National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Yokohama or Kashiwa Reysol that keep their silverware dream alive.
The hosts Yokohama saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the J-League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Yokohama F. Marinos.
Yokohama form and stats
Yokohama was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Ybc Levain Cup.Overall J-League stats at home this season for Yokohama are 0-2-3 (wins-draw-losses). On the other hand, in the Ybc Levain Cup, Yokohama has performed like this (both home and away): 1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses.
Before that game, the home loss against Urawa Reds with the scoreline 1-2.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Yokohama played a great game against Yokohama F. Marinos and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Kashima Antlers are coming to town in three days.
Yokohama are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 5 games. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Yokohama with 12 goals conceded in these matches.
Kashiwa Reysol form and stats
Kashiwa was sent out of Ybc Levain Cup in the final last season.There's been little loot from Kashiwa Reysol's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 6 away games in the J-League. Kashiwa Reysol only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Ybc Levain Cup stats, they have 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss both home and away.
The Kashiwa goalkeeper Masato Sasaki is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 182 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
There were no winners in Kashiwa Reysol's previous match, a Ybc Levain Cup home game that ended 1-1 vs Shonan Bellmare. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Oita Trinita.
Kashiwa are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 3 goals from 6 away games. Kashiwa have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Kashiwa Reysol - Yokohama 0-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (Yokohama wins - draws - Kashiwa Reysol wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Hakamata 2 goals |  H. Goya 2 goals | M. Tashiro 1 goals |
Yokohama missing players
Kashiwa Reysol missing players
| Yokohama | Kashiwa Reysol | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Won | W | 6 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Lost | L | 5 | 12 | ||
| 24 | 15 | Scored | S | 15 | 25 | ||
| 47 | 25 | Conceded | C | 12 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 60% | ||
| 60% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 83% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 0.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.3 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 9.2 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.2 | ||
| 26% | 26% | 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 | Shonan Bellmare | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Kashiwa Reysol | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Urawa Reds | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Yokohama | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 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 |