Kawasaki Frontale greet Shonan Bellmare with faith in taking all three points. Will they? Read our in-depth preview!
- Kawasaki Frontale is in the best form (4-2-0) in J-League
- Shonan Bellmare have the fewest scored goals (9) in J-League
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Kawasaki and Shonan Bellmare.
Kawasaki Frontale form and stats
5-0-1 is the performance here at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium so far in the J-League, giving Kawasaki Frontale a total of 15 from their 6 games here. Outstanding results! Two home wins in a row for Kawasaki Frontale bring valid hopes of a third.
Kawasaki are confident in defense, having played 462 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Kawasaki Frontale drew their last game, 0-0 away at Sagan Tosu (placed 6th). Sasaki was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.1 out of 10. The defender Sasaki hit two key passes and won 7 of 8 duels.
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Vissel Kobe.Kawasaki Frontale are traveling soon after this match as the J-League match at Kyoto Sanga awaits in four days.
Kawasaki are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 6 games. From these home matches, Kawasaki Frontale have conceded only 5 goals.
Shonan Bellmare form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Shonan Bellmare so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-4 (win-draw-lose).
The fans enjoyed Bellmare's previous game versus Vissel Kobe (placed 18th), a 2-1 win played at home. Machino, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.31. Machino scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
A new game in only four days for Shonan Bellmare, the J-League home match versus Cerezo Osaka. Busy days.
The attacking power of Bellmare when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 7 league matches away. As opposed to that, Shonan Bellmare have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings between these sides: Kawasaki Frontale won seven, Shonan Bellmare triumphed in zero and we saw three draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Machino 4 goals |  M. da Silva Barbosa 3 goals | K. Chinen 3 goals |
Kawasaki Frontale missing players
Shonan Bellmare missing players
| Kawasaki Frontale | Shonan Bellmare | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 20 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 21 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| 64% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 57% | 64% |
| 29% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 29% | 36% |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 14% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 36% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 43% | 50% |
| 64% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 21% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 43% |
| 4.7 | 4.8 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.1 | 5 |
| 4.9 | 6.8 | 9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.9 | 3.4 |
| 1.3 | 2 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10.4 | 9.8 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 6.9 | 9.1 |
| 4.6 | 4.3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.6 | 3.9 |
| 31% | 31% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 22% | 17% |
| 7.7 | 7.8 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 10.6 | 10.3 |
| 3.1 | 3.3 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
- Kawasaki Frontale have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Kawasaki Frontale have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Kawasaki Frontale have scored more than double the goals of Shonan Bellmare.
- Kawasaki Frontale have the most clean sheets (9) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Kawasaki Frontale is in the best form (4-2-0) in J-League
- Shonan Bellmare have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Shonan Bellmare have the fewest scored goals (9) in J-League
- Shonan Bellmare have the the worst goal difference (-12) 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 | Kawasaki Frontale | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 30 |
| 2 | Kashima Antlers | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 29 |
| 3 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 25 |
| 4 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 21 |
| 5 | Kashiwa Reysol | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 21 |
| 6 | Sagan Tosu | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 20 |
| 7 | Cerezo Osaka | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 20 |
| 8 | Tokyo | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 19 |
| 9 | Avispa Fukuoka | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 18 |
| 10 | Kyoto Sanga | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 11 | Gamba Osaka | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 17 |
| 12 | Nagoya Grampus | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 17 |
| 13 | Consadole Sapporo | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 17 |
| 14 | Urawa Reds | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 15 | Jubilo Iwata | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -4 | 14 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -4 | 13 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -12 | 10 |
| 18 | Vissel Kobe | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -11 | 7 |
