A important fixture in J-League as both contenders are battling for the top spots. With Kawasaki Frontale in 4th position and Kashima Antlers at 3rd, this is almost guaranteed to be a thriling duel. Read on to learn more!
- Kawasaki Frontale have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
This should be an absorbing fixture with lots of spark and bustle as both participants are well recovered since they last played a game. Bring it on!
Kawasaki Frontale form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium as Kawasaki Frontale have scored 20 goals to get 25 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the J-League are 8-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
A good away victory last time out for Kawasaki Frontale, who won 4-1 against Avispa Fukuoka (placed 13th). Marcinho was absolutely essential when Kawasaki beat Avispa Fukuoka 4-1, scoring three goals. The striker Ienaga was declared "man of the match" for Kawasaki Frontale with a rating of 8.7/10. Ienaga scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes and had 60 successful passes (of 65 total).
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Kawasaki handle that role? We have found 6 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Goals keep coming in this team's league rounds, with 5 in a row featuring three or more goals (over 2.5).
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Sagan Tosu are coming to town in four days.
A decent goal production from Kawasaki Frontale in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 11 league matches. Kawasaki Frontale have conceded 13 in these home matches.
Kashima Antlers form and stats
Playing away, Kashima Antlers have won 5 games, drawn 4 and suffered 3 defeats in the J-League this season.
Kashima has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Shonan Bellmare for a 1-1 draw. The draw against Shonan Bellmare came from a losing position. The Kashima Antlers manager Iwamasa brought on Everaldo as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Defender Sekigawa was the best team player with a rating of 7.45. Sekigawa won 7 of 10 duels.
Before that, Kashima Antlers secured a home win against Avispa Fukuoka with the score 2-0.A tale of few goals? 8 of this team's most recent 10 league fixtures have contained two goals or less.
The visiting Kashima Antlers have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 15 goals from 12 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 13 goals have been conceded by Kashima in these games.
Head 2 Head
The 4 most recent matches involving these opponents have all finished as Kawasaki Frontale wins. Surely both teams are aware of this.The records show that this isn''t the first time these parties face each other this season, as the records show this recent game: Kashima Antlers - Kawasaki 0-2.
Top Goalscorers
  M. da Silva Barbosa 8 goals |  A. Ienaga 7 goals |
Kawasaki Frontale missing players
Kashima Antlers missing players
| Kawasaki Frontale | Kashima Antlers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 26 |
| 13 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 38 | 20 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 15 | 38 |
| 27 | 13 | 5 | Conceded | C | 6 | 13 | 32 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 74% | 73% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 81% |
| 48% | 55% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 42% | 46% |
| 35% | 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 17% | 18% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 48% | 45% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 50% | 50% |
| 43% | 45% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 33% | 31% |
| 13% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 25% | 27% |
| 4.6 | 5.3 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.2 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| 4.6 | 5.3 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.8 | 5.3 |
| 1.2 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 12.5 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 10.6 | 11.3 |
| 4.8 | 5 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| 34% | 36% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 29% | 32% |
| 8.3 | 8.5 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.5 | 12.2 | 10.4 |
| 3 | 3.2 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.7 |
- Kawasaki Frontale have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Kawasaki Frontale 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 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 51 | 27 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 24 | 48 |
| 2 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 40 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 44 |
| 3 | Kashima Antlers | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 38 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 44 |
| 4 | Kawasaki Frontale | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 43 |
| 5 | Kashiwa Reysol | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 34 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 43 |
| 6 | Cerezo Osaka | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 41 |
| 7 | Sagan Tosu | 25 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 36 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 36 |
| 8 | Urawa Reds | 25 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 36 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 35 |
| 9 | Tokyo | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -2 | 35 |
| 10 | Nagoya Grampus | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -2 | 33 |
| 11 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 34 | 39 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 13 | -5 | 28 |
| 12 | Consadole Sapporo | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 44 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 29 | -17 | 28 |
| 13 | Avispa Fukuoka | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 27 |
| 14 | Kyoto Sanga | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -5 | 26 |
| 15 | Shonan Bellmare | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | -11 | 26 |
| 16 | Vissel Kobe | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -9 | 24 |
| 17 | Gamba Osaka | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 39 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -14 | 22 |
| 18 | Jubilo Iwata | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 43 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 22 | -20 | 22 |
