Read up on this appealing game in the J-League. Kashima Antlers is in the 10th place from participating in five fixtures. They host Sanfrecce Hiroshima who are placed 9th from five matches.
- Kashima Antlers have yet to win a game at home.
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have not yet lost a game away.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
This has all the signs of an action-packed match with lots of action and excitement as both teams are well refreshed since they last played a game. Game on!
Kashima Antlers form and stats
The story so far in the J-League for Kashima Antlers at their home stadium (Kashima Soccer Stadium) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
The supporters hope that Kashima Antlers will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away defeat in the Nabisco Cup fixture against Albirex Niigata.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Yokohama F. Marinos (1-2).Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Avispa Fukuoka are coming to town in four days.
At Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima Antlers has the goal stats of 1-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima form and stats
Four points from two away games for Sanfrecce Hiroshima, meaning one draw and one victory in the J-League so far.
This game can not go any worse than the previous one, a Nabisco Cup home loss versus Nagoya Grampus with 1-2 on the scoreboard.
Before that, Sanfrecce Hiroshima secured a home win against Kashiwa Reysol with the score 1-0.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Sanfrecce manager Skibbe as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Vissel Kobe.
It's early days yet, but Sanfrecce Hiroshima has scored 3 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Kashima Antlers victories, three draws and four Sanfrecce Hiroshima wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  Y. Suzuki 2 goals | K. Chinen 2 goals |  T. Shiotani 2 goals |
Kashima Antlers missing players
Sanfrecce Hiroshima missing players
| Kashima Antlers | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 60% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 60% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 4 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.5 | 7.6 |
| 3.6 | 2.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7.5 | 3.4 |
| 1.6 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.6 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 14.5 | 17 |
| 3 | 2.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.5 | 5.6 |
| 47% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 18% |
| 8.2 | 10.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 10.5 | 7.8 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.5 | 3.2 |
- All of Sanfrecce Hiroshima's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Kashima Antlers have yet to win a game at home.
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have not yet lost a game away.
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Kashima Antlers | Last season | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 15 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Drew | D | 7 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 47 | 25 | Scored | S | 21 | 52 | ||
| 42 | 22 | Conceded | C | 26 | 41 | ||
| 91% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 91% | ||
| 76% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 82% | ||
| 44% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 59% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 41% | 29% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 9% | ||
| 53% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 50% | ||
| 29% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 35% | ||
| 26% | 35% | Failed to Score | F T | 35% | 24% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.1 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 0.9 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11.7 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.6 | 14.1 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.9 | ||
| 31% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 32% | ||
| 11 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 10.4 | ||
| 3.7 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.2 | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | Avispa Fukuoka | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Kyoto Sanga | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | Urawa Reds | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 7 | Tokyo | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 8 | Albirex Niigata | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | Kashima Antlers | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 | Shonan Bellmare | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 13 | Cerezo Osaka | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 14 | Kawasaki Frontale | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 5 |
| 15 | Sagan Tosu | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 4 |
| 16 | Gamba Osaka | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 3 |
| 17 | Kashiwa Reysol | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 2 |
| 18 | Yokohama | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -8 | 1 |
