Match guide: Kawasaki Frontale expected to win when Shonan Bellmare come to town

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Sun 26.September
Match begins: 08:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium (27495 seats)

J-League: High-profile against below par, at least based on the points won so far. Kawasaki Frontale - Shonan Bellmare. Home victory or a shock?

Insights:
  • Kawasaki Frontale have the fewest conceded goals (19) in J-League
  • Kawasaki Frontale have scored more than double the goals of Shonan Bellmare.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Kawasaki Frontale form and stats

This stadium, Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium, has been a fortress for Kawasaki Frontale in the J-League so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 11-2-0. It’s been three wins in a row for Kawasaki here at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Kawasaki are returning here after visiting Kashima Antlers in a J-League game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Ten Miyagi and Kazuya Yamamura scored the goal(s). A late climax in the match against Kashima Antlers as the winning goal came four minutes into overtime; scored by Ten Miyagi. Jesiel, defender, was given a rating of 7.3/10 in that game, top of the team. Jesiel won 5 of 6 duels.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Tokushima Vortis and winning 3-1.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Kawasaki home games with this odds we find 13 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in ten wins, two draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, five matches were won by at least two goals.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Kawasaki, as the J-League home game vs Vissel Kobe is only three days away.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (27 in 13 games), Kawasaki Frontale's attacking play is working. Kawasaki Frontale have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Shonan Bellmare form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Shonan Bellmare so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 3-3-8 (win-draw-lose).

There might be some fixture complaints from Shonan Bellmare as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Emperor Cup match against Gamba Osaka (1-4).

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Avispa Fukuoka.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Bellmare played away with similar odds. This revealed five games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected five times.

Shonan Bellmare have scored 18 goals on their travels this season, from 14 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Bellmare have conceded 22 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these two sides face each other this campaign, as the results database show this recent game: Shonan Bellmare - Kawasaki 1-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - four - zero (Kawasaki Frontale wins - draws - Shonan Bellmare wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

KawasakiL. da Silva dos Santos
L. da Silva dos Santos
14 goals
Kawasaki FrontaleY. Kobayashi
Y. Kobayashi
9 goals
Kawasaki FrontaleA. Ienaga
A. Ienaga
7 goals

Kawasaki Frontale missing players

Shonan Bellmare missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Kawasaki Frontale Shonan Bellmare
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 13 4 Played P 4 14 29
22 11 3 Won W 1 3 5
6 2 1 Drew D 1 3 12
1 0 0 Lost L 2 8 12
63 27 9 Scored S 5 18 29
19 10 3 Conceded C 5 22 34
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 79%
86% 85% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 86% 66%
41% 46% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 34%
34% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 29% 21%
17% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 10%
48% 54% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 64% 52%
48% 46% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 14% 31%
7% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 21% 38%
 
