A quick look at the J-League table suggests advantage Kashima Antlers when they travel to Shonan Bellmare. But; let's play before the points are handed out!
Shonan Bellmare form and stats
When playing at home in the J-League, Shonan Bellmare have managed 2 wins, 6 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 11 games. Bellmare has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager B. Ukishima and the players.
The Bellmare crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Tokyo here at Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka in a J-League match. Attacking player Shuto Machino bested all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 7.42 out of 10. Machino hit the woodwork once and hit two key passes.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Vanraure Hachinohe (after extra-time) and winning 2-1.Bellmare aren't scoring a lot here at Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka in the league, with only 8 goals from 11 games. Bellmare have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Kashima Antlers form and stats
As the visiting team in J-League matches, Kashima Antlers have produced an overall stat of 4-2-5 so far.
Kashima play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Gamba Osaka (placed 15th). Juan Alano got a match rating of 8.14 in that game, top player of the team. Alano hit six key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times. Arthur Caíke came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Gamba Osaka last time out, making the manager N. Soma feel like a tactical genius.
A 1-2 defeat away at Kashiwa Reysol before that.Kashima have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. 11 goals have been conceded by Kashima in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Kashima Antlers - Bellmare 3-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Shonan Bellmare won four games, zero matches ended with a draw and Kashima Antlers has six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  R. Araki 6 goals |  A. Ueda 6 goals |  N. Yamada 4 goals |
Shonan Bellmare missing players
Kashima Antlers missing players
| Shonan Bellmare | Kashima Antlers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 11 | 22 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 9 | 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 21 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 13 | 35 |
| 26 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 23 |
| 77% | 55% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 91% | 95% |
| 64% | 36% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 64% | 73% |
| 36% | 18% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 55% | 55% |
| 23% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 23% |
| 9% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 50% | 27% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 45% | 55% |
| 36% | 55% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 80% | 45% | 36% |
| 36% | 64% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 18% | 14% |
| 4.2 | 4 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.1 | 6 |
| 5.1 | 4.7 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.6 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 8 | 5.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.6 | 9.5 | 12.1 |
| 2.7 | 2.4 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.8 |
| 36% | 31% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 31% | 33% |
| 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 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 53 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 38 | 58 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 23 | 46 |
| 3 | Vissel Kobe | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 35 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 41 |
| 4 | Sagan Tosu | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 38 |
| 5 | Nagoya Grampus | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 37 |
| 6 | Kashima Antlers | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 35 |
| 7 | Tokyo | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 35 |
| 8 | Urawa Reds | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 35 |
| 9 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 30 |
| 10 | Consadole Sapporo | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 29 |
| 11 | Avispa Fukuoka | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -4 | 29 |
| 12 | Cerezo Osaka | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 26 |
| 13 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | -8 | 23 |
| 14 | Shonan Bellmare | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -5 | 21 |
| 15 | Gamba Osaka | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 20 |
| 16 | Kashiwa Reysol | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 22 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 14 | -10 | 20 |
| 17 | Tokushima Vortis | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -10 | 20 |
| 18 | Vegalta Sendai | 21 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -17 | 17 |
| 19 | Oita Trinita | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 20 | -18 | 16 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 22 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 51 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 31 | -37 | 11 |