A trophy cabinet can never have too much silverware and both Yokohama F. Marinos and Sanfrecce Hiroshima know what's at stake in this second leg of the J-League Cup Quarter-finals clash.
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 Yokohama F. Marinos and Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
Yokohama F. Marinos form and stats
Last season, Yokohama F. Marinos's J-League Cup journey ended in the play-offs against Consadole Sapporo.9-2-0 is the performance here at NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium so far in the J-League, giving Yokohama F. Marinos a total of 29 from their 11 games here. Outstanding results!
In their previous game, the manager Muscat led his Yokohama to a defeat away at Kawasaki Frontale. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium. The defeat against Kawasaki Frontale was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored nine minutes into stoppage time (by Jesiel). Eduardo was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.44 out of 10. The defender Eduardo won 7 of 12 duels.
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 Yokohama F. Marinos have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 0 and lost 4.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Yokohama, as the J-League home game vs Shonan Bellmare is only three days away.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (25 in 11 games), Yokohama F. Marinos's attacking play is working. From these home matches, Yokohama have conceded only 6 goals.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima form and stats
Last season their J-League Cup adventure ended in the group stage.The visitors are W3-D5-L3 on the road this term. That's in the J-League.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Kashima Antlers. Notsuda got a match rating of 7.44 in that game, top player of the team. Notsuda dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 52 successful passes (of 59 total).
The schedule is very tough for Sanfrecce now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A J-League game at Kashiwa Reysol is waiting in only four days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Sanfrecce Hiroshima have scored 13 goals in 11 league games away. Sanfrecce have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The sides have faced each other previously this season, with the match result Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Yokohama F. Marinos 3-1 registered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings involving these two participants are: five wins for Yokohama F. Marinos, two draws and three wins for Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.
Top Goalscorers
  L. de Sousa Pereira 10 goals | T. Nishimura 8 goals | A. Lopes de Souza 7 goals |
Yokohama F. Marinos missing players
Sanfrecce Hiroshima missing players
| Yokohama F. Marinos | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 50 | 21 | Scored | S | 17 | 47 | ||
| 26 | 4 | Conceded | C | 14 | 23 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 10% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 44% | 10% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 70% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 12% | ||
| 5 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.3 | ||
| 3.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.1 | ||
| 1.1 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13.2 | 14.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.8 | 15.4 | ||
| 5.5 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 6 | ||
| 36% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 31% | ||
| 10.2 | 8.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 8.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 51 | 27 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 24 | 48 |
| 2 | Kashiwa Reysol | 24 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 42 |
| 3 | Cerezo Osaka | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 41 |
| 4 | Kawasaki Frontale | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 40 |
| 5 | Kashima Antlers | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 40 |
| 6 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 38 |
| 7 | Tokyo | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -2 | 35 |
| 8 | Sagan Tosu | 23 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 34 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 32 |
| 9 | Urawa Reds | 24 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 30 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 32 |
| 10 | Nagoya Grampus | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -3 | 29 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 26 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 29 | -14 | 28 |
| 12 | Avispa Fukuoka | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -3 | 27 |
| 13 | Kyoto Sanga | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -5 | 26 |
| 14 | Shonan Bellmare | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | -11 | 25 |
| 15 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 24 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 38 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 13 | -7 | 24 |
| 16 | Gamba Osaka | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -9 | 22 |
| 17 | Jubilo Iwata | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -13 | 22 |
| 18 | Vissel Kobe | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -11 | 21 |
