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FC Tokyo

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FC Tokyo head into this game following a 0-0 J1 League stalemate vs Gamba Osaka.

In that game, FC Tokyo had 33% possession and 9 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. Gamba Osaka had 24 attempts on goal with 6 on target.

Over their preceding 6 games, Peter Cklamovski's FC Tokyo have netted a combined total of 6 times resulting in an average number of goals per match equal to 1.

Coming into this meeting, FC Tokyo have left without a victory over Kawasaki Frontale in their last 2 league games.

Kawasaki Frontale

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Kawasaki Frontale will come into the encounter following on from a 3-0 J1 League win with the defeat of Vissel Kobe in their most recent game.

In that game, Kawasaki Frontale managed 67% possession and 18 shots at goal with 8 on target. For Kawasaki Frontale, goals were scored by Akihiro Ienaga (57') and Shin Yamada (71', 85'). At the other end, Vissel Kobe had 9 shots on goal with 2 on target.

Kawasaki Frontale have been effective going forward of late, having scored 11 goals in their last 6 matches. Having said that, Kawasaki Frontale have had their own issues at the back, also conceding in 5 of those same matches.

Going into this encounter, Kawasaki Frontale are unbeaten in their previous 3 away league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Inspecting their prior head to head meetings going back to 02/10/2021 tells us that FC Tokyo have won 1 of these and Kawasaki Frontale 5, with the number of drawn results standing at 0.

An aggregate of 14 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 4 for FC Tokyo and 10 netted by Frontale. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.33.

The previous league game featuring these sides was J1 League match day 5 on 30/03/2024 and the score finished Kawasaki Frontale 3-0 FC Tokyo.

On that day, Kawasaki Frontale had 50% possession and 20 attempts at goal with 6 on target. The goals were scored by Yasuto Wakizaka (34'), Shin Yamada (83') and Kento Tachibanada (92').

For their opponents, FC Tokyo had 5 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Masuya Ueda.

📋 Team News: FC Tokyo

Keita Yamashita (Meniscus damage) and Renta Higashi (Cruciate ligament surgery) will be missing for FC Tokyo manager Peter Cklamovski.

It looks as if FC Tokyo should kick off with a 4-2-1-3 formation for this one, utilising T. Brandon Nozawa, Kosuke Shirai, Kanta Doi, Teppei Oka, Shuhei Tokumoto, Takahiro Koh, Kei Koizumi, Teruhito Nakagawa, Soma Anzai, Diego Oliveira and Keita Endo.

ℹ️ Team News: Kawasaki Frontale

Kawasaki Frontale boss Tōru Oniki has to currently contend with reduced team options. Shintaro Kurumaya (Meniscus injury), Jesiel (Hamstring injury) and Yuichi Maruyama (Calf injury) will miss out on this game.

It’s our belief that Kawasaki Frontale could decide to begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 system, starting the game with Sung-Ryong Jung, Sai van Wermeskerken, Kota Takai, Asahi Sasaki, Sota Miura, Kento Tachibanada, Ryota Oshima, Akihiro Ienaga, Yasuto Wakizaka, Marcinho and Shin Yamada.

🔮 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that FC Tokyo will need things to go their way to put one past this Kawasaki Frontale outfit who will likely get the vital goal that wins it.

We’re therefore seeing a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 0-1 win for Kawasaki Frontale when all is said and done.

Let’s see how it plays out.

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

Victor Martins, 09:06 11/08/2024