National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Júbilo Iwata or Yokohama F. Marinos that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Júbilo Iwata nor Yokohama F. Marinos 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.
Júbilo Iwata form and stats
Júbilo was eliminated in the group stage last season in the J-League Cup.Overall J2-League stats playing at home this season for Júbilo Iwata are 2-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Júbilo Iwata drew their last game, also a home match. Roasso Kumamoto was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Kaneko felt an ounce or two of guilt after the draw against Roasso Kumamoto as the player was unable to convert a penalty kick in the 53rd minute.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Machida Zelvia that ended 1-1.There will be little rest for Júbilo Iwata after this match as they are travelling to Zweigen Kanazawa for a J2-League game in only four days.
A decent goal production from Júbilo in their home games so far, with 10 goals from 6 league matches. 8 goals have been conceded.
Yokohama F. Marinos form and stats
Yokohama F. Marinos's mission in J-League Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals against Sanfrecce Hiroshima.The story so far for the visiting team on their J-League travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Yokohama F. Marinos are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Shonan Bellmare. Midfield player Júnior was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.63/10. Júnior hit the woodwork once and hit two key passes.
That result followed a home victory 5-0 versus Yokohama in the J-League.Yokohama have another match that requires travelling in just three nights, a J-League match against Vissel Kobe. A hard itinerary for the guests!
Yokohama F. Marinos have conceded 6 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The previous head-to-head meeting ended Yokohama F. Marinos - Júbilo Iwata 1-0, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Júbilo victories, zero draws and seven Yokohama F. Marinos wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Lopes de Souza 5 goals |  K. Goto 4 goals | M. Matsumoto 3 goals |
Júbilo Iwata missing players
Yokohama F. Marinos missing players
| Júbilo Iwata | Yokohama F. Marinos | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 30 | 21 | Scored | S | 22 | 46 | ||
| 42 | 26 | Conceded | C | 16 | 26 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 84% | ||
| 48% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 16% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 6.6 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.1 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 10.8 | 11.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.4 | 14.7 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 6.2 | ||
| 31% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 29% | ||
| 12.6 | 12.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.7 | 12.5 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 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 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Consadole Sapporo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Sagan Tosu | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| 4 | Júbilo Iwata | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Machida Zelvia | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 23 |
| 2 | Oita Trinita | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 22 |
| 3 | Tokyo Verdy | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | Blaublitz Akita | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 |
| 5 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 17 |
| 6 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 17 |
| 7 | Ventforet Kofu | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 17 |
| 8 | Fujieda MYFC | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| 9 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 15 |
| 10 | Júbilo Iwata | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| 11 | Fagiano Okayama | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
| 12 | Vegalta Sendai | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 13 | Roasso Kumamoto | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 14 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 15 | Omiya Ardija | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | -1 | 12 |
| 16 | Iwaki | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 11 |
| 17 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -13 | 11 |
| 18 | Mito Hollyhock | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -9 | 10 |
| 19 | Tochigi | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 9 |
| 20 | JEF United | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 9 |
| 21 | Montedio Yamagata | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -7 | 6 |
| 22 | Tokushima Vortis | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -10 | 5 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vissel Kobe | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 19 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 17 |
| 4 | Urawa Reds | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| 5 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | Avispa Fukuoka | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Kyoto Sanga | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Albirex Niigata | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Cerezo Osaka | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | Shonan Bellmare | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 11 | Tokyo | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 12 | Consadole Sapporo | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 9 |
| 13 | Kawasaki Frontale | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 14 | Sagan Tosu | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 8 |
| 15 | Kashima Antlers | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | -4 | 7 |
| 16 | Gamba Osaka | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 6 |
| 17 | Kashiwa Reysol | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -7 | 6 |
| 18 | Yokohama | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -16 | 2 |
