National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Shimizu S-Pulse 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 Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Shimizu S-Pulse.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima form and stats
Sanfrecce participated in Ybc Levain Cup the last season, where they reached the group stage.0-1-0 (win-draw-lost) are the J-League numbers at home for Sanfrecce Hiroshima so far this season.
Sanfrecce are traveling soon after this match as the J-League match at Yokohama F. Marinos awaits in four days.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Shimizu S-Pulse form and stats
They also participated in Ybc Levain Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.1-0-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Shimizu S-Pulse in their J-League matches away. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Shimizu are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Prior to that result Shimizu won their away game at Gamba Osaka in the J-League. The scoreline was 2-0.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Avispa Fukuoka in just three days.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Shimizu S-Pulse has managed 3 goals and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Sanfrecce Hiroshima-Shimizu S-Pulse H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sanfrecce seven wins, Shimizu S-Pulse two wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. dos Santos Junior 1 goals |   Y. Goto 1 goals |  T. Santos Santana 1 goals |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima missing players
Shimizu S-Pulse missing players
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Shimizu S-Pulse | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 15 | ||
| 33 | 21 | Scored | S | 16 | 38 | ||
| 29 | 14 | Conceded | C | 29 | 54 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 54% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 28% | ||
| 56% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 76% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 12% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.7 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11.1 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 10.2 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.1 | ||
| 32% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 36% | ||
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Vegalta Sendai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Consadole Sapporo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Cerezo Osaka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Kawasaki Frontale | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Sagan Tosu | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Vissel Kobe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Oita Trinita | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Tokushima Vortis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Tokyo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Urawa Reds | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Vegalta Sendai | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Gamba Osaka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Shonan Bellmare | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Kashima Antlers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 18 | Kashiwa Reysol | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 19 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 0 |