The J1 League fixture at NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Stadium on Saturday sees home side Yokohama FC lock horns with opponents Kawasaki Frontale.
Our tips, poll and stats for Yokohama FC v Kawasaki Frontale can all be found here - plus the latest betting odds.
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Form Guide
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Yokohama FC
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Yokohama FC will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following a 4-0 J. League Cup success against Cerezo Osaka.
For Yokohama FC, goals were scored by Kaito Mori (45'), Lara (84') and Musashi Suzuki (89'). The match was won by Yokohama FC in extra time.
Yokohama FC have been on a persistent run of goalscoring form, netting in each and every one of their last 6 matches.
They have claimed a sum of 9 during that time while also conceding a total of 8.
Their past results show that Yokohama FC:
- have left without a victory over Kawasaki Frontale in their previous 2 league games.
- are unbeaten in their last 2 league matches at home.
Kawasaki Frontale
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Kawasaki Frontale will go into this game following a 1-2 J1 League win as they beat Sanfrecce Hiroshima in their last game.
In that game, Kawasaki Frontale had 52% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. For Kawasaki Frontale, goals were scored by Marcinho (50') and Asahi Sasaki (91'). Sanfrecce Hiroshima got 19 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. Hayato Araki (86') scored for Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
Kawasaki Frontale have seen success in front of goal in their most recent fixtures, scoring 11 goals in their last 6 matches. While their manager Shigetoshi Hasebe will no doubt take that as a positive sign, Kawasaki Frontale have been somewhat leaky at the back, having also been scored against in 5 of those same matches. That sort of trend isn’t assured to be continued into this next game, of course.
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Head to head
A glance at their past head to head clashes stretching back to 23/09/2020 shows that Yokohama FC have won 1 of these and Kawasaki Frontale 5, with the tally of drawn matches being 0.
20 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 6 of them for Yokohama and 14 for Frontale. That’s an average goals per game of 3.33.
The previous league fixture featuring the two was J1 League match day 14 on 14/05/2025 when the final score was Kawasaki Frontale 2-1 Yokohama FC.
That time, Kawasaki Frontale had 73% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Yuki Yamamoto (33').
For their opponents, Yokohama FC had 10 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Lara (4') and Boniface Nduka (83' Own goal) scored.
The match was refereed by Yusuke Araki.
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Team News: Yokohama FC
Tsubasa Shibuya (Acromioclavicular joint dislocation), João Paulo (Tibia and fibula fracture), Towa Yamane (unknown injury) and Kaito Mori (Broken collarbone) will not be able to play for Yokohama FC manager Shuhei Yomoda.
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Team News: Kawasaki Frontale
Kawasaki Frontale manager Shigetoshi Hasebe has to currently contend with reduced team options. Sota Miura (Hamstring muscle injury), Geun-hyeong Lee (Meniscus tear), Erison (Knee medial ligament tear), Jesiel (Hamstring injury) and Shintaro Kurumaya (Adductor injury) will not be playing here.
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Prediction
We think that Yokohama FC might well have a job on their hands to register a score against this Kawasaki Frontale team who will likely score & stay on top.
Our tip is therefore for a narrow 0-1 winning margin for Kawasaki Frontale at the conclusion of the game.
Let’s see how this one goes.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?
In terms of the bookies’ odds on the WDW market, a victory for Yokohama FC can be had for 3.6, a bet on the draw is 3.25 & putting your money on the winning team to be Kawasaki Frontale gets 2.05. Those are the most competitive bets that can be secured at present.
Peter Guest,
03:02 11/06/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Yokohama FC
Formed: 1998
Stadium: NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Stadium (15,442)
Captain: Yoshiaki Komai
Chairman: Daijiro Katahara
Manager: Shuhei Yomoda
Competitions: J1 League position 17
⭐ Star Man: Solomon Sakuragawa
Normally taking up the Striker position, Solomon Sakuragawa was born in Japan. Having played his first senior match for JEF United Chiba in the 2022 season, the talented Forward has managed 2 league goals in the J1 League 2025 campaign so far in 18 appearances.