J-League: Kawasaki Frontale believed to get the better of Tokyo

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Competition: Japan J-League
Competition: Sat 02.October
Match begins: 08:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium (27495 seats)

J-League: Kawasaki Frontale welcome Tokyo in what should be an interesting football fixture. Here's a thorough preview!

Insights:
  • Kawasaki Frontale have the most scored goals (68) in J-League

There have been limited time to rest for the team playing at home, as they featured in a J-League fixture only three days back. Thankfully the previous game, versus Vissel Kobe, was also a home game here at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium. The away team is better rested.

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Kawasaki Frontale form and stats

Kawasaki Frontale have been outstanding at home so far in the J-League with 13 wins, 2 draws and only 0 losses. In general it's been a long time since Kawasaki tasted defeat here at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last 15 home games in the league.

The Kawasaki supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Vissel Kobe in J-League and win 3-1. Midfielder Reo Hatate was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.61 (out of ten) in that game. Hatate hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that, Kawasaki had a home game versus Shonan Bellmare which ended with a victory 2-1.

Goals decide football matches and Kawasaki are scoring many of them at home; 32 on target from 15 league matches. Kawasaki are not conceding a lot of goals here at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 15 matches.

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Tokyo form and stats

As the visiting team in J-League matches, Tokyo have produced an overall stat of 6-5-5 so far. Momentum is building for Tokyo in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

Home advantage was not enough for Tokyo in their previous game, as they lost their J-League-match, hosting Urawa Reds, 1-2. Midfielder Kyosuke Tagawa was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.85. Tagawa scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Nagoya Grampus.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Tokyo manager K. Hasegawa as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Nagoya Grampus.

The visiting Tokyo have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 17 goals from 16 games. As opposed to that, Tokyo have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The fixture history shows this score when the sides played each other earlier this season; Tokyo - Kawasaki 2-4. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - one - two (Kawasaki wins - draws - Tokyo 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
15 goals
TokyoD. Queiroz de Oliveira
D. Queiroz de Oliveira
12 goals
Kawasaki FrontaleY. Kobayashi
Y. Kobayashi
9 goals

Kawasaki Frontale missing players

Tokyo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Kawasaki Frontale Tokyo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 15 5 Played P 4 16 31
24 13 4 Won W 1 6 13
6 2 1 Drew D 2 5 7
1 0 0 Lost L 1 5 11
68 32 10 Scored S 2 17 42
21 12 4 Conceded C 4 17 39
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 88% 90%
87% 87% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 65%
45% 53% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 38% 55%
35% 40% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 19% 26%
16% 13% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 19%
52% 60% 60% BTTS BTTS 25% 31% 45%
45% 40% 40% Clean Sheets C S 50% 44% 35%
6% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 29%
 
