J-League preview: Can Kashima Antlers edge out victory against Shonan Bellmare?

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Sun 11.June
Match begins: 09:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kashima Soccer Stadium (40728 seats)

Kashima Antlers have enginereed 2 home victories this season, Shonan Bellmare have won 1 away. Who betters their standings in this one?

Insights:
  • Kashima Antlers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Shonan Bellmare have the fewest clean sheets (0) in J-League

It's no vacation for neither Kashima Antlers nor Shonan Bellmare as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Kashima Antlers form and stats

Kashima Antlers have played 7 J-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-3 (wins-draws-losses). The last three games played by Kashima Antlers, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.

Kashima's previous fixture was a Emperor Cup game also played at home, ending 3-0 against Honda. The home team hope to to repeat that performance.

A 0-0 draw away in the J-League before that, with Urawa Reds the opponent.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Kashima Antlers have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 5 and lost 2.

Kashima Antlers has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. On the other hand, Kashima have conceded 10 goals.

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Shonan Bellmare form and stats

There's been little loot from Shonan Bellmare's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 7 away games in the J-League. Shonan Bellmare only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 3 draws. Shonan Bellmare has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

The supporters enjoyed Shonan Bellmare's previous match versus Thank Kuriyama, a Emperor Cup win (6-1) played at home.

A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Albirex Niigata in the J-League.

We have checked recent matches where Shonan Bellmare have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 12 games were 2 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats.

Bellmare are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 7 away games so far. In the opposite end, Shonan Bellmare have conceded 11 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Kashima Antlers have put together a sequence of 5 consecutive matches without losing (4-1-0) when facing Shonan Bellmare.

Top Goalscorers

Kashima AntlersY. Suzuki
Y. Suzuki
8 goals
Shonan BellmareS. Machino
S. Machino
8 goals
Kashima AntlersK. Chinen
K. Chinen
4 goals

Kashima Antlers missing players

Shonan Bellmare missing players

Kashima Antlers Shonan Bellmare
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 7 1 Played P 4 7 15
7 2 1 Won W 1 1 2
4 2 0 Drew D 2 3 6
5 3 0 Lost L 1 3 7
22 10 4 Scored S 9 11 23
16 10 0 Conceded C 6 11 27
88% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
69% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 93%
44% 57% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 57% 60%
25% 29% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 43% 47%
6% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 14% 20%
44% 57% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 71% 73%
50% 43% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
19% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 27%
 
3.7 3.9 3 Corners for (avg) C F 7 6.7 6.3
4.8 4.7 2 Corners against (avg) C A 2.8 4.6 5
1.4 0.9 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.7 1.7
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.4 9.7 13 Shots (avg) S ( 14.8 12.6 12.9
3.5 3.7 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 5.7 5
39% 38% 57% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 28% 31%
 
9.8 11.3 9 Shots against (avg) S A 11.2 14.4 14.5
2.3 3.1 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 5.6 5.9
Key stats in J-League this season:
  • Kashima Antlers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Shonan Bellmare have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Shonan Bellmare have the fewest clean sheets (0) in J-League
  • Shonan Bellmare have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in J-League
  • Shonan Bellmare haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 15 10 3 2 32 11 9 6 1 2 17 6 6 4 2 0 15 5 21 33
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 16 10 3 3 33 17 7 5 2 0 17 4 9 5 1 3 16 13 16 33
3 Nagoya Grampus 16 9 5 2 23 13 8 4 4 0 11 6 8 5 1 2 12 7 10 32
4 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 16 9 2 5 22 15 8 5 1 2 11 6 8 4 1 3 11 9 7 29
5 Urawa Reds 15 8 4 3 20 12 7 5 1 1 13 7 8 3 3 2 7 5 8 28
6 Cerezo Osaka 16 8 2 6 21 18 8 4 1 3 11 9 8 4 1 3 10 9 3 26
7 Consadole Sapporo 16 7 4 5 37 31 8 3 1 4 16 14 8 4 3 1 21 17 6 25
8 Kashima Antlers 16 7 4 5 22 16 7 2 2 3 10 10 9 5 2 2 12 6 6 25
9 Sagan Tosu 16 6 4 6 18 20 8 3 2 3 9 12 8 3 2 3 9 8 -2 22
10 Kawasaki Frontale 15 6 3 6 19 18 7 2 3 2 7 6 8 4 0 4 12 12 1 21
11 Avispa Fukuoka 16 5 5 6 16 20 9 5 2 2 10 8 7 0 3 4 6 12 -4 20
12 Tokyo 16 5 4 7 21 25 7 4 1 2 14 10 9 1 3 5 7 15 -4 19
13 Albirex Niigata 16 4 5 7 18 25 8 3 2 3 10 13 8 1 3 4 8 12 -7 17
14 Kyoto Sanga 16 4 1 11 17 27 8 2 0 6 6 13 8 2 1 5 11 14 -10 13
15 Gamba Osaka 16 3 4 9 18 32 7 1 3 3 8 10 9 2 1 6 10 22 -14 13
16 Shonan Bellmare 15 2 6 7 23 27 8 1 3 4 12 16 7 1 3 3 11 11 -4 12
17 Kashiwa Reysol 16 2 6 8 13 24 9 1 4 4 10 17 7 1 2 4 3 7 -11 12
18 Yokohama 16 3 3 10 13 35 9 2 1 6 8 19 7 1 2 4 5 16 -22 12