The league table in J-League tells a story about these teams so far, with Kawasaki Frontale leading Shonan Bellmare by 12 points. Match preview to follow:
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
Seven points from three J-League home games is a great start for Kawasaki Frontale, who are hoping to build on that form here at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of five straight victories regardless of arena. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium.
Kawasaki enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Vegalta Sendai's place. The match ended 3-2 with M. Yamane and Y. Kobayashi (2) scoring. A strong away win before that one, visiting Yokohama and winning 5-1.
An impressive turnaround for Kawasaki in the match against Vegalta Sendai as a 0-2 deficit was completely turned around to a 3-2 win. Y. Kobayashi scored the final goal. Manager T. Oniki felt very clever after Y. Kobayashi scored the winning goal against Vegalta Sendai, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 46th minute.
Kawasaki Frontale are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found four matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won two, drew two and lost zero.
Kawasaki have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium with 5 goals in 3 league matches. From these home matches, Kawasaki have conceded only 2 goals.
Shonan Bellmare form and stats
It's not happening yet for Shonan Bellmare on their J-League travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Bellmare have lost on their last two travels.
Shonan Bellmare won their last game, 1-0 versus Kashima Antlers played at home. Prior to that match, the Bellmare manager B. Ukishima faced defeat when travelling to Kashiwa Reysol and losing 2-3.
N. Ishihara came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Kashima Antlers last time out, making the manager B. Ukishima feel like a tactical genius.
You'll want to know how Bellmare managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found two similar matches resulting in zero away wins, zero draws and two home wins.
It's early days yet, but Shonan Bellmare has scored 4 and conceded 6 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (Kawasaki Frontale wins - draws - Shonan Bellmare wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Kobayashi 13 goals |  L. da Silva dos Santos 9 goals |
Kawasaki Frontale missing players
Shonan Bellmare missing players
| Kawasaki Frontale | Shonan Bellmare | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 17 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 83% | 67% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 83% |
| 83% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 83% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 67% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 67% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 33% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 17% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 7.3 | 7 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| 5.7 | 7 | 8.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.5 | 6.8 |
| 1 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | 37 | 25 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 13 | 39 |
| 37 | 12 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 46% | 42% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 67% | 36% |
- All of Shonan Bellmare's away-matches have had more than 4,5 goals.
- Kawasaki Frontale has the most scored goals (17)
- Kawasaki Frontale has the most scored goals in the first half (9)
- Kawasaki Frontale has the the best goal difference (+12)
- Kawasaki Frontale has the the best goal difference (+3) at home
- Kawasaki Frontale have not yet lost a game.
- Kawasaki Frontale have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Kawasaki Frontale have scored more than double the goals of Shonan Bellmare.
- Kawasaki Frontale is in the best form (5-1-0)
- Shonan Bellmare have lost all their away matches so far.
- Shonan Bellmare have scored in all their away matches so far.
| 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 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 16 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Gamba Osaka | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | Tokyo | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| 6 | Urawa Reds | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 10 |
| 7 | Kashiwa Reysol | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | Consadole Sapporo | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Vissel Kobe | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 12 | Oita Trinita | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 13 | Vegalta Sendai | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 6 |
| 14 | Yokohama | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -7 | 5 |
| 15 | Shonan Bellmare | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 4 |
| 16 | Sagan Tosu | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 3 |
| 17 | Kashima Antlers | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 3 |
| 18 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -8 | 1 |