FC Tōkyō vs Kawasaki Frontale, J. League 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2026

FC Tōkyō

2 – 0

Full Time

Kawasaki Frontale

Sat 2 May 2026 · 05:00 UTC Ajinomoto Stadium 33,991 HT 45' · FT 45'

Kein Sato 41' 1–0

Leon Nozawa 56' 2–0

Y 66' Erison

Marcelo Ryan 88' Y

Overview

Match Preview

FC Tōkyō vs Kawasaki Frontale — J. League at Ajinomoto Stadium.

FC Tōkyō 18 games · 37 pts (2026/27)
Kawasaki Frontale 18 games · 28 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Masuya Ueda
Assistant 1 Masahiro Horikoshi
Assistant 2 Makoto Bozono (Japan)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Vissel Kobe	18	35
2	Cerezo Osaka FC	18	31
3	Nagoya Grampus	18	31
4	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	18	30
5	Gamba Osaka	18	28
6	Fagiano Okayama FC	18	26
7	Shimizu S-Pulse	18	24
8	Kyōto Sanga FC	18	23
9	V-Varen Nagasaki	18	21
10	Avispa Fukuoka	18	21
11	Kashima Antlers	18	45
12	FC Tōkyō	18	37
13	FC Machida Zelvia	18	37
14	Kawasaki Frontale	18	28
15	Tōkyō Verdy	18	28
16	Urawa Red Diamonds	18	25
17	Kashiwa Reysol	18	20
18	Yokohama F·Marinos	18	20
19	FC Mito Holly Hock	18	18
20	JEF United Ichihara Chiba	18	12

Head-to-Head

FC Tōkyō 26 games · Avg 2.6 goals Kawasaki Frontale

Last 5 meetings

2026-05-02 FC Tōkyō 2–0 Kawasaki Frontale 2026-02-21 Kawasaki Frontale 1–2 FC Tōkyō 2025-09-20 Kawasaki Frontale 0–1 FC Tōkyō 2025-03-29 FC Tōkyō 0–3 Kawasaki Frontale 2024-08-11 FC Tōkyō 0–3 Kawasaki Frontale

Recent Form

FC Tōkyō

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 May	Kawasaki Frontale	H	2–0	W
29 Apr	Kashiwa Reysol	A	3–1	W
24 Apr	FC Mito Holly Hock	H	5–2	W
11 Apr	Yokohama F·Marinos	A	3–1	W
05 Apr	FC Machida Zelvia	H	0–0	D
01 Apr	FC Machida Zelvia	A	3–0	W

Kawasaki Frontale

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 May	FC Tōkyō	A	0–2	L
29 Apr	Urawa Red Diamonds	A	0–2	L
25 Apr	JEF United Ichihara Chiba	H	2–1	W
18 Apr	Yokohama F·Marinos	A	2–1	W
12 Apr	Kashima Antlers	H	0–2	L
05 Apr	Urawa Red Diamonds	H	3–2	W

Season Stats

FC Tōkyō		Kawasaki Frontale
#12	Position	#14
37	Points	28
18	Played	18
13 / 0 / 5	W / D / L	10 / 0 / 8
55	Scored	38
42	Conceded	40
+13	GD	-2
2.06	PPG	1.56
72%	Win %	56%

Key Stats

38% Both Teams to Score
H2H (26 games)

54% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

50% Clean Sheets
FC Tōkyō this season

0% Clean Sheets
Kawasaki Frontale this season

FC Tōkyō are 12th (37 pts). Kawasaki Frontale are 14th (28 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Tōkyō

