5th position in the J-League table for Kashima Antlers so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 9th-placed Urawa Reds visits Kashima Soccer Stadium.
- Kashima Antlers has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in J-League
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the J-League. This match was also played here at Kashima Soccer Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Urawa Reds have had more rest.
Kashima Antlers form and stats
6-4-4 (win-draw-lost) are the J-League numbers at home for Kashima Antlers so far this season.
The Kashima crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-4 to Kashiwa Reysol here at Kashima Soccer Stadium in a J-League match. In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Vegalta Sendai.
Kashima Antlers has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 21 goals have been conceded.
Urawa Reds form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their J-League travels is 8 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
The manager T. Ōtsuki was unhappy after their last game, a J-League match played at their home ground Saitama Stadium 2002. Urawa suffered a 1-2 loss to Gamba Osaka (placed 2nd). Prior to that result Urawa won their away game at Vissel Kobe. The scoreline was 1-0.
The travelling fans enjoy Urawa's attacking play in away games, having scored 24 goals in 15 league matches away. Urawa have conceded 27 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Urawa Reds - Kashima 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Kashima Antlers victories, two draws and three Urawa Reds wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Stum 16 goals |  L. Nascimento Lopes de Souza 11 goals |  S. Koroki 9 goals |
Kashima Antlers missing players
Urawa Reds missing players
| Kashima Antlers | Urawa Reds | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 30 |
| 16 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 48 | 20 | 8 | Scored | S | 5 | 24 | 42 |
| 43 | 21 | 10 | Conceded | C | 12 | 27 | 47 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 93% |
| 81% | 86% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 73% |
| 55% | 43% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 53% | 53% |
| 35% | 36% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 30% |
| 19% | 21% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 27% | 17% |
| 58% | 57% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 50% |
| 13% | 21% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 27% |
| 29% | 21% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 20% | 30% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.7 | 12.9 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 9.9 | 9.8 |
| 4.7 | 5 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 33% | 29% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 62% | 46% | 40% |
- Kashima Antlers has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in J-League
- Kashima Antlers has the most points from losing position (19) in J-League
- Kashima Antlers 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 | Kawasaki Frontale | 30 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 79 | 25 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 11 | 54 | 75 |
| 2 | Gamba Osaka | 30 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 41 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 58 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 43 | 28 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 55 |
| 4 | Cerezo Osaka | 29 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 40 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 52 |
| 5 | Kashima Antlers | 31 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 48 | 43 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 28 | 22 | 5 | 52 |
| 6 | Tokyo | 32 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 45 | 42 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 3 | 51 |
| 7 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 33 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 68 | 56 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 42 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 12 | 47 |
| 8 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 44 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 47 |
| 9 | Urawa Reds | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 42 | 47 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 27 | -5 | 45 |
| 10 | Kashiwa Reysol | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 54 | 41 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 13 | 44 |
| 11 | Vissel Kobe | 33 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 50 | 58 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 28 | -8 | 36 |
| 12 | Oita Trinita | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 30 | 38 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 22 | -8 | 36 |
| 13 | Consadole Sapporo | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 41 | 52 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 26 | -11 | 34 |
| 14 | Sagan Tosu | 29 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 30 | 37 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 20 | -7 | 29 |
| 15 | Yokohama | 29 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 34 | 55 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 27 | -21 | 28 |
| 16 | Shonan Bellmare | 29 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 43 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 28 | -17 | 24 |
| 17 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 29 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 41 | 62 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 27 | 29 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 33 | -21 | 23 |
| 18 | Vegalta Sendai | 30 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 57 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 27 | -26 | 21 |