National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Nara Club or Honda that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Nara Club and Honda.
Nara Club form and stats
Last season, Nara Club's Emperor Cup journey ended in the 1st round.When playing at home in the Japan Football League, Nara Club have managed 0 wins, 3 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games.
The home regulars witnessed a 0-0 draw versus Honda in the Emperor Cup last time out and are looking for a victory here.
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Kochi United.This is expected to be a close game, with Nara Club perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Nara as a small favourite), we find 11 games. Nara Club has won 4 of these, drawn 5 and lost 2.
Nara Club have scored 2 league goals here from 4 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Nara Club have conceded only 3 goals.
Honda form and stats
Honda's mission in Emperor Cup last season failed in the 3rd round.The visitors are W2-D3-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Japan Football League.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Nara Club in their previous outing. The Emperor Cup fixture ended 0-0.
Prior to that result Honda won their away game at Suzuka Unlimited in the Japan Football League. The scoreline was 4-1.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Honda have scored 7 goals in 5 league games away. Honda are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 2 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
As for the last six games between these two teams, there's zero Nara Club victories, three draws and three Honda wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Nara Club missing players
Honda missing players
| Nara Club | Honda | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Drew | D | 7 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 30 | 17 | Scored | S | 28 | 51 | ||
| 24 | 13 | Conceded | C | 9 | 18 | ||
| 80% | 71% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 73% | 84% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 56% | ||
| 48% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 47% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 43% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | ||
| 4.2 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.3 | ||
| 6.1 | 6.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.9 | 2.9 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.4 | 0.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.7 | 7.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.7 | 12.7 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.9 | 6.8 | ||
| 40% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 38% | ||
| 10.1 | 10.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 6.6 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.5 | ||
| 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 |
