The league table is allowed to rest as Yokohama F. Marinos and Urawa Reds battle for J-League Cup honors in this first Semi-finals leg of two fixtures.
This promises to be an entertaining fixture with lots of fun and energy as both teams are well refreshed since they last played a game. Get this show on the road!
Yokohama F. Marinos form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Nissan Stadium as Yokohama F. Marinos have scored 30 goals to get 30 points from 14 games. The overall stats in the J-League are 9-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Yokohama are returning here after visiting Shandong Luneng in a AFC Champions League game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Ichimori, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.31 out of 10 in that game. Ichimori topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that match was a J-League defeat to Vissel Kobe (0-2).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 7 times, drawn 0 and lost 3.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Yokohama F. Marinos as they are travelling to their away game against Urawa Reds in the J-League Cup. That match is four days after this one.
Goals decide football matches and Yokohama are scoring many of them at home; 30 on target from 14 league matches.
Urawa Reds form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their J-League travels is 6 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.
The supporters enjoyed Urawa Reds's previous match versus Ha Noi, a AFC Champions League win (6-0) played at home. Midfielder Sekine was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.65. Sekine scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Yokohama in the J-League.A quick return to home after this game, as Urawa are hosting Yokohama F. Marinos in the J-League Cup only four days away.
It's not easy to score on Urawa Reds as they have only conceded 12 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Yokohama F. Marinos have won at least one point in the last 4 games (2-2-0) against Urawa Reds.Top Goalscorers
  A. Lopes de Souza 19 goals | J. Pimentel da Silva 7 goals |  J. Kanté Martínez 7 goals |
Yokohama F. Marinos missing players
Urawa Reds missing players
| Yokohama F. Marinos | Urawa Reds | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | ||
| 51 | 35 | Scored | S | 12 | 35 | ||
| 40 | 23 | Conceded | C | 13 | 17 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 80% | ||
| 84% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 60% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 40% | ||
| 44% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 60% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 28% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 5 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.1 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 14.3 | 15.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.6 | 12.5 | ||
| 5.9 | 6.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 34% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 29% | ||
| 14.8 | 14.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 10.4 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 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 | Vissel Kobe | 29 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 51 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 26 | 58 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 29 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 52 | 36 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 16 | 54 |
| 3 | Urawa Reds | 29 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 50 |
| 4 | Kashima Antlers | 29 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 39 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 47 |
| 5 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 29 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 36 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 47 |
| 6 | Nagoya Grampus | 29 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 47 |
| 7 | Cerezo Osaka | 29 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 38 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 45 |
| 8 | Avispa Fukuoka | 29 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 30 | 31 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 18 | -1 | 45 |
| 9 | Kawasaki Frontale | 29 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 39 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 0 | 39 |
| 10 | Tokyo | 29 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 39 | 40 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 21 | -1 | 39 |
| 11 | Albirex Niigata | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 33 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 18 | -6 | 36 |
| 12 | Sagan Tosu | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 38 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 17 | -1 | 35 |
| 13 | Gamba Osaka | 29 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 37 | 53 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 35 | -16 | 34 |
| 14 | Consadole Sapporo | 29 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 50 | 53 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 30 | -3 | 33 |
| 15 | Kyoto Sanga | 29 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 33 | 39 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 23 | -6 | 33 |
| 16 | Kashiwa Reysol | 29 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 40 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 18 | -12 | 29 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 29 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 35 | 53 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 25 | -18 | 24 |
| 18 | Yokohama | 29 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 52 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 29 | -27 | 23 |
