Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Kashima Antlers & Kawasaki Frontale face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Ybc Levain Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Kashima Antlers nor Kawasaki Frontale 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.
Kashima Antlers form and stats
Kashima Antlers participated in Ybc Levain Cup the last season, where they reached the semi-finals.Kashima Antlers have played 3 J-League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Happy days for Kashima in their previous game, a J-League match away at Oita Trinita that ended with a 4-1 victory. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Tokyo that ended 2-2.
Everaldo was absolutely essential when Kashima Antlers beat Oita Trinita 4-1, scoring three goals.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Kashima as they have a new game in only three days, a J-League match thankfully also at home. Sagan Tosu are visiting.
Goals decide football matches and Kashima Antlers are scoring many of them at home; 6 on target from 3 league matches. Kashima have conceded 6 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Kawasaki Frontale form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Kawasaki Frontale, as they won the Ybc Levain Cup.As the visiting team in J-League matches, Kawasaki Frontale have produced an overall stat of 4-0-0 so far. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Cerezo Osaka game have they lost an away game, meaning Kawasaki Frontale has taken points from nine away matches in a row. Impressively, the visitors are on a seven-match winning run which they hope continue versus Kashima Antlers.
Two travels in a row for Kawasaki, whose manager T. Oniki could celebrate last time after the J-League win against Gamba Osaka. A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Shonan Bellmare.
After this away game Kawasaki Frontale return home for a J-League game against Oita Trinita. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Kawasaki are scoring goals for fun in their league games away this season, having clocked up more than three goals per game on average (13 goals from 4 away games). Kawasaki are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 4 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for Kashima Antlers, four draws and five wins for Kawasaki Frontale. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Kobayashi 13 goals |  L. da Silva dos Santos 9 goals |
Kashima Antlers missing players
Kawasaki Frontale missing players
| Kashima Antlers | Kawasaki Frontale | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 8 | 17 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 25 | 15 | Scored | S | 33 | 65 | ||
| 31 | 16 | Conceded | C | 14 | 27 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 56% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 38% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 5.6 | ||
| 4.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.4 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 0.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 224 | 132 | Total Shots | T S | 170 | 328 | ||
| 74 | 49 | Shots on Target | S O | 74 | 136 | ||
| 30% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 42% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Nagoya Grampus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Kashima Antlers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 4 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 0 |
| 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 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 15 | 22 |
| 2 | Cerezo Osaka | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 |
| 3 | Gamba Osaka | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | Kashiwa Reysol | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | Nagoya Grampus | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | Tokyo | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Urawa Reds | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -1 | 14 |
| 8 | Consadole Sapporo | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
| 9 | Vissel Kobe | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | -1 | 12 |
| 10 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 11 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 10 |
| 12 | Kashima Antlers | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 7 |
| 13 | Sagan Tosu | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 14 | Oita Trinita | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -7 | 7 |
| 15 | Vegalta Sendai | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 6 |
| 16 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 5 |
| 17 | Yokohama | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -11 | 5 |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 4 |