Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Albirex Niigata W & Omiya Ardija Ventus face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Empress's Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Albirex Niigata W form and stats
Three WE League home games done for Albirex Niigata W, who are not happy collecting 0 points from these matches.
Albirex Niigata W lost their last game at INAC Kobe Leonessa W after a 1-2 scoreline. Heartbreak for Albirex Niigata W in their last match as INAC Kobe Leonessa W's Miyabi scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
Before that game, a home victory hosting JEF United W in the Empress's Cup.
Albirex Niigata W have scored {2 league goals} here from 3 matches, not a lot. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Albirex defense is not exactly impregnable. 5 goals conceded from 3 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Omiya Ardija Ventus form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their WE League travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Nojima Stella W in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1.
The game before that, in the WE League, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against NTV Beleza W.Omiya Ardija Ventus are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 6 times in 4 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Ardija as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the previous two meetings): Albirex Niigata W won zero games, zero matches ended with a tie and Omiya Ardija Ventus managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / two.
Top Goalscorers
  Y. Takikawa 1 goals | R. Okuma 1 goals |
Albirex Niigata W missing players
Omiya Ardija Ventus missing players
| Albirex Niigata W | Omiya Ardija Ventus | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 9 | 17 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 22 | 11 | Scored | S | 9 | 14 | ||
| 30 | 9 | Conceded | C | 5 | 19 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 56% | 45% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 47% | ||
| 32% | 18% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 11% | 29% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 11% | 18% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 36% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 11% | 18% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 56% | 41% | ||
| 40% | 45% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 41% | ||
| 2.7 | 2.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 3.1 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.4 | ||
| 0.1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.3 | 0.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.9 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 7.4 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3 | ||
| 25% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 29% | ||
| 7.5 | 5.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 14.9 | ||
| 4.1 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 6.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | INAC Kobe Leonessa W | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 2 | Urawa Reds W | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 18 |
| 3 | Vegalta Sendai W | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 14 |
| 4 | NTV Beleza W | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Nojima Stella W | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 6 | Omiya Ardija Ventus | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | -1 | 10 |
| 7 | Elfen Saitama W | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 8 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima W | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| 9 | JEF United W | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 5 |
| 10 | Parceiro Nagano W | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 4 |
| 11 | Albirex Niigata W | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 1 |