0-15

–/–

16-30

–/–

31-45

1/1

46-60

–/–

61-75

2/–

76+

1/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Kawasaki Frontale

0-15

–/–

16-30

–/–

31-45

1/–

46-60

–/2

61-75

1/–

76+

–/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to Ajinomoto Stadium that hosts another battle between FC Tokyo and Kawasaki Frontale.
5' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Kawasaki Frontale needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
10' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
15' Teruhito Nakagawa, a Japan , has 1 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
20' Seung-Gyu Kim has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
25' Over 25 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
30' Kawasaki Frontale started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 30.
35' With 0 assists to his name this season, Asahi Sasaki is clearly more than just a goal scorer for FC Tokyo.
40' Both keepers have barely been tested. FC Tokyo and Kawasaki Frontale are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
41' GOAL! Kein Sato scores on 41.
46' FC Tokyo currently sit 2 in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
51' Kawasaki Frontale come into this ranked 9 in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
56' Brilliant from the ! Leon Nozawa makes it 2-0 with a superb finish on 56.
61' Rio Omori has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 1 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
66' Erison was booked on 66.
71' FC Tokyo are deployed in a 4-4-2 today, looking to exploit space against Kawasaki Frontale's 4-4-2 shape.
76' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
81' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Ryunosuke Sato made 438 appearances and scored 9 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
86' Hayato Inamura has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
88' It’s gonna be a card for Marcelo Ryan.
Full Time. FC Tokyo beats Kawasaki Frontale

Lineups

FC Tōkyō Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Rikizo Matsuhashi

Kawasaki Frontale Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Shigetoshi Hasebe

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Leandro Damiao	4
Shin Yamada	4
Akihiro Ienaga	3
Tatsuya Hasegawa	3
Adailton	3
Kaoru Mitoma	2
Yasuto Wakizaka	2
Marcinho	2

Head to Head

FC Tōkyō Form

2026-05-02 FC Tōkyō 2–0 Kawasaki Frontale W 2026-04-29 Kashiwa Reysol 1–3 FC Tōkyō W 2026-04-24 FC Tōkyō 5–2 FC Mito Holly Hock W 2026-04-11 Yokohama F·Marinos 1–3 FC Tōkyō W 2026-04-05 FC Tōkyō 0–0 FC Machida Zelvia D 2026-04-01 FC Machida Zelvia 0–3 FC Tōkyō W

Kawasaki Frontale Form

2026-05-02 FC Tōkyō 2–0 Kawasaki Frontale L 2026-04-29 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 Kawasaki Frontale L 2026-04-25 Kawasaki Frontale 2–1 JEF United Ichihara Chiba W 2026-04-18 Yokohama F·Marinos 1–2 Kawasaki Frontale W 2026-04-12 Kawasaki Frontale 0–2 Kashima Antlers L 2026-04-05 Kawasaki Frontale 3–2 Urawa Red Diamonds W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.67 FC Tōkyō xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.55 Kawasaki Frontale xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 78% + Both teams to score 73%

Match Result

✓ Correct

FC Tōkyō61% Draw19% Kawasaki Frontale20%

Actual: FC Tōkyō win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes73% 0% No27%

Avg goals/match: 4.22

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	92%	8%
± 2.5	78%	22%
± 3.5	60%	40%
± 4.5	41%	59%

Double Chance

FC Tōkyō or Draw

80%

Draw or Kawasaki Frontale

39%

FC Tōkyō or Kawasaki Frontale

81%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

FC Tōkyō46% Draw35% Kawasaki Frontale19%

Actual: FC Tōkyō win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

3 – 1

1 – 1

6.8%

2 – 2

6.1%

2 – 0

Actual

3 – 2

5.3%

1 – 2

4.7%

4 – 1

4.6%

3 – 0

4.6%

1 – 0

3.7%

4 – 2

3.6%

2 – 3

3.1%

Asian Handicap — FC Tōkyō

Handicap	FC Tōkyō covers	Push	Kawasaki Frontale covers
-2.5	23%	—	77%
-2	23%	17%	59%
-1.5	41%	—	59%
-1	41%	19%	40%
-0.5	60%	—	40%
+0.5	79%	—	21%
+1	79%	11%	10%
+1.5	90%	—	10%
+2	90%	6%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

FC Tōkyō keeps clean sheet

22% ✗

Kawasaki Frontale keeps clean sheet

8% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.