FC Tōkyō vs Kawasaki Frontale, J. League 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
FC Tōkyō vs Kawasaki Frontale — J. League at Ajinomoto Stadium.
- FC Tōkyō 18 games · 37 pts (2026/26)
- Kawasaki Frontale 18 games · 28 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Masuya Ueda
- Assistant 1 Masahiro Horikoshi
- Assistant 2 Makoto Bozono (Japan)
11 games this season 🟨 1.3/game ⚽ 4.4 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# 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 Kyoto 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 Tokyo 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
Recent Form
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 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 history22% Clean Sheets
FC Tōkyō this season11% Clean Sheets
Kawasaki Frontale this seasonFC Tōkyō are 12th (37 pts). Kawasaki Frontale are 14th (28 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
FC Tōkyō0-15–/116-30–/231-458/–46-602/–61-754/476+3/2■ Scored ■ ConcededKawasaki Frontale0-152/116-30–/–31-45–/346-601/461-751/376+7/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for FC Tōkyō to score. At the same time, Kