Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Kashiwa Reysol & Kyoto Sanga face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the J-League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
Kashiwa Reysol form and stats
Last season their J-League Cup adventure ended in the group stage.The story so far in the J-League for Kashiwa Reysol at their home stadium (SANKYO FRONTIER Kashiwa Stadium) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Kashiwa Reysol are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 183 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Mori).
The Kashiwa followers got no joy from their last match, also played here at SANKYO FRONTIER Kashiwa Stadium: A 0-1 defeat against Gamba Osaka. Defender Kamijima got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.45/10. Kamijima won 7 of 11 duels.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Urawa Reds that ended 0-0.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Kashiwa Reysol have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 3 and lost 4.
Kashiwa Reysol are traveling soon after this match as the J-League match at Tokyo awaits in three days.
8 goals have been conceded.
Kyoto Sanga form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their J-League travels is 2 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
Kyoto are looking to quickly end their 230 minutes long goal drought in the J-League.
There were no winners in Kyoto Sanga's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Shimizu S-Pulse. Goalkeeper Kamifukumoto made a total of seven saves, making him a hero against Shimizu S-Pulse. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes. Kamifukumoto (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.52. Kamifukumoto topped it up with a clean sheet.
Prior to that match, the Kyoto Sanga manager Cho faced defeat when travelling to Consadole Sapporo and losing 0-1.Kyoto Sanga are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Kyoto manager Cho as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
Kyoto Sanga have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 6 league away games 8 goals have been scored. It's not easy to score on Kyoto as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The sides have faced each other already this season, with the match result Kyoto Sanga - Kashiwa Reysol 1-1 registered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: four - two - two (Kashiwa Reysol wins - draws - Kyoto Sanga wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Utaka 8 goals |   M. Hosoya 4 goals | M. Gonçalves Sávio 3 goals |
Kashiwa Reysol missing players
Kyoto Sanga missing players
| Kashiwa Reysol | Kyoto Sanga | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 28 | 13 | Scored | S | 10 | 26 | ||
| 32 | 15 | Conceded | C | 13 | 26 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 36% | ||
| 4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.3 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 5.4 | ||
| 1.1 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.5 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 10.5 | ||
| 4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.9 | ||
| 28% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 27% | ||
| 9 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.2 | 10.3 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kashiwa Reysol | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | Consadole Sapporo | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Kyoto Sanga | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -4 | 7 |
| 4 | Sagan Tosu | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 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 | Kashima Antlers | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 28 |
| 2 | Kawasaki Frontale | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 26 |
| 3 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 24 |
| 4 | Kashiwa Reysol | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 |
| 5 | Sagan Tosu | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 19 |
| 6 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 7 | Tokyo | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 18 |
| 8 | Cerezo Osaka | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 17 |
| 9 | Kyoto Sanga | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
| 10 | Gamba Osaka | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 17 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 17 |
| 12 | Avispa Fukuoka | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| 13 | Nagoya Grampus | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 14 |
| 14 | Júbilo Iwata | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -4 | 14 |
| 15 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 16 | Urawa Reds | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 17 | Vissel Kobe | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -9 | 7 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -13 | 7 |
