J-League duel: Close contest expected between Kashiwa Reysol and Shonan Bellmare

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Sat 05.November
Match begins: 05:00 (UTC)
Venue: SANKYO FRONTIER Kashiwa Stadium (15349 seats)

In total; 33 league matches are played and Kashiwa Reysol are 9 points on top of Shonan Bellmare. Who wins?

Insights:
  • Kashiwa Reysol have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Shonan Bellmare have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in J-League

Kashiwa Reysol can neither be promoted or relegated from J-League. Bellmare are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Kashiwa Reysol form and stats

6 victories, 3 draws and 7 defeats. That’s what Kashiwa Reysol have to build on here at SANKYO FRONTIER Kashiwa Stadium in the J-League. Two draws in a row at home now for Kashiwa Reysol.

The club members are hoping that Kashiwa Reysol will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the match against Avispa Fukuoka (placed 14th). The first setback in the shape of a defeat after going unbeaten through three league games. Koga was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.23 out of 10. The defender Koga won 10 of 18 duels.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Cerezo Osaka.

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 6 of these, drawn 1 and lost 8.

An interesting fact: 8 of the most recent 10 league games from these players have had at least one goal from each team.

Kashiwa has scored 21 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. On the other hand, Kashiwa Reysol have conceded 23 goals.

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Shonan Bellmare form and stats

4 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Shonan Bellmare, who have the fewest conceded goals (16) away in J-League, playing as the away team in the J-League this season.

Machino (2) and Yamamoto scored in Shonan Bellmare's previous match, the home game against Sagan Tosu that ended 3-0. Machino, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.92. Machino scored two goals and hit one key pass.

A 0-1 defeat away at Vissel Kobe before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Bellmare in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Shonan Bellmare, 5 draws and 4 defeats.

Low on goals? 14 of this club's most recent 18 league rounds have had zero, one or two goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Shonan Bellmare as they have only managed to score 14 times from 16 away games in the league.

Head 2 Head

Kashiwa Reysol have managed a sequence of 5 consecutive matches without defeat (3-2-0) when playing Shonan Bellmare.

Shonan Bellmare - Kashiwa 0-2 was the score in these participants' previous H2H game, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Shonan BellmareS. Machino
S. Machino
12 goals
Kashiwa ReysolM. Hosoya
M. Hosoya
8 goals
Kashiwa ReysolY. Muto
Y. Muto
7 goals

Kashiwa Reysol missing players

Shonan Bellmare missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Kashiwa Reysol Shonan Bellmare
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
13 6 3 Won W 0 4 9
8 3 0 Drew D 1 5 11
12 7 2 Lost L 4 7 13
42 21 6 Scored S 2 14 29
42 23 4 Conceded C 7 16 38
88% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 85%
61% 62% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 62% 64%
42% 44% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 25% 30%
30% 38% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 6% 12%
15% 19% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
48% 50% 20% BTTS BTTS 40% 38% 39%
33% 31% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 31% 36%
30% 31% 40% Failed to Score F T 60% 38% 39%
 
4.1 4.1 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 5 5
4.7 3.8 3.6 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.9 3.7
1.6 1.1 0.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.6 0.9 1.1
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
10.7 11.2 12 Shots (avg) S ( 9.4 10.6 11.7
4.2 4.1 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.5 3.8
30% 32% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 25% 23%
 
