National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Tokyo or Shonan Bellmare that keep their silverware dream alive.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Tokyo form and stats
Tokyo participated in Ybc Levain Cup the last season, where they reached the semi-finals and lost against Nagoya Grampus.The story so far in the J-League for Tokyo at their home stadium (Ajinomoto Stadium) is 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats.
A strong away win for Tokyo against Kyoto Sanga the last match, as Oliveira were on target. The goalie Słowik was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.65 out of ten. Słowik topped it up with a clean sheet.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Tokyo have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eleven games) they have won five times, drawn two and lost four.
At Ajinomoto Stadium, Tokyo has the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Shonan Bellmare form and stats
Last season their Ybc Levain Cup adventure ended in the play-offs against Tokyo.Still no away game victory in the J-League for Shonan Bellmare with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Shonan Bellmare, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Kashima Antlers. The attacker Segawa got a match rating of 7.6 in that game. Segawa scored one goal and hit one key pass.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Kyoto Sanga in the J-League.Bellmare are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, five draws and five defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Shonan Bellmare have conceded 5 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Tokyo victories, two draws and one Shonan Bellmare win. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Machino 2 goals |   M. Morishige 1 goals | A. dos Santos da Silva 1 goals |
Tokyo missing players
Shonan Bellmare missing players
| Tokyo | Shonan Bellmare | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 28 | 17 | Scored | S | 14 | 23 | ||
| 31 | 10 | Conceded | C | 17 | 29 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 20% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 40% | ||
| 5.6 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.7 | ||
| 5 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.2 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.2 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 9.3 | 8.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 9.5 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.2 | ||
| 27% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 29% | ||
| 9.8 | 8.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 9.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shonan Bellmare | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Avispa Fukuoka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 3 | Júbilo Iwata | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 4 | Tokyo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 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 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 16 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | Kashima Antlers | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | Kashiwa Reysol | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | Tokyo | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | Urawa Reds | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Sagan Tosu | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | Cerezo Osaka | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | Avispa Fukuoka | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | Nagoya Grampus | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 | Júbilo Iwata | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 5 |
| 13 | Gamba Osaka | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 5 |
| 14 | Kyoto Sanga | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 5 |
| 15 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 5 |
| 16 | Vissel Kobe | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 4 |
| 17 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 2 |
