The Kashima Antlers & Urawa Reds head coaches Iwamasa and Skorża are both fearful of and eagerly anticipating this key fixture in the top area of the J-League positions.
- Kashima Antlers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Urawa Reds have the fewest conceded goals (22) in J-League
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a AFC Champions League game only four days ago.
Kashima Antlers form and stats
7 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Kashima Antlers have to build on here at Kashima Soccer Stadium in the J-League.
Kashima Antlers are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Vissel Kobe. Midfielder Matsumura was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.45 (out of ten) in that game. Matsumura scored one goal and hit two key passes.
0-0 away at Avispa Fukuoka before that.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Kashima Antlers have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 10 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 2 and lost 6.
Kashima has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Kashima Antlers are not conceding a lot of goals here at Kashima Soccer Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 14 matches.
Urawa Reds form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their J-League travels is 6 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.
This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, a AFC Champions League home defeat versus Pohang Steelers with 0-2 on the scoreboard.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Kashiwa Reysol.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Urawa Reds in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Urawa, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Low on goals? 9 of this club's last 11 league rounds have seen zero, one or two goals.
It's not easy to score on Urawa Reds as they have only conceded 12 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Kashima Antlers have avoided a loss in the last 4 matches (1-3-0) facing Urawa Reds.The former head to head encounter ended Urawa Reds - Kashima 0-0, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  Y. Suzuki 13 goals |  J. Kanté Martínez 7 goals | K. Chinen 5 goals |
Kashima Antlers missing players
Urawa Reds missing players
| Kashima Antlers | Urawa Reds | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 30 |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 40 | 20 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 15 | 37 |
| 29 | 13 | 9 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 22 |
| 87% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 80% | 77% |
| 67% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 67% |
| 47% | 50% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 27% | 33% |
| 23% | 14% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 7% | 13% |
| 3% | 7% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 47% | 43% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 33% | 43% |
| 47% | 57% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 47% | 43% |
| 20% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | 37% |
| 4.4 | 4.6 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
| 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10.2 | 6.3 | 5.1 |
| 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.4 | 10.8 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 10.1 | 12 |
| 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.2 | 4.1 |
| 37% | 40% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 31% | 30% |
| 10.8 | 11.7 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.8 | 12.1 | 11 |
| 2.6 | 2.9 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
- Kashima Antlers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Urawa Reds have the fewest conceded goals (12) away in J-League
- Urawa Reds have the fewest conceded goals (22) in J-League
| 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 | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 54 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 28 | 61 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 56 | 37 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 57 |
| 3 | Urawa Reds | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 37 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 53 |
| 4 | Nagoya Grampus | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 37 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 50 |
| 5 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 48 |
| 6 | Kashima Antlers | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 40 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 47 |
| 7 | Cerezo Osaka | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 38 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 46 |
| 8 | Avispa Fukuoka | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 35 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 22 | -3 | 45 |
| 9 | Kawasaki Frontale | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 43 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 2 | 42 |
| 10 | Tokyo | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 39 | 41 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 22 | -2 | 39 |
| 11 | Albirex Niigata | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 34 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 18 | -6 | 37 |
| 12 | Sagan Tosu | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 39 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 18 | -1 | 36 |
| 13 | Gamba Osaka | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 37 | 54 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 35 | -17 | 34 |
| 14 | Consadole Sapporo | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 51 | 57 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 34 | -6 | 33 |
| 15 | Kyoto Sanga | 30 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 33 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 23 | -7 | 33 |
| 16 | Kashiwa Reysol | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 28 | 42 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 20 | -14 | 29 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 36 | 53 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 25 | -17 | 27 |
| 18 | Yokohama | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 52 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 29 | -26 | 26 |
