The home crowds anticipate a victory in this fixture, as the home advantage might do the trick versus a struggling visitor. Albirex Niigata are in 8th position while the guesting Kashima Antlers panic at 15th.
- Albirex Niigata have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in J-League
- Kashima Antlers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Albirex Niigata form and stats
Overall J-League stats playing at home this season for Albirex Niigata are 2-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The regulars hope that Albirex Niigata will fight back in this fixture, putting things right after the 2-3 away defeat in the Nabisco Cup fixture against Kashiwa Reysol.
Before that, Albirex had a J-League home game versus Avispa Fukuoka which ended with a victory 3-2.Albirex Niigata have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Denka Big Swan Stadium with 7 goals in 4 league matches. Albirex Niigata have conceded 7 from these games.
Kashima Antlers form and stats
2 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Kashima Antlers playing as the away team in the J-League this season. With the Kashima losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
Two away games in a row for Kashima Antlers, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 against Avispa Fukuoka in the Nabisco Cup.
The game before that, in the J-League, was lost at home, a 1-5 defeat against Vissel Kobe.Kashima are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 6 times in 4 away games so far.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the former ten meetings between these two sides are: two wins for Albirex Niigata, one draw and seven wins for Kashima Antlers. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Ito 5 goals | S. Ota 4 goals |  Y. Suzuki 3 goals |
Albirex Niigata missing players
Kashima Antlers missing players
| Albirex Niigata | Kashima Antlers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 12 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 75% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 75% |
| 75% | 75% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 62% |
| 50% | 75% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 75% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 62% |
| 25% | 25% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 25% | 25% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 4 | 4.2 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| 6.6 | 6.8 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
| 1 | 0.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10.5 | 11.5 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 12.2 | 10.9 |
| 4.1 | 5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 36% | 35% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 41% |
| 15.2 | 15.8 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 6.5 | 9 |
| 4.9 | 4.8 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.8 | 2.9 |
- Albirex Niigata have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Albirex Niigata have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in J-League
- Albirex Niigata haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Kashima Antlers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 19 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 17 |
| 4 | Urawa Reds | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| 5 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | Avispa Fukuoka | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Kyoto Sanga | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Albirex Niigata | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Cerezo Osaka | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | Shonan Bellmare | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 11 | Tokyo | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 12 | Consadole Sapporo | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 9 |
| 13 | Kawasaki Frontale | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 14 | Sagan Tosu | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 8 |
| 15 | Kashima Antlers | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | -4 | 7 |
| 16 | Gamba Osaka | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 6 |
| 17 | Kashiwa Reysol | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -7 | 6 |
| 18 | Yokohama | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -16 | 2 |
