Fasten your seatbelt before the show! The leading antagonists are Kashima Antlers and Yokohama F. Marinos, a win is the objective and 90 minutes the playing time.
- Kashima Antlers is in the best form (5-0-1) in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have yet to win a game away.
It's no vacation for neither Kashima Antlers nor Yokohama F. Marinos as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Kashima Antlers form and stats
3 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Kashima Antlers have to build on here at Kashima Soccer Stadium in the J-League. 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.
A strong away win for Kashima against Avispa Fukuoka the last match, as Ueda were on target. The goalie Kwoun was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.45 out of ten. Kwoun topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Shimizu S-Pulse.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 six matches with the results: Won one, drawn three and lost two.
Kashima are traveling soon after this match as the Nabisco Cup match at Cerezo Osaka awaits in three days.
Kashima Antlers has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches.
Yokohama F. Marinos form and stats
The J-League season is young and Yokohama F. Marinos have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far.
Yokohama play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Sanfrecce Hiroshima (placed 10th). Iwata was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 6.83. The defender Iwata won 4 of 6 duels.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Tokyo.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Yokohama F. Marinos playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were four Yokohama F. Marinos wins, two draws and four defeats.
The attacking power of Yokohama F. Marinos when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away. Many of these goals have come late in the games; more than 55 percent (21 goals) after the 60th minute.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Kashima victories, one draw and two Yokohama F. Marinos wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Ueda 5 goals |  Y. Suzuki 3 goals |  T. Nakagawa 3 goals |
Kashima Antlers missing players
Yokohama F. Marinos missing players
| Kashima Antlers | Yokohama F. Marinos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 71% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 43% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 44% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 43% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 56% |
| 43% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 14% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 22% |
| 6.9 | 6.8 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 5.7 | 5.4 |
| 4.7 | 4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| 1.6 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 1.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | 10 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 8 | 13.4 |
| 6.1 | 4.5 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2 | 5.3 |
| 26% | 28% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 33% | 29% |
| 7.3 | 7.2 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 13.7 | 10.9 |
| 3.3 | 2.8 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 5.7 | 3.9 |
- All of Yokohama F. Marinos's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- 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 at least twice as many goals at home as Yokohama F. Marinos have scored away.
- Kashima Antlers have the most points from losing position (6) in J-League
- Kashima Antlers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Kashima Antlers is in the best form (5-0-1) in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have yet to win a 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 | Kashima Antlers | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 |
| 2 | Kawasaki Frontale | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 3 | Kashiwa Reysol | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | Tokyo | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 6 | Sagan Tosu | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 7 | Cerezo Osaka | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | Urawa Reds | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Gamba Osaka | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 11 | Kyoto Sanga | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | -1 | 9 |
| 12 | Nagoya Grampus | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 13 | Avispa Fukuoka | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 14 | Júbilo Iwata | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 6 |
| 15 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 16 | Consadole Sapporo | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 6 |
| 17 | Vissel Kobe | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -10 | 4 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 2 |