10.6 9.8 8.2 Shots against (avg) S A 12.2 10.9 10.2
3.5 3.4 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 3.4 3.8
Key stats in J-League this season:
  • Kashiwa Reysol have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Shonan Bellmare have the fewest conceded goals (16) away in J-League
  • Shonan Bellmare have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) 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 Yokohama F. Marinos 33 19 8 6 67 34 17 12 3 2 33 10 16 7 5 4 34 24 33 65
2 Kawasaki Frontale 33 19 6 8 62 40 17 14 1 2 38 18 16 5 5 6 24 22 22 63
3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 33 15 9 9 50 39 17 10 3 4 31 15 16 5 6 5 19 24 11 54
4 Cerezo Osaka 33 13 12 8 46 39 16 7 5 4 23 19 17 6 7 4 23 20 7 51
5 Kashima Antlers 33 13 12 8 47 42 16 7 5 4 25 22 17 6 7 4 22 20 5 51
6 Tokyo 33 14 7 12 44 40 16 8 5 3 25 12 17 6 2 9 19 28 4 49
7 Kashiwa Reysol 33 13 8 12 42 42 16 6 3 7 21 23 17 7 5 5 21 19 0 47
8 Urawa Reds 33 10 14 9 47 38 16 7 7 2 31 16 17 3 7 7 16 22 9 44
9 Nagoya Grampus 33 10 13 10 29 35 17 7 6 4 17 17 16 3 7 6 12 18 -6 43
10 Consadole Sapporo 33 10 12 11 41 52 16 6 6 4 21 21 17 4 6 7 20 31 -11 42
11 Sagan Tosu 33 9 14 10 43 42 16 5 8 3 21 11 17 4 6 7 22 31 1 41
12 Vissel Kobe 33 11 7 15 34 38 16 7 3 6 20 13 17 4 4 9 14 25 -4 40
13 Shonan Bellmare 33 9 11 13 29 38 17 5 6 6 15 22 16 4 5 7 14 16 -9 38
14 Avispa Fukuoka 33 9 10 14 28 37 17 5 6 6 17 18 16 4 4 8 11 19 -9 37
15 Gamba Osaka 33 9 9 15 33 44 17 4 6 7 18 21 16 5 3 8 15 23 -11 36
16 Kyoto Sanga 33 8 11 14 30 38 17 5 6 6 16 17 16 3 5 8 14 21 -8 35
17 Shimizu S-Pulse 33 7 12 14 41 50 17 2 8 7 20 29 16 5 4 7 21 21 -9 33
18 Júbilo Iwata 33 6 11 16 32 57 16 4 6 6 21 28 17 2 5 10 11 29 -25 29

Table
  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 33 19 8 6 67 34 17 12 3 2 33 10 16 7 5 4 34 24 33 65
2 Kawasaki Frontale 33 19 6 8 62 40 17 14 1 2 38 18 16 5 5 6 24 22 22 63
3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 33 15 9 9 50 39 17 10 3 4 31 15 16 5 6 5 19 24 11 54
4 Cerezo Osaka 33 13 12 8 46 39 16 7 5 4 23 19 17 6 7 4 23 20 7 51
5 Kashima Antlers 33 13 12 8 47 42 16 7 5 4 25 22 17 6 7 4 22 20 5 51
6 Tokyo 33 14 7 12 44 40 16 8 5 3 25 12 17 6 2 9 19 28 4 49
7 Kashiwa Reysol 33 13 8 12 42 42 16 6 3 7 21 23 17 7 5 5 21 19 0 47
8 Urawa Reds 33 10 14 9 47 38 16 7 7 2 31 16 17 3 7 7 16 22 9 44
9 Nagoya Grampus 33 10 13 10 29 35 17 7 6 4 17 17 16 3 7 6 12 18 -6 43
10 Consadole Sapporo 33 10 12 11 41 52 16 6 6 4 21 21 17 4 6 7 20 31 -11 42
11 Sagan Tosu 33 9 14 10 43 42 16 5 8 3 21 11 17 4 6 7 22 31 1 41
12 Vissel Kobe 33 11 7 15 34 38 16 7 3 6 20 13 17 4 4 9 14 25 -4 40
13 Shonan Bellmare 33 9 11 13 29 38 17 5 6 6 15 22 16 4 5 7 14 16 -9 38
14 Avispa Fukuoka 33 9 10 14 28 37 17 5 6 6 17 18 16 4 4 8 11 19 -9 37
15 Gamba Osaka 33 9 9 15 33 44 17 4 6 7 18 21 16 5 3 8 15 23 -11 36
16 Kyoto Sanga 33 8 11 14 30 38 17 5 6 6 16 17 16 3 5 8 14 21 -8 35
17 Shimizu S-Pulse 33 7 12 14 41 50 17 2 8 7 20 29 16 5 4 7 21 21 -9 33
18 Júbilo Iwata 33 6 11 16 32 57 16 4 6 6 21 28 17 2 5 10 11 29 -25 29

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