Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Yokohama & Urawa Reds face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Ybc Levain Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Yokohama nor Urawa Reds 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
Last season their Ybc Levain Cup adventure ended in the group stage.0-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the J-League numbers at home for Yokohama so far this season. 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 ten attempts.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Yokohama, who played 2-2 against Vegalta Sendai. That match was also played at this venue (NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Sagan Tosu (0-3).
Opportunity lost for Yokohama in the Vegalta Sendai match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.
The manager T. Hayakawa will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Yokohama F. Marinos in only three days.
Yokohama are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 5 games. Yokohama have conceded 12 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Urawa Reds form and stats
Urawa was sent out of Ybc Levain Cup in the group stage last season.Urawa Reds are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the J-League, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).
The Urawa Reds goalkeeper Zion Suzuki is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 225 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Urawa are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Cerezo Osaka. Before that, Urawa Reds secured a home win against Tokushima Vortis with the score 1-0.
A new game in only four days for Urawa, the J-League home match versus Oita Trinita. Busy days.
The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Urawa struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 5 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last five meetings): Yokohama won two games, zero matches ended with a draw and Urawa Reds has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / fourTop Goalscorers
  Y. Hakamata 2 goals |  Y. Abe 2 goals |  K. Sugimoto 2 goals |
Yokohama missing players
Urawa Reds missing players
| Yokohama | Urawa Reds | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 19 | 15 | Scored | S | 9 | 25 | ||
| 45 | 23 | Conceded | C | 20 | 33 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 72% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 64% | ||
| 52% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 44% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.6 | 10.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 8.7 | ||
| 3.2 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.8 | ||
| 23% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 36% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Kashiwa Reysol | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Yokohama | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Urawa Reds | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -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 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 22 | 31 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 26 |
| 3 | Vissel Kobe | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 4 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 |
| 5 | Sagan Tosu | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 17 |
| 6 | Cerezo Osaka | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
| 7 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 16 |
| 8 | Tokyo | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 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 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 14 |
| 11 | Avispa Fukuoka | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 12 | Kashima Antlers | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 13 | Shonan Bellmare | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 10 |
| 14 | Kashiwa Reysol | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 10 |
| 15 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -4 | 9 |
| 16 | Consadole Sapporo | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 8 |
| 17 | Gamba Osaka | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 5 |
| 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 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -15 | 3 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 15 | -20 | 2 |