Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Nara Club & Honda face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Emperor Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Nara Club and Honda should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Nara Club form and stats
Last season, Nara Club's Emperor Cup journey ended in the 1st round.Overall J3-League stats playing at home this season for Nara Club are 2-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Nara's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Osaka.
Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Tegevajaro Miyazaki.The Nara Club fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 6 matches.
W D D L D
Honda form and stats
Last season their Emperor Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.As the visiting team in Japan Football League matches, Honda have produced an overall stat of 1-3-0 so far.
Honda play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Veertien Mie.
A draw for Honda before that, at their own venue hosting TIAMO Hirakata (1-1).Honda have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 4 league away games 5 goals have been scored.
Head 2 Head
Honda have managed a streak of 8 consecutive matches without losing (4-4-0) when facing Nara Club.Top Goalscorers
  H. Asakawa 6 goals | T. Sakai 2 goals | S. Yamamoto 2 goals |
Nara Club missing players
Honda missing players
| Nara Club | Honda | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 45 | 22 | Scored | S | 13 | 39 | ||
| 22 | 12 | Conceded | C | 12 | 23 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 60% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 16% | ||
| 3.4 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.3 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 2.3 | ||
| 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 0.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.8 | 10.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 9.5 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.4 | ||
| 41% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 36% | ||
| 9.3 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.6 | 5.7 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Parceiro Nagano | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 20 |
| 2 | Kataller Toyama | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | Ehime | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 |
| 4 | Nara Club | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 18 |
| 5 | Kagoshima United | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 |
| 6 | Imabari | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| 7 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 15 |
| 8 | Grulla Morioka | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
| 9 | Gainare Tottori | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 10 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 11 | Azul Claro Numazu | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| 12 | Osaka | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 12 |
| 13 | Tegevajaro Miyazaki | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 12 |
| 14 | Kamatamare Sanuki | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 12 |
| 15 | Gifu | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 16 | YSCC | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -4 | 10 |
| 17 | Ryūkyū | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 10 |
| 18 | Fukushima United | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 9 |
| 19 | Sagamihara | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 20 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 6 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sony Sendai | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 2 | Biwako Shiga | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | Honda Lock | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| 4 | Verspah Oita | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -1 | 13 |
| 5 | Kochi United | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | Suzuka Unlimited | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | Reinmeer Aomori | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | Veertien Mie | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 9 | Honda | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 10 | TIAMO Hirakata | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 | Criacao Shinjuku | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 12 | Tokyo Musashino City | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 13 | Maruyasu Okazaki | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 9 |
| 14 | Okinawa SV | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 4 |
| 15 | Urayasu | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -7 | 3 |
| 16 | Matsue City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
