National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Shimizu S-Pulse or Gifu 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 Shimizu S-Pulse and Gifu.
Shimizu S-Pulse form and stats
Shimizu participated in Emperor Cup the last season, where they reached the 3rd round.Shimizu S-Pulse are steadily winning J2-League games and points here at IAI Stadium Nihondaira. 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 9 games.
The supporters are hoping that Shimizu S-Pulse will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the game against Montedio Yamagata.
Before that, Shimizu S-Pulse had a J2-League home game versus Zweigen Kanazawa which ended with a victory 3-0.Shimizu are traveling soon after this match as the J2-League match at Roasso Kumamoto awaits in four days.
Goals are plentiful at IAI Stadium Nihondaira in the league this season as Shimizu S-Pulse has scored 23 goals here in 9 home games. Shimizu S-Pulse have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Gifu form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Niigata University in order to reach 2nd round of Emperor Cup. They also participated in Emperor Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.Playing away, Gifu have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the J3-League this season.
Gifu play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Gainare Tottori. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Ueno when Tanaka scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 59th minute.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Kataller Toyama.Gifu have another fixture away from home in just four days, a J3-League match vs Azul Claro Numazu. A grim calendar for them!
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Gifu have scored 7 goals in 6 league games away. Gifu have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the prior two meetings): Shimizu S-Pulse won one game, one match ended with a draw and Gifu managed zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / two.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Santos Santana 7 goals |  C. de Souza Júnior 5 goals | K. Nakayama 5 goals |
Shimizu S-Pulse missing players
Gifu missing players
| Shimizu S-Pulse | Gifu | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 13 | ||
| 48 | 29 | Scored | S | 10 | 26 | ||
| 34 | 10 | Conceded | C | 15 | 34 | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 76% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 12% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 52% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 20% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 5.9 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 12.3 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.1 | 8.6 | ||
| 5.8 | 6.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3 | ||
| 33% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 34% | ||
| 8.6 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.1 | 8 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.1 | ||
| 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 | Kataller Toyama | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 23 |
| 2 | Kagoshima United | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 22 |
| 3 | Ehime | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 |
| 4 | Nara Club | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 20 |
| 5 | Parceiro Nagano | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
| 6 | Imabari | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 19 |
| 7 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 18 |
| 8 | Grulla Morioka | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 9 | Vanraure Hachinohe | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| 10 | Gifu | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 11 | YSCC | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -2 | 16 |
| 12 | Azul Claro Numazu | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 16 |
| 13 | Tegevajaro Miyazaki | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 16 |
| 14 | Osaka | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 15 |
| 15 | Ryukyu | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 14 |
| 16 | Gainare Tottori | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | -3 | 14 |
| 17 | Kamatamare Sanuki | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | -11 | 13 |
| 18 | Fukushima United | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -4 | 12 |
| 19 | Sagamihara | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 9 |
| 20 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 6 |
