Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Kashiwa Reysol welcomes JEF United

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Competition: Japan J2-League
Date: Sat 22.June
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: SANKYO FRONTIER Kashiwa Stadium (15900 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 7th and 15th place in the table will show on the pitch.

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.

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Kashiwa Reysol form and stats

Overall stats at home this season for Kashiwa Reysol, who have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in J2-League, are 4-3-1 (wins-draw-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at SANKYO FRONTIER Kashiwa Stadium.

Kashiwa Reysol's last game was hosting JEF United and winning 2-0. Before that, Kashiwa Reysol played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Avispa Fukuoka.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Kashiwa Reysol here at SANKYO FRONTIER Kashiwa Stadium, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 8 games). Kashiwa Reysol have showed great defending skills in their home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.

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JEF United form and stats

As the visiting team JEF United have produced an overall stat of 2-4-3 so far.

It might be tough going out on the road again for JEF United, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus Kashiwa Reysol. That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Kagoshima United.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting JEF United as they have only managed to score 7 times from 9 away games. JEF United have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Kashiwa Reysol - JEF United 2-0 earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 3 wins for Kashiwa Reysol, 6 draws and 1 win for JEF United. Over 2,5 goals: 5 times; under 2,5 goals: 5 games.

Top Goalscorers

T. Funayama
7 goals
M. Olunga
6 goals
Kléber
5 goals

Kashiwa Reysol missing players

JEF United missing players

Kashiwa Reysol JEF United
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs top Away Total
19 9 3 Played 3 10 19
8 5 2 Won 1 2 5
7 3 1 Drew 1 4 7
4 1 0 Lost 1 4 7
17 9 2 Scored 4 7 20
12 2 0 Conceded 5 12 28
79% 78% 67% Over 0.5 100% 80% 79%
47% 33% 0% Over 1.5 100% 60% 63%
21% 11% 0% Over 2.5 67% 30% 42%
5% 0% 0% Over 3.5 33% 20% 32%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 21%
32% 11% 0% BTTS 100% 50% 58%
58% 78% 100% Clean Sheets 0% 30% 32%
32% 33% 33% Failed To Score 0% 40% 32%
 
6.9 6.8 8.3 Corners For (avg) 2 3.6 5.1
3.8 4.1 6 Corners Against (avg) 7 5.9 4.6
1.5 1.4 1.3 Yellow Cards (avg) 0.7 1.8 1.6
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 1
Key stats this season:
  • JEF United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Kashiwa Reysol have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

Kashiwa Reysol
All Emperor Cup Nabisco Cup AFC Champions League J2-League Club Friendlies J-League
All Home Away
26-05-19 J2 Kashiwa Reysol 1 - 1 Omiya Ardija
01-06-19 J2 Kashiwa Reysol 1 - 0 Gifu
09-06-19 J2 Ehime 3 - 1 Kashiwa Reysol
16-06-19 J2 Avispa Fukuoka 1 - 1 Kashiwa Reysol
22-06-19 J2 Kashiwa Reysol 2 - 0 JEF United
29-06-19 J2 Montedio Yamagata 10:00 Kashiwa Reysol
03-07-19 EC Kashiwa Reysol 10:00 Grulla Morioka
07-07-19 J2 Kashiwa Reysol 10:00 Ventforet Kofu
13-07-19 J2 Tokushima Vortis 10:00 Kashiwa Reysol
20-07-19 J2 Kashiwa Reysol 10:00 Zweigen Kanazawa
JEF United
All Emperor Cup J2-League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
25-05-19 J2 Tokyo Verdy 1 - 1 JEF United
02-06-19 J2 JEF United 1 - 4 V-Varen Nagasaki
09-06-19 J2 Tochigi 0 - 0 JEF United
15-06-19 J2 JEF United 2 - 1 Kagoshima United
22-06-19 J2 Kashiwa Reysol 2 - 0 JEF United
29-06-19 J2 JEF United 09:00 Machida Zelvia
03-07-19 EC JEF United 10:00 Fagiano Okayama
07-07-19 J2 Tokushima Vortis 09:00 JEF United
14-07-19 J2 Gifu 09:00 JEF United
20-07-19 J2 JEF United 09:00 Avispa Fukuoka

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Montedio Yamagata 18 10 6 2 22 11 9 6 2 1 10 4 9 4 4 1 12 7 11 36
2 Omiya Ardija 18 9 7 2 24 15 9 5 3 1 15 10 9 4 4 1 9 5 9 34
3 Mito Hollyhock 18 9 6 3 19 9 8 3 4 1 10 5 10 6 2 2 9 4 10 33
4 Ventforet Kofu 18 8 6 4 26 16 9 4 2 3 12 10 9 4 4 1 14 6 10 30
5 Kyoto Sanga 18 8 6 4 25 18 9 4 3 2 10 7 9 4 3 2 15 11 7 30
6 V-Varen Nagasaki 17 8 3 6 23 18 8 3 2 3 9 9 9 5 1 3 14 9 5 27
7 Kashiwa Reysol 17 7 6 4 14 11 8 4 3 1 7 2 9 3 3 3 7 9 3 27
8 Fagiano Okayama 18 7 6 5 22 20 10 5 4 1 14 10 8 2 2 4 8 10 2 27
9 Zweigen Kanazawa 18 6 8 4 22 13 8 3 4 1 9 3 10 3 4 3 13 10 9 26
10 Ryūkyū 18 6 7 5 25 22 9 5 4 0 15 8 9 1 3 5 10 14 3 25
11 Tokushima Vortis 18 6 6 6 19 19 8 4 3 1 9 6 10 2 3 5 10 13 0 24
12 Tokyo Verdy 18 6 6 6 24 25 10 4 4 2 15 14 8 2 2 4 9 11 -1 24
13 Albirex Niigata 18 6 5 7 25 22 8 3 1 4 9 9 10 3 4 3 16 13 3 23
14 Yokohama 18 6 4 8 20 22 9 3 2 4 12 13 9 3 2 4 8 9 -2 22
15 JEF United 18 5 7 6 20 26 9 3 3 3 13 16 9 2 4 3 7 10 -6 22
16 Machida Zelvia 17 5 5 7 15 23 8 2 3 3 7 11 9 3 2 4 8 12 -8 20
17 Ehime 18 5 4 9 16 21 11 4 2 5 11 12 7 1 2 4 5 9 -5 19
18 Kagoshima United 18 5 2 11 16 22 10 4 0 6 11 15 8 1 2 5 5 7 -6 17
19 Renofa Yamaguchi 18 4 5 9 23 31 9 1 2 6 10 18 9 3 3 3 13 13 -8 17
20 Tochigi 18 3 8 7 14 22 9 1 5 3 5 8 9 2 3 4 9 14 -8 17
21 Avispa Fukuoka 17 4 4 9 15 25 8 1 2 5 3 10 9 3 2 4 12 15 -10 16
22 Gifu 18 3 3 12 14 32 10 3 2 5 11 16 8 0 1 7 3 16 -18 12

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