National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Yokohama or Sony Sendai that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Yokohama form and stats
Last season their Emperor Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.Yokohama have performed here at NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium this season with 8 wins from 11 J2-League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.
The home regulars saw a 1-1 draw versus Tokyo Verdy last time out and are looking for a win here.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Renofa Yamaguchi.Yokohama are traveling soon after this match as the J2-League match at Zweigen Kanazawa awaits in three days.
Yokohama have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium with 19 goals in 11 league matches.
Sony Sendai form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Tokyo Internationl University in order to reach 2nd round of Emperor Cup. They also participated in Emperor Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.Playing away, Sony Sendai have won 1 game, drawn 2 and suffered 1 defeat in the Japan Football League this season.
Sony Sendai have much to rectify after their surprise defeat (2-3) to Criacao Shinjuku in their previous game, played at home.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Japan Football League trip to Tokyo Musashino City.
The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Sendai as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  K. Ogawa 11 goals | S. Ito 5 goals | K. Saito 3 goals |
Yokohama missing players
Sony Sendai missing players
| Yokohama | Sony Sendai | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 13 | ||
| 32 | 19 | Scored | S | 13 | 32 | ||
| 29 | 14 | Conceded | C | 15 | 38 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 30% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 36% | ||
| 4.4 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.1 | ||
| 5.4 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 4.9 | ||
| 0.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.4 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10.1 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 40% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 29% | ||
| 9.8 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 9.7 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.9 | ||
| 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 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 34 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 39 |
| 2 | Vegalta Sendai | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 39 |
| 3 | Yokohama | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 39 |
| 4 | Fagiano Okayama | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 32 |
| 5 | Montedio Yamagata | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 30 |
| 6 | Machida Zelvia | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 29 |
| 7 | JEF United | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 29 |
| 8 | Roasso Kumamoto | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 17 | -2 | 29 |
| 9 | Oita Trinita | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 28 |
| 10 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 28 |
| 11 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | -2 | 27 |
| 12 | Ventforet Kofu | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 26 |
| 13 | Blaublitz Akita | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 26 |
| 14 | Mito Hollyhock | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 25 |
| 15 | Tokyo Verdy | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 0 | 25 |
| 16 | Tokushima Vortis | 20 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 24 |
| 17 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 24 |
| 18 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | -5 | 22 |
| 19 | Tochigi | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 21 |
| 20 | Omiya Ardija | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -13 | 18 |
| 21 | Grulla Morioka | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -21 | 17 |
| 22 | Ryukyu | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 39 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -16 | 15 |
| 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 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 |
| 2 | Tokyo Musashino City | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 19 |
| 3 | Veertien Mie | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 4 | Honda Lock | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 17 |
| 5 | Osaka | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Reinmeer Aomori | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
| 7 | Honda | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
| 8 | Nara Club | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | Verspah Oita | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 14 |
| 10 | TIAMO Hirakata | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 12 |
| 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 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 10 |
| 13 | Biwako Shiga | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 | -12 | 10 |
| 14 | Sony Sendai | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -7 | 8 |
| 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 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -11 | 4 |
