Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Shonan Bellmare & Kawasaki Frontale face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the J-League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both participants have had time to rest since their previous match. Let's wish for an energetic game!
Shonan Bellmare form and stats
Shonan Bellmare was eliminated in the play-offs last season in the J-League Cup. Cerezo Osaka was too strong.Shonan Bellmare's results here at Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka in the J-League have been very modest with 1 victory, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
Bellmare faced defeat in their previous match, away at Kashima Antlers (0-1). The talented striker Machino bested all teammates in that match and was awarded a match rating of 7.44 out of 10. Machino hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that game, a home win hosting Thank Kuriyama in the Emperor Cup.
A decent goal production from Shonan Bellmare in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 8 league matches.
Kawasaki Frontale form and stats
Last season their J-League Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals against Cerezo Osaka.4-0-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Kawasaki Frontale in their J-League matches away.
The Kawasaki goalkeeper Sung-Ryong Jung is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 222 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Kawasaki Frontale go into this game after a win, the home game against Sanfrecce Hiroshima that ended 1-0. Ominami, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.61. Ominami won 7 of 12 duels.
Before that game, the victory at home hosting Tochigi City in the Emperor Cup (3-1).
The travelling fans enjoy Kawasaki's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 8 league matches away. Kawasaki Frontale's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 12 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Shonan Bellmare have pulled off a streak of 4 consecutive games without defeat (2-2-0) when playing Kawasaki Frontale.The dueling parties have battled previously this season: Kawasaki Frontale - Shonan Bellmare 0-0.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Machino 8 goals |   T. Miyashiro 4 goals |  Y. Ohashi 3 goals |
Shonan Bellmare missing players
Kawasaki Frontale missing players
| Shonan Bellmare | Kawasaki Frontale | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 40 | 24 | Scored | S | 24 | 41 | ||
| 35 | 17 | Conceded | C | 23 | 30 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 77% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 20% | ||
| 6 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.3 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 6 | ||
| 12.3 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 11.2 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.3 | ||
| 37% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 38% | ||
| 12.6 | 12.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.4 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 5.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Urawa Reds | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | -7 | 7 |
| 3 | Shonan Bellmare | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Kawasaki Frontale | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 37 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 36 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 35 |
| 3 | Vissel Kobe | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 20 | 33 |
| 4 | Urawa Reds | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 29 |
| 5 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 29 |
| 6 | Cerezo Osaka | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 29 |
| 7 | Kashima Antlers | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 28 |
| 8 | Consadole Sapporo | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 26 |
| 9 | Kawasaki Frontale | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 24 |
| 10 | Sagan Tosu | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 23 |
| 11 | Avispa Fukuoka | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 20 |
| 12 | Tokyo | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -6 | 19 |
| 13 | Albirex Niigata | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -9 | 17 |
| 14 | Kyoto Sanga | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 20 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 15 | -8 | 16 |
| 15 | Gamba Osaka | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -12 | 16 |
| 16 | Yokohama | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -22 | 13 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | -5 | 12 |
| 18 | Kashiwa Reysol | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -12 | 12 |
