National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Oita Trinita or Kashima Antlers that keep their silverware dream alive.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
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 Oita Trinita and Kashima Antlers.
Oita Trinita form and stats
Oita Trinita participated in Ybc Levain Cup the last season, where they reached the group stage.0 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Oita Trinita have to build on here in the J2-League.
No payout for Trinita in their previous match, an away game at V-Varen Nagasaki that ended in defeat 1-4.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Mito Hollyhock that ended 1-1.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the J2-League game versus Renofa Yamaguchi in only four days. This game is also played here.
Oita Trinita has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 3 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Kashima Antlers form and stats
Kashima Antlers was sent out of Ybc Levain Cup in the quarter-finals last season, when Nagoya Grampus turned out to be too strong.Kashima Antlers are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the J-League.
253 minutes! That's how long the Kashima Antlers goalkeeper Yuya Oki and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Kashima play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Vissel Kobe. Tsunemoto, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.82. Tsunemoto hit one key pass and won 5 of 8 duels.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Kashiwa Reysol in the J-League.A new game in only four days for Kashima Antlers, the J-League home match versus Shonan Bellmare. Busy days.
Kashima Antlers have the goal stats of 5-1 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Oita Trinita two wins, two draws and Kashima Antlers six victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Ueda 2 goals |  Y. Suzuki 2 goals |  S. Kobayashi 1 goals |
Oita Trinita missing players
Kashima Antlers missing players
| Oita Trinita | Kashima Antlers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 9 | 15 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 9 | ||
| 29 | 15 | Scored | S | 23 | 37 | ||
| 37 | 14 | Conceded | C | 11 | 25 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 60% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 28% | ||
| 4.9 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 6.1 | ||
| 5.6 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 0.8 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.1 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 12.8 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.9 | 5.4 | ||
| 35% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 27% | ||
| 11 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.2 | 7.2 | ||
| 4.9 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cerezo Osaka | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Oita Trinita | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Gamba Osaka | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 4 | Kashima Antlers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -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 | Yokohama | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 2 | Machida Zelvia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | Tokyo Verdy | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | Vegalta Sendai | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | Fagiano Okayama | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | JEF United | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Blaublitz Akita | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 8 | Grulla Morioka | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 9 | Montedio Yamagata | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | Renofa Yamaguchi | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | ThespaKusatsu Gunma | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 | Roasso Kumamoto | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 13 | Ventforet Kofu | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 5 |
| 14 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 15 | Tokushima Vortis | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 16 | Ryukyu | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 17 | Tochigi | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 18 | Albirex Niigata | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 19 | Omiya Ardija | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 2 |
| 20 | Zweigen Kanazawa | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| 21 | Oita Trinita | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 2 |
| 22 | Mito Hollyhock | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 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 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | Kashiwa Reysol | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | Kashima Antlers | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Sagan Tosu | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Tokyo | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Júbilo Iwata | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Cerezo Osaka | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Gamba Osaka | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 5 |
| 10 | Kyoto Sanga | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 5 |
| 11 | Nagoya Grampus | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | Consadole Sapporo | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | Urawa Reds | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 14 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 15 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 16 | Avispa Fukuoka | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 17 | Vissel Kobe | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 3 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 2 |
