A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Kawasaki Frontale fans are optimistic that the difference between 1st and Vegalta Sendai's 16th place in the table will show on the pitch.
The hosts Kawasaki saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Nabisco Cup. Thankfully the previous game, versus Tokyo, was also a home game here at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Kawasaki Frontale form and stats
9-1-0 is the performance here at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium so far in the J-League, giving Kawasaki Frontale a total of 28 from their 10 games here. Outstanding results! The Kawasaki Frontale fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium and will expect new points from this game. Kawasaki Frontale has played ten games in a row here without a defeat. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Kawasaki has won eight games in a row. The Vissel Kobe match was the last time out without a victory.
Kawasaki Frontale's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Tokyo (placed 2nd). In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Cerezo Osaka.
Kawasaki are traveling soon after this match as the J-League match at Sanfrecce Hiroshima awaits in four days.
Kawasaki always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium with 31 goals in 10 league games. Kawasaki have conceded 10 in these home matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Vegalta Sendai form and stats
Vegalta Sendai have only collected 9 points from their away games in the J-League, after 2-3-5 (10 played). Vegalta are desperate to end a ten-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Vissel Kobe fixture.
Vegalta Sendai has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Consadole Sapporo for a J-League game that ended a draw (3-3). Preceding that, the 2-3 home loss versus Cerezo Osaka.
It looked so good for Vegalta vs Consadole Sapporo, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 3-1 lead was turned into a 3-3 draw. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Vegalta, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Yokohama in just four days.
Vegalta have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 12 goals have been scored. As for defending, Vegalta rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 19 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Vegalta Sendai - Kawasaki 2-3. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Kawasaki Frontale victories, two draws and one Vegalta Sendai win. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. da Silva dos Santos 11 goals |  Y. Kobayashi 11 goals | S. Kurumaya 5 goals |
Kawasaki Frontale missing players
Vegalta Sendai missing players
| Kawasaki Frontale | Vegalta Sendai | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 62 | 31 | 11 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | 21 |
| 19 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 19 | 38 |
| 95% | 90% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 81% | 90% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 80% | 79% |
| 76% | 80% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | 63% |
| 67% | 70% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 30% | 37% |
| 38% | 50% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 26% |
| 62% | 70% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 80% | 74% |
| 33% | 30% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 11% |
| 10% | 10% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 10% | 21% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 324 | 172 | 95 | Total Shots | T S | 27 | 84 | 185 |
| 139 | 71 | 36 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 28 | 69 |
| 45% | 44% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 43% | 30% |
- Kawasaki Frontale has the fewest conceded goals (19) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale has the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale has the most matches over the total-line (15) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale has the most points (28) at home in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale has the most points from losing position (16) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale has the most scored goals (31) at home in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale has the most scored goals (62) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale has the most scored goals in the first half (23) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale has the most scored goals in the second half (39) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale has the the best goal difference (+21) at home in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale has the the best goal difference (+43) in J-League
- 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 more than double the goals of Vegalta Sendai.
- Kawasaki Frontale is in the best form (6-0-0)
- Vegalta Sendai haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Vegalta Sendai is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| 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 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 62 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 43 | 56 |
| 2 | Tokyo | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 44 |
| 3 | Cerezo Osaka | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 42 |
| 4 | Gamba Osaka | 20 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 38 |
| 5 | Nagoya Grampus | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 36 |
| 6 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 46 | 38 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 34 |
| 7 | Kashiwa Reysol | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 38 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 33 |
| 8 | Kashima Antlers | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 33 |
| 9 | Vissel Kobe | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 39 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 32 |
| 10 | Urawa Reds | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 19 | -10 | 30 |
| 11 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 28 |
| 12 | Oita Trinita | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 15 | -4 | 28 |
| 13 | Yokohama | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 25 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -15 | 20 |
| 14 | Sagan Tosu | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -7 | 18 |
| 15 | Consadole Sapporo | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 43 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 20 | -17 | 18 |
| 16 | Vegalta Sendai | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -17 | 12 |
| 17 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 21 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 27 | 47 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 24 | -20 | 12 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 19 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -18 | 9 |