National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Oita Trinita or Gamba Osaka that keep their silverware dream alive.
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 Trinita and Gamba Osaka.
It's quite the trip for Gamba Osaka when visiting Trinita as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
Oita Trinita form and stats
Trinita participated in Ybc Levain Cup the last season, where they reached the group stage.Oita Trinita have played 4 J-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-1-2 (wins-draws-losses). Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Trinita with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Vissel Kobe game, 25 days ago, have they avoided a loss. The Oita Trinita manager T. Katanosaka might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Oita Trinita's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-4 versus Kashima Antlers. A J-League defeat was the result before that one, 2-4 away at Shimizu S-Pulse.
Oita Trinita are traveling soon after this match as the J-League match at Kawasaki Frontale awaits in three days.
The Trinita fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 4 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Trinita with 8 goals conceded in these matches.
Gamba Osaka form and stats
They also participated in Ybc Levain Cup last season. This ended in the semi-finals.3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. That’s the product of Gamba Osaka playing as the away team in the J-League this season. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Gamba Osaka, as they have won on their previous two travels.
The manager T. Miyamoto was unhappy after their last game, a J-League match played at their home ground Nishigaoka National Stadium. Gamba suffered a 0-1 loss to Kawasaki Frontale. Prior to that result Gamba Osaka won their away game at Vissel Kobe in the J-League. The scoreline was 2-0.
A quick return to home after this game, as Gamba are hosting Yokohama in the J-League only three days away.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Gamba are regular goalscorers on their travels. 4 goals have been conceded by Gamba in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Trinita victories, one draw and five Gamba Osaka wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Braga Bispo Junior 11 goals |
Oita Trinita missing players
Gamba Osaka missing players
| Oita Trinita | Gamba Osaka | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 15 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 21 | 10 | Scored | S | 18 | 45 | ||
| 34 | 18 | Conceded | C | 17 | 28 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 76% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 82% | 68% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 12% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 5.5 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4.1 | ||
| 0.4 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 193 | 84 | Total Shots | T S | 120 | 276 | ||
| 74 | 34 | Shots on Target | S O | 54 | 126 | ||
| 26% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kashiwa Reysol | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Shonan Bellmare | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Gamba Osaka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 4 | Oita Trinita | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 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 | Kawasaki Frontale | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 15 | 22 |
| 2 | Cerezo Osaka | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 |
| 3 | Gamba Osaka | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | Kashiwa Reysol | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | Nagoya Grampus | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | Tokyo | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Urawa Reds | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -1 | 14 |
| 8 | Consadole Sapporo | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
| 9 | Vissel Kobe | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | -1 | 12 |
| 10 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 11 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 10 |
| 12 | Kashima Antlers | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 7 |
| 13 | Sagan Tosu | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 14 | Oita Trinita | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -7 | 7 |
| 15 | Vegalta Sendai | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 6 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 5 |
| 17 | Yokohama | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -11 | 5 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 4 |