5.5 6 7.2 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 4.9 5.2
3.8 4 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 5.7 5.1
0.5 0.5 0.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.2 1.1 0.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
13 13.6 13.6 Shots (avg) S ( 5.8 9.3 10.3
5.8 6.3 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.7 4.2
38% 34% 34% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 29% 33%
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 the fewest conceded goals (21) in J-League
  • Kawasaki Frontale have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in J-League
  • Kawasaki Frontale have the most points (41) at home in J-League
  • Kawasaki Frontale have the most scored goals (68) 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 (+47) in J-League
  • 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 Kawasaki Frontale 31 24 6 1 68 21 15 13 2 0 32 12 16 11 4 1 36 9 47 78
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 30 20 6 4 66 28 15 11 3 1 35 9 15 9 3 3 31 19 38 66
3 Nagoya Grampus 31 17 6 8 35 23 16 10 2 4 18 11 15 7 4 4 17 12 12 57
4 Vissel Kobe 30 15 9 6 45 29 14 7 4 3 20 9 16 8 5 3 25 20 16 54
5 Urawa Reds 30 16 6 8 35 27 15 10 3 2 20 13 15 6 3 6 15 14 8 54
6 Kashima Antlers 31 16 5 10 52 32 15 8 3 4 29 18 16 8 2 6 23 14 20 53
7 Sagan Tosu 30 14 9 7 38 26 15 9 4 2 25 11 15 5 5 5 13 15 12 51
8 Avispa Fukuoka 30 13 7 10 37 31 15 9 1 5 21 13 15 4 6 5 16 18 6 46
9 Tokyo 31 13 7 11 42 39 15 7 2 6 25 22 16 6 5 5 17 17 3 46
10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 31 10 12 9 37 31 16 4 6 6 16 17 15 6 6 3 21 14 6 42
11 Cerezo Osaka 31 10 9 12 40 41 16 6 5 5 21 22 15 4 4 7 19 19 -1 39
12 Consadole Sapporo 30 11 6 13 35 42 16 7 2 7 23 25 14 4 4 6 12 17 -7 39
13 Gamba Osaka 30 9 6 15 24 34 15 4 3 8 14 20 15 5 3 7 10 14 -10 33
14 Kashiwa Reysol 30 10 3 17 30 42 15 5 1 9 17 25 15 5 2 8 13 17 -12 33
15 Shimizu S-Pulse 30 6 11 13 29 44 15 3 5 7 12 24 15 3 6 6 17 20 -15 29
16 Shonan Bellmare 30 5 12 13 30 36 15 2 9 4 11 12 15 3 3 9 19 24 -6 27
17 Tokushima Vortis 30 7 5 18 22 43 15 3 4 8 12 18 15 4 1 10 10 25 -21 26
18 Vegalta Sendai 30 4 10 16 23 49 15 2 5 8 9 19 15 2 5 8 14 30 -26 22
19 Oita Trinita 30 5 6 19 20 48 15 4 5 6 12 18 15 1 1 13 8 30 -28 21
20 Yokohama 30 4 7 19 23 65 15 3 5 7 16 25 15 1 2 12 7 40 -42 19

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 31 24 6 1 68 21 15 13 2 0 32 12 16 11 4 1 36 9 47 78
2 Yokohama F. Marinos 30 20 6 4 66 28 15 11 3 1 35 9 15 9 3 3 31 19 38 66
3 Nagoya Grampus 31 17 6 8 35 23 16 10 2 4 18 11 15 7 4 4 17 12 12 57
4 Vissel Kobe 30 15 9 6 45 29 14 7 4 3 20 9 16 8 5 3 25 20 16 54
5 Urawa Reds 30 16 6 8 35 27 15 10 3 2 20 13 15 6 3 6 15 14 8 54
6 Kashima Antlers 31 16 5 10 52 32 15 8 3 4 29 18 16 8 2 6 23 14 20 53
7 Sagan Tosu 30 14 9 7 38 26 15 9 4 2 25 11 15 5 5 5 13 15 12 51
8 Avispa Fukuoka 30 13 7 10 37 31 15 9 1 5 21 13 15 4 6 5 16 18 6 46
9 Tokyo 31 13 7 11 42 39 15 7 2 6 25 22 16 6 5 5 17 17 3 46
10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 31 10 12 9 37 31 16 4 6 6 16 17 15 6 6 3 21 14 6 42
11 Cerezo Osaka 31 10 9 12 40 41 16 6 5 5 21 22 15 4 4 7 19 19 -1 39
12 Consadole Sapporo 30 11 6 13 35 42 16 7 2 7 23 25 14 4 4 6 12 17 -7 39
13 Gamba Osaka 30 9 6 15 24 34 15 4 3 8 14 20 15 5 3 7 10 14 -10 33
14 Kashiwa Reysol 30 10 3 17 30 42 15 5 1 9 17 25 15 5 2 8 13 17 -12 33
15 Shimizu S-Pulse 30 6 11 13 29 44 15 3 5 7 12 24 15 3 6 6 17 20 -15 29
16 Shonan Bellmare 30 5 12 13 30 36 15 2 9 4 11 12 15 3 3 9 19 24 -6 27
17 Tokushima Vortis 30 7 5 18 22 43 15 3 4 8 12 18 15 4 1 10 10 25 -21 26
18 Vegalta Sendai 30 4 10 16 23 49 15 2 5 8 9 19 15 2 5 8 14 30 -26 22
19 Oita Trinita 30 5 6 19 20 48 15 4 5 6 12 18 15 1 1 13 8 30 -28 21
20 Yokohama 30 4 7 19 23 65 15 3 5 7 16 25 15 1 2 12 7 40 -42 19

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