This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Ceres Philippines when the AFC Champions League tournament arrives in town and Kawasaki Frontale with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Philippines and Kawasaki Frontale.
Ceres Philippines form and stats
Philippines participated in AFC Champions League the last season, where they reached the play-offs.Ceres Philippines have performed here this season with 12 wins from 15 Championnat National matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 2. 0W-1D-2L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the AFC Champions League for Ceres Philippines.
Philippines faced defeat in their previous match, away at Kawasaki Frontale (0-8). As you see from the result above, Ceres Philippines suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
Heartbreak before that as Ceres Philippines lost 0-7 at Daegu's place.The manager J. Withe will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Beijing Guoan in only three days.
Philippines always seem capable of creating a buzz here with 46 goals in 15 league games. From these home matches, Ceres Philippines have conceded only 14 goals.
Kawasaki Frontale form and stats
Kawasaki's mission in AFC Champions League last season failed in the group stage.The strength of Kawasaki Frontale on their travels this season is incredible with 20 points collected from 8 J-League away games. Kawasaki Frontale has 6-2-0 on the road, with 24 goals scored and 5 conceded. When we have look at the AFC Champions League statistics, we find 3W-0D-0L. This is both home and away. In general it has been a productive period now for Kawasaki as they haven't lost any of their last 26 games.
Kawasaki won their last game, 8-0 versus Ceres Philippines played at home. As mentioned above, Kawasaki Frontale was the only team on the pitch versus Ceres Philippines in their previous game, winning 8-0. This could be a tougher task. K. Tachibanada certainly enjoyed Kawasaki's last game versus Ceres Philippines, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 8-0 victory.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Beijing Guoan at their stadium, the result 7-0.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Kawasaki manager T. Oniki as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Daegu.
The Kawasaki Frontale manager T. Oniki has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 24 goals in 8 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
Ceres Philippines and Kawasaki Frontale have met before this season: Kawasaki Frontale - Philippines 8-0.Ceres Philippines missing players
Kawasaki Frontale missing players
| Ceres Philippines | Kawasaki Frontale | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 7 | 20 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | ||
| 50 | 39 | Scored | S | 31 | 70 | ||
| 42 | 17 | Conceded | C | 5 | 18 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 56% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 56% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 44% | 32% | ||
| 52% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 56% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.1 | 6.7 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 4 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 0.6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12 | 15.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.7 | 15.4 | ||
| 5 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.3 | 7.4 | ||
| 42% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 38% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| 2 | Daegu | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| 3 | Beijing Guoan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -7 | 1 |
| 4 | Ceres Philippines | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 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 | Ceres Philippines | 28 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 76 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 13 | 49 | 70 |
| 2 | Kaya | 28 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 60 | 33 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 19 | 27 | 53 |
| 3 | Stallion | 25 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 45 | 41 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 25 | 4 | 37 |
| 4 | Buffles | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 32 |
| 5 | Esae | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 31 |
| 6 | Davao Aguilas | 27 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 44 | 47 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 24 | -3 | 31 |
| 7 | ASOS | 18 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 30 |
| 8 | Energie | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 30 |
| 9 | ASPAC | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 28 |
| 10 | Beke Bembereke | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 28 |
| 11 | JAC | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 28 |
| 12 | Avrankou Omnisport | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -1 | 27 |
| 13 | USSK | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 26 |
| 14 | Soleil | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 25 |
| 15 | Dragons | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 24 |
| 16 | Global | 27 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 33 | 77 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 36 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 41 | -44 | 23 |
| 17 | Police Benin | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 20 |
| 18 | Pantheres | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | -4 | 20 |
| 19 | Ayema | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 20 |
| 20 | Voltes | 25 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 44 | 61 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 32 | 31 | -17 | 20 |
| 21 | Loyola | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -2 | 16 |
| 22 | Requins | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 17 | -11 | 16 |
| 23 | Dynamo Abomey | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 15 | -10 | 15 |
| 24 | Tonnerre | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 12 |
| 25 | Mambas Noirs | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 17 | -15 | 10 |
| 26 | Agonlin | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 21 | -18 | 10 |
| 27 | Ilocos United | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 18 | -14 | 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 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 51 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 36 | 55 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 20 | 40 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 37 |
| 4 | Vissel Kobe | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 34 |
| 5 | Urawa Reds | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 34 |
| 6 | Sagan Tosu | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 33 |
| 7 | Kashima Antlers | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 32 |
| 8 | Tokyo | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 31 |
| 9 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 29 |
| 10 | Avispa Fukuoka | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -1 | 29 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 25 |
| 12 | Cerezo Osaka | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 23 |
| 13 | Shonan Bellmare | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -4 | 21 |
| 14 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | -7 | 19 |
| 15 | Tokushima Vortis | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 19 |
| 16 | Kashiwa Reysol | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 19 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 14 | -10 | 17 |
| 17 | Vegalta Sendai | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -17 | 15 |
| 18 | Gamba Osaka | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 14 |
| 19 | Oita Trinita | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 17 | -17 | 13 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 21 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 51 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 31 | -38 | 8 |