National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Júbilo Iwata or Avispa Fukuoka that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Avispa Fukuoka, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Júbilo Iwata form and stats
0-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the J-League numbers at home for Júbilo Iwata so far this season.
In their previous game, the manager Ito led his Júbilo Iwata to a defeat away at Urawa Reds. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Yamaha Stadium.
This is expected to be a close game, with Júbilo Iwata perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Júbilo Iwata as a small favourite), we find ten games. Júbilo Iwata has won four of these, drawn four and lost two.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Júbilo Iwata at home in the league. 2 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Avispa Fukuoka form and stats
Fukuoka's mission in Ybc Levain Cup last season failed in the group stage.Avispa Fukuoka are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the J-League, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).
Avispa Fukuoka play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-2 victory visiting Gamba Osaka. Midfielder Croux was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 9.35. Croux scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes and had 21 successful passes (of 23 total).
A 0-1 defeat away at Kashiwa Reysol before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Avispa Fukuoka in our archives, and the results are: nine wins for Avispa Fukuoka, four draws and two defeats.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Avispa Fukuoka has managed 3 goals and let in 3 from 3 matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Júbilo wins - draws - Avispa Fukuoka wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Suzuki 4 goals | R. Germain 2 goals |  K. Omori 1 goals |
Júbilo Iwata missing players
Avispa Fukuoka missing players
| Júbilo Iwata | Avispa Fukuoka | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 41 | 17 | Scored | S | 8 | 25 | ||
| 26 | 14 | Conceded | C | 11 | 20 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 80% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 42% | 52% | ||
| 52% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 68% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 40% | ||
| 4.8 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.1 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 12.6 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 8.8 | ||
| 5 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.7 | ||
| 33% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 27% | ||
| 9.7 | 10.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.4 | 8.4 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 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 | Shonan Bellmare | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Avispa Fukuoka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 3 | Júbilo Iwata | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 4 | Tokyo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kawasaki Frontale | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 16 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | Kashima Antlers | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | Kashiwa Reysol | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | Tokyo | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | Urawa Reds | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Sagan Tosu | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | Cerezo Osaka | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | Avispa Fukuoka | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | Nagoya Grampus | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 | Júbilo Iwata | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 5 |
| 13 | Gamba Osaka | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 5 |
| 14 | Kyoto Sanga | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 5 |
| 15 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 5 |
| 16 | Vissel Kobe | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 4 |
| 17 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 2 |
