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.
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.
These teams have little in common geographically as Gamba Osaka have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Oita Trinita form and stats
Last season, Oita Trinita's Ybc Levain Cup journey ended in the group stage.With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Oita Trinita to get some points in this home game.
Oita Trinita haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 315 minutes ago. T. Tanaka scored that one.
Oita Trinita are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Cerezo Osaka. Heartbreak before that as Oita Trinita lost 0-1 at Shonan Bellmare's place.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Oita Trinita, as the J-League home game vs Shimizu S-Pulse is only four days away.
Gamba Osaka form and stats
They also participated in Ybc Levain Cup last season. This ended in the semi-finals.1-0-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Gamba Osaka in their J-League matches away. The fact that Gamba Osaka have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Gamba Osaka, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Gamba Osaka play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Yokohama F. Marinos. The game before that, in the Ybc Levain Cup, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Kashiwa Reysol.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Vegalta Sendai in just four days.
Gamba Osaka have the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Oita Trinita victories, one draw and five Gamba Osaka wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Braga Bispo Junior 11 goals |   A. Onaiwu 10 goals |  S. Kurata 7 goals |
Oita Trinita missing players
Gamba Osaka missing players
| Oita Trinita | Gamba Osaka | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 25 | 14 | Scored | S | 18 | 44 | ||
| 29 | 12 | Conceded | C | 20 | 31 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 80% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 91% | 64% | ||
| 16% | 10% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 55% | 40% | ||
| 4% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 82% | 64% | ||
| 16% | 10% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 24% | ||
| 40% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 12% | ||
| 3.8 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 5.7 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.1 | ||
| 0.7 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.6 | 0.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 189 | 76 | Total Shots | T S | 122 | 302 | ||
| 64 | 30 | Shots on Target | S O | 50 | 121 | ||
| 36% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 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 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Kashiwa Reysol | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Tokyo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Urawa Reds | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Gamba Osaka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Cerezo Osaka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Nagoya Grampus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Vegalta Sendai | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Vissel Kobe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Yokohama | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Kawasaki Frontale | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Sagan Tosu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Shonan Bellmare | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Oita Trinita | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Consadole Sapporo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 |
| 17 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 18 | Kashima Antlers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |