National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Tokushima Vortis or Tokyo that keep their silverware dream alive.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a J-League game only four days ago.
Tokushima Vortis form and stats
2 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. That’s what Tokushima Vortis have to build on here at Pocari Sweat Stadium in the J-League. On the other hand, in the Ybc Levain Cup, Tokushima Vortis has performed like this (both home and away): 1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses.
It's back home for Tokushima, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Vissel Kobe away with the result 1-0. A. Kawata found the net in that victory. Preceding that match was the home J-League game against Kashima Antlers that was lost 0-1.
Tokushima has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. On the other hand, Tokushima Vortis have conceded 5 goals.
Tokyo form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Tokyo, as they won the Ybc Levain Cup.Playing away, Tokyo have won 0 games, drawn 3 and suffered 1 defeat in the J-League this season. Total Ybc Levain Cup statistics for Tokyo: 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses. It's a growing despair in Tokyo as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
Preceding that game was the away Ybc Levain Cup victory against Oita Trinita with the score of 1-0.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Yokohama F. Marinos in just three days.
Tokyo are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 2 goals from 4 away games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Tokyo - Tokushima 1-0 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: zero - one - four (Tokushima Vortis wins - draws - Tokyo wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Queiroz de Oliveira 5 goals |   Y. Kakita 3 goals |  T. Miyashiro 3 goals |
Tokushima Vortis missing players
Tokyo missing players
| Tokushima Vortis | Tokyo | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 13 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 28 | 16 | Scored | S | 10 | 32 | ||
| 23 | 7 | Conceded | C | 9 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 45% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 44% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 32% | ||
| 44% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.6 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 8 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 8.8 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.4 | ||
| 39% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 37% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Vissel Kobe | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 3 | Tokushima Vortis | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 4 | Oita Trinita | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| 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 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 22 | 32 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 29 |
| 3 | Sagan Tosu | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 20 |
| 4 | Cerezo Osaka | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 20 |
| 5 | Vissel Kobe | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 6 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
| 8 | Tokyo | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 15 |
| 9 | Tokushima Vortis | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| 10 | Urawa Reds | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 14 |
| 11 | Avispa Fukuoka | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 12 | Consadole Sapporo | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 13 | Kashima Antlers | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 14 | Shonan Bellmare | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 10 |
| 15 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -4 | 10 |
| 16 | Kashiwa Reysol | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 10 |
| 17 | Gamba Osaka | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 18 | Oita Trinita | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -9 | 5 |
| 19 | Vegalta Sendai | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -16 | 3 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 15 | -18 | 2 |