📊 Form Guide

Kawasaki Frontale

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

In that match, Kawasaki Frontale had 50% possession and 20 attempts at goal with 6 on target. The only player to score for Kawasaki Frontale was Asahi Sasaki (7'). On the other side, Kashima Antlers had 12 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Yu Funabashi (45') and Kyosuke Tagawa (65') scored for Kashima Antlers.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent games that Kawasaki Frontale have kept a clean sheet. The reality is that Kawasaki Frontale have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 games, shipping 10 goals on the way.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Kawasaki Frontale:

• are unbeaten in their last 3 league matches at home.
• have not won at home in their last 2 league matches.

Yokohama FC

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Yokohama FC will go into this encounter following a 1-0 J1 League win over Avispa Fukuoka in their most recent outing.

In that game, Yokohama FC had 43% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Yokohama FC was Keisuke Muroi (59'). For their opponents, Avispa Fukuoka got 10 shots on goal with 1 of them on target.

The stats don’t lie, and Yokohama FC have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 9 goals in total. At the back, Yokohama FC have been far from perfect. Let’s find out if that trend will be continued on here.

Looking at their past form shows that Yokohama FC:

• have not registered a win against Kawasaki Frontale in games played away from home for the previous 9 league matches. A very poor set of away results, indeed.
• have not won away from home in their last 9 league matches. A poor run.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An examination of their most recent head-to-head clashes dating back to 18/07/2020 shows us that Kawasaki Frontale have won 5 of these games & Yokohama FC 1, with the number of drawn games standing at 0.

There were also goals galore in those games, with 23 in all which averages out at 3.83 goals per meeting.

The last league encounter between the two was J1 League match day 20 on 08/07/2023 which ended up with the score at Kawasaki Frontale 3-0 Yokohama FC.

On that day, Kawasaki Frontale managed 59% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Goals were scored by Shin Yamada (13'), Taisei Miyashiro (36') and Yusuke Segawa (88').

Yokohama FC got 12 shots at goal with 2 on target.

The referee was Hajime Matsuo.

📰 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.

ℹ️ Team News: Yokohama FC

Yokohama FC boss Shuhei Yomoda has to choose a team with limited availability. Tsubasa Shibuya (Acromioclavicular joint dislocation), João Paulo (Tibia and fibula fracture) and Kaito Mori (Broken collarbone) miss out here.

💡 Prediction

Our feeling is that Yokohama FC will need to put in a solid display to break down this Kawasaki Frontale team who should manage to score & go ahead.

We’ve gone for a 1-0 advantage for Kawasaki Frontale when the referee blows for full-time.

There should be little in it.

Victor Martins, 09:09 14/05/2025