National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Tokyo or Oita Trinita 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 Tokyo and Oita Trinita.
It's quite the trip for Oita Trinita when visiting Tokyo as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
Tokyo form and stats
The story so far in the J-League for Tokyo at their home stadium (Ajinomoto Stadium) is 4 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats. On the other hand, in the Ybc Levain Cup, Tokyo has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. Three consecutive losses here at Ajinomoto Stadium is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.
Happy days for Tokyo in their previous game, a J-League match away at Kashiwa Reysol that ended with a 4-0 victory. Attacking player Adailton bested all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 8.33 out of 10. Adailton scored two goals, served one assist and hit one key pass. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Tokyo played a great game against Kashiwa Reysol and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Heartbreak before that as Tokyo lost 0-3 at Kashima Antlers's place.The match schedule is unforgiving for Tokyo as they have a new game in only three days, a J-League match thankfully also at home. Gamba Osaka are visiting.
A decent goal production from Tokyo in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 8 league matches. Tokyo are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (18 from 8 played).
Oita Trinita form and stats
They also participated in Ybc Levain Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.There's been little loot from Oita Trinita's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 6 away games in the J-League. Oita Trinita only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 0 draws. Total Ybc Levain Cup statistics for Oita Trinita: 1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses. Bitter travels for Trinita as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Yokohama match.
There were no winners in Trinita's previous match, a J-League home game that ended 1-1 vs Sagan Tosu. Midfielder Hokuto Shimoda was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.25. Shimoda hit three key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 66 successful passes (of 76 total). The draw against Sagan Tosu came from a losing position. The Trinita manager T. Katanosaka brought on Shun Nagasawa as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
Prior to that match, the Trinita manager T. Katanosaka faced defeat when travelling to Shonan Bellmare and losing 0-2.The schedule is very tough for Trinita now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A J-League game at Vegalta Sendai is waiting in only three days.
The attacking power of Oita Trinita when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 6 league matches away. Trinita have conceded 10 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Oita Trinita - Tokyo 0-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Tokyo won six games, two matches ended with a draw and Oita Trinita has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  D. Queiroz de Oliveira 6 goals |   Y. Machida 4 goals |  M. Morishige 3 goals |
Tokyo missing players
Oita Trinita missing players
| Tokyo | Oita Trinita | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 12 | ||
| 32 | 21 | Scored | S | 10 | 18 | ||
| 29 | 20 | Conceded | C | 14 | 33 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 16% | ||
| 24% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 44% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.1 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 6.8 | ||
| 3 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.4 | ||
| 42% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 30% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | Tokushima Vortis | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 5 |
| 3 | Vissel Kobe | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 4 | Oita Trinita | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -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 |