National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Yokohama or Shonan Bellmare that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Yokohama nor Shonan Bellmare as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Yokohama form and stats
Yokohama participated in Ybc Levain Cup the last season, where they reached the group stage.Yokohama's results here at NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium in the J-League have been very modest with 0 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. On the other hand, in the Ybc Levain Cup, Yokohama has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in twelve attempts.
Yokohama are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 202 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by K. Saito).
The Yokohama crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-3 to Kashima Antlers here at NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium in a J-League match. Ahead of that match, Yokohama won a home game hosting Kashiwa Reysol (2-0).
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Yokohama have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won two, drawn four and lost three.
Yokohama are traveling soon after this match as the J-League match at Shimizu S-Pulse awaits in four days.
Yokohama aren't scoring a lot here at NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium in the league, with only 5 goals from 6 games. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Yokohama having conceded 15 goals here at NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium so far.
Shonan Bellmare form and stats
They also participated in Ybc Levain Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.There's been little loot from Shonan Bellmare's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 6 away games in the J-League. Shonan Bellmare only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 2 draws. When we have look at the Ybc Levain Cup statistics, we find 1W-3D-0L. This is both home and away. With three draws in a row for Shonan Bellmare the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.
Before that, Bellmare travelled to Urawa Reds and returned home with a draw after the Ybc Levain Cup game finished 0-0.
Kosei Tani had red hot gloves after the game against Consadole Sapporo, shaping the outcome of the game with six saves made.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Shonan Bellmare playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were four Bellmare wins, two draws and two defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Oita Trinita in just four days.
Bellmare are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 6 games (in the league). In the opposite end, Bellmare have conceded 10 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Shonan Bellmare - Yokohama 1-0 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Yokohama won three games, one match ended with a draw and Shonan Bellmare has six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  Y. Hakamata 2 goals |  T. Okamoto 2 goals | N. Yamada 2 goals |
Yokohama missing players
Shonan Bellmare missing players
| Yokohama | Shonan Bellmare | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 7 | 13 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 21 | 17 | Scored | S | 12 | 20 | ||
| 51 | 28 | Conceded | C | 15 | 22 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 77% | 68% | ||
| 84% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 52% | ||
| 60% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 52% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 36% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 0.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.3 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 7.9 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.8 | ||
| 23% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 29% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Shonan Bellmare | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Urawa Reds | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Kashiwa Reysol | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 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 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 26 | 35 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 29 |
| 3 | Sagan Tosu | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 26 |
| 4 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 24 |
| 5 | Vissel Kobe | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 23 |
| 6 | Cerezo Osaka | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 21 |
| 7 | Avispa Fukuoka | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 19 |
| 8 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 17 |
| 9 | Urawa Reds | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 17 |
| 10 | Kashima Antlers | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 11 | Tokyo | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 15 |
| 12 | Tokushima Vortis | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 14 |
| 13 | Kashiwa Reysol | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -2 | 13 |
| 14 | Consadole Sapporo | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 15 | Shonan Bellmare | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 12 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -5 | 11 |
| 17 | Oita Trinita | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -9 | 8 |
| 18 | Gamba Osaka | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 19 | Vegalta Sendai | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -15 | 6 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 20 | -28 | 2 |