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J-League Cup

JP Japan Season 2026 60 teams

52 of 60 matches have been played this season, averaging 3.00 goals per match. Below: the matches with our probabilities and how our predictions have done in this league.

Next kick-off
Source
api-football
Matches played52of 60
Next kick-off Kawasaki Frontale – Kashiwa Reysol
Our picks — Collecting data: 15 of 20 matches settled
Goals per match 3.00All leagues: 3.13

Matches

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Round of 16
1 2 3 4 5
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Round of 16
Sat 3 Oct · 2 of 4 picks right
FT Machida Zelvia 0–0 Kyoto Sanga
FT Kashiwa Reysol 5–4 Gamba Osaka
Wed 28 Oct
FT Mito Hollyhock 1–3 Cerezo Osaka Our pick: Home 39%, wrong
FT Sagan Tosu 0–2 Kawasaki Frontale Our pick: Away 42%, right
FT Yokohama F. Marinos 4–3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Our pick: Away 44%, wrong
FT Nagoya Grampus 1–2 Urawa Our pick: Away 42%, right
Matches without a link were played before our match pages began on 4 November 2026.

Scoring patterns

Based on 52 finished matches · all leagues: 15,274
Goals per match3.00 vs 3.13 in all leagues
Home wins30.8% vs 45.4% in all leagues
Draws9.6% vs 21.8% in all leagues
Away wins59.6% vs 32.7% in all leagues
Over 2.5 goals57.7% vs 59.0% in all leagues
Both teams score48.1% vs 55.2% in all leagues

How to read this: Draws: 10% here against 22% across all leagues. Both teams scored in 48% of matches against 55%. 3 matches ended 0–0 and 10 had five goals or more. The marker on each bar shows the all-leagues average.

Our record in this league

Predictions made before kick-off, checked against the result
15matches settled so far

We show a hit rate for a league only after 20 settled matches, because a rate from a handful of matches says very little.

Evidence so farEarly data · 15 of 100 matches
Hit rate by week (matches in brackets)
60%7 Sep (5)
71%12 Oct (7)
33%26 Oct (3)
How this is calculated ›

Teams in J-League Cup

Albirex Niigata Avispa Fukuoka Biwako Shiga Blaublitz Akita Cerezo Osaka Consadole Sapporo Ehime FC Fagiano Okayama FC Gifu FC Ryukyu FC Tokyo Fujieda MYFC Fukushima United Gainare Tottori Gamba Osaka Imabari Iwaki JEF United Chiba Jubilo Iwata Kagoshima United Kamatamare Sanuki Kanazawa Kashima Kashiwa Reysol Kataller Toyama Kawasaki Frontale Kitakyushu Kochi United Kyoto Sanga Machida Zelvia Matsumoto Yamaga Mito Hollyhock Montedio Yamagata Nagoya Grampus Nara Club Oita Trinita Omiya Ardija Osaka Parceiro Nagano Renofa Yamaguchi Roasso Kumamoto Sagamihara Sagan Tosu Sanfrecce Hiroshima Shimizu S-pulse Shonan Bellmare Tegevajaro Miyazaki Thespakusatsu Gunma Tochigi City Tochigi SC Tokushima Vortis Tokyo Verdy Urawa V-varen Nagasaki Vanraure Hachinohe Vegalta Sendai Ventforet Kofu Vissel Kobe Yokohama F. Marinos Yokohama FC

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Table, scorers and fixtures come from api-football. Probabilities and hit rates are ScoreProb's own, from predictions saved before kick-off.