Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Shonan Bellmare & Urawa Reds 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.
Shonan Bellmare form and stats
Last season, Shonan Bellmare's J-League Cup journey ended in the play-offs against Cerezo Osaka.Shonan Bellmare have collected 1 point from their J-League home games so far after 0-1-0.
An away draw last time out for Bellmare, facing Kawasaki Frontale in a game that ended 1-1. The hometeam coach Yamaguchi made a successful contribution in the game against Kawasaki Frontale, bringing on Hiraoka who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw. Midfielder Nagaki was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.51 (out of ten) in that game. Nagaki served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that, Shonan Bellmare drew at home versus Yokohama.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Shonan Bellmare, as the J-League home game vs Kyoto Sanga is only four days away.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Shonan Bellmare at home in the league. 2 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Urawa Reds form and stats
They also participated in J-League Cup last season. This ended in the semi-finals.No J-League points yet away for Urawa Reds, from their first 2 matches.
Yasui and Scholz scored in Urawa's previous match, the home game against Cerezo Osaka that ended 2-1. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Skorża when Yasui scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 77th minute. Scholz was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.85. The defender Scholz scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 4 of 4 duels.
It was a J-League defeat before that one as the away game against Yokohama F. Marinos wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.The schedule is very tough for Urawa Reds now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A J-League game at Vissel Kobe is waiting in only three days.
{0 goals} so far away for Urawa Reds, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 4. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the previous ten meetings): Shonan Bellmare won two games, six matches ended with a tie and Urawa Reds got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven.
Top Goalscorers
  Y. Ohashi 3 goals |  T. Hiraoka 2 goals |  S. Machino 1 goals |
Shonan Bellmare missing players
Urawa Reds missing players
| Shonan Bellmare | Urawa Reds | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 30 | 16 | Scored | S | 21 | 45 | ||
| 26 | 14 | Conceded | C | 25 | 38 | ||
| 88% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 24% | ||
| 44% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 28% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.1 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 0.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14.1 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 12.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 5 | ||
| 27% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 36% | ||
| 10.9 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.9 | 12.1 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.7 | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Kashima Antlers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Avispa Fukuoka | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Nagoya Grampus | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Shonan Bellmare | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | Albirex Niigata | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Kawasaki Frontale | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Tokyo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Sagan Tosu | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 4 |
| 11 | Kyoto Sanga | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 12 | Urawa Reds | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 13 | Kashiwa Reysol | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 14 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 15 | Consadole Sapporo | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 16 | Gamba Osaka | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 2 |
| 17 | Cerezo Osaka | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 |
| 18 | Yokohama | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
