📏 Form Guide

FC Tokyo

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FC Tokyo will be looking for another win after the 2-1 J1 League victory against Urawa Red Diamonds.

In that match, FC Tokyo had 48% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. For FC Tokyo, the goalscorers were Ryotaro Araki (50') and Kuryu Matsuki (58'). For their opponents, Urawa Red Diamonds had 14 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Thiago Santana (24') was the scorer for Urawa Red Diamonds.

At least three goals per match were seen in 5 of the last 6 fixtures where FC Tokyo have participated. Opposition teams scored 10 of them in these games whereas FC Tokyo managed to get a total of 9.

Heading into this fixture, FC Tokyo have not registered a win against Kashima Antlers in their previous 2 matches in the league.

Kashima Antlers

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Since a losing effort in their last game against Avispa Fukuoka in J1 League competition, Kashima Antlers will be aiming to make amends here.

In that game, Kashima Antlers had 62% possession and 7 shots at goal with 1 on target. At the other end, Avispa Fukuoka got 7 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Shahab Zahedi (52') was the scorer for Avispa Fukuoka.

A run of reliable performances by the Kashima Antlers defenders has seen the number of goals they’ve conceded standing at 4 from their last 6 fixtures overall. During the same time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves is 7. We shall soon find out if that trend will be sustained into this next match.

Going into this contest, Kashima Antlers are without a win away from home in their last 2 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

A review of their most recent head to head meetings going back to 09/05/2021 shows that FC Tokyo have won 2 of these games and Kashima Antlers 3, with the number of drawn games being 1.

17 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 7 for FC Tokyo and 10 coming from Antlers. That is an average goals per game value of 2.83.

The previous league game between the two was J1 League match day 21 on 16/07/2023 when it finished FC Tokyo 1-3 Kashima Antlers.

That day, FC Tokyo managed 59% possession and 6 attempts on goal with 1 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Diego Oliveira (9').

Kashima Antlers had 15 shots on goal with 7 on target. Yuma Suzuki (23'), Yuki Kakita (45') and Diego Pituca (54') scored.

The match was refereed by Akihiko Ikeuchi.

📰 Team News: FC Tokyo

Keita Yamashita (Meniscus damage), Keigo Higashi (Hamstring injury) and Renta Higashi (Cruciate ligament surgery) aren’t available for FC Tokyo gaffer Peter Cklamovski.

It looks as if FC Tokyo should kick off with a 4-2-3-1 formation for this game, utilising T. Brandon Nozawa, Kosuke Shirai, Kanta Doi, Henrique, Kashifu Bangunagande, Takahiro Koh, Kei Koizumi, Soma Anzai, Kuryu Matsuki, Kota Tawaratsumida and Teruhito Nakagawa.

📋 Team News: Kashima Antlers

Due to a completely healthy group available for selection, the Kashima Antlers manager Ranko Popović doesn’t have any fitness worries at all before this clash.

We reckon that Kashima Antlers might begin the game with a 4-4-2 system, settling for Tomoki Hayakawa, Kimito Nono, Naomichi Ueda, Ikuma Sekigawa, Koki Anzai, Yuta Higuchi, Kei Chinen, Kaishu Sano, Hayato Nakama, Yuma Suzuki and Aleksandar Cavric.

⚡ Prediction

FC Tokyo might well have a job on their hands to get anything against this Kashima Antlers outfit who we think will end up scoring and staying ahead.

With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 0-1 winning score for Kashima Antlers at the end of the match.

Hopefully it’s a good one.

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

Lucas Pereira, 07:10 07/04/2024