Yokohama F. Marinos are placed 1st, while Kawasaki Frontale are loitering 15 points behind in the league table. Will they reduce the gap?
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most scored goals (44) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in J-League
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Yokohama F. Marinos form and stats
Home games in the J-League have been a walk in the park for Yokohama F. Marinos so far, with 23 points won from 9 matches; 7 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. Yokohama F. Marinos has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Nissan Stadium. We remember; it was Nagoya Grampus.
Yokohama F. Marinos's previous fixture was also a home event, the defeat 1-4 against Machida Zelvia (in Emperor Cup).
A 2-2 draw away in the J-League before that, with Nagoya Grampus the opponent.This is expected to be a close game, with Yokohama F. Marinos perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Yokohama F. Marinos as a small favourite), we find 7 games. Yokohama has won 5 of these, drawn 2 and lost 0.
Some stats: A review of the 13 latest league matches highlights that 10 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.
Yokohama F. Marinos are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Nissan Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 25 goals in 9 matches. From these home matches, Yokohama have conceded only 8 goals. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Kawasaki Frontale form and stats
The visitors are W4-D1-L5 on the road this term. That's in the J-League.
The supporters enjoyed Kawasaki Frontale's previous fixture versus Mito Hollyhock, a Emperor Cup win (2-1) played at home.
That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Yokohama in the J-League.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Kawasaki Frontale in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Kawasaki Frontale, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Kawasaki Frontale find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. As for defending, Kawasaki rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 15 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most recent registered scoreline featuring both these contenders is the Kawasaki Frontale - Yokohama F. Marinos 1-2 played not long ago this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Yokohama F. Marinos victories, two draws and five Kawasaki Frontale wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Lopes de Souza 15 goals | J. Pimentel da Silva 7 goals |   T. Miyashiro 5 goals |
Yokohama F. Marinos missing players
Kawasaki Frontale missing players
| Yokohama F. Marinos | Kawasaki Frontale | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 19 |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 44 | 25 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 13 | 24 |
| 23 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 74% |
| 60% | 56% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 42% |
| 40% | 44% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 11% |
| 30% | 44% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| 70% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 53% |
| 25% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 32% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 30% | 21% |
| 4.6 | 5.4 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
| 6.2 | 5 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.4 |
| 1.1 | 1.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 13.6 | 14.1 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17 | 12.2 | 12.7 |
| 5.5 | 6.6 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| 40% | 42% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 35% | 31% |
| 15.3 | 13.2 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 11.4 | 11.4 |
| 4.4 | 3.8 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4 | 3.5 |
- All of Yokohama F. Marinos's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Kawasaki Frontale have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Kawasaki Frontale have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in J-League
- Kawasaki Frontale haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- 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 scored in all their home matches so far.
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most scored goals (25) at home in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most scored goals (44) in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the most scored goals in the second half (23) in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos have the the best goal difference (+17) at home in J-League
- Yokohama F. Marinos haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 21 | 43 |
| 2 | Vissel Kobe | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 24 | 40 |
| 3 | Nagoya Grampus | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 39 |
| 4 | Urawa Reds | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 37 |
| 5 | Cerezo Osaka | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 32 |
| 6 | Kashima Antlers | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 30 |
| 7 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 30 |
| 8 | Sagan Tosu | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 29 |
| 9 | Kawasaki Frontale | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 28 |
| 10 | Consadole Sapporo | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 41 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 27 |
| 11 | Tokyo | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -3 | 26 |
| 12 | Avispa Fukuoka | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 26 |
| 13 | Gamba Osaka | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -10 | 23 |
| 14 | Albirex Niigata | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -8 | 21 |
| 15 | Kyoto Sanga | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | -8 | 20 |
| 16 | Kashiwa Reysol | 20 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -13 | 14 |
| 17 | Yokohama | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 21 | -26 | 14 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 20 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -17 | 13 |
