Kashima Antlers are enjoying their 1st, while Júbilo Iwata are dragging their feet 11 points behind in the league standings. Can they cut the gap?
- Kashima Antlers is in the best form (4-1-1) in J-League
- Kashima Antlers have created more than twice as many corners as Júbilo Iwata.
These are active days for the team playing at home, as they had a game only four days ago in the J-League. That game was an away game at Cerezo Osaka, so at least Kashima Antlers are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Kashima Antlers form and stats
The J-League stats at home this season for Kashima Antlers are 3-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
The Kashima Antlers goalkeeper Sun-Tae Kwoun is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the J-League.
A strong away win for Kashima Antlers against Cerezo Osaka the last match, as Matsumura, Suzuki and Caíke were on target. The attacker Suzuki was announced as "man of the match" for Kashima with the rating of 9.04/10. Suzuki scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Kashima Antlers are traveling soon after this match as the J-League match at Sanfrecce Hiroshima awaits in four days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Kashima here at Kashima Soccer Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 6 games). Kashima Antlers have conceded 7 in these home matches.
Júbilo Iwata form and stats
As the visiting team in J-League matches, Júbilo Iwata have produced an overall stat of 1-2-2 so far.
Júbilo had fun at their own home (Kashima Soccer Stadium) last time out, beating Nagoya Grampus 2-1. Otsu (2) scored. Otsu came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Nagoya Grampus last time out, making the manager Ito feel like a tactical genius. Midfielder Endo was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.12. Endo served one assist, hit seven key passes and had 74 successful passes (of 81 total).
The schedule is very tough for Júbilo Iwata now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A J-League game at Cerezo Osaka is waiting in only three days.
Júbilo Iwata have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 5 league away games 6 goals have been scored. As for defending, Júbilo rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 8 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings featuring these teams: Kashima Antlers won three, Júbilo Iwata were winners in one and we saw six draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  A. Ueda 5 goals |   Y. Suzuki 5 goals | Y. Suzuki 4 goals |
Kashima Antlers missing players
Júbilo Iwata missing players
| Kashima Antlers | Júbilo Iwata | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 8 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 90% | 83% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 90% |
| 70% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 90% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 30% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 40% | 20% |
| 30% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 80% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 30% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 40% | 20% |
| 5.7 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 5.1 | 4.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
| 1.5 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.8 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11.8 | 9.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 10.4 | 9.4 |
| 5.5 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| 25% | 21% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 32% | 33% |
| 9 | 9.3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 13.4 | 14.9 |
| 3.5 | 3.2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.6 | 6.5 |
- Júbilo Iwata have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Kashima Antlers have created more than twice as many corners as Júbilo Iwata.
- Kashima Antlers have the most points from losing position (6) in J-League
- Kashima Antlers is in the best form (4-1-1) in J-League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kashima Antlers | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 22 |
| 2 | Kawasaki Frontale | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 4 | Tokyo | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 18 |
| 5 | Kashiwa Reysol | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| 6 | Sagan Tosu | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 15 |
| 7 | Kyoto Sanga | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| 8 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
| 9 | Cerezo Osaka | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 10 | Consadole Sapporo | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 13 |
| 11 | Avispa Fukuoka | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 11 |
| 12 | Júbilo Iwata | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 11 |
| 13 | Urawa Reds | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 14 | Gamba Osaka | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 10 |
| 15 | Nagoya Grampus | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 9 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 6 |
| 18 | Vissel Kobe | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -11 | 4 |
