Key statistics for the Emperor Cup fixture between Sagan Tosu and Roasso Kumamoto

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Competition: Japan Emperor Cup
Competition: Wed 12.Jul
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ekimae Real Estate Stadium

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sagan Tosu or Roasso Kumamoto 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.

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Sagan Tosu form and stats

Action has already taken place for Sagan Tosu in Emperor Cup as they have defeated Tegevajaro Miyazaki to reach the 3rd Round. Last season their Emperor Cup adventure ended in the 4th round.

When playing at home in the J-League, Sagan Tosu have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 11 games.

Sagan Tosu's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Cerezo Osaka. The home side are looking to build on that result. Sagan goalkeeper Il-Kyu did an outstanding job against Cerezo Osaka with six saves, so vital to securing the victory.

Preceding that match was the home J-League game against Urawa Reds that was lost 1-2.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Sagan Tosu matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats (from 4 games).

The manager Kawai will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Vissel Kobe in only four days.

Sagan Tosu are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 11 games. On the other hand, Sagan have conceded 16 goals.

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Roasso Kumamoto form and stats

The traveling awayteam has defeated Ryukyu in order to reach 3rd round of Emperor Cup. Last season their Emperor Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.

Playing away, Roasso Kumamoto have won 4 games, drawn 6 and suffered 2 defeats in the J2-League this season.

Roasso Kumamoto are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Blaublitz Akita.

Ahead of that match was the J2-League away draw versus ThespaKusatsu Gunma that ended 1-1.

After this away game Roasso Kumamoto return home for a J2-League game against Oita Trinita. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Roasso Kumamoto are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 20 times in 12 away games so far. Kumamoto are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 11 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Sagan Tosu have won or drawn the last 5 games (2-3-0) against Roasso Kumamoto.

Top Goalscorers

Roasso KumamotoD. Ishikawa
D. Ishikawa
9 goals
Sagan TosuY. Naganuma
Y. Naganuma
6 goals
Sagan TosuY. Ono
Y. Ono
6 goals

Sagan Tosu missing players

Roasso Kumamoto missing players

Sagan Tosu Roasso Kumamoto
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 14   Played P   11 25
10 5   Won W   4 8
5 4   Drew D   5 8
10 5   Lost L   2 9
35 17   Scored S   19 34
34 16   Conceded C   10 27
92% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 96%
72% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   91% 80%
48% 36%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   55% 44%
28% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   27% 24%
20% 7%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
52% 50%   BTTS BTTS   55% 40%
28% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   36% 28%
28% 29%   Failed to Score F T   18% 36%
 
5.1 5.8   Corners for (avg) C F   5.5 4.8
5 5   Corners against (avg) C A   4.1 3.8
1.4 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.4
3 1   Red cards R C   0 1
 
9.9 11   Shots (avg) S (   10.8 10.5
3.6 3.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 4.2
39% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 33%
 
