National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Oita Trinita or Verspah Oita that keep their silverware dream alive.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Trinita have less rest than Verspah Oita in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a J2-League game only three days ago. This match was also played here at Ōita Bank Dome. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Verspah Oita have had more rest.
Oita Trinita form and stats
Last season, Oita Trinita's Emperor Cup journey ended in the 3rd round.Oita Trinita have performed here at Ōita Bank Dome this season with 7 wins from 10 J2-League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.
The Oita Trinita supporters enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Ventforet Kofu and win 2-1.
Before that, Trinita played out a J2-League draw 0-0 when visiting Blaublitz Akita.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Oita Trinita as they are travelling to their away game against ThespaKusatsu Gunma in the J2-League. That match is four days after this one.
The Oita Trinita fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 10 league matches.
Verspah Oita form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Baleine Shimonoseki in order to reach 2nd round of Emperor Cup. They also participated in Emperor Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. That’s the product of Verspah Oita playing as the away team in the Japan Football League this season.
Verspah's last game was the home draw against Suzuka Unlimited (0-0).
Before that, the win at home hosting Baleine Shimonoseki in the Emperor Cup (2-1).
Verspah Oita have another match away from home in just four days, a Japan Football League fixture against Honda. A difficult programme for the visiting team!
Verspah has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 6 goals from 4 games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  H. Nakagawa 4 goals | N. Nomura 3 goals |  K. Takahata 3 goals |
Oita Trinita missing players
Verspah Oita missing players
| Oita Trinita | Verspah Oita | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 7 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 35 | 22 | Scored | S | 25 | 33 | ||
| 34 | 15 | Conceded | C | 18 | 39 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 68% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 32% | ||
| 3.9 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.1 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 0.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.6 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.7 | ||
| 35% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 35% | ||
| 9.2 | 7.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.6 | 7.2 | ||
| 3.8 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 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 | Machida Zelvia | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 18 | 42 |
| 2 | Oita Trinita | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 34 |
| 3 | Tokyo Verdy | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 33 |
| 4 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 32 |
| 5 | Ventforet Kofu | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 32 |
| 6 | Júbilo Iwata | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 30 |
| 7 | Vegalta Sendai | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 30 |
| 8 | Fagiano Okayama | 19 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 29 |
| 9 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 29 |
| 10 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 22 | 28 |
| 11 | Roasso Kumamoto | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 27 |
| 12 | Blaublitz Akita | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 26 |
| 13 | Montedio Yamagata | 19 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 29 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 25 |
| 14 | Fujieda MYFC | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | -2 | 25 |
| 15 | JEF United | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 23 |
| 16 | Tochigi | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -4 | 20 |
| 17 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 24 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 24 | -9 | 20 |
| 18 | Tokushima Vortis | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -9 | 20 |
| 19 | Mito Hollyhock | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -17 | 20 |
| 20 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -17 | 19 |
| 21 | Iwaki | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | -20 | 16 |
| 22 | Omiya Ardija | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 18 | -14 | 14 |
| 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 |
