With their 7 point advantage in the league table, Kashima Antlers fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Vegalta Sendai.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Kashima Antlers and Vegalta Sendai.
Kashima Antlers form and stats
When playing at home in the J-League, Kashima Antlers have managed 2 wins, 3 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 6 games. Kashima have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
Kashima are returning here after visiting Nagoya Grampus in a J-League game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. R. Izumi, R. Araki and S. Doi scored the goal(s). A strong away win before that one, visiting Kashiwa Reysol and winning 3-2.
The manager A. Zago will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Shimizu S-Pulse in only three days.
Kashima have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Kashima Soccer Stadium with 11 goals in 6 league matches. Kashima have conceded 9 from these games.
Vegalta Sendai form and stats
The visitors are W2-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the J-League.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a J-League home defeat versus Gamba Osaka with 1-4 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Oita Trinita in just four days.
Vegalta are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 6 games (in the league). Vegalta Sendai's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 10 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Kashima Antlers won six, Vegalta Sendai won four and zero draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Stum 8 goals |  S. Doi 4 goals | R. Araki 2 goals |
Kashima Antlers missing players
Vegalta Sendai missing players
| Kashima Antlers | Vegalta Sendai | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 24 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 22 | 9 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 77% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 54% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 31% |
| 20% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 60% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 83% | 77% |
| 7% | 17% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 33% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 5.3 | 4.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| 4.1 | 3.6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.3 | 5.7 |
| 1.6 | 1.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 176 | 78 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 45 | 126 |
| 67 | 33 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 12 | 46 |
| 33% | 27% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 58% | 30% |
- All of Kashima Antlers's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Kashima Antlers have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Kashima Antlers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Vegalta Sendai have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Vegalta Sendai haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 31 | 38 |
| 2 | Cerezo Osaka | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 30 |
| 3 | Tokyo | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 28 |
| 4 | Nagoya Grampus | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 24 |
| 5 | Kashiwa Reysol | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
| 6 | Gamba Osaka | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 23 |
| 7 | Urawa Reds | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -5 | 23 |
| 8 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 21 |
| 9 | Kashima Antlers | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 21 |
| 10 | Vissel Kobe | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 7 | -2 | 19 |
| 11 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| 12 | Consadole Sapporo | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -10 | 14 |
| 13 | Yokohama | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -12 | 14 |
| 14 | Oita Trinita | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -10 | 12 |
| 15 | Vegalta Sendai | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -9 | 11 |
| 16 | Sagan Tosu | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 10 |
| 17 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -12 | 9 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -13 | 5 |