Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Shonan Bellmare & Júbilo Iwata face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the J-League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Shonan Bellmare and Júbilo Iwata.
Shonan Bellmare form and stats
Last season their J-League Cup adventure ended in the play-offs against Tokyo.Shonan Bellmare's results here at Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka in the J-League have been very modest with 0 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
The Bellmare crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-4 to Yokohama F. Marinos here at Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka. The forward Wellington won the honour of being "man of the match" for Shonan Bellmare with the rating of 7.81/10. Wellington scored one goal and hit three key passes.
A 0-0 draw away in the J-League before that, with Avispa Fukuoka the opponent.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Vissel Kobe are coming to town in three days.
Shonan Bellmare have scored 3 league goals here from 6 matches, not a lot.
Júbilo Iwata form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Júbilo Iwata so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-4 (win-draw-lose).
Júbilo Iwata are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the match against Tokyo. Attacker Uehara got a player rating of 8.31 in the game. "Man of the match" Uehara scored one goal, hit four key passes and had 24 successful passes (of 28 total).
Prior to that match, the Júbilo manager Ito faced defeat when travelling to Cerezo Osaka and losing 1-2.We have checked recent matches where Júbilo Iwata have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 4 games were 0 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Consadole Sapporo in just four days.
Júbilo Iwata are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 7 games (in the league). In the opposite end, Júbilo Iwata have conceded 13 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Júbilo Iwata - Bellmare 0-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Shonan Bellmare wins - draws - Júbilo Iwata wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Suzuki 5 goals | F. González Lasso 3 goals |  Y. Otsu 3 goals |
Shonan Bellmare missing players
Júbilo Iwata missing players
| Shonan Bellmare | Júbilo Iwata | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 21 | 10 | Scored | S | 15 | 32 | ||
| 30 | 16 | Conceded | C | 17 | 30 | ||
| 84% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 77% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 24% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 20% | ||
| 4.8 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 3.7 | ||
| 3.1 | 1.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1.2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 10.2 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 9.6 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.5 | ||
| 23% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 37% | ||
| 9.7 | 8.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.1 | 11.8 | ||
| 4 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shonan Bellmare | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | Avispa Fukuoka | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | Júbilo Iwata | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | Tokyo | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 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 | 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 |
