Kashima Antlers vs Kashiwa Reysol Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Kashima Antlers

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Kashima Antlers enter this game following a 1-1 J1 League draw vs FC Tokyo.

In that game, Kashima Antlers managed 51% possession and 7 attempts at goal with 4 on target. The scorer for Kashima Antlers was Yuki Kakita (6'). FC Tokyo got 12 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Diego Oliveira (28') scored for FC Tokyo.

Under three goals per match were seen in 5 of the last 6 meetings where Kashima Antlers have been participants. Regarding the goal weighting in that period, opposing sides scored a total of 1 while Kashima Antlers managed a tally of 11. Historical results aside, we’ll just have to find out if the trend will be sustained in this game.

Kashiwa Reysol

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Last time out, Kashiwa Reysol drew 1-1 in the J1 League match with Vissel Kobe.

In that game, Kashiwa Reysol managed 57% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 0 of them on target. For their opponents, Vissel Kobe got 3 shots at goal with 1 of them on target. Yuya Osako (24') and Yuki Honda (66' Own goal) scored for Vissel Kobe.

For 5 of the previous 6 clashes involving Kashiwa Reysol, a relatively low number of goals have been scored between them and opposing teams. The overall average goals scored per game in that period comes to just 1.5, with the number of goals averaged by Reysol standing at 0.67.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over their past head to head meetings dating back to 07/04/2021 tells us that Kashima Antlers have won 3 of these and Kashiwa Reysol 2, with the tally of drawn games being 1.

A sum of 13 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 7 of them for Antlers and 6 created by Reysol. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.17.

The previous league encounter between the two was J1 League match day 7 on 09/04/2023 when it finished Kashiwa Reysol 1-0 Kashima Antlers.

On that day, Kashiwa Reysol managed 38% possession and 6 attempts on goal with 1 on target. The scorer was Mao Hosoya (32').

At the other end, Kashima Antlers got 10 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.

The referee was Futoshi Nakamura.

🗞️ Team News: Kashima Antlers

The Kashima Antlers manager Daiki Iwamasa will be happy not to have any fitness concerns whatsoever coming into this clash thanks to a completely healthy squad to pick from.

📋 Team News: Kashiwa Reysol

From a largely available group of players, there’s just a single fitness issue for the Kashiwa Reysol gaffer Masami Ihara to contend with. Diego (Thigh Muscle Strain) won’t be in action.

💭 Prediction

We feel that in this game, Kashima Antlers can and should get a lot of shots on goal and make them count.

Conversely, Kashiwa Reysol may well struggle to get a goal of their own - but, we do see them getting the chances to score, too.

We’re tipping a pretty comfortable 3-1 victory for Kashima Antlers after 90 minutes.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 00:04 20/05/2023