National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Tokyo Verdy or ThespaKusatsu Gunma that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Tokyo Verdy nor ThespaKusatsu Gunma 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 Verdy form and stats
Last season their Emperor Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.4-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the J2-League numbers at home for Tokyo Verdy so far this season.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 253 minutes without scoring a league goal. Fukazawa was the last player to find the net.
The Tokyo Verdy supporters got no joy from their last match, also played here at Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka: A 0-2 defeat against Vegalta Sendai.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a J2-League home game that ended 0-0 versus Iwaki.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Tokyo have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 3 and lost 3.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Tokyo Verdy as they are travelling to their away game against Fagiano Okayama in the J2-League. That match is four days after this one.
Tokyo have scored {8 league goals} here from 10 matches, not a lot. Tokyo Verdy are not conceding a lot of goals here at Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 10 matches.
ThespaKusatsu Gunma form and stats
ThespaKusatsu was sent out of Emperor Cup in the 4th round last season.As the visiting team in J2-League matches, ThespaKusatsu Gunma have produced an overall stat of 3-2-5 so far.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Zweigen Kanazawa in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1.
A draw for ThespaKusatsu Gunma before that, at their own venue hosting Fujieda MYFC (0-0).We have checked recent matches where ThespaKusatsu have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 19 games were 6 victories, 4 draws and 9 defeats.
After this away game ThespaKusatsu Gunma return home for a J2-League game against Oita Trinita. That game is only four sleeps after this.
ThespaKusatsu Gunma find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. ThespaKusatsu have conceded 17 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Tokyo Verdy have avoided a loss in the last 5 fixtures (3-2-0) versus ThespaKusatsu Gunma.Top Goalscorers
  D. Fukazawa 4 goals |  M. Nagakura 4 goals | R. Sato 4 goals |
Tokyo Verdy missing players
ThespaKusatsu Gunma missing players
| Tokyo Verdy | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 34 | 12 | Scored | S | 16 | 32 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Conceded | C | 24 | 36 | ||
| 88% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 38% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 15% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 60% | ||
| 64% | 69% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 20% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.4 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 0.6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.8 | 9.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 7.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 36% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 35% | ||
| 7 | 7.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.1 | 11.7 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.3 | ||
| 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 |
