Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Urawa Reds W & INAC Kobe Leonessa W face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Empress's Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Urawa Reds W form and stats
When playing at home in the WE League, Urawa Reds W have managed 3 wins, 0 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games.
Happy days for Urawa in their previous game, a fixture away at JEF United W that ended with a 2-0 victory.
Ahead of that match, Urawa Reds W won a home game hosting Vegalta Sendai W (2-0).Urawa have conceded 5 in these home matches.
INAC Kobe Leonessa W form and stats
Four points from two away games for INAC Kobe Leonessa W, meaning one draw and one victory in the WE League so far.
INAC Kobe Leonessa W go into this game after a win, the home game against Albirex Niigata W that ended 2-1. The end of the last match, against Albirex Niigata W, was very satisfying as Miyabi scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Parceiro Nagano W in the WE League.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, INAC Kobe Leonessa W has managed {3 goals} and let in 2 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Urawa Reds W two wins, zero draws and INAC Kobe Leonessa W three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Shimada 1 goals | K. Ando 1 goals |  H. Aikawa 1 goals |
Urawa Reds W missing players
INAC Kobe Leonessa W missing players
| Urawa Reds W | INAC Kobe Leonessa W | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 18 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 4 | ||
| 60 | 36 | Scored | S | 12 | 47 | ||
| 28 | 18 | Conceded | C | 15 | 26 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 16% | ||
| 68% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 32% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 8% | ||
| 5 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.1 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.9 | 3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14.6 | 16.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.9 | 13.2 | ||
| 6.9 | 9.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.9 | 6.7 | ||
| 35% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 27% | ||
| 6.1 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 9.7 | ||
| 2.9 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 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 | 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 |
