National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Oita Trinita or Tokushima Vortis 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 Tokushima Vortis.
Oita Trinita form and stats
Last season, Trinita's Ybc Levain Cup journey ended in the group stage.The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the J-League this season. Oita Trinita have only managed 1 win, 2 draws and 3 losses from their games here at Ōita Bank Dome. On the other hand, in the Ybc Levain Cup, Oita Trinita has performed like this (both home and away): 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses.
0-0 away at Vissel Kobe before that.
Trinita are traveling soon after this match as the J-League match at Shonan Bellmare awaits in four days.
Trinita aren't scoring a lot here at Ōita Bank Dome in the league, with only 4 goals from 6 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.
Tokushima Vortis form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Tokushima Vortis so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-5 (win-draw-lose). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Ybc Levain Cup stats, they have 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses both home and away. Three has not been a lucky number for Tokushima as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Cerezo Osaka match. Tokushima seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Tokyo in the Ybc Levain Cup.
After this away game Tokushima Vortis return home for a J-League game against Consadole Sapporo. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Tokushima Vortis as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. As for defending, Tokushima Vortis rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 13 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Tokushima Vortis - Trinita 0-1 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Trinita victories, three draws and five Tokushima Vortis wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Machida 4 goals |   T. Miyashiro 4 goals | Y. Kakita 3 goals |
Oita Trinita missing players
Tokushima Vortis missing players
| Oita Trinita | Tokushima Vortis | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Lost | L | 9 | 12 | ||
| 20 | 7 | Scored | S | 12 | 26 | ||
| 31 | 17 | Conceded | C | 21 | 29 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 56% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 12% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 24% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Failed to Score | F T | 57% | 44% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.6 | 0.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.4 | 0.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.5 | 6.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.1 | 7.6 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.8 | ||
| 30% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 38% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Tokyo | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Vissel Kobe | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 3 | Tokushima Vortis | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| 4 | Oita Trinita | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 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 | Kawasaki Frontale | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 26 | 35 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 29 |
| 3 | Sagan Tosu | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 26 |
| 4 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 24 |
| 5 | Vissel Kobe | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 23 |
| 6 | Cerezo Osaka | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 21 |
| 7 | Avispa Fukuoka | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 19 |
| 8 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 17 |
| 9 | Urawa Reds | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 17 |
| 10 | Kashima Antlers | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 11 | Tokyo | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 15 |
| 12 | Tokushima Vortis | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 14 |
| 13 | Kashiwa Reysol | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -2 | 13 |
| 14 | Consadole Sapporo | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 15 | Shonan Bellmare | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 12 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -5 | 11 |
| 17 | Oita Trinita | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -9 | 8 |
| 18 | Gamba Osaka | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 19 | Vegalta Sendai | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -15 | 6 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 20 | -28 | 2 |