Emperor Cup: Buckle up for the Ventforet Kofu - Kashima Antlers clash

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Competition: Japan Emperor Cup
Competition: Wed 05.October
Match begins: 08:30 (UTC)
Venue: Kashima Soccer Stadium (40728 seats)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Ventforet Kofu & Kashima Antlers 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 Ventforet Kofu and Kashima Antlers.

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Ventforet Kofu form and stats

Last season, Ventforet's Emperor Cup journey ended in the 2nd round.

When playing at home in the J2-League, Ventforet Kofu have managed 5 wins, 8 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 19 games.

The Ventforet Kofu regulars got no joy from their last match, also played here at Kashima Soccer Stadium: A 0-1 defeat against Tochigi.

A J2-League defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Oita Trinita.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Ventforet Kofu, as the J2-League home game vs Fagiano Okayama is only four days away.

Ventforet has scored 26 league goals at home this season, in 19 matches. Ventforet Kofu have conceded 25 in these home matches.

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Kashima Antlers form and stats

They also participated in Emperor Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.

5 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Kashima Antlers playing as the away team in the J-League this season.

Kashima Antlers's previous game was their home loss versus Tokyo (0-1). Midfielder Higuchi was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.6. Higuchi hit two key passes and had 29 successful passes (of 35 total).

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Sagan Tosu.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The J-League trip to Jubilo Iwata.

Kashima are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 18 away goals from 15 games (in the league). Kashima Antlers have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Kashima Antlers have put together a sequence of 5 consecutive matches without losing (4-1-0) when facing Ventforet Kofu.

Top Goalscorers

Kashima AntlersA. do Nascimento Cruz
A. do Nascimento Cruz
9 goals
VentforetM. Hasegawa
M. Hasegawa
8 goals

Ventforet Kofu missing players

Kashima Antlers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Ventforet Kofu Kashima Antlers
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   13 25
7 3   Won W   3 9
8 4   Drew D   6 10
10 4   Lost L   4 6
32 20   Scored S   13 35
33 17   Conceded C   15 30
92% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 96%
72% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   77% 80%
52% 64%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   31% 40%
24% 45%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   15% 20%
8% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 8%
60% 73%   BTTS BTTS   69% 60%
12% 0%   Clean Sheets C S   15% 24%
36% 27%   Failed to Score F T   23% 20%
 
5.8 5.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4 3.8
3.7 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   4.4 4.5
0.8 0.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.3
1 1   Red cards R C   0 1
 
10.5 12.1   Shots (avg) S (   10 12.6
4.8 5.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.4 4.5
27% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 30%
 
