Urawa Reds played 3-3 score versus Yokohama F. Marinos in their previous fixture, a game to learn from. The next assignment is this strong Kashima Antlers side.
- Urawa Reds have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Kashima Antlers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
It's no vacation for neither Urawa 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.
Urawa Reds form and stats
Urawa Reds have collected 10 points from their J-League home games so far after 2-4-1. The trend of drawing games is also valid regardless of arena as Urawa Reds has six draws from their last six matches.
The home supporters saw a 3-3 draw versus Yokohama F. Marinos last time out and are looking for a win here. There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Yokohama F. Marinos as Junker's goal in the 89th minute completed a cancellation of 0-3 and secured a draw after 90 minutes. Junker could bring home the match ball after scoring three goals against Yokohama F. Marinos, but was annoyed the match ended without a win (3-3). Junker, who usually plays near the opponent's goal, was the highest rated player for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 9.31 (out of 10). Junker scored three goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
In the match before that, Urawa Reds hosted Sanfrecce Hiroshima and drew the game 0-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Urawa Reds perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Urawa as a small favourite), we find 7 games. Urawa Reds has won 4 of these, drawn 2 and lost 1.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Urawa Reds as they are travelling to their away game against Cerezo Osaka in the J-League. That match is four days after this one.
A decent goal production from Urawa Reds in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 7 league matches. On the other hand, Urawa Reds have conceded 8 goals.
Kashima Antlers form and stats
The visitors are W4-D0-L1 on the road this term. That's in the J-League.
Two away games in a row for Kashima, whose manager Weiler could celebrate last time after the Nabisco Cup win against Gamba Osaka.
A home win before that, celebrating 4-1 vs Consadole Sapporo.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Kashima Antlers in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Kashima Antlers, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Sagan Tosu in just four days.
Kashima Antlers has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 5 games. It's not easy to score on Kashima as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the prior ten meetings involving these two sides are: four wins for Urawa Reds, two draws and four wins for Kashima Antlers. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Ueda 8 goals |  Y. Suzuki 6 goals |   K. Junker 4 goals |
Urawa Reds missing players
Kashima Antlers missing players
| Urawa Reds | Kashima Antlers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 21 |
| 13 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| 77% | 86% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 54% | 71% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 77% |
| 31% | 43% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 62% |
| 23% | 43% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 23% |
| 15% | 29% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 46% | 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 38% |
| 31% | 29% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 60% | 38% |
| 46% | 29% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 31% |
| 4.4 | 4.6 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | 5.4 |
| 3.6 | 4.6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6 | 5.2 |
| 0.8 | 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 1.6 | 1.2 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.6 | 13.1 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 13 | 11.6 |
| 4.8 | 5.9 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 6.4 | 5.2 |
| 23% | 29% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 28% | 31% |
| 9.1 | 9.7 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 9.6 | 9.1 |
| 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.2 | 3.3 |
- Kashima Antlers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Kashima Antlers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Urawa Reds have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 | Kawasaki Frontale | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 29 |
| 2 | Kashima Antlers | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 28 |
| 3 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 25 |
| 4 | Kashiwa Reysol | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 |
| 5 | Sagan Tosu | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 19 |
| 6 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 7 | Tokyo | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 18 |
| 8 | Cerezo Osaka | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 17 |
| 9 | Kyoto Sanga | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
| 10 | Gamba Osaka | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 17 |
| 11 | Consadole Sapporo | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 17 |
| 12 | Avispa Fukuoka | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| 13 | Nagoya Grampus | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 14 |
| 14 | Jubilo Iwata | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -4 | 14 |
| 15 | Urawa Reds | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 17 | Vissel Kobe | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -10 | 7 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -13 | 7 |
