Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Vegalta Sendai & Honda face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Emperor Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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 Vegalta Sendai and Honda.
Vegalta Sendai form and stats
Last season, Vegalta Sendai's Emperor Cup journey ended in the 2nd round.6 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Vegalta Sendai have to build on here at Yurtec Stadium Sendai in the J2-League.
A nice win for Vegalta last time playing, versus Tochigi. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Minagawa and Wakasa scoring for the victors.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a J2-League home game that ended 0-0 versus Fagiano Okayama.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Vegalta Sendai as they are travelling to their away game against JEF United in the J2-League. That match is four days after this one.
A decent goal production from Vegalta Sendai in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 11 league matches. Vegalta Sendai are not conceding a lot of goals here at Yurtec Stadium Sendai in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 11 matches.
Honda form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Nara Club in order to reach 2nd round of Emperor Cup. They also participated in Emperor Cup last season. This ended in the 3rd round.The visitors are W2-D3-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Japan Football League.
Honda play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Biwako Shiga.
hometeam won
A quick return to home after this game, as Honda are hosting Reinmeer Aomori in the Japan Football League only four days away.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Honda have scored 7 goals in 6 league games away. It's not easy to score on Honda as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  C. Togashi 6 goals | R. Kida 5 goals |  Y. Endo 4 goals |
Vegalta Sendai missing players
Honda missing players
| Vegalta Sendai | Honda | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 16 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 8 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 43 | 20 | Scored | S | 29 | 51 | ||
| 33 | 14 | Conceded | C | 10 | 18 | ||
| 88% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 81% | 88% | ||
| 84% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 56% | 68% | ||
| 60% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 19% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 44% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 20% | ||
| 3.8 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.1 | 5.9 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.9 | 3 | ||
| 0.8 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.4 | 0.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.8 | 9.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.7 | 14.7 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.7 | 7.7 | ||
| 38% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 38% | ||
| 12.2 | 12.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.6 | 6.9 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vegalta Sendai | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 39 |
| 2 | Albirex Niigata | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 38 |
| 3 | Yokohama | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 38 |
| 4 | Machida Zelvia | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 29 |
| 5 | Fagiano Okayama | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 29 |
| 6 | Roasso Kumamoto | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 15 | -2 | 28 |
| 7 | Montedio Yamagata | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 27 |
| 8 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 27 |
| 9 | Ventforet Kofu | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 26 |
| 10 | JEF United | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 26 |
| 11 | Oita Trinita | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 25 |
| 12 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 25 |
| 13 | Blaublitz Akita | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 25 |
| 14 | Tokyo Verdy | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 0 | 24 |
| 15 | Tokushima Vortis | 19 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 23 |
| 16 | Mito Hollyhock | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -1 | 22 |
| 17 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 22 |
| 18 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -1 | 21 |
| 19 | Tochigi | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 21 |
| 20 | Omiya Ardija | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -11 | 18 |
| 21 | Ryūkyū | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -12 | 15 |
| 22 | Grulla Morioka | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -22 | 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 | Maruyasu Okazaki | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 |
| 2 | Honda Lock | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 17 |
| 3 | Tokyo Musashino City | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | Osaka | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
| 5 | Reinmeer Aomori | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Honda | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 7 | Veertien Mie | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 8 | Verspah Oita | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | Nara Club | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 10 | TIAMO Hirakata | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 11 |
| 11 | Kochi United | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 10 |
| 12 | Suzuka Unlimited | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 10 |
| 13 | Sony Sendai | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -6 | 8 |
| 14 | Biwako Shiga | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -13 | 7 |
| 15 | Matsue City | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 5 |
| 16 | Criacao Shinjuku | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -12 | 1 |
