National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Yokohama F. Marinos or Suzuka Unlimited that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Yokohama F. Marinos nor Suzuka Unlimited 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.
Yokohama F. Marinos form and stats
Yokohama participated in Emperor Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.Yokohama F. Marinos have been very solid at home in the J-League so far, with 20 points collected from 8 matches (6-2-0). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Yokohama F. Marinos, as their goalkeeper Yuji Kajikawa has completely shut out the opponents for 212 minutes in the J-League.
It's back home for Yokohama F. Marinos, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Júbilo Iwata away with the result 2-0. Ceará and Nakagawa found the net in that victory. Midfield player Nakagawa got a match rating of 8.13 in that game, the max score being 10. Nakagawa scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Kyoto Sanga.From these home matches, Yokohama have conceded only 6 goals.
Suzuka Unlimited form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Cento Cuore Harima in order to reach 2nd round of Emperor Cup. Last season their Emperor Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.Suzuka Unlimited are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Japan Football League, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).
Suzuka Unlimited failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Verspah Oita that ended with defeat 0-2.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Japan Football League trip to Veertien Mie.
Suzuka Unlimited are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 4 away goals from 3 games (in the league).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Lopes de Souza 7 goals | T. Nakagawa 4 goals | T. Nishimura 4 goals |
Yokohama F. Marinos missing players
Suzuka Unlimited missing players
| Yokohama F. Marinos | Suzuka Unlimited | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 43 | 22 | Scored | S | 24 | 45 | ||
| 23 | 8 | Conceded | C | 17 | 34 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 68% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 48% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.9 | ||
| 1.2 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.6 | 0.8 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13.2 | 15.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.6 | 10.6 | ||
| 5.4 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.1 | ||
| 32% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 41% | ||
| 9.8 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.9 | 10.1 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.4 | 5.1 | ||
| 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 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 31 |
| 2 | Kashima Antlers | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 30 |
| 3 | Kawasaki Frontale | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 30 |
| 4 | Kashiwa Reysol | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 27 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| 6 | Tokyo | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 25 |
| 7 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 24 |
| 8 | Sagan Tosu | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 24 |
| 9 | Kyoto Sanga | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 20 |
| 10 | Nagoya Grampus | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 20 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 17 | -11 | 20 |
| 12 | Avispa Fukuoka | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 19 |
| 13 | Gamba Osaka | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 17 |
| 14 | Urawa Reds | 16 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -1 | 15 |
| 15 | Júbilo Iwata | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 15 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -9 | 13 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | -10 | 13 |
| 18 | Vissel Kobe | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -8 | 11 |
| 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 |
