J-League match preview and statistics: Kashima Antlers fight Urawa Reds

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Competition: Japan J-League
Date: Sat 02.November
Match begins: 07:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kashima Soccer Stadium (40728 seats)

Kashima Antlers perform at a high level so far being 1st in the table. Urawa Reds can look both up and down from their 12th position.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

Kashima Antlers are battling for top spots and have everything to play for. Urawa Reds are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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Kashima Antlers form and stats

Kashima Antlers, who have the the best goal difference (+26) in J-League, are steadily winning J-League games and points here at Kashima Soccer Stadium. 10 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 14 games. The Kashima Antlers fans aren't used to losing here at Kashima Soccer Stadium and will expect new points from this game. Kashima Antlers has played 13 games in a row here without a defeat.

Kashima Antlers drew their last game, 1-1 away at Matsumoto Yamaga (placed 17th). Before that, Kashima Antlers drew at home versus Kawasaki Frontale.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (28 in 14 games), Kashima Antlers's attacking play is working. From these home matches, Kashima Antlers have conceded only 10 goals.

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Urawa Reds form and stats

5-5-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Urawa Reds in their J-League matches away. Urawa Reds has drawn their two previous away games.

The manager T. Ōtsuki was unhappy after their last game, a J-League match played at their home ground Kashima Soccer Stadium. Urawa Reds suffered a 0-1 loss to Oita Trinita (placed 7th). A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Shimizu S-Pulse.

Urawa Reds are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 14 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Urawa Reds have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Urawa Reds - Kashima Antlers 1-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Kashima Antlers won 6, Urawa Reds won 2 and 2 draws. 5 games with over 2,5 goals, 5 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Urawa RedsS. Koroki
S. Koroki
12 goals
Kashima AntlersSerginho
Serginho
11 goals / 2 assists
Kashima AntlersS. Ito
S. Ito
7 goals / 1 assists

Kashima Antlers missing players

Urawa Reds missing players

Kashima Antlers Urawa Reds
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 3 14 29
16 10 1 Won W 1 5 9
8 3 2 Drew D 1 5 8
5 1 1 Lost L 1 4 12
51 28 5 Scored S 4 16 30
25 10 5 Conceded C 5 18 42
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
79% 86% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 79% 76%
48% 57% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 36% 45%
28% 21% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 21% 21%
7% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 7%
55% 50% 75% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 52%
41% 50% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 21%
3% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 31%
 
5 5.3 5.5 Corners For (avg) C F 3.3 3.6 4
4.9 4 3.8 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.3 5.3 4.8
0.9 1 0.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.6 1.3
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 2
Key stats This season:
  • Kashima Antlers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Kashima Antlers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Kashima Antlers have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Kashima Antlers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Kashima Antlers
All Emperor Cup FIFA Club World Cup Nabisco Cup AFC Champions League J-League
All Home Away Home vs mid
28-09-19 JL Kashima Antlers 1 - 1 Consadole Sapporo
06-10-19 JL Cerezo Osaka 0 - 1 Kashima Antlers
09-10-19 NC Kawasaki Frontale 3 - 1 Kashima Antlers
13-10-19 NC Kashima Antlers 0 - 0 Kawasaki Frontale
18-10-19 JL Matsumoto Yamaga 1 - 1 Kashima Antlers
23-10-19 EC Kashima Antlers 12:00 Honda
02-11-19 JL Kashima Antlers 07:00 Urawa Reds
09-11-19 JL Kashima Antlers 06:00 Kawasaki Frontale
23-11-19 JL Sanfrecce Hiroshima 06:00 Kashima Antlers
30-11-19 JL Kashima Antlers 06:00 Vissel Kobe
Urawa Reds
All Emperor Cup FIFA Club World Cup AFC Champions League Nabisco Cup J-League
All Home Away Away vs top
25-09-19 EC Urawa Reds 0 - 2 Honda
28-09-19 JL Sagan Tosu 3 - 3 Urawa Reds
02-10-19 ACL Urawa Reds 2 - 0 Guangzhou Evergrande
06-10-19 JL Urawa Reds 2 - 1 Shimizu S-Pulse
18-10-19 JL Urawa Reds 0 - 1 Oita Trinita
23-10-19 ACL Guangzhou Evergrande 14:00 Urawa Reds
02-11-19 JL Kashima Antlers 07:00 Urawa Reds
09-11-19 JL Sanfrecce Hiroshima 06:00 Urawa Reds
23-11-19 JL Urawa Reds 06:00 Kawasaki Frontale
30-11-19 JL Tokyo 06:00 Urawa Reds

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kashima Antlers 29 16 8 5 51 25 14 10 3 1 28 10 15 6 5 4 23 15 26 56
2 Tokyo 29 17 5 7 41 24 15 12 0 3 27 11 14 5 5 4 14 13 17 56
3 Yokohama F. Marinos 29 17 4 8 54 34 15 10 3 2 30 12 14 7 1 6 24 22 20 55
4 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 29 14 8 7 42 25 14 6 5 3 19 10 15 8 3 4 23 15 17 50
5 Cerezo Osaka 29 15 4 10 33 22 14 7 2 5 17 9 15 8 2 5 16 13 11 49
6 Kawasaki Frontale 29 12 12 5 48 28 15 4 9 2 18 12 14 8 3 3 30 16 20 48
7 Oita Trinita 29 11 10 8 32 27 14 6 3 5 16 11 15 5 7 3 16 16 5 43
8 Consadole Sapporo 29 11 7 11 45 41 14 6 4 4 25 18 15 5 3 7 20 23 4 40
9 Gamba Osaka 29 8 11 10 41 43 15 5 6 4 22 17 14 3 5 6 19 26 -2 35
10 Vissel Kobe 29 10 5 14 51 54 14 5 3 6 26 25 15 5 2 8 25 29 -3 35
11 Vegalta Sendai 29 10 5 14 34 40 15 7 4 4 21 19 14 3 1 10 13 21 -6 35
12 Urawa Reds 29 9 8 12 30 42 15 4 3 8 14 24 14 5 5 4 16 18 -12 35
13 Shimizu S-Pulse 29 10 5 14 41 62 14 6 0 8 18 37 15 4 5 6 23 25 -21 35
14 Nagoya Grampus 29 8 9 12 41 44 14 6 2 6 19 17 15 2 7 6 22 27 -3 33
15 Sagan Tosu 29 9 5 15 30 48 14 6 2 6 19 26 15 3 3 9 11 22 -18 32
16 Shonan Bellmare 29 9 4 16 37 57 15 4 3 8 18 31 14 5 1 8 19 26 -20 31
17 Matsumoto Yamaga 29 6 11 12 18 32 15 2 7 6 9 16 14 4 4 6 9 16 -14 29
18 Júbilo Iwata 29 5 7 17 22 43 15 1 5 9 14 26 14 4 2 8 8 17 -21 22

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