📊 Form Guide

Kawasaki Frontale

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Kawasaki Frontale will be hoping for a better result after the 2-1 J1 League loss in their previous game against Vissel Kobe.

In that match, Kawasaki Frontale managed 51% possession and 6 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. The scorer for Kawasaki Frontale was Marcinho (45'). At the other end, Vissel Kobe got 10 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Daiju Sasaki (31') and Thuler (45') scored for Vissel Kobe.

In their past 6 games, Shigetoshi Hasebe's Kawasaki Frontale have found the net a combined total of 11 times resulting in an average number of goals per match equal to 1.83.

Coming into this meeting, Kawasaki Frontale have not been beaten in their last 2 league matches at home.

Tokyo Verdy

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Tokyo Verdy go into this game following a 1-2 J. League Cup win over AFC Blaublitz Akita in their last outing.

For Tokyo Verdy, the scorers were Yudai Kimura (90') and Yuya Fukuda (118'). Ryotaro Ishida (33') was the scorer for AFC Blaublitz Akita. The match went to extra time and was won by Tokyo Verdy.

The strike force from Tokyo Verdy have struggled for goals over their previous 6 encounters, contributing the unsatisfactory return of only 4. In those matches, Tokyo Verdy have also seen the collective goal tally of their opponents equal 4.

Pre-game facts show that Tokyo Verdy:

• remain undefeated by Kawasaki Frontale in games played away from home for the previous 2 league matches.
• are unbeaten in their previous 4 away league matches.
• are without a win away from home in their last 3 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An inspection of past results between these clubs going back to 09/04/2005 shows that these fixtures have ended in disappointment for Tokyo Verdy. They’ve not managed to register any victories whatsoever whereas Kawasaki Frontale have dominated them, running out winners in 67 per cent of those ties.

A sum of 17 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 11 of them for Frontale and 6 being from Tokyo Verdy. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.83.

The previous league contest featuring the two was J1 League match day 37 on 30/11/2024 which ended up with the score at Tokyo Verdy 4-5 Kawasaki Frontale.

That day, Tokyo Verdy had 47% possession and 12 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. The goals were scored by Tomoya Miki (42') and Hiroto Taniguchi (49', 71', 83').

On the other side, Kawasaki Frontale had 16 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Shin Yamada (16', 22', 94'), Sai van Wermeskerken (58') and Marcinho (65') scored.

The referee was Yoshimi Yamashita.

📰 Team News: Kawasaki Frontale

Geun-hyeong Lee (Meniscus tear), Jesiel (Hamstring injury), Shintaro Kurumaya (Adductor injury) and Yu Kobayashi (Acromioclavicular joint dislocation) are not available for Kawasaki Frontale manager Shigetoshi Hasebe.

🗞️ Team News: Tokyo Verdy

Tokyo Verdy manager Hiroshi Jofuku has multiple availability issues to deal with. Maaya Sako (Cruciate ligament injury) and Goki Yamada (Torn knee ligaments) won’t be making appearances.

💡 Prediction

In our view, Tokyo Verdy may well find it hard to register a score against this Kawasaki Frontale outfit who we think will likely end up scoring and staying ahead.

We therefore fancy a narrow 1-0 win for Kawasaki Frontale after 90 minutes.

Let’s see how this one goes.

Andre Moura, 05:02 20/04/2025