It's early days in the J-League and both Vegalta Sendai and Kawasaki Frontale are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
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.
Vegalta Sendai form and stats
Vegalta Sendai have played three J-League home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 2 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
Vegalta Sendai drew their last game, also a home match. Consadole Sapporo (placed 7th) was the opponent, 2-2 the score. Preceding that game was the away draw at Yokohama that finished 1-1.
Opportunity lost for Vegalta in the Consadole Sapporo match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.
The manager T. Kiyama will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Kashiwa Reysol in only four days.
The Vegalta fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 3 matches. Vegalta have conceded 5 from these games.
Kawasaki Frontale form and stats
Kawasaki Frontale, who have the most scored goals (14) in J-League, are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the J-League. The fact that Kawasaki Frontale have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
It's the second away game in a row for Kawasaki, but there's smiles all around after the 5-1 victory versus Yokohama (placed 13th) in the J-League last time out. That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Kashiwa Reysol.
As mentioned above, Kawasaki was the only team on the pitch versus Yokohama in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task.
A quick return to home after this game, as Kawasaki are hosting Shonan Bellmare in the J-League only four days away.
It's early days yet, but Kawasaki Frontale has scored 9 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Vegalta one win, two draws and Kawasaki Frontale seven victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Kobayashi 13 goals |  L. da Silva dos Santos 9 goals |  S. Nagasawa 7 goals |
Vegalta Sendai missing players
Kawasaki Frontale missing players
| Vegalta Sendai | Kawasaki Frontale | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 14 |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 40% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 80% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 60% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 6.2 | 6 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 8 | 7.4 |
| 5 | 6.3 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 6.2 |
| 1.4 | 1 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.5 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | 42 | 23 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 32 | 69 |
| 20 | 17 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 19 | 31 |
| 30% | 24% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 47% | 45% |
- All of Kawasaki Frontale's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- All of Vegalta Sendai's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Kawasaki Frontale has the fewest conceded goals (3)
- Kawasaki Frontale has the most scored goals (14)
- Kawasaki Frontale has the most scored goals (9) away
- Kawasaki Frontale has the most scored goals in the first half (9)
- Kawasaki Frontale has the the best goal difference (+11)
- Kawasaki Frontale has the the best goal difference (+8) away
- Kawasaki Frontale have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Kawasaki Frontale have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Kawasaki Frontale have scored more than double the goals of Vegalta Sendai.
- Kawasaki Frontale have won all their away games so far.
- Kawasaki Frontale is in the best form (4-1-0)
- Vegalta Sendai have scored in all their matches so far.
- Vegalta Sendai have yet to win a game at home.
- Vegalta Sendai haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Vegalta Sendai | Last season | Kawasaki Frontale | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Won | W | 11 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 12 | ||
| 17 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 38 | 25 | Scored | S | 36 | 57 | ||
| 45 | 19 | Conceded | C | 17 | 34 | ||
| 94% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | ||
| 76% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 82% | ||
| 44% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 53% | ||
| 21% | 24% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 41% | 32% | ||
| 3% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 9% | ||
| 44% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 47% | 38% | ||
| 38% | 24% | Failed to Score | F T | 6% | 15% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.1 | ||
| 5.6 | 6.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.1 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.1 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 439 | 247 | Total Shots | T S | 222 | 485 | ||
| 147 | 89 | Shots on Target | S O | 89 | 183 | ||
| 26% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 31% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 13 |
| 2 | Tokyo | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | Cerezo Osaka | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | Nagoya Grampus | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | Gamba Osaka | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Urawa Reds | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | Consadole Sapporo | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Vissel Kobe | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 9 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | Oita Trinita | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | Vegalta Sendai | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 | Kashiwa Reysol | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | Yokohama | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -3 | 5 |
| 14 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 4 |
| 15 | Kashima Antlers | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 3 |
| 16 | Sagan Tosu | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 2 |
| 17 | Shonan Bellmare | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 1 |
| 18 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -8 | 0 |