National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Shonan Bellmare or Kashiwa Reysol that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Bellmare nor Kashiwa Reysol as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Shonan Bellmare form and stats
Last season, Shonan Bellmare's Ybc Levain Cup journey ended in the group stage.Shonan Bellmare have played 7 J-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-4-1 (wins-draws-losses). On the other hand, in the Ybc Levain Cup, Shonan Bellmare has performed like this (both home and away): 1 win, 4 draws and 0 losses.
No payout for Shonan Bellmare in their previous match, an away game at Yokohama that ended in defeat 0-2. Shun Nakamura (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.33/10. Nakamura .
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Oita Trinita.The manager B. Ukishima will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Avispa Fukuoka in only three days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Shonan Bellmare here at Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 7 games). Bellmare have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.
Kashiwa Reysol form and stats
Kashiwa Reysol was sent out of Ybc Levain Cup in the final last season.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Kashiwa Reysol so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-6 (win-draw-lose). Total Ybc Levain Cup statistics for Kashiwa Reysol: 1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses. It's a growing despair in Kashiwa as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
Kashiwa Reysol have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 296 minutes ago. H. Goya was the goal scorer.
Home advantage was not enough for Kashiwa in their previous game, as they lost their J-League-match, hosting Tokyo, 0-4. Attacker Hayato Nakama got a player rating of 7.33 in the game. "Man of the match" Nakama hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 3 times. Kashiwa lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
A 0-1 defeat away at Avispa Fukuoka before that.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The J-League trip to Yokohama F. Marinos.
Kashiwa are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 3 goals from 8 away games. Kashiwa Reysol have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Kashiwa Reysol - Bellmare 1-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (Shonan Bellmare wins - draws - Kashiwa Reysol wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Goya 4 goals |  T. Okamoto 2 goals | N. Yamada 2 goals |
Shonan Bellmare missing players
Kashiwa Reysol missing players
| Shonan Bellmare | Kashiwa Reysol | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 14 | ||
| 19 | 9 | Scored | S | 5 | 22 | ||
| 22 | 7 | Conceded | C | 12 | 33 | ||
| 68% | 58% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 56% | 42% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 42% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 8% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 16% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 17% | 40% | ||
| 44% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 58% | 44% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.9 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 0.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8 | 7.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 8.3 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3 | ||
| 28% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 29% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Shonan Bellmare | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | Urawa Reds | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Kashiwa Reysol | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 5 |
| 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 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 29 | 42 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 35 |
| 3 | Sagan Tosu | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 4 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 27 |
| 5 | Avispa Fukuoka | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 25 |
| 6 | Kashima Antlers | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 24 |
| 7 | Vissel Kobe | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 24 |
| 8 | Cerezo Osaka | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 22 |
| 9 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 21 |
| 10 | Urawa Reds | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 20 |
| 11 | Tokyo | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 18 |
| 12 | Tokushima Vortis | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 17 |
| 13 | Consadole Sapporo | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| 14 | Shonan Bellmare | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -2 | 15 |
| 15 | Kashiwa Reysol | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 13 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -8 | 12 |
| 17 | Oita Trinita | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -11 | 9 |
| 18 | Gamba Osaka | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 7 |
| 19 | Vegalta Sendai | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -18 | 7 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 21 | -26 | 6 |