National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Yokohama or Sanfrecce Hiroshima that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
Yokohama form and stats
Yokohama was eliminated in the group stage last season in the J-League Cup.Yokohama's results here at NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium in the J-League have been very modest with 2 victories, 1 draw and 5 defeats.
The Yokohama club members enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Kawasaki Frontale and win 2-1. Yamane (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.64/10. Yamane served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Kashiwa Reysol and winning 1-0.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Yokohama as they are travelling to their away game against Cerezo Osaka in the J-League. That match is four days after this one.
Yokohama have scored {7 league goals} here from 8 matches, not a lot. Yokohama are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (17 from 8 played).
Sanfrecce Hiroshima form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Sanfrecce, as they won the J-League Cup.4 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Sanfrecce Hiroshima playing as the away team in the J-League this season.
There might be some fixture complaints from Sanfrecce Hiroshima as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 1-2 against Nagoya Grampus. Attacker Vieira got a player rating of 7.63 in the game. "Man of the match" Vieira hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Vissel Kobe's place.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Shonan Bellmare in just three days.
Sanfrecce find the net regularly in their away games. 10 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league.
Head 2 Head
Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Yokohama 3-1 was the scoreline in these teams' latest head to head fixture, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - two - seven (Yokohama wins - draws - Sanfrecce Hiroshima wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Ogawa 6 goals |  D. da Silva Vieira 5 goals |  S. Higashi 2 goals |
Yokohama missing players
Sanfrecce Hiroshima missing players
| Yokohama | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 8 | 13 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 27 | 12 | Scored | S | 23 | 38 | ||
| 51 | 26 | Conceded | C | 16 | 29 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 80% | ||
| 56% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 4% | ||
| 52% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 12% | ||
| 4.9 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 6.5 | ||
| 5.1 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 3 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.8 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.2 | 15.8 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.9 | 6 | ||
| 23% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 26% | ||
| 15.2 | 13.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.1 | 8.1 | ||
| 5.8 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Nagoya Grampus | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| 3 | Vissel Kobe | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -7 | 3 |
| 4 | Yokohama | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 0 |
| 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 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 30 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 27 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| 4 | Kashima Antlers | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 23 |
| 5 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | Cerezo Osaka | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 23 |
| 7 | Consadole Sapporo | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 22 |
| 8 | Urawa Reds | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| 9 | Avispa Fukuoka | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 20 |
| 10 | Tokyo | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -2 | 19 |
| 11 | Kawasaki Frontale | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | -1 | 18 |
| 12 | Sagan Tosu | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 18 |
| 13 | Albirex Niigata | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 16 |
| 14 | Kyoto Sanga | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -6 | 13 |
| 15 | Kashiwa Reysol | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -8 | 12 |
| 16 | Yokohama | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -19 | 12 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | -3 | 11 |
| 18 | Gamba Osaka | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 20 | -17 | 7 |