5.6 6.5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4.1 4.5
3.9 4.2 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5.5 5.1
0.4 0.4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 0.7 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
13 13.6 15.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.1 8.2
5.8 6.4 7.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.1 2.9
38% 33% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 41% 35%
Key stats in J-League this season:
  • Kawasaki Frontale have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Kawasaki Frontale have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Kawasaki Frontale have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • 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 fewest conceded goals (19) in J-League
  • Kawasaki Frontale have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in J-League
  • Kawasaki Frontale have the most scored goals in the first half (31) in J-League
  • Kawasaki Frontale have the the best goal difference (+44) in J-League
  • Kawasaki Frontale haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Shonan Bellmare have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Shonan Bellmare haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 29 22 6 1 63 19 13 11 2 0 27 10 16 11 4 1 36 9 44 72
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 29 20 5 4 64 26 15 11 3 1 35 9 14 9 2 3 29 17 38 65
3 Nagoya Grampus 30 16 6 8 34 23 15 9 2 4 17 11 15 7 4 4 17 12 11 54
4 Vissel Kobe 28 14 9 5 42 26 14 7 4 3 20 9 14 7 5 2 22 17 16 51
5 Sagan Tosu 29 14 9 6 38 23 15 9 4 2 25 11 14 5 5 4 13 12 15 51
6 Urawa Reds 29 15 6 8 33 26 15 10 3 2 20 13 14 5 3 6 13 13 7 51
7 Kashima Antlers 30 15 5 10 50 31 15 8 3 4 29 18 15 7 2 6 21 13 19 50
8 Tokyo 30 13 7 10 41 37 14 7 2 5 24 20 16 6 5 5 17 17 4 46
9 Avispa Fukuoka 29 12 7 10 34 31 14 8 1 5 18 13 15 4 6 5 16 18 3 43
10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 30 9 12 9 35 31 16 4 6 6 16 17 14 5 6 3 19 14 4 39
11 Cerezo Osaka 30 10 9 11 39 39 15 6 5 4 20 20 15 4 4 7 19 19 0 39
12 Consadole Sapporo 29 11 6 12 35 40 15 7 2 6 23 23 14 4 4 6 12 17 -5 39
13 Kashiwa Reysol 29 10 3 16 29 40 15 5 1 9 17 25 14 5 2 7 12 15 -11 33
14 Gamba Osaka 29 8 6 15 22 33 14 3 3 8 12 19 15 5 3 7 10 14 -11 30
15 Shimizu S-Pulse 29 6 11 12 29 42 14 3 5 6 12 22 15 3 6 6 17 20 -13 29
16 Shonan Bellmare 29 5 12 12 29 34 15 2 9 4 11 12 14 3 3 8 18 22 -5 27
17 Tokushima Vortis 29 6 5 18 21 43 15 3 4 8 12 18 14 3 1 10 9 25 -22 23
18 Vegalta Sendai 29 4 10 15 23 48 14 2 5 7 9 18 15 2 5 8 14 30 -25 22
19 Oita Trinita 29 5 6 18 20 47 15 4 5 6 12 18 14 1 1 12 8 29 -27 21
20 Yokohama 29 4 6 19 21 63 14 3 4 7 14 23 15 1 2 12 7 40 -42 18

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 Kawasaki Frontale 29 22 6 1 63 19 13 11 2 0 27 10 16 11 4 1 36 9 44 72
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 29 20 5 4 64 26 15 11 3 1 35 9 14 9 2 3 29 17 38 65
3 Nagoya Grampus 30 16 6 8 34 23 15 9 2 4 17 11 15 7 4 4 17 12 11 54
4 Vissel Kobe 28 14 9 5 42 26 14 7 4 3 20 9 14 7 5 2 22 17 16 51
5 Sagan Tosu 29 14 9 6 38 23 15 9 4 2 25 11 14 5 5 4 13 12 15 51
6 Urawa Reds 29 15 6 8 33 26 15 10 3 2 20 13 14 5 3 6 13 13 7 51
7 Kashima Antlers 30 15 5 10 50 31 15 8 3 4 29 18 15 7 2 6 21 13 19 50
8 Tokyo 30 13 7 10 41 37 14 7 2 5 24 20 16 6 5 5 17 17 4 46
9 Avispa Fukuoka 29 12 7 10 34 31 14 8 1 5 18 13 15 4 6 5 16 18 3 43
10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 30 9 12 9 35 31 16 4 6 6 16 17 14 5 6 3 19 14 4 39
11 Cerezo Osaka 30 10 9 11 39 39 15 6 5 4 20 20 15 4 4 7 19 19 0 39
12 Consadole Sapporo 29 11 6 12 35 40 15 7 2 6 23 23 14 4 4 6 12 17 -5 39
13 Kashiwa Reysol 29 10 3 16 29 40 15 5 1 9 17 25 14 5 2 7 12 15 -11 33
14 Gamba Osaka 29 8 6 15 22 33 14 3 3 8 12 19 15 5 3 7 10 14 -11 30
15 Shimizu S-Pulse 29 6 11 12 29 42 14 3 5 6 12 22 15 3 6 6 17 20 -13 29
16 Shonan Bellmare 29 5 12 12 29 34 15 2 9 4 11 12 14 3 3 8 18 22 -5 27
17 Tokushima Vortis 29 6 5 18 21 43 15 3 4 8 12 18 14 3 1 10 9 25 -22 23
18 Vegalta Sendai 29 4 10 15 23 48 14 2 5 7 9 18 15 2 5 8 14 30 -25 22
19 Oita Trinita 29 5 6 18 20 47 15 4 5 6 12 18 14 1 1 12 8 29 -27 21
20 Yokohama 29 4 6 19 21 63 14 3 4 7 14 23 15 1 2 12 7 40 -42 18

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