National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Yokohama F. Marinos or Shimizu S-Pulse that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Yokohama F. Marinos form and stats
Yokohama F. Marinos was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Ybc Levain Cup.Yokohama F. Marinos are steadily winning J-League games and points here at NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium. 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 7 games. 3W-2D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Ybc Levain Cup for Yokohama F. Marinos. There’s a good atmosphere here at NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium after three straight home wins.
Yokohama faced defeat in their previous match, away at Kashima Antlers (3-5). The attacker Ado Onaiwu was "man of the match" for Yokohama F. Marinos with a rating of 8.0/10. Onaiwu scored two goals and hit one key pass. A goal frenzy last time out for Yokohama, with a total of 8 goals in the match against Kashima Antlers. Fun stuff to watch!
Ahead of that match, Yokohama won a home game hosting Vissel Kobe (2-0).The match schedule is unforgiving for Yokohama as they have a new game in only three days, a J-League match thankfully also at home. Kashiwa Reysol are visiting.
Yokohama F. Marinos can score goals in their home matches. After 7 league matches they have found the net 16 times. From these home matches, Yokohama F. Marinos have conceded only 4 goals.
Shimizu S-Pulse form and stats
Shimizu was sent out of Ybc Levain Cup in the group stage last season.The story so far for the visiting team on their J-League travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. Total Ybc Levain Cup statistics for Shimizu S-Pulse: 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a J-League home defeat versus Nagoya Grampus with 0-3 on the scoreboard. The attacker Yuito Suzuki got a match rating of 7.1 in that game. Suzuki hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A draw for Shimizu before that, at their own venue hosting Yokohama (1-1).The schedule is very tough for Shimizu now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A J-League game at Consadole Sapporo is waiting in only three days.
Shimizu S-Pulse find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. Shimizu have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Shimizu S-Pulse - Yokohama 0-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Yokohama won four games, two matches ended with a draw and Shimizu S-Pulse has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  A. Onaiwu 10 goals |  D. Maeda 8 goals |   T. Santos Santana 4 goals |
Yokohama F. Marinos missing players
Shimizu S-Pulse missing players
| Yokohama F. Marinos | Shimizu S-Pulse | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 51 | 29 | Scored | S | 13 | 27 | ||
| 29 | 10 | Conceded | C | 10 | 31 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 40% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.4 | 0.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.6 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 9 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.5 | ||
| 45% | 51% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 31% | ||
| 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 F. Marinos | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 11 |
| 2 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 5 |
| 4 | Vegalta Sendai | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -7 | 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 | 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 |