The hosts, Kashima Antlers, should be front runners in this game, but Tokyo have exhibited both capability and mettle. Read more about the fixture!
- Kashima Antlers is in the best form (5-0-1) in J-League
- Tokyo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Kashima Antlers form and stats
The story so far in the J-League for Kashima Antlers at their home stadium (Kashima Soccer Stadium) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of five straight victories regardless of arena.
The Kashima goalkeeper Tomoki Hayakawa is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 455 minutes without conceding a goal in the J-League.
Kashima Antlers's last game was hosting Nagoya Grampus (placed 4th) and winning 2-0. Defender Sekigawa got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.7/10. Sekigawa won 6 of 8 duels.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Cerezo Osaka with a 1-0 scoreline.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Kashima handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
One betting fact: This team have played 5 league games in a row with only one (or none) team finding the net.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Kashima Antlers, as the Nabisco Cup home game vs Kashiwa Reysol is only four days away.
Kashima have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Kashima Soccer Stadium with 9 goals in 6 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.
Tokyo form and stats
There's been little loot from Tokyo's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 7 away games in the J-League. Tokyo only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Tokyo are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Impressive finishing from Tokumoto and Abe secured the home win 2-1 against Kawasaki Frontale in their previous game. Defender Tokumoto was the best team player with a rating of 8.81. Tokumoto scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and won 7 of 10 duels.
A 1-5 defeat away at Consadole Sapporo before that.Tokyo are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 0 draws and 9 defeats. From a total of 11 matches.
A quick return to home after this game, as Tokyo are hosting Cerezo Osaka in the Nabisco Cup only four days away.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Tokyo as they have only managed to score 4 times from 7 away games in the league. As for defending, Tokyo rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 11 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Kashima Antlers four wins, one draw and Tokyo five victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  Y. Suzuki 7 goals | K. Chinen 4 goals |  T. Nakagawa 4 goals |
Kashima Antlers missing players
Tokyo missing players
| Kashima Antlers | Tokyo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| 13 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 11 | 18 |
| 92% | 83% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 86% | 92% |
| 69% | 83% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 57% | 77% |
| 46% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 29% | 54% |
| 23% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 23% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 8% |
| 38% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 62% |
| 54% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 14% | 15% |
| 15% | 17% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 57% | 31% |
| 3.8 | 4 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.8 |
| 4.7 | 4.3 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
| 1.4 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.5 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.8 | 10.2 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 8.1 | 9.3 |
| 3.4 | 3.7 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.6 | 3.4 |
| 43% | 41% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 22% | 36% |
| 9.5 | 11.2 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 11.1 | 11.2 |
| 2.3 | 3.2 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.1 | 4.4 |
- Kashima Antlers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Kashima Antlers have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Tokyo have scored away.
- Kashima Antlers is in the best form (5-0-1) in J-League
- Tokyo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Tokyo have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 20 | 29 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 24 |
| 3 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 23 |
| 4 | Nagoya Grampus | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 23 |
| 5 | Kashima Antlers | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 22 |
| 6 | Urawa Reds | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 |
| 7 | Cerezo Osaka | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 20 |
| 8 | Consadole Sapporo | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 19 |
| 9 | Avispa Fukuoka | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 19 |
| 10 | Kawasaki Frontale | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 18 |
| 11 | Tokyo | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -2 | 18 |
| 12 | Albirex Niigata | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 16 |
| 13 | Sagan Tosu | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -5 | 15 |
| 14 | Kyoto Sanga | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -5 | 13 |
| 15 | Shonan Bellmare | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | -1 | 11 |
| 16 | Kashiwa Reysol | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -8 | 11 |
| 17 | Yokohama | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -20 | 9 |
| 18 | Gamba Osaka | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 20 | -15 | 7 |