14.8 13.9   Shots against (avg) S A   9.9 9
5.4 5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.1 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 Yokohama F. Marinos 20 13 4 3 44 23 9 7 2 0 25 8 11 6 2 3 19 15 21 43
2 Vissel Kobe 19 12 4 3 38 14 10 6 2 2 18 7 9 6 2 1 20 7 24 40
3 Nagoya Grampus 20 11 6 3 29 18 11 6 5 0 17 9 9 5 1 3 12 9 11 39
4 Urawa Reds 20 10 7 3 27 15 10 6 3 1 18 9 10 4 4 2 9 6 12 37
5 Cerezo Osaka 20 10 2 8 28 23 10 5 1 4 13 11 10 5 1 4 15 12 5 32
6 Kashima Antlers 20 8 6 6 25 19 9 3 3 3 11 10 11 5 3 3 14 9 6 30
7 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 20 9 3 8 23 20 10 5 2 3 12 8 10 4 1 5 11 12 3 30
8 Sagan Tosu 20 8 5 7 28 24 11 4 3 4 13 16 9 4 2 3 15 8 4 29
9 Kawasaki Frontale 19 8 4 7 24 21 9 4 3 2 11 6 10 4 1 5 13 15 3 28
10 Consadole Sapporo 20 7 6 7 41 39 9 3 1 5 17 18 11 4 5 2 24 21 2 27
11 Tokyo 20 7 5 8 25 28 9 6 1 2 17 10 11 1 4 6 8 18 -3 26
12 Avispa Fukuoka 20 7 5 8 20 26 11 6 2 3 12 12 9 1 3 5 8 14 -6 26
13 Gamba Osaka 20 6 5 9 24 34 10 4 3 3 14 12 10 2 2 6 10 22 -10 23
14 Albirex Niigata 20 5 6 9 21 29 11 4 2 5 13 17 9 1 4 4 8 12 -8 21
15 Kyoto Sanga 20 6 2 12 22 30 9 3 0 6 8 14 11 3 2 6 14 16 -8 20
16 Kashiwa Reysol 20 2 8 10 17 30 11 1 6 4 11 18 9 1 2 6 6 12 -13 14
17 Yokohama 20 3 5 12 14 40 11 2 3 6 8 19 9 1 2 6 6 21 -26 14
18 Shonan Bellmare 20 2 7 11 26 43 9 1 3 5 12 22 11 1 4 6 14 21 -17 13
  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 25 16 6 3 42 17 13 9 3 1 25 10 12 7 3 2 17 7 25 54
2 Tokyo Verdy 25 13 5 7 34 18 12 4 4 4 11 10 13 9 1 3 23 8 16 44
3 Júbilo Iwata 25 12 8 5 43 28 13 5 6 2 23 17 12 7 2 3 20 11 15 44
4 Ventforet Kofu 25 13 4 8 40 26 13 8 2 3 22 10 12 5 2 5 18 16 14 43
5 Oita Trinita 25 12 6 7 30 31 13 8 2 3 19 15 12 4 4 4 11 16 -1 42
6 Shimizu S-Pulse 25 11 8 6 48 21 11 6 3 2 26 9 14 5 5 4 22 12 27 41
7 V-Varen Nagasaki 25 12 5 8 39 27 12 7 2 3 24 12 13 5 3 5 15 15 12 41
8 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 25 9 9 7 28 27 13 6 5 2 13 8 12 3 4 5 15 19 1 36
9 Fujieda MYFC 25 10 5 10 38 43 13 4 3 6 15 23 12 6 2 4 23 20 -5 35
10 Fagiano Okayama 25 7 13 5 30 24 13 5 5 3 18 12 12 2 8 2 12 12 6 34
11 Roasso Kumamoto 25 8 8 9 33 26 13 4 2 7 13 15 12 4 6 2 20 11 7 32
12 Montedio Yamagata 25 10 2 13 38 35 12 6 1 5 21 16 13 4 1 8 17 19 3 32
13 Vegalta Sendai 25 8 8 9 30 33 12 4 3 5 14 17 13 4 5 4 16 16 -3 32
14 Blaublitz Akita 25 8 8 9 21 28 12 3 5 4 9 11 13 5 3 5 12 17 -7 32
15 JEF United 25 8 7 10 24 32 13 6 4 3 14 13 12 2 3 7 10 19 -8 31
16 Renofa Yamaguchi 25 7 9 9 21 38 12 3 5 4 11 20 13 4 4 5 10 18 -17 30
17 Tokushima Vortis 25 5 12 8 24 34 13 3 6 4 10 15 12 2 6 4 14 19 -10 27
18 Mito Hollyhock 25 7 6 12 30 45 13 3 4 6 18 27 12 4 2 6 12 18 -15 27
19 Iwaki 25 7 6 12 25 42 13 5 1 7 13 19 12 2 5 5 12 23 -17 27
20 Tochigi 25 6 8 11 22 27 12 5 5 2 16 11 13 1 3 9 6 16 -5 26
21 Zweigen Kanazawa 25 7 3 15 28 43 11 5 2 4 18 11 14 2 1 11 10 32 -15 24
22 Omiya Ardija 25 5 2 18 23 46 13 5 1 7 16 21 12 0 1 11 7 25 -23 17