This pair of teams are revelling in a quality season so far and occasions like this could be deciding. Get ready for Yokohama F. Marinos - Kashima Antlers!
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most scored goals (48) in J-League
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Yokohama F. Marinos form and stats
Yokohama F. Marinos have been very solid at home in the J-League so far, with 26 points collected from 10 matches (8-2-0). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table. Two home wins in a row for Yokohama bring valid hopes of a third.
Yokohama F. Marinos travelled for their previous game, a trip to Sagan Tosu that ended 2-2. The hometeam coach Muscat made a successful contribution in the game against Sagan Tosu, bringing on Mizunuma who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw. Defender Matsubara got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.33/10. Matsubara served one assist, hit one key pass and won 4 of 9 duels.
2-2 away at Cerezo Osaka before that.Lots of goals and action? We don't know what will happen in this one, but we do know that 10 of the 13 most recent league matches with this side has had three or more goals.
Yokohama F. Marinos are traveling soon after this match as the Nabisco Cup match at Sanfrecce Hiroshima awaits in four days.
Yokohama can score goals in their home matches. After 10 league matches they have found the net 23 times. Yokohama F. Marinos are not conceding a lot of goals here at Nissan Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 10 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Kashima Antlers form and stats
The visitors are W5-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the J-League.
There were no winners in Kashima Antlers's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Vissel Kobe (placed 15th). Midfield player Pituca was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.82/10. Pituca hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 45 successful passes (of 53 total).
Sports betting statistic: Both sides have scored goal(s) in 8 of this club's last 10 league matches.
Kashima have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 14 goals have been scored.
Head 2 Head
This was the end result when the teams played each other earlier this campaign; Kashima Antlers - Yokohama F. Marinos 0-3. Yokohama F. Marinos-Kashima Antlers H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Yokohama F. Marinos three wins, Kashima Antlers six wins, one draw. nine of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  L. de Sousa Pereira 10 goals |   A. Ueda 10 goals | T. Nishimura 8 goals |
Yokohama F. Marinos missing players
Kashima Antlers missing players
| Yokohama F. Marinos | Kashima Antlers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 13 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 48 | 23 | 13 | Scored | S | 5 | 14 | 35 |
| 25 | 6 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | 27 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 91% |
| 91% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 77% |
| 64% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 55% |
| 41% | 30% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 18% | 10% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 55% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 55% |
| 36% | 60% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | 32% |
| 14% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | 23% |
| 5.1 | 5 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.7 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
| 4.3 | 5.9 | 6.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.5 | 5 |
| 1 | 0.9 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 1.4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14.2 | 15.7 | 15.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 11.6 | 12 |
| 5.9 | 7.1 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.5 | 4.9 |
| 37% | 32% | 52% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 31% | 33% |
| 11.1 | 9.9 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.7 | 11 | 9.7 |
| 3.9 | 2.9 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.6 | 3.8 |
- Yokohama F. Marinos have not yet lost a game at home.
- Yokohama F. Marinos have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most matches over the total-line (11) in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most points (26) at home in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most scored goals (23) at home in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most scored goals (48) in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most scored goals in the second half (29) in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the the best goal difference (+17) at home in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the the best goal difference (+23) 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 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 48 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 23 | 45 |
| 2 | Kashima Antlers | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 40 |
| 3 | Kawasaki Frontale | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 37 |
| 4 | Kashiwa Reysol | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 36 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 35 |
| 6 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 35 |
| 7 | Tokyo | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -1 | 32 |
| 8 | Urawa Reds | 22 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 29 |
| 9 | Sagan Tosu | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 28 |
| 10 | Avispa Fukuoka | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -1 | 27 |
| 11 | Kyoto Sanga | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -4 | 25 |
| 12 | Shonan Bellmare | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | -6 | 25 |
| 13 | Nagoya Grampus | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -6 | 25 |
| 14 | Consadole Sapporo | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 28 | -18 | 24 |
| 15 | Vissel Kobe | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -7 | 21 |
| 16 | Gamba Osaka | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -9 | 21 |
| 17 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -9 | 20 |
| 18 | Júbilo Iwata | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -12 | 19 |
