National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Kawasaki Frontale or Urawa Reds that keep their silverware dream alive.
Kawasaki have less rest than Urawa Reds in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a J-League game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Consadole Sapporo, so at least Kawasaki Frontale are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Kawasaki Frontale form and stats
Last season their J-League Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals against Cerezo Osaka.Three J-League home games done for Kawasaki Frontale, who are not happy collecting 2 points from these matches.
It's back home for Kawasaki, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Consadole Sapporo away with the result 4-3. Segawa, Ienaga, Yamane and Miyashiro found the net in that victory. A goal frenzy last time out for Kawasaki Frontale, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Consadole Sapporo. Fun stuff to watch! The victory against Consadole Sapporo came after Segawa's winning goal. The Kawasaki manager Oniki was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 67th minute. Midfielder Miyashiro was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.34 (out of ten) in that game. Miyashiro scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 19 successful passes (of 23 total).
A 0-0 result against Shonan Bellmare before that one, played at their own home stadium in the J-League Cup.
There will be little rest for Kawasaki Frontale after this match as they are travelling to Gamba Osaka for a J-League game in only four days.
Kawasaki aren't scoring a lot here at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium in the league, with only {2 goals} from 3 games.
Urawa Reds form and stats
Urawa Reds was sent out of J-League Cup in the semi-finals last season.Playing away, Urawa Reds have won 2 games, drawn 0 and suffered 2 defeats in the J-League this season.
Urawa Reds play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Kashiwa Reysol. Defender Akimoto was the best team player with a rating of 8.02. Akimoto scored one goal and won 4 of 5 duels.
Preceding that, 1-1 at home hosting Shimizu S-Pulse in the J-League Cup. So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Urawa Reds playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 1 Urawa Reds win, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The J-League trip to Nagoya Grampus.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Urawa Reds has managed {4 goals} and let in 4 from 4 matches.
Head 2 Head
Kawasaki Frontale-Urawa Reds H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Kawasaki five wins, Urawa Reds two wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  A. Ienaga 2 goals |  Y. Segawa 2 goals |  T. Akimoto 2 goals |
Kawasaki Frontale missing players
Urawa Reds missing players
| Kawasaki Frontale | Urawa Reds | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 52 | 24 | Scored | S | 22 | 46 | ||
| 35 | 11 | Conceded | C | 17 | 31 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 80% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 24% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 5 | ||
| 1 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.5 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.9 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 5 | ||
| 41% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 37% | ||
| 11 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.8 | 11.5 | ||
| 3.7 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Urawa Reds | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Shonan Bellmare | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Kawasaki Frontale | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 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 | Vissel Kobe | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 15 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | Urawa Reds | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | Avispa Fukuoka | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | Kyoto Sanga | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | Shonan Bellmare | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | Tokyo | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | Cerezo Osaka | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 11 | Kawasaki Frontale | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 12 | Albirex Niigata | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 13 | Kashima Antlers | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 14 | Sagan Tosu | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 7 |
| 15 | Consadole Sapporo | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 16 | Gamba Osaka | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -8 | 3 |
| 17 | Yokohama | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -8 | 2 |
| 18 | Kashiwa Reysol | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -8 | 2 |
