Preview: 43 points stand between the contenders ahead of this match, Kawasaki Frontale on top. Can Tokushima Vortis pull off a surprise?
- Kawasaki Frontale have the fewest conceded goals (17) in J-League
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a AFC Champions League game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at Ulsan. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Tokushima Vortis form and stats
Tokushima Vortis's struggle is real here at Pocari Sweat Stadium with only 13 points collected from 14 J-League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-4-7. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Tokushima with their five defeats in a row. Not since the Gamba Osaka game, 39 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 495 minutes without scoring a league goal. K. Nishiya was the last player to find the net.
The fans are hoping that Tokushima Vortis will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the J-League game against Nagoya Grampus (placed 4th). Midfielder Ken Iwao was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.61 (out of ten) in that game. Iwao hit two key passes and had 51 successful passes (of 60 total).
Prior to that, an away loss at Avispa Fukuoka.Tokushima have scored 11 league goals here from 14 matches, not a lot. 15 goals have been conceded.
Kawasaki Frontale form and stats
Kawasaki Frontale's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Kawasaki Frontale collect 31 points from their 14 away matches in the J-League. 9 victories and 4 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).
Kawasaki has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Ulsan (after extra-time, 4-2 on penalties) for a AFC Champions League game that ended a draw (0-0).
A 3-3 draw was the result before that, hosting Urawa Reds in the Nabisco Cup.Kawasaki have another fixture away in just four days, a J-League fixture vs Kashima Antlers. A gruelling calendar for the visitors!
Kawasaki Frontale have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 31 goals from 14 away matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The Kawasaki Frontale defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (7 goals in 14 games).
Head 2 Head
The two duelists also met each other earlier this season: Kawasaki Frontale - Tokushima 2-0. Head to head totals (for the former four meetings): Tokushima Vortis won zero games, zero matches ended in a draw and Kawasaki Frontale got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / oneTop Goalscorers
  L. da Silva dos Santos 14 goals |  Y. Kobayashi 9 goals |  A. Ienaga 7 goals |
Tokushima Vortis missing players
Kawasaki Frontale missing players
| Tokushima Vortis | Kawasaki Frontale | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 6 | 14 | 27 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | 20 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 17 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 14 | 31 | 58 |
| 40 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 17 |
| 96% | 93% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 96% |
| 61% | 50% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 85% |
| 43% | 36% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 17% | 29% | 37% |
| 7% | 7% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 29% | 33% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 21% | 19% |
| 39% | 50% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 36% | 44% |
| 14% | 14% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 57% | 52% |
| 50% | 43% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.2 | 5.8 |
| 4.4 | 4.4 | 6.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| 1 | 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 9.1 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 12.7 | 13.1 |
| 2.7 | 3.1 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.1 | 5.7 |
| 27% | 26% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 44% | 38% |
- Kawasaki Frontale have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Kawasaki Frontale have scored more than double the goals of Tokushima Vortis.
- Kawasaki Frontale have the fewest conceded goals (17) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale have the fewest conceded goals (7) away in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale have the most points (31) away in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale have the most scored goals (31) away in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale have the most scored goals in the first half (29) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale have the the best goal difference (+24) away in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale have the the best goal difference (+41) in J-League
| 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 | 27 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 58 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 7 | 41 | 66 |
| 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 28 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 63 | 24 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 39 | 65 |
| 3 | Sagan Tosu | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 38 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 50 |
| 4 | Nagoya Grampus | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 50 |
| 5 | Vissel Kobe | 27 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 41 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 48 |
| 6 | Urawa Reds | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 48 |
| 7 | Kashima Antlers | 28 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 46 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 13 | 18 | 47 |
| 8 | Avispa Fukuoka | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 33 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 42 |
| 9 | Tokyo | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 36 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 42 |
| 10 | Consadole Sapporo | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 39 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -4 | 39 |
| 11 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 28 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 32 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 36 |
| 12 | Cerezo Osaka | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 38 | 37 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 36 |
| 13 | Kashiwa Reysol | 28 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 29 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 15 | -8 | 33 |
| 14 | Gamba Osaka | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 30 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 11 | -9 | 30 |
| 15 | Shonan Bellmare | 28 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 33 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 22 | -5 | 26 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 28 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 27 | 41 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 20 | -14 | 26 |
| 17 | Tokushima Vortis | 28 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 40 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 25 | -20 | 23 |
| 18 | Vegalta Sendai | 28 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 46 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 28 | -24 | 22 |
| 19 | Oita Trinita | 28 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 47 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 29 | -27 | 20 |
| 20 | Yokohama | 28 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 59 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 36 | -38 | 18 |