Emperor Cup: Buckle up for the Urawa Reds - Oita Trinita clash

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Competition: Japan Emperor Cup
Competition: Sun 19.December
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Urawa Reds or Oita Trinita that keep their silverware dream alive.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Oita Trinita, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.

Both participants have had plenty of rest since their previous competitive action. Let's have faith in that this will be an energetic game!

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Urawa Reds form and stats

Urawa Reds are steadily winning J-League games and points here. 12 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats is the summary from 19 games. On the other hand, in the Emperor Cup, Urawa Reds has performed like this (both home and away): 5 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.

Urawa Reds are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 222 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Tanaka).

Urawa's last game was hosting Cerezo Osaka and winning 2-0.

0-0 away at Nagoya Grampus before that.

Urawa are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 28 goals in 19 games. From these home matches, Urawa have conceded only 17 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Oita Trinita form and stats

Oita Trinita was sent out of Emperor Cup in the quarter-finals last season.

Oita Trinita have only collected 9 points from their away games in the J-League, after 2-3-14 (19 played). When we have look at the Emperor Cup statistics, we find 4W-1D-0L. This is both home and away.

Trinita has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Kawasaki Frontale (after extra-time) for a Emperor Cup game that ended a draw (1-1).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Kashiwa Reysol at their stadium, the result 3-2.

The attacking power of Trinita when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 19 league matches away. Oita Trinita struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 34 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Urawa three wins, four draws and Oita Trinita three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Urawa RedsK. Junker
K. Junker
9 goals
Oita TrinitaY. Machida
Y. Machida
8 goals
UrawaA. Esaka
A. Esaka
5 goals

Urawa Reds missing players

Oita Trinita missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Urawa Reds Oita Trinita
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   14 25
12 7   Won W   3 9
7 3   Drew D   4 6
6 1   Lost L   7 10
32 18   Scored S   12 26
22 7   Conceded C   22 31
92% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   86% 88%
60% 73%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   64% 68%
28% 27%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   43% 32%
12% 9%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 20%
12% 9%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   21% 16%
44% 55%   BTTS BTTS   50% 40%
40% 36%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 40%
24% 9%   Failed to Score F T   43% 32%
 
4.3 3.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.7 4
4.7 5.3   Corners against (avg) C A   6.3 5.2
0.6 0.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0.6 0.6
0 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
9.6 8.5   Shots (avg) S (   6.4 6.4
4 3.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.7 2.9
32% 50%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 34%
 
9 7.5   Shots against (avg) S A   13.1 11.1
3.4 2.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   6.1 4.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kawasaki Frontale 38 28 8 2 81 28 19 16 3 0 39 14 19 12 5 2 42 14 53 92
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 38 24 7 7 82 35 19 13 4 2 46 12 19 11 3 5 36 23 47 79
3 Vissel Kobe 38 21 10 7 62 36 19 11 4 4 31 14 19 10 6 3 31 22 26 73
4 Kashima Antlers 38 21 6 11 62 36 19 10 4 5 32 20 19 11 2 6 30 16 26 69
5 Nagoya Grampus 38 19 9 10 44 30 19 11 4 4 22 13 19 8 5 6 22 17 14 66
6 Urawa Reds 38 18 9 11 45 38 19 12 4 3 28 17 19 6 5 8 17 21 7 63
7 Sagan Tosu 38 16 11 11 43 35 19 11 5 3 30 15 19 5 6 8 13 20 8 59
8 Avispa Fukuoka 38 14 12 12 42 37 19 10 3 6 26 18 19 4 9 6 16 19 5 54
9 Tokyo 38 15 8 15 49 53 19 8 3 8 30 26 19 7 5 7 19 27 -4 53
10 Consadole Sapporo 38 14 9 15 48 50 19 8 4 7 27 27 19 6 5 8 21 23 -2 51
11 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 38 12 13 13 44 42 19 5 6 8 19 23 19 7 7 5 25 19 2 49
12 Cerezo Osaka 38 13 9 16 47 51 19 8 5 6 26 28 19 5 4 10 21 23 -4 48
13 Gamba Osaka 38 12 8 18 33 49 19 5 4 10 17 28 19 7 4 8 16 21 -16 44
14 Shimizu S-Pulse 38 10 12 16 37 54 19 5 6 8 17 28 19 5 6 8 20 26 -17 42
15 Kashiwa Reysol 38 12 5 21 37 56 19 6 3 10 21 29 19 6 2 11 16 27 -19 41
16 Shonan Bellmare 38 7 16 15 36 41 19 3 10 6 13 15 19 4 6 9 23 26 -5 37
17 Tokushima Vortis 38 10 6 22 34 55 19 4 5 10 18 24 19 6 1 12 16 31 -21 36
18 Oita Trinita 38 9 8 21 31 55 19 7 5 7 19 21 19 2 3 14 12 34 -24 35
19 Vegalta Sendai 38 5 13 20 31 62 19 3 6 10 12 23 19 2 7 10 19 39 -31 28
20 Yokohama 38 6 9 23 32 77 19 4 6 9 21 31 19 2 3 14 11 46 -45 27

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kawasaki Frontale 38 28 8 2 81 28 19 16 3 0 39 14 19 12 5 2 42 14 53 92
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 38 24 7 7 82 35 19 13 4 2 46 12 19 11 3 5 36 23 47 79
3 Vissel Kobe 38 21 10 7 62 36 19 11 4 4 31 14 19 10 6 3 31 22 26 73
4 Kashima Antlers 38 21 6 11 62 36 19 10 4 5 32 20 19 11 2 6 30 16 26 69
5 Nagoya Grampus 38 19 9 10 44 30 19 11 4 4 22 13 19 8 5 6 22 17 14 66
6 Urawa Reds 38 18 9 11 45 38 19 12 4 3 28 17 19 6 5 8 17 21 7 63
7 Sagan Tosu 38 16 11 11 43 35 19 11 5 3 30 15 19 5 6 8 13 20 8 59
8 Avispa Fukuoka 38 14 12 12 42 37 19 10 3 6 26 18 19 4 9 6 16 19 5 54
9 Tokyo 38 15 8 15 49 53 19 8 3 8 30 26 19 7 5 7 19 27 -4 53
10 Consadole Sapporo 38 14 9 15 48 50 19 8 4 7 27 27 19 6 5 8 21 23 -2 51
11 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 38 12 13 13 44 42 19 5 6 8 19 23 19 7 7 5 25 19 2 49
12 Cerezo Osaka 38 13 9 16 47 51 19 8 5 6 26 28 19 5 4 10 21 23 -4 48
13 Gamba Osaka 38 12 8 18 33 49 19 5 4 10 17 28 19 7 4 8 16 21 -16 44
14 Shimizu S-Pulse 38 10 12 16 37 54 19 5 6 8 17 28 19 5 6 8 20 26 -17 42
15 Kashiwa Reysol 38 12 5 21 37 56 19 6 3 10 21 29 19 6 2 11 16 27 -19 41
16 Shonan Bellmare 38 7 16 15 36 41 19 3 10 6 13 15 19 4 6 9 23 26 -5 37
17 Tokushima Vortis 38 10 6 22 34 55 19 4 5 10 18 24 19 6 1 12 16 31 -21 36
18 Oita Trinita 38 9 8 21 31 55 19 7 5 7 19 21 19 2 3 14 12 34 -24 35
19 Vegalta Sendai 38 5 13 20 31 62 19 3 6 10 12 23 19 2 7 10 19 39 -31 28
20 Yokohama 38 6 9 23 32 77 19 4 6 9 21 31 19 2 3 14 11 46 -45 27

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