After the first game it's Kashima Antlers - Kawasaki Frontale 3-0 in points. Who will conquer the points in this second J-League fixture of the season?
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Kashima Antlers form and stats
Last season, Kashima Antlers's league stats were 13 wins, 13 draws and 8 losses, producing 4th place in the J-League. In these 34 matches they scored {47 goals} and conceded 42. Performing as the host team in the last season Kashima Antlers managed 7-6-4 (win-draw-lost) with {25 goals} and 22 conceded.
The Kashima Antlers goalkeeper Tomoki Hayakawa is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 315 minutes without conceding a goal in the J-League.
It's back home for Kashima, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Kyoto Sanga away with the result 2-0. Pituca and Chinen found the net in that victory. Tsunemoto was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.84 out of 10. The defender Tsunemoto won 11 of 14 duels.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Gamba Osaka that ended 0-0.Kawasaki Frontale form and stats
Let's have a look at how Kawasaki Frontale performed last season in the J-League: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 20 victories, 6 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 65 and conceded {42 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 5 and lost 6 with 27/24 goals scored/conceded.
The manager Oniki was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium. Kawasaki Frontale suffered a 1-2 loss to Yokohama F. Marinos (placed 4th). Tachibanada has scored for this team three fixtures in a row. The efficiency! Sasaki was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.42. The defender Sasaki served one assist, hit four key passes and won 10 of 10 duels.
Preceding that, 3-3 away against Consadole Sapporo in the J.League Asia Challenge.
Head 2 Head
The 5 most recent games featuring these two teams have all ended as Kawasaki Frontale wins. Another one?Top Goalscorers
![]() D. Evaristo 1 goals | ![]() K. Chinen 1 goals | ![]() K. Tachibanada 1 goals |
Kashima Antlers missing players
Kawasaki Frontale missing players
| Kashima Antlers | Kawasaki Frontale | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Kashima Antlers | Last season | Kawasaki Frontale | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 27 | |||
| 5 | Tryum | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | -3 | 22 |
| 6 | Swetes | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 17 | -4 | 21 |
| 7 | Willikies | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 20 |
| 8 | SAP | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 37 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 19 |
| 9 | Ottos Rangers | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | -3 | 19 |
| 10 | Hoppers | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | -1 | 18 |
| 11 | Empire | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 17 |
| 12 | Parham | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -7 | 15 |
| 13 | Pigotts Bullets | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -9 | 14 |
| 14 | Blue Jays | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -17 | 7 |
| 15 | Five Islands | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 47 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 26 | -35 | 3 |
| 16 | Liberta | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -27 | -4 |