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Albirex Niigata

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Albirex Niigata will be wanting a better result here after the 5-1 J1 League losing effort in their last game against Kawasaki Frontale.

In that match, Albirex Niigata managed 63% possession and 23 attempts on goal with 8 of them on target. The only player to score for Albirex Niigata was Shusuke Ota (86'). Kawasaki Frontale got 17 attempts on goal with 10 on target. Erison (13', 63'), Yasuto Wakizaka (18') and Shin Yamada (65', 73') scored for Kawasaki Frontale.

Three or more goals per game have been seen in 5 of the last 6 meetings where Albirex Niigata have been involved. Opposition teams scored 14 times in this period whereas Albirex Niigata bagged a total of 11.

Coming into this meeting, Albirex Niigata haven't won against Kashima Antlers in their last 10 matches in the league.

Kashima Antlers

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Following on from a losing effort in their last game against Shonan Bellmare in J1 League action, Kashima Antlers and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that match, Kashima Antlers managed 38% possession and 18 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. The scorer for Kashima Antlers was Kimito Nono (22', 27'). On the other side, Shonan Bellmare got 12 shots at goal with 5 on target. Akito Suzuki (45'), Taiga Hata (65') and Sho Fukuda (67') scored for Shonan Bellmare.

Ranko Popović's Kashima Antlers have had reason to celebrate scoring 6 times in the course of their latest six matches. The number of goals that they have conceded during those same clashes equals 9.

A look at their previous results shows us that Kashima Antlers:

• are undefeated by Albirex Niigata when having played them away from home in the previous 8 league matches. What a record that is.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 6 league matches.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their most recent head-to-head clashes going back to 16/09/2017 shows that Albirex Niigata have won 1 of these and Kashima Antlers 4, with the tally of drawn results standing at 1.

An aggregate of 15 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 4 from Albirex and 11 belonging to Antlers. That is an average goals per game value of 2.5.

The last league contest featuring these clubs was J1 League match day 18 on 16/06/2024 when it finished Kashima Antlers 1-1 Albirex Niigata.

That day, Kashima Antlers had 37% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Tomoya Fujii (50').

Albirex Niigata had 18 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Yota Komi (43') was the scorer.

The referee was Yuichi Nishimura.

📋 Team News: Kashima Antlers

Kashima Antlers boss Ranko Popović has to choose a team with limited availability. Aleksandar Cavric (Knee injury), Yuji Kajikawa (Calf injury), Guilherme Parede (Cruciate ligament injury) and Kimito Nono (Meniscus injury) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

🧠 Prediction

We believe that Kashima Antlers and Albirex Niigata may well end up cancelling each other out here.

A draw looks like a realistic possibility, but we’ll see what happens. We’re therefore tipping a very even match with a 1-1 score draw at the end of the 90 minutes.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 04:00 05/10/2024