Kawasaki Frontale and Cerezo Osaka are both riding high in the J-League with their 1st and 2nd positions respectively. Expect a great game!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Kawasaki and Cerezo Osaka.
Kawasaki Frontale form and stats
The story so far in the J-League for Kawasaki Frontale, who have the most scored goals (29) in J-League, at their home stadium (Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Kawasaki has a nice streak going on as they have played ten consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Sagan Tosu defeat 179 days ago. After failing to beat Sagan Tosu here at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium, Kawasaki has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
It's back home for Kawasaki, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Consadole Sapporo away with the result 6-1. S. Kurumaya (3), Y. Kobayashi (2) and Leandro Damião found the net in that victory. 2-2 away at Nagoya Grampus before that.
As mentioned above, Kawasaki Frontale "killed" Consadole Sapporo in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. What a game it was for S. Kurumaya when beating Consadole Sapporo, applying the finishing touch to three goals!
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Kawasaki have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won two times, drawn four and lost two.
There will be little rest for Kawasaki after this match as they are travelling to Nagoya Grampus for a J-League game in only four days.
The Kawasaki Frontale manager T. Oniki has got the team scoring with 10 from 5 home games in the league. From these home matches, Kawasaki have conceded only 3 goals.
Cerezo Osaka form and stats
As the visiting team in J-League matches, Cerezo Osaka have produced an overall stat of 4-1-0 so far. Cerezo Osaka love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Cerezo Osaka play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting Kashiwa Reysol (placed 7th). Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Vegalta Sendai.
Cerezo are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, zero draws and one defeat. From a total of two matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Vegalta Sendai in just four days.
The travelling fans enjoy Cerezo's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 5 league matches away. Cerezo are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Kawasaki won three, Cerezo Osaka won six and one draw. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Kobayashi 6 goals | S. Kurumaya 5 goals |  L. da Silva dos Santos 5 goals |
Kawasaki Frontale missing players
Cerezo Osaka missing players
| Kawasaki Frontale | Cerezo Osaka | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 12 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 90% | 80% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 80% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 60% |
| 70% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 30% |
| 60% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 30% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 40% |
| 40% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 50% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 30% |
| 6.4 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4 | 4.7 |
| 4.4 | 4.8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5 | 5.7 |
| 0.7 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 0.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 164 | 82 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 36 | 67 |
| 70 | 30 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 13 | 21 |
| 41% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 54% | 38% |