Struggling Shonan Bellmare will hope to pull off a surprise win when they host high-flying Kashima Antlers in the next league game. It’s 18th vs 5th and the home crowd will have not-so-high expectations.
- Shonan Bellmare have the fewest clean sheets (1) in J-League
- Kashima Antlers have the most clean sheets (12) in J-League
Bellmare have less rest than Kashima Antlers in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Emperor Cup game only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Avispa Fukuoka.
Shonan Bellmare form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the J-League this season. Shonan Bellmare have only managed 2 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses from their games here at Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka.
The supporters hope that Shonan Bellmare will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away defeat in the Emperor Cup fixture against Avispa Fukuoka.
Preceding that match was a J-League defeat to Urawa Reds (0-1).Bellmare has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.
Kashima Antlers form and stats
As the visiting team matches, Kashima Antlers, who have the most clean sheets (12) in J-League, have produced an overall stat of 6-3-4 so far.
Kashima Antlers go into this game after a win, the home game against Albirex Niigata that ended 2-0. The attacker Kakita got a match rating of 8.15 in that game. Kakita scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Sagan Tosu.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Nabisco Cup trip to Nagoya Grampus.
Kashima are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 13 games (in the league). They concede less than a goal on average per away game (11 so far).
Head 2 Head
Kashima Antlers have avoided defeat in the last 6 games (5-1-0) facing Shonan Bellmare.The records show that this isn''t the first time these parties face each other this campaign, as the history books show this recent fixture: Kashima Antlers - Shonan Bellmare 1-0.
Top Goalscorers
  Y. Suzuki 11 goals |   Y. Ohashi 7 goals | K. Chinen 5 goals |
Shonan Bellmare missing players
Kashima Antlers missing players
| Shonan Bellmare | Kashima Antlers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 13 | 25 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 30 | 13 | 1 | Scored | S | 8 | 17 | 35 |
| 49 | 24 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 88% |
| 80% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 62% | 68% |
| 56% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 38% | 44% |
| 44% | 42% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 23% | 20% |
| 24% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 64% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 46% | 44% |
| 4% | 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 38% | 48% |
| 32% | 42% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 23% | 20% |
| 5.8 | 5.9 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 4.5 | 5.2 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 4.8 | 5 |
| 1.7 | 1.6 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 12.1 | 12.6 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 11.4 | 11.1 |
| 4.4 | 4.4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| 27% | 25% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 35% | 38% |
| 14.1 | 13.4 | 12.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 9.4 | 10.4 |
| 6.1 | 5.8 | 5.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.1 | 2.5 |
- Kashima Antlers have the most clean sheets (12) in J-League
- Shonan Bellmare have the fewest clean sheets (1) in J-League
- Shonan Bellmare have the fewest points (9) at home in J-League
- Shonan Bellmare have the most conceded goals (24) at home in J-League
- Shonan Bellmare have the most conceded goals in the second half (33) in J-League
- Shonan Bellmare have the the worst goal difference (-11) at home in J-League
- Shonan Bellmare haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 25 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 49 | 30 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 50 |
| 2 | Vissel Kobe | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 46 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 24 | 49 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 25 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 45 |
| 4 | Urawa Reds | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 44 |
| 5 | Kashima Antlers | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 42 |
| 6 | Cerezo Osaka | 25 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 35 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 42 |
| 7 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 25 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 38 |
| 8 | Avispa Fukuoka | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -5 | 35 |
| 9 | Kawasaki Frontale | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 34 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 1 | 33 |
| 10 | Tokyo | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 35 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -3 | 33 |
| 11 | Gamba Osaka | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 35 | 42 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 28 | -7 | 33 |
| 12 | Sagan Tosu | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 31 |
| 13 | Consadole Sapporo | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 44 | 49 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 29 | -5 | 29 |
| 14 | Kyoto Sanga | 25 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 29 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 18 | -5 | 29 |
| 15 | Albirex Niigata | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -9 | 28 |
| 16 | Yokohama | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 45 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 | -24 | 21 |
| 17 | Kashiwa Reysol | 25 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 21 | 35 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -14 | 20 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 25 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 30 | 49 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 25 | -19 | 17 |
