The Kashima Antlers & Kawasaki Frontale managers A. Zago and T. Oniki are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the J-League league table.
Kashima Antlers and Kawasaki Frontale should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Kashima Antlers form and stats
Kashima Antlers have played 12 J-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Kashima are returning here after visiting Yokohama F. Marinos in a J-League game and winning with a 3-2 scoreline. Everaldo, A. Ueda and Y. Endo scored the goal(s). Before that game, the home loss against Nagoya Grampus with the scoreline 0-2.
A very satisfying win for Kashima against Yokohama F. Marinos last time out as a late comeback secured the victory after trailing 0-2. The win was secured through Y. Endo's goal in the 84th minute. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of A. Zago when Y. Endo scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute.
A decent goal production from Kashima in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 12 league matches. On the other hand, Kashima have conceded 16 goals.
Kawasaki Frontale form and stats
The strength of Kawasaki Frontale, who have the most scored goals (70) in J-League, on their travels this season is incredible with 31 points collected from 12 J-League away games. Kawasaki Frontale has 10-1-1 on the road, with 33 goals scored and 9 conceded. Kawasaki has been amazing away for a time now, winning five in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Vissel Kobe.
Kawasaki's previous game was their home loss versus Consadole Sapporo (0-2). Before that, Kawasaki secured a home win against Tokyo with the score 2-1.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Yokohama F. Marinos in just four days.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 33 goals in 12 league games away this season. It's not easy to score on Kawasaki as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Kashima Antlers and Kawasaki Frontale have met before this season: Kawasaki Frontale - Kashima 2-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - four - five (Kashima Antlers wins - draws - Kawasaki Frontale wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Stum 14 goals |   L. da Silva dos Santos 12 goals | Y. Kobayashi 12 goals |
Kashima Antlers missing players
Kawasaki Frontale missing players
| Kashima Antlers | Kawasaki Frontale | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 26 |
| 15 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 43 | 18 | 3 | Scored | S | 8 | 33 | 70 |
| 37 | 16 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 22 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 79% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 81% |
| 54% | 42% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 69% |
| 32% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 58% | 54% |
| 18% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 31% |
| 54% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 50% | 54% |
| 14% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 42% | 38% |
| 32% | 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 8% | 12% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 356 | 151 | 47 | Total Shots | T S | 49 | 164 | 408 |
| 129 | 59 | 19 | Shots on Target | S O | 21 | 73 | 173 |
| 32% | 27% | 16% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 45% | 40% |
- Kashima Antlers has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in J-League
- Kashima Antlers has the most points from losing position (18) in J-League
- Kashima Antlers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Kawasaki Frontale has the fewest conceded goals (22) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale has the fewest conceded goals (9) away in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale has the most points (31) away in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale has the most scored goals (33) away in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale has the most scored goals (70) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale has the most scored goals in the first half (26) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale has the most scored goals in the second half (44) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale has the the best goal difference (+24) away in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale has the the best goal difference (+48) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Kawasaki Frontale haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Kawasaki Frontale is in the best form (5-0-1)
| 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 | 26 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 70 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 9 | 48 | 68 |
| 2 | Gamba Osaka | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 52 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 27 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 39 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 49 |
| 4 | Cerezo Osaka | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 38 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 49 |
| 5 | Kashima Antlers | 28 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 43 | 37 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 6 | 48 |
| 6 | Tokyo | 29 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 42 | 39 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 47 |
| 7 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 61 | 50 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 11 | 44 |
| 8 | Urawa Reds | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 38 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 21 | -1 | 42 |
| 9 | Kashiwa Reysol | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 49 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 41 |
| 10 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 39 |
| 11 | Vissel Kobe | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 49 | 52 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 25 | -3 | 36 |
| 12 | Oita Trinita | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 22 | -8 | 33 |
| 13 | Consadole Sapporo | 27 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 35 | 49 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 25 | -14 | 30 |
| 14 | Yokohama | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 30 | 50 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 26 | -20 | 24 |
| 15 | Sagan Tosu | 25 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 34 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -10 | 22 |
| 16 | Shonan Bellmare | 25 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 39 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 25 | -18 | 17 |
| 17 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 34 | 55 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 24 | 28 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 27 | -21 | 17 |
| 18 | Vegalta Sendai | 25 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 49 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 27 | -26 | 14 |