Kawasaki Frontale favourites for feisty fight facing Shonan Bellmare

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Sat 04.March
Match begins: 04:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium (27495 seats)

Kawasaki Frontale will clash heads with Shonan Bellmare in this J-League fixture. Everything you should know about the fixture is here!

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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Kawasaki Frontale form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first J-League game of the season here at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium. Last season these fans witnessed 14 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses from Kawasaki Frontale's 17 home games.

Happy days for Kawasaki Frontale in their previous game, a fixture away at Kashima Antlers (placed 6th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. A late climax in the match against Kashima Antlers as the winning goal came eleven minutes into overtime; scored by Ienaga. The versatile forward Ienaga bettered all the other footballers in that match and received a match rating of 8.65 out of 10. Ienaga scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 52 successful passes (of 63 total).

Ahead of that match, Kawasaki lost 1-2 at home to Yokohama F. Marinos.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Kawasaki Frontale's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 6 games, won 3 matches, drawn 2 and lost 1.

There will be little rest for Kawasaki Frontale after this match as they are travelling to Shimizu S-Pulse for a Nabisco Cup game in only four days.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Kawasaki Frontale at home in the league. 1 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Shonan Bellmare form and stats

Only one away game in the J-League so far for Shonan Bellmare and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 5 victories, 5 draws and 7 losses from 17 travels.

Bellmare delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Yokohama (placed 14th) in their previous match. The attacker Machino got a match rating of 7.45 in that game. Machino scored one goal, hit the woodwork once and hit four key passes.

Prior to that result Shonan Bellmare won their away game at Sagan Tosu. The scoreline was 5-1.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Bellmare when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 7 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 2 and winning 2 games.

A new game in only four days for Shonan Bellmare, the Nabisco Cup home match versus Urawa Reds. Busy days.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Shonan Bellmare has managed {5 goals} and let in 1 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Data for the preceeding ten meetings featuring these two teams are: six wins for Kawasaki Frontale, two draws and two wins for Shonan Bellmare. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Shonan BellmareY. Ohashi
Y. Ohashi
3 goals
Kawasaki FrontaleK. Tachibanada
K. Tachibanada
1 goals
Kawasaki FrontaleA. Ienaga
A. Ienaga
1 goals

Kawasaki Frontale missing players

Shonan Bellmare missing players

Kawasaki Frontale Shonan Bellmare
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 1 Played P 0 1 2
1 0 0 Won W 0 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 1 1 Lost L 0 0 0
3 1 1 Scored S 0 5 7
3 2 2 Conceded C 0 1 3
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 100% 50%
100% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.5 5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5 7
3.5 4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 6
1 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.5
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
17 18 18 Shots (avg) S ( 0 21 22.5
4 5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 14 10.5
38% 20% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 36% 33%
 
8 10 10 Shots against (avg) S A 0 11 18
4 4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2 5.5
Kawasaki Frontale Last season Shonan Bellmare
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
20 14   Won W   5 10
6 1   Drew D   5 11
8 2   Lost L   7 13
65 38   Scored S   16 31
42 18   Conceded C   17 39
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 85%
82% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   65% 65%
59% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   29% 32%
41% 47%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   6% 12%
21% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 9%
59% 53%   BTTS BTTS   41% 41%
35% 41%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 35%
9% 6%   Failed to Score F T   35% 38%
 
4.4 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   5.4 5.1
4.6 5.2   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 3.6
1.1 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0.9 1.1
3 0   Red cards R C   2 4
 
12.1 13.4   Shots (avg) S (   10.7 11.7
5.4 6.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 3.8
36% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   26% 24%
 
9.3 8.8   Shots against (avg) S A   10.9 10.2
3.3 3.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.5 3.8

  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 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
2 Vissel Kobe 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 6
3 Nagoya Grampus 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
4 Shonan Bellmare 2 1 1 0 7 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 5 1 4 4
5 Tokyo 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Kashima Antlers 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 3
7 Kawasaki Frontale 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 3
8 Avispa Fukuoka 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
9 Gamba Osaka 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
10 Kashiwa Reysol 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Albirex Niigata 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
12 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Cerezo Osaka 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
14 Yokohama 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
15 Consadole Sapporo 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2 1
16 Sagan Tosu 2 0 1 1 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 -4 1
17 Kyoto Sanga 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 0
18 Urawa Reds 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 -4 0
Last season 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 34 20 8 6 70 35 17 12 3 2 33 10 17 8 5 4 37 25 35 68
2 Kawasaki Frontale 34 20 6 8 65 42 17 14 1 2 38 18 17 6 5 6 27 24 23 66
3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 34 15 10 9 52 41 17 10 3 4 31 15 17 5 7 5 21 26 11 55
4 Kashima Antlers 34 13 13 8 47 42 17 7 6 4 25 22 17 6 7 4 22 20 5 52
5 Cerezo Osaka 34 13 12 9 46 40 17 7 5 5 23 20 17 6 7 4 23 20 6 51
6 Tokyo 34 14 7 13 46 43 17 8 5 4 27 15 17 6 2 9 19 28 3 49
7 Kashiwa Reysol 34 13 8 13 43 44 17 6 3 8 22 25 17 7 5 5 21 19 -1 47
8 Nagoya Grampus 34 11 13 10 30 35 17 7 6 4 17 17 17 4 7 6 13 18 -5 46
9 Urawa Reds 34 10 15 9 48 39 17 7 8 2 32 17 17 3 7 7 16 22 9 45
10 Consadole Sapporo 34 11 12 11 45 55 17 7 6 4 25 24 17 4 6 7 20 31 -10 45
11 Sagan Tosu 34 9 15 10 45 44 17 5 9 3 23 13 17 4 6 7 22 31 1 42
12 Shonan Bellmare 34 10 11 13 31 39 17 5 6 6 15 22 17 5 5 7 16 17 -8 41
13 Vissel Kobe 34 11 7 16 35 41 17 7 3 7 21 16 17 4 4 9 14 25 -6 40
14 Avispa Fukuoka 34 9 11 14 29 38 17 5 6 6 17 18 17 4 5 8 12 20 -9 38
15 Gamba Osaka 34 9 10 15 33 44 17 4 6 7 18 21 17 5 4 8 15 23 -11 37
16 Kyoto Sanga 34 8 12 14 30 38 17 5 6 6 16 17 17 3 6 8 14 21 -8 36
17 Shimizu S-Pulse 34 7 12 15 44 54 17 2 8 7 20 29 17 5 4 8 24 25 -10 33
18 Jubilo Iwata 34 6 12 16 32 57 17 4 7 6 21 28 17 2 5 10 11 29 -25 30