📊 Form Guide

Kashima Antlers

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Kashima Antlers fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being the 1-2 J1 League triumph against Gamba Osaka.

In that game, Kashima Antlers managed 43% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 4 on target. For Kashima Antlers, goals were scored by Hayato Nakama (27') and Kimito Nono (54'). For their opponents, Gamba Osaka had 8 shots on goal with 3 on target. Isa Sakamoto (39') scored for Gamba Osaka.

It has been seldom in recent games where Kashima Antlers have kept a clean sheet. The reality is that Kashima Antlers have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 9 goals during that time.

Their prior results show that Kashima Antlers:

• have not been beaten in the league by Shonan Bellmare in their previous 7 matches.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 7 home league matches.

Shonan Bellmare

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In the game prior to this, Shonan Bellmare drew 3-3 in the J1 League tie with Consadole Sapporo.

In that match, Shonan Bellmare managed 53% possession and 15 shots at goal with 10 of them on target. For Shonan Bellmare, the scorers were Taiga Hata (67'), Sho Fukuda (85') and Yuto Suzuki (93'). For their opponents, Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo got 13 shots on goal with 4 on target. Ryota Aoki (23', 54') and Tomoki Kondo (42') scored for Consadole Sapporo.

The stats don’t lie, and Shonan Bellmare have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 12 goals in total. Defensively, Shonan Bellmare have clearly had some problems. Such a trend isn’t assured to be continued into this match, though.

Their past results show that Shonan Bellmare:

• haven't beaten Kashima Antlers in games played away from home for the previous 7 matches in the league. Not good.
• have not been beaten in their last 2 league matches away from home.
• are without an away win for the past 5 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

A quick look at their past head to head results going back to 10/03/2021 shows that these encounters have been pretty painful for Shonan Bellmare. They’ve not managed to get themselves any wins at all while Kashima Antlers have dominated them, winning in 67 per cent of those games where they have faced each other.

A total of 17 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 11 of them for Antlers and 6 netted by Shonan. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.83.

The previous league game featuring these sides was J1 League match day 26 on 02/09/2023 when the final score was Shonan Bellmare 2-2 Kashima Antlers.

In that match, Shonan Bellmare had 34% possession and 7 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. The goalscorers were Yuki Ohashi (35') and Akito Suzuki (43').

Kashima Antlers had 19 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Kaishu Sano (8') and Arthur Caíke (92') scored.

The match was refereed by Hayato Shimizu.

📋 Team News: Kashima Antlers

The Kashima Antlers boss Ranko Popović doesn’t have any fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this match with a completely injury-free group available for selection.

We are thinking that Kashima Antlers may well use a 4-2-3-1 formation for this game, utilising Tomoki Hayakawa, Kimito Nono, Naomichi Ueda, Ikuma Sekigawa, Koki Anzai, Kei Chinen, Kaishu Sano, Yuta Higuchi, Shintaro Nago, Hayato Nakama and Yuma Suzuki.

ℹ️ Team News: Shonan Bellmare

Shonan Bellmare manager Satoshi Yamaguchi has to choose a team with limited availability. Akito Suzuki (Knee injury), Kosuke Onose (Hamstring injury), Koki Tachi (Hamstring injury), Ryo Nemoto (Cruciate ligament tear) and Junnosuke Suzuki (Torn thigh muscle) are not able to play.

It’s our belief that Shonan Bellmare could decide to make use of a 4-4-2 system, going with Bum-Keun Song, Yuto Suzuki, Kazuki Oiwa, Min-Tae Kim, Taiga Hata, Masaki Ikeda, Naoya Takahashi, Akimi Barada, Taiyo Hiraoka, Lukian and Sho Fukuda.

🧠 Prediction

In this match, Kashima Antlers will most probably get the goals that they need when they line up against Shonan Bellmare, who might well find it a difficult task finding the net themselves.

We’re predicting a 2-0 margin for Kashima Antlers after 90 minutes.

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

Renata Leite, 05:09 03/05/2024