8.4 9   Shots against (avg) S A   11.6 11
3.4 3.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4 3.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Albirex Niigata 39 23 9 7 68 33 19 14 2 3 38 15 20 9 7 4 30 18 35 78
2 Yokohama 39 22 11 6 58 40 19 13 4 2 29 15 20 9 7 4 29 25 18 77
3 Fagiano Okayama 39 19 12 8 58 37 20 12 5 3 36 17 19 7 7 5 22 20 21 69
4 Roasso Kumamoto 39 17 13 9 49 41 19 7 6 6 18 17 20 10 7 3 31 24 8 64
5 Oita Trinita 39 16 15 8 59 46 20 9 7 4 34 24 19 7 8 4 25 22 13 63
6 Vegalta Sendai 39 17 8 14 65 55 20 7 5 8 28 26 19 10 3 6 37 29 10 59
7 Montedio Yamagata 38 15 11 12 55 39 19 10 3 6 34 18 19 5 8 6 21 21 16 56
8 Tokushima Vortis 39 11 23 5 43 30 20 7 11 2 25 15 19 4 12 3 18 15 13 56
9 JEF United 39 15 10 14 39 37 20 7 5 8 15 15 19 8 5 6 24 22 2 55
10 V-Varen Nagasaki 39 15 10 14 46 48 19 4 8 7 19 23 20 11 2 7 27 25 -2 55
11 Tokyo Verdy 39 13 13 13 57 55 19 8 5 6 24 20 20 5 8 7 33 35 2 52
12 Machida Zelvia 39 14 9 16 49 45 19 7 6 6 27 22 20 7 3 10 22 23 4 51
13 Blaublitz Akita 39 13 10 16 34 45 19 5 5 9 17 23 20 8 5 7 17 22 -11 49
14 Zweigen Kanazawa 39 12 12 15 52 65 19 5 6 8 26 34 20 7 6 7 26 31 -13 48
15 Renofa Yamaguchi 39 12 11 16 48 49 20 8 7 5 29 24 19 4 4 11 19 25 -1 47
16 Mito Hollyhock 39 12 11 16 42 43 20 7 5 8 21 20 19 5 6 8 21 23 -1 47
17 Tochigi 39 10 15 14 29 37 20 4 9 7 15 20 19 6 6 7 14 17 -8 45
18 Ventforet Kofu 39 9 15 15 42 51 19 5 8 6 26 25 20 4 7 9 16 26 -9 42
19 ThespaKusatsu Gunma 39 10 9 20 29 49 20 4 6 10 14 28 19 6 3 10 15 21 -20 39
20 Omiya Ardija 38 9 11 18 41 56 18 5 5 8 23 30 20 4 6 10 18 26 -15 38
21 Grulla Morioka 39 9 7 23 34 71 20 4 3 13 16 36 19 5 4 10 18 35 -37 34
22 Ryukyu 39 6 13 20 37 62 20 2 8 10 22 31 19 4 5 10 15 31 -25 31
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Yokohama F. Marinos 30 18 8 4 63 30 14 11 3 0 29 6 16 7 5 4 34 24 33 62
2 Kawasaki Frontale 30 16 6 8 54 36 14 11 1 2 30 14 16 5 5 6 24 22 18 54
3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 31 15 9 7 49 33 16 10 3 3 30 13 15 5 6 4 19 20 16 54
4 Cerezo Osaka 30 13 10 7 46 35 16 7 5 4 23 19 14 6 5 3 23 16 11 49
5 Kashima Antlers 31 12 11 8 43 39 16 7 5 4 25 22 15 5 6 4 18 17 4 47
6 Tokyo 30 13 7 10 39 36 14 7 5 2 21 10 16 6 2 8 18 26 3 46
7 Kashiwa Reysol 31 13 7 11 41 40 15 6 2 7 21 23 16 7 5 4 20 17 1 46
8 Sagan Tosu 31 9 14 8 42 37 16 5 8 3 21 11 15 4 6 5 21 26 5 41
9 Urawa Reds 30 9 13 8 43 32 14 6 6 2 28 14 16 3 7 6 15 18 11 40
10 Nagoya Grampus 31 9 12 10 26 33 16 6 6 4 15 16 15 3 6 6 11 17 -7 39
11 Consadole Sapporo 30 9 11 10 37 48 15 6 6 3 20 19 15 3 5 7 17 29 -11 38
12 Vissel Kobe 30 9 7 14 28 36 14 5 3 6 15 13 16 4 4 8 13 23 -8 34
13 Kyoto Sanga 30 8 9 13 28 34 15 5 4 6 15 16 15 3 5 7 13 18 -6 33
14 Shimizu S-Pulse 30 7 11 12 38 45 15 2 7 6 19 27 15 5 4 6 19 18 -7 32
15 Shonan Bellmare 30 7 11 12 24 37 16 4 6 6 12 22 14 3 5 6 12 15 -13 32
16 Avispa Fukuoka 31 7 10 14 24 35 16 4 6 6 15 17 15 3 4 8 9 18 -11 31
17 Gamba Osaka 31 7 9 15 29 44 16 3 6 7 16 21 15 4 3 8 13 23 -15 30
18 Jubilo Iwata 29 5 9 15 27 51 15 4 5 6 18 25 14 1 4 9 9 26 -24 24

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 Yokohama F. Marinos 30 18 8 4 63 30 14 11 3 0 29 6 16 7 5 4 34 24 33 62
2 Kawasaki Frontale 30 16 6 8 54 36 14 11 1 2 30 14 16 5 5 6 24 22 18 54
3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 31 15 9 7 49 33 16 10 3 3 30 13 15 5 6 4 19 20 16 54
4 Cerezo Osaka 30 13 10 7 46 35 16 7 5 4 23 19 14 6 5 3 23 16 11 49
5 Kashima Antlers 31 12 11 8 43 39 16 7 5 4 25 22 15 5 6 4 18 17 4 47
6 Tokyo 30 13 7 10 39 36 14 7 5 2 21 10 16 6 2 8 18 26 3 46
7 Kashiwa Reysol 31 13 7 11 41 40 15 6 2 7 21 23 16 7 5 4 20 17 1 46
8 Sagan Tosu 31 9 14 8 42 37 16 5 8 3 21 11 15 4 6 5 21 26 5 41
9 Urawa Reds 30 9 13 8 43 32 14 6 6 2 28 14 16 3 7 6 15 18 11 40
10 Nagoya Grampus 31 9 12 10 26 33 16 6 6 4 15 16 15 3 6 6 11 17 -7 39
11 Consadole Sapporo 30 9 11 10 37 48 15 6 6 3 20 19 15 3 5 7 17 29 -11 38
12 Vissel Kobe 30 9 7 14 28 36 14 5 3 6 15 13 16 4 4 8 13 23 -8 34
13 Kyoto Sanga 30 8 9 13 28 34 15 5 4 6 15 16 15 3 5 7 13 18 -6 33
14 Shimizu S-Pulse 30 7 11 12 38 45 15 2 7 6 19 27 15 5 4 6 19 18 -7 32
15 Shonan Bellmare 30 7 11 12 24 37 16 4 6 6 12 22 14 3 5 6 12 15 -13 32
16 Avispa Fukuoka 31 7 10 14 24 35 16 4 6 6 15 17 15 3 4 8 9 18 -11 31
17 Gamba Osaka 31 7 9 15 29 44 16 3 6 7 16 21 15 4 3 8 13 23 -15 30
18 Jubilo Iwata 29 5 9 15 27 51 15 4 5 6 18 25 14 1 4 9 9 26 -24 24

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