National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Kashima Antlers or Oita Trinita that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Oita Trinita, who are travelling more than 1000 kilometers to play this game.
The visiting Oita Trinita played their last game only three days ago, a J2-League match.
Kashima Antlers form and stats
Last season their J-League Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals against Nagoya Grampus.3 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. That’s what Kashima Antlers have to build on here at Kashima Soccer Stadium in the J-League.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 199 minutes without scoring a league goal. Ueda was the last player to find the net.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Kashima, who played 0-0 against Nagoya Grampus. That match was also played at this venue (Kashima Soccer Stadium). Tsunemoto, defender, was given a rating of 8.01/10 in that game, top of the team. Tsunemoto hit one key pass and won 13 of 19 duels.
Kashima Antlers have scored 5 league goals here from 6 matches, not a lot. Kashima Antlers's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Oita Trinita form and stats
Oita Trinita was sent out of J-League Cup in the group stage last season.The story so far for the visiting team on their J2-League travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
The manager Shimotaira was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Ōita Bank Dome. Trinita suffered a 1-3 loss to Zweigen Kanazawa.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Grulla Morioka at their stadium, the result 2-1.A new game in only four days for Oita Trinita, the J2-League home match versus Tochigi. Busy days.
Oita Trinita have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. Oita Trinita's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 8 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Oita Trinita - Kashima 3-3 was the score in these contenders' latest head-to-head fixture, played this season. Kashima Antlers-Oita Trinita H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Kashima Antlers five wins, Oita Trinita two wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Ueda 5 goals |   S. Kobayashi 3 goals |
Kashima Antlers missing players
Oita Trinita missing players
| Kashima Antlers | Oita Trinita | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 38 | 16 | Scored | S | 16 | 36 | ||
| 28 | 17 | Conceded | C | 23 | 39 | ||
| 92% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 13% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 16% | ||
| 5.6 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.8 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 0.8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.9 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 8.4 | ||
| 5.5 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 28% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 40% | ||
| 7.5 | 7.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 10.9 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cerezo Osaka | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Kashima Antlers | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Gamba Osaka | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 4 |
| 4 | Oita Trinita | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -7 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kawasaki Frontale | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| 2 | Kashima Antlers | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
| 3 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 4 | Kashiwa Reysol | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| 5 | Kyoto Sanga | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| 6 | Tokyo | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| 7 | Cerezo Osaka | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 8 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| 9 | Sagan Tosu | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 10 | Urawa Reds | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | Gamba Osaka | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 10 |
| 12 | Nagoya Grampus | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 10 |
| 13 | Consadole Sapporo | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 10 |
| 14 | Avispa Fukuoka | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 15 | Júbilo Iwata | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 8 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 6 |
| 18 | Vissel Kobe | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -11 | 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 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 26 |
| 2 | Machida Zelvia | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 18 |
| 3 | Tokyo Verdy | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 18 |
| 4 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 |
| 5 | Vegalta Sendai | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 17 |
| 6 | Albirex Niigata | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 7 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| 8 | Fagiano Okayama | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 15 |
| 9 | Oita Trinita | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 15 |
| 10 | Tokushima Vortis | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 11 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 12 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 13 | Roasso Kumamoto | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 11 | -2 | 14 |
| 14 | JEF United | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 12 |
| 15 | Ventforet Kofu | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 12 |
| 16 | Tochigi | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 12 |
| 17 | Blaublitz Akita | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -5 | 11 |
| 18 | Grulla Morioka | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -10 | 11 |
| 19 | Montedio Yamagata | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 20 | Mito Hollyhock | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 9 |
| 21 | Omiya Ardija | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -9 | 6 |
| 22 | Ryukyu | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -11 | 5 |
