Tokyo and Kashima Antlers are both thriving in the J-League with their 6th and 1st positions respectively. Expect a fun match!
- Tokyo have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in J-League
- Kashima Antlers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
It's no vacation for neither Tokyo nor Kashima Antlers 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.
Tokyo form and stats
Tokyo have collected 12 points from their J-League home games so far after 3-3-1.
The Tokyo goalkeeper Jakub Slowik is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 182 minutes without conceding a goal in the J-League.
Tokyo are returning here after visiting Shimizu S-Pulse and winning with a 3-0 scoreline. Ogawa (2) and Abe scored the goal(s). Ogawa, defender, was given a rating of 9.14/10 in that game, top of the team. Ogawa scored two goals, hit two key passes and won 5 of 9 duels.
In the match before that, Tokyo hosted Kashiwa Reysol and drew the game 0-0.Defensively Tokyo have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 7 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Kashima Antlers form and stats
Kashima Antlers have an excellent away record in the J-League so far with 4-1-1 from 6 games.
Kashima Antlers's last game was the home draw against Sagan Tosu (4-4). Kashima Antlers's last match (vs Sagan Tosu) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 0-3. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 90th minute equalizer by Someno. Suzuki, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.81. Suzuki signed up for three assists, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Urawa Reds that ended 1-1.A new game in only three days for Kashima, the Emperor Cup home match versus Niigata University. Busy days.
The travelling fans enjoy Kashima Antlers's attacking play in away games, having scored 10 goals in 6 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Kashima as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Tokyo wins - draws - Kashima Antlers wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Ueda 9 goals |  Y. Suzuki 6 goals |  A. dos Santos da Silva 4 goals |
Tokyo missing players
Kashima Antlers missing players
| Tokyo | Kashima Antlers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 26 |
| 13 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 18 |
| 73% | 57% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 47% | 43% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 80% |
| 40% | 29% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 60% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 27% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 33% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 47% |
| 53% | 57% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 33% |
| 40% | 57% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 27% |
| 5.6 | 4.6 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
| 5.8 | 6.1 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5.7 | 5.2 |
| 1.4 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.5 | 9.6 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 12.7 | 12.1 |
| 3.9 | 4 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 6.2 | 5.5 |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 27% | 32% |
| 10.3 | 10.3 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 9.3 | 8.9 |
| 3.7 | 3.4 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.2 | 3.4 |
- Kashima Antlers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Tokyo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Tokyo have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in J-League
- Tokyo have won significantly less corners at home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kashima Antlers | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 30 |
| 2 | Kawasaki Frontale | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 30 |
| 3 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 28 |
| 4 | Kashiwa Reysol | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 24 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | Tokyo | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 22 |
| 7 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 21 |
| 8 | Sagan Tosu | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 21 |
| 9 | Nagoya Grampus | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 20 |
| 10 | Consadole Sapporo | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | -8 | 20 |
| 11 | Avispa Fukuoka | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 18 |
| 12 | Gamba Osaka | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 17 |
| 13 | Kyoto Sanga | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 17 |
| 14 | Júbilo Iwata | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 15 |
| 15 | Urawa Reds | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -1 | 14 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -7 | 13 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | -8 | 13 |
| 18 | Vissel Kobe | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -11 | 8 |
