This game involves two teams living in the cellar of the J-League, Kashiwa Reysol holding 18th spot and Albirex Niigata lying 13th. A nice chance for one of the sides to improve their position.
- Kashiwa Reysol have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Albirex Niigata have the most conceded goals in the first half (16) in J-League
Kashiwa Reysol and Albirex Niigata should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Kashiwa Reysol form and stats
With 1 J-League win, 4 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Kashiwa Reysol are certainly not brimming with confidence. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Kashiwa Reysol to get some points in this home game.
The Kashiwa Reysol regulars got no joy from their last game, a J-League Cup duel also played here at SANKYO FRONTIER Kashiwa Stadium: A 0-1 defeat against Avispa Fukuoka.
Heartbreak before that as Kashiwa lost 3-4 at Yokohama F. Marinos's place.This is expected to be a close game, with Kashiwa Reysol perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Kashiwa Reysol as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Kashiwa Reysol has won 5 of these, drawn 3 and lost 7.
Kashiwa Reysol are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Kashiwa Reysol have conceded 17 from these games. Kashiwa has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Albirex Niigata form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Albirex Niigata so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-4 (win-draw-lose).
Two away games in a row for Albirex Niigata, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Kashima Antlers in the J-League Cup.
The game before that, in the J-League, was lost at home, a 1-3 defeat against Kyoto Sanga.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by Albirex Niigata in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Albirex Niigata, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
Albirex struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 12 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Oddly enough, the last time Albirex Niigata kept a "clean sheet" was also versus this opponent, six league games ago (Albirex Niigata - Kashiwa Reysol 0-0). H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Kashiwa Reysol four wins, four draws and Albirex Niigata two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Hosoya 5 goals |  S. Ota 4 goals | M. Gonçalves Sávio 3 goals |
Kashiwa Reysol missing players
Albirex Niigata missing players
| Kashiwa Reysol | Albirex Niigata | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 16 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 19 |
| 28 | 17 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 28 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 65% | 78% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 76% |
| 35% | 44% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | 65% |
| 18% | 22% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 41% |
| 12% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 47% | 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | 65% |
| 12% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 47% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 29% |
| 5.4 | 5.9 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.4 | 5.1 |
| 4.3 | 3.4 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.2 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.2 | 13.3 | 19.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 11.4 | 13.1 |
| 3.8 | 4 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.8 | 4.5 |
| 25% | 28% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 27% | 25% |
| 12.3 | 11.9 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 11.9 | 12.4 |
| 4.7 | 5 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.8 | 4.3 |
- Albirex Niigata have the most conceded goals in the first half (16) in J-League
- Kashiwa Reysol have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Kashiwa Reysol haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 37 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 36 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 35 |
| 3 | Vissel Kobe | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 20 | 33 |
| 4 | Urawa Reds | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 29 |
| 5 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 29 |
| 6 | Cerezo Osaka | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 29 |
| 7 | Kashima Antlers | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 28 |
| 8 | Consadole Sapporo | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 26 |
| 9 | Kawasaki Frontale | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 24 |
| 10 | Sagan Tosu | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 23 |
| 11 | Avispa Fukuoka | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 20 |
| 12 | Tokyo | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -6 | 19 |
| 13 | Albirex Niigata | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -9 | 17 |
| 14 | Kyoto Sanga | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 20 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 15 | -8 | 16 |
| 15 | Gamba Osaka | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -12 | 16 |
| 16 | Yokohama | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -22 | 13 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | -5 | 12 |
| 18 | Kashiwa Reysol | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -12 | 12 |
