Kochi United | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
| 11 | Suzuka Unlimited | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 12 |
| 12 | Maruyasu Okazaki | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 12 |
| 13 | Tokyo Musashino City | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 11 |
| 14 | Okinawa SV | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -7 | 7 |
| 15 | Urayasu | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -8 | 6 |
| 16 | Matsue City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
