Perhaps a welcome break from league football as V-Varen Nagasaki & Ventforet Kofu face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Emperor Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Ventforet Kofu have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
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 Nagasaki and Ventforet Kofu.
V-Varen Nagasaki form and stats
V-Varen Nagasaki participated in Emperor Cup the last season, where they reached the 4th round.V-Varen Nagasaki have played 9 J2-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
The home team returns to transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki after drawing with Renofa Yamaguchi on their last time out; the game ended 1-1.
Before that, V-Varen Nagasaki had a J2-League home game versus Júbilo Iwata which ended with a victory 2-1.This is expected to be a close game, with Nagasaki perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with V-Varen Nagasaki as a small favourite), we find 10 games. V-Varen Nagasaki has won 2 of these, drawn 4 and lost 4.
The manager Carille will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Machida Zelvia in only four days.
The V-Varen Nagasaki fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 9 league matches. 10 goals have been conceded.
Ventforet Kofu form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Ventforet Kofu, as they won the Emperor Cup.4 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. That’s the product of Ventforet Kofu playing as the away team in the J2-League this season.
Ventforet play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Oita Trinita.
Before that, Ventforet Kofu secured a home win against Omiya Ardija with the score 5-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Ventforet in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Ventforet Kofu, 1 draw and 5 defeats.
After this away game Ventforet Kofu return home for a J2-League game against Renofa Yamaguchi. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Ventforet have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. 12 goals have been conceded by Ventforet Kofu in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - one - four (V-Varen Nagasaki wins - draws - Ventforet Kofu wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Delgado Lloria 9 goals |   P. Utaka 8 goals |  K. Kushibiki 4 goals |
V-Varen Nagasaki missing players
Ventforet Kofu missing players
| V-Varen Nagasaki | Ventforet Kofu | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 33 | 19 | Scored | S | 15 | 33 | ||
| 29 | 16 | Conceded | C | 15 | 27 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 12% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 16% | ||
| 3.1 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 5.7 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 0.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.4 | 8.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.9 | 8.5 | ||
| 3.7 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.7 | ||
| 36% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 37% | ||
| 10.2 | 8.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 8.9 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.5 | ||
| 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 |
