The visiting Kawasaki Frontale side should be favourites in this visit to Shonan Bellmare, as the away team holds a 41 point advantage from their 19 league games this season.
It's no vacation for neither Bellmare nor Kawasaki Frontale as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Shonan Bellmare form and stats
Shonan Bellmare's struggle is real here at Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka with only 5 points collected from 8 J-League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-5.
K. Ono was the last player to score a league goal for Shonan Bellmare and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Shonan Bellmare haven't scored in 195 minutes.
Bellmare lost their last game at Kashima Antlers (placed 4th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Preceding that match was a defeat to Shimizu S-Pulse (0-3).
Heartbreak for Bellmare in their last match as Kashima Antlers's Juan scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
Shonan Bellmare have scored 4 goals here in 8 league matches, a depressing statistic. On the other hand, Shonan Bellmare have conceded 10 goals.
Kawasaki Frontale form and stats
The away team, who have the most scored goals (58) in J-League, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the J-League. Kawasaki Frontale have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of six victories in a row regardless of arena. Kawasaki Frontale has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Kawasaki won their last game, 3-2 versus Yokohama played at home. Preceding that game was the away victory against Urawa Reds with the score of 3-0.
The Kawasaki Frontale manager T. Oniki has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 27 goals in 9 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Kawasaki Frontale - Bellmare 3-1 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for Bellmare, three draws and six wins for Kawasaki Frontale. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  L. da Silva dos Santos 10 goals |  Y. Kobayashi 10 goals |  N. Ishihara 5 goals |
Shonan Bellmare missing players
Kawasaki Frontale missing players
| Shonan Bellmare | Kawasaki Frontale | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 14 | 27 | 58 |
| 30 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 8 | 18 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 53% | 38% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 84% |
| 47% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 78% | 79% |
| 35% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 67% | 68% |
| 24% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 33% | 42% |
| 41% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 56% | 63% |
| 18% | 25% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 32% |
| 47% | 62% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.4 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 107 | 52 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 54 | 129 | 301 |
| 43 | 19 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 27 | 57 | 128 |
| 28% | 11% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 52% | 47% | 45% |
- Kawasaki Frontale has the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale has the most matches over the total-line (14) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale has the most points from losing position (16) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale has the most scored goals (27) away in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale has the most scored goals (58) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale has the most scored goals in the first half (21) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale has the most scored goals in the second half (37) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale has the the best goal difference (+19) away in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale has the the best goal difference (+40) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Kawasaki Frontale have scored more than double the goals of Shonan Bellmare.
- Kawasaki Frontale haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Shonan Bellmare has the fewest scored goals (14) in J-League
- Shonan Bellmare has the fewest scored goals (4) at home in J-League
- Shonan Bellmare has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in J-League
- Shonan Bellmare have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
| 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 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 58 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 40 | 50 |
| 2 | Cerezo Osaka | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 39 |
| 3 | Tokyo | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 38 |
| 4 | Kashima Antlers | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 33 |
| 5 | Kashiwa Reysol | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 30 |
| 6 | Nagoya Grampus | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 30 |
| 7 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 40 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 30 |
| 8 | Urawa Reds | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 19 | -6 | 30 |
| 9 | Gamba Osaka | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 29 |
| 10 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 25 |
| 11 | Vissel Kobe | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | -4 | 23 |
| 12 | Oita Trinita | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -7 | 22 |
| 13 | Consadole Sapporo | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -13 | 17 |
| 14 | Yokohama | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -14 | 17 |
| 15 | Sagan Tosu | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 14 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 25 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | -17 | 12 |
| 17 | Vegalta Sendai | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -16 | 11 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -16 | 9 |