Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Sagan Tosu & Verspah Oita face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Emperor Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
Sagan Tosu form and stats
Sagan participated in Emperor Cup the last season, where they reached the 4th round.The story so far in the J-League for Sagan Tosu at their home stadium (Ekimae Real Estate Stadium) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats.
Sagan Tosu's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Gamba Osaka. The home side are looking to build on that result. The versatile forward Horigome edged out all others in that match and was awarded a match rating of 7.81 out of 10. Horigome scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A 4-4 draw away in the J-League before that, with Kashima Antlers the opponent.The Sagan Tosu fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 7 matches. Sagan have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.
Verspah Oita form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Gainare Tottori in order to reach 2nd round of Emperor Cup. Verspah Oita was sent out of Emperor Cup in the 4th round last season.The visitors are W2-D1-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Japan Football League.
Verspah play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Suzuka Unlimited.
hometeam won
A new game in only four days for Verspah Oita, the Japan Football League home match versus Biwako Shiga. Busy days.
It's early days yet, but Verspah Oita has scored 4 and conceded 4 goals from their travels in the league so far (4 games).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Tashiro 3 goals | Y. Kakita 3 goals | F. Honda 2 goals |
Sagan Tosu missing players
Verspah Oita missing players
| Sagan Tosu | Verspah Oita | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 31 | 17 | Scored | S | 15 | 33 | ||
| 28 | 10 | Conceded | C | 10 | 17 | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 23% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 54% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 20% | ||
| 5.2 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.6 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.6 | 0.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.9 | 12.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 11.1 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.9 | ||
| 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 28% | ||
| 10.4 | 10.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.4 | 8.8 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4 | ||
| 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 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 31 |
| 2 | Kashima Antlers | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 30 |
| 3 | Kawasaki Frontale | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 30 |
| 4 | Kashiwa Reysol | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 27 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| 6 | Tokyo | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 25 |
| 7 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 24 |
| 8 | Sagan Tosu | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 24 |
| 9 | Kyoto Sanga | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 20 |
| 10 | Nagoya Grampus | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 20 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 17 | -11 | 20 |
| 12 | Avispa Fukuoka | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 19 |
| 13 | Gamba Osaka | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 17 |
| 14 | Urawa Reds | 16 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -1 | 15 |
| 15 | Júbilo Iwata | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 15 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -9 | 13 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | -10 | 13 |
| 18 | Vissel Kobe | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -8 | 11 |
| 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 Lock | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 17 |
| 3 | Tokyo Musashino City | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | Osaka | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
| 5 | Reinmeer Aomori | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Honda | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 7 | Veertien Mie | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 8 | Verspah Oita | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | Nara Club | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 10 | TIAMO Hirakata | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 11 |
| 11 | Kochi United | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 10 |
| 12 | Suzuka Unlimited | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 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 | Biwako Shiga | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -13 | 7 |
| 15 | Matsue City | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 5 |
| 16 | Criacao Shinjuku | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -12 | 1 |
