Delightful dogfight as daring Kawasaki Frontale duel with determined Tokyo

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Fri 15.Sep
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium (27495 seats)

Moving closer to the top teams is the subject when these mid-table teams battle it out. Both are targeting to strenghten their league table position, Kawasaki Frontale in 9th and Tokyo in 10th place.

Insights:
  • Kawasaki Frontale have the most clean sheets (5) at home in J-League
  • Tokyo have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Kawasaki Frontale form and stats

When playing at home in the J-League, Kawasaki Frontale, who have the most clean sheets (5) at home in J-League, have managed 4 wins, 4 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 12 games.

Kawasaki Frontale lost their last game at Cerezo Osaka (placed 4th) after a 0-3 scoreline. Ominami (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.45/10. Ominami hit one key pass.

In the game before, 2-2 away to Albirex Niigata (after extra-time) (Emperor Cup). The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Kawasaki have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 3 and lost 1.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Kawasaki Frontale as they are travelling to their away game against Johor Darul Ta'zim in the AFC Champions League. That match is four days after this one.

Kawasaki Frontale are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 12 games. 13 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Tokyo form and stats

Tokyo have only collected 10 points from their away games in the J-League, after 2-4-7 (13 played).

Two away games in a row for Tokyo, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Avispa Fukuoka in the J-League Cup.

Before that match, the victory at home hosting Avispa Fukuoka in the J-League Cup (1-0). Tokyo are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 8 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Tokyo have conceded 20 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these parties get together this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent fixture: Tokyo - Kawasaki Frontale 2-1. Kawasaki-Tokyo H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Kawasaki Frontale seven wins, Tokyo two wins, one draw. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

TokyoD. Queiroz de Oliveira
D. Queiroz de Oliveira
13 goals
Kawasaki FrontaleY. Wakizaka
Y. Wakizaka
7 goals
Kawasaki FrontaleT. Miyashiro
T. Miyashiro
6 goals

Kawasaki Frontale missing players

Tokyo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Kawasaki Frontale Tokyo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 12 3 Played P 4 13 26
9 4 1 Won W 1 2 9
6 4 1 Drew D 0 4 6
11 4 1 Lost L 3 7 11
34 16 6 Scored S 4 10 33
36 13 6 Conceded C 10 20 37
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 92%
73% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 62% 77%
50% 42% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 38% 54%
23% 17% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 23% 31%
12% 8% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 15% 12%
54% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 75% 54% 62%
27% 42% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 23% 27%
23% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 38% 19%
 
3.9 4 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.3 4.4
4.3 4.4 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.4 4.3
1.3 1.2 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.1 1.8
6 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
12.9 13.8 14.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8 9.4 10.9
4.2 4.1 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.1 3.6
31% 33% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 25% 35%
 
11.4 11.5 12.7 Shots against (avg) S A 17.2 11.8 11.8
4.1 3.7 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 4.9 4.8
Key stats in J-League this season:
  • Kawasaki Frontale have the most clean sheets (5) at home in J-League
  • Tokyo have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Vissel Kobe 26 15 7 4 48 23 14 8 4 2 25 12 12 7 3 2 23 11 25 52
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 26 15 5 6 49 32 12 9 2 1 29 11 14 6 3 5 20 21 17 50
3 Nagoya Grampus 26 13 7 6 34 25 14 8 6 0 20 10 12 5 1 6 14 15 9 46
4 Cerezo Osaka 26 14 3 9 38 26 14 8 1 5 21 13 12 6 2 4 17 13 12 45
5 Urawa Reds 26 12 9 5 31 20 12 7 4 1 19 9 14 5 5 4 12 11 11 45
6 Kashima Antlers 26 12 7 7 37 24 12 6 3 3 18 11 14 6 4 4 19 13 13 43
7 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 26 12 5 9 31 25 13 7 3 3 18 12 13 5 2 6 13 13 6 41
8 Avispa Fukuoka 26 11 5 10 26 30 13 7 2 4 14 13 13 4 3 6 12 17 -4 38
9 Kawasaki Frontale 26 9 6 11 34 36 12 4 4 4 16 13 14 5 2 7 18 23 -2 33
10 Tokyo 26 9 6 11 33 37 13 7 2 4 23 17 13 2 4 7 10 20 -4 33
11 Gamba Osaka 26 9 6 11 35 46 12 6 3 3 19 14 14 3 3 8 16 32 -11 33
12 Consadole Sapporo 26 8 8 10 48 49 12 4 2 6 22 20 14 4 6 4 26 29 -1 32
13 Sagan Tosu 26 8 7 11 32 33 14 4 4 6 14 20 12 4 3 5 18 13 -1 31
14 Kyoto Sanga 26 9 2 15 30 36 13 6 0 7 15 16 13 3 2 8 15 20 -6 29
15 Albirex Niigata 26 7 8 11 26 35 13 4 4 5 16 20 13 3 4 6 10 15 -9 29
16 Kashiwa Reysol 26 4 11 11 23 35 14 2 8 4 14 19 12 2 3 7 9 16 -12 23
17 Yokohama 26 5 7 14 22 46 14 4 3 7 14 21 12 1 4 7 8 25 -24 22
18 Shonan Bellmare 26 3 9 14 32 51 13 2 4 7 15 26 13 1 5 7 17 25 -19 18

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Vissel Kobe 26 15 7 4 48 23 14 8 4 2 25 12 12 7 3 2 23 11 25 52
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 26 15 5 6 49 32 12 9 2 1 29 11 14 6 3 5 20 21 17 50
3 Nagoya Grampus 26 13 7 6 34 25 14 8 6 0 20 10 12 5 1 6 14 15 9 46
4 Cerezo Osaka 26 14 3 9 38 26 14 8 1 5 21 13 12 6 2 4 17 13 12 45
5 Urawa Reds 26 12 9 5 31 20 12 7 4 1 19 9 14 5 5 4 12 11 11 45
6 Kashima Antlers 26 12 7 7 37 24 12 6 3 3 18 11 14 6 4 4 19 13 13 43
7 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 26 12 5 9 31 25 13 7 3 3 18 12 13 5 2 6 13 13 6 41
8 Avispa Fukuoka 26 11 5 10 26 30 13 7 2 4 14 13 13 4 3 6 12 17 -4 38
9 Kawasaki Frontale 26 9 6 11 34 36 12 4 4 4 16 13 14 5 2 7 18 23 -2 33
10 Tokyo 26 9 6 11 33 37 13 7 2 4 23 17 13 2 4 7 10 20 -4 33
11 Gamba Osaka 26 9 6 11 35 46 12 6 3 3 19 14 14 3 3 8 16 32 -11 33
12 Consadole Sapporo 26 8 8 10 48 49 12 4 2 6 22 20 14 4 6 4 26 29 -1 32
13 Sagan Tosu 26 8 7 11 32 33 14 4 4 6 14 20 12 4 3 5 18 13 -1 31
14 Kyoto Sanga 26 9 2 15 30 36 13 6 0 7 15 16 13 3 2 8 15 20 -6 29
15 Albirex Niigata 26 7 8 11 26 35 13 4 4 5 16 20 13 3 4 6 10 15 -9 29
16 Kashiwa Reysol 26 4 11 11 23 35 14 2 8 4 14 19 12 2 3 7 9 16 -12 23
17 Yokohama 26 5 7 14 22 46 14 4 3 7 14 21 12 1 4 7 8 25 -24 22
18 Shonan Bellmare 26 3 9 14 32 51 13 2 4 7 15 26 13 1 5 7 17 25 -19 18

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