2nd position in the J-League table for Kashima Antlers at present, a fine achievement. The match-going followers pray for more joy as 9th-placed Kyoto Sanga visit Kashima Soccer Stadium.
- Kashima Antlers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Kyoto Sanga haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
This promises to be an engaging game with lots of spark and excitement as both participants are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Get this show on the road!
Kashima Antlers form and stats
The J-League results playing at home this season for Kashima Antlers are 5-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Kashima's previous fixture was a Nabisco Cup game also played at home, finishing 2-1 versus Avispa Fukuoka. The home team hope to to build on that result.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Kashima Antlers home games with this odds we find 6 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 3 matches were won by at least two goals.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Kashima Antlers as they have a new game in only four days, a Emperor Cup match thankfully also at home. Omiya Ardija are visiting.
A decent goal production from Kashima Antlers in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 9 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 11 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Kashima's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Kyoto Sanga form and stats
2 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Kyoto Sanga playing as the away team in the J-League this season.
This game can not go any worse than the previous one, a Nabisco Cup home defeat versus Nagoya Grampus with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Kyoto Sanga manager Cho as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Shimizu S-Pulse.
Kyoto Sanga have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Kyoto have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Kashima Antlers six wins, one draw and Kyoto Sanga two victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Ueda 10 goals |   P. Utaka 8 goals |  Y. Suzuki 6 goals |
Kashima Antlers missing players
Kyoto Sanga missing players
| Kashima Antlers | Kyoto Sanga | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 27 | 16 | 8 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| 21 | 13 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 18 |
| 94% | 89% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 81% | 78% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 62% |
| 62% | 67% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 31% | 33% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 12% | 22% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 50% | 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 62% | 50% |
| 31% | 22% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 12% | 25% |
| 25% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 25% | 31% |
| 5.4 | 5.7 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| 5.3 | 4.9 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 6.4 | 5.4 |
| 1.2 | 0.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12.1 | 11.7 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.3 | 7.1 | 7.9 |
| 5.2 | 5 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| 32% | 36% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 45% | 36% |
| 9.1 | 8.7 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 12.6 | 11.6 |
| 3.6 | 2.9 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 5 | 5.1 |
- Kashima Antlers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Kyoto Sanga 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 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 31 |
| 2 | Kashima Antlers | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 30 |
| 3 | Kawasaki Frontale | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 30 |
| 4 | Kashiwa Reysol | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 27 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| 6 | Tokyo | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 25 |
| 7 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 24 |
| 8 | Sagan Tosu | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 24 |
| 9 | Kyoto Sanga | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 20 |
| 10 | Nagoya Grampus | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 20 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 17 | -11 | 20 |
| 12 | Avispa Fukuoka | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 19 |
| 13 | Gamba Osaka | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 17 |
| 14 | Urawa Reds | 16 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -1 | 15 |
| 15 | Júbilo Iwata | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 15 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -9 | 13 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | -10 | 13 |
| 18 | Vissel Kobe | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -8 | 11 |
