National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Tokyo or Fukushima United that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Tokyo nor Fukushima United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Tokyo form and stats
Tokyo participated in Emperor Cup the last season, where they reached the 3rd round.4-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the J-League numbers at home for Tokyo so far this season.
The Tokyo crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-3 to Yokohama F. Marinos here at Ajinomoto Stadium. Oliveira, a striker, was the champion performer for the side in that fixture, scoring a rating of 8.15 (out of 10). Oliveira scored two goals.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Vissel Kobe (2-3).Tokyo are traveling soon after this match as the J-League match at Gamba Osaka awaits in four days.
Tokyo's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Fukushima United form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated North Asia University in order to reach 2nd round of Emperor Cup. Last season their Emperor Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.As the visiting team in J3-League matches, Fukushima United have produced an overall stat of 3-1-3 so far.
The manager Hattori was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium TOHO Stadium. Fukushima United suffered a 0-1 loss to YSCC.
Preceding that game was the away J3-League victory against Ehime with the score of 1-0.A quick return to home after this game, as Fukushima United are hosting Osaka in the J3-League only four days away.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Fukushima United has managed {7 goals} and let in 7 from 7 matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Queiroz de Oliveira 7 goals |  T. Nakagawa 4 goals | S. Abe 2 goals |
Tokyo missing players
Fukushima United missing players
| Tokyo | Fukushima United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 13 | ||
| 34 | 26 | Scored | S | 13 | 22 | ||
| 36 | 15 | Conceded | C | 20 | 32 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 60% | ||
| 56% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 44% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.4 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 8.1 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.2 | ||
| 37% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 27% | ||
| 10.9 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 9.8 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vissel Kobe | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 21 | 33 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 33 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 32 |
| 4 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 29 |
| 5 | Urawa Reds | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 28 |
| 6 | Cerezo Osaka | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 26 |
| 7 | Consadole Sapporo | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 25 |
| 8 | Kashima Antlers | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 25 |
| 9 | Sagan Tosu | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 22 |
| 10 | Kawasaki Frontale | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 21 |
| 11 | Avispa Fukuoka | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 20 |
| 12 | Tokyo | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -4 | 19 |
| 13 | Albirex Niigata | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 17 |
| 14 | Kyoto Sanga | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -10 | 13 |
| 15 | Gamba Osaka | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -14 | 13 |
| 16 | Shonan Bellmare | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -4 | 12 |
| 17 | Kashiwa Reysol | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -11 | 12 |
| 18 | Yokohama | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -22 | 12 |
| 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 |
