This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Kawasaki Frontale when the AFC Champions League tournament arrives in town and Beijing Guoan with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
It's no vacation for neither Kawasaki Frontale nor Beijing Guoan 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.
Kawasaki Frontale form and stats
Kawasaki Frontale participated in AFC Champions League the last season, where they reached the group stage.Home games in the J-League have been a walk in the park for Kawasaki Frontale so far, with 35 points won from 13 matches; 11 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. This match is a AFC Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 5 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses in this competition. Kawasaki haven’t lost a league-game in 26 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Oita Trinita, 232 days ago.
A good away victory last time out for Kawasaki Frontale, who won 3-1 against Daegu. Leandro Damião was absolutely essential when Kawasaki Frontale beat Daegu 3-1, scoring three goals.
In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Ceres Philippines.Kawasaki Frontale are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. In their match history six earlier games are comparable to this one, and Kawasaki Frontale has won four times, drawn two and lost zero. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Kawasaki has won by at least two goals three times when in this position.
Kawasaki Frontale can score goals in their home matches. After 13 league matches they have found the net 27 times. From these home matches, Kawasaki have conceded only 10 goals.
Beijing Guoan form and stats
They also participated in AFC Champions League last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.Things could have gone better for Beijing Guoan in their Super League away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right. When we have look at the AFC Champions League statistics, we find 0W-1D-4L. This is both home and away.
189 minutes! That's how long the Beijing goalkeeper Quanbo Guo and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Home advantage was not enough for Beijing in their previous game, as they lost their AFC Champions League-match, hosting Ceres Philippines, 2-3. Leading 2-0 was not enough for Beijing in their fight with Ceres Philippines last time out. Happy faces soon turned sour as mistakes flourished in what ended up a 2-3 loss.
A 0-3 loss hosting Daegu before that.Nobody expects Beijing to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath ten times before, with the overall statistics of won three, draw two and lost five. When defeated, two matches have been lost by two or more goals.
The schedule is very tough for Beijing now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Super League game at Dalian Yifang is waiting in only four days.
Beijing are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 4 away goals from 3 games (in the league). Beijing Guoan struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 5 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Beijing Guoan - Kawasaki 0-7 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): Kawasaki won one game, zero matches ended with a draw and Beijing Guoan has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / oneTop Goalscorers
  L. da Silva dos Santos 12 goals |  K. Mitoma 8 goals |  Y. Kobayashi 8 goals |
Kawasaki Frontale missing players
Beijing Guoan missing players
| Kawasaki Frontale | Beijing Guoan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 20 | 11 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 70 | 34 | Scored | S | 14 | 34 | ||
| 17 | 11 | Conceded | C | 20 | 41 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 52% | ||
| 48% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 28% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 24% | ||
| 6.6 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 3.9 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.4 | ||
| 0.6 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15.8 | 15.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 10.6 | ||
| 7.6 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.6 | ||
| 37% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 30% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 20 | 15 |
| 2 | Daegu | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 9 |
| 3 | Ceres Philippines | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 17 | -16 | 4 |
| 4 | Beijing Guoan | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -16 | 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 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 51 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 36 | 55 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 23 | 46 |
| 3 | Vissel Kobe | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 37 |
| 4 | Nagoya Grampus | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 37 |
| 5 | Urawa Reds | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 35 |
| 6 | Sagan Tosu | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 34 |
| 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 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 30 |
| 10 | Consadole Sapporo | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 29 |
| 11 | Avispa Fukuoka | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -3 | 29 |
| 12 | Cerezo Osaka | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 23 |
| 13 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | -6 | 22 |
| 14 | Shonan Bellmare | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -4 | 21 |
| 15 | Tokushima Vortis | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -10 | 19 |
| 16 | Kashiwa Reysol | 21 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 20 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 14 | -11 | 17 |
| 17 | Vegalta Sendai | 21 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -17 | 17 |
| 18 | Oita Trinita | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 18 | -17 | 16 |
| 19 | Gamba Osaka | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 14 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 21 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 51 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 31 | -38 | 8 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Shanghai SIPG | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 11 |
| 2 | Changchun Yatai | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Shanghai Shenhua | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Hebei CFFC | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | Beijing Guoan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Tianjin Teda | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -6 | 4 |
| 7 | Dalian Yifang | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -6 | 3 |
| 8 | Wuhan Zall | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 2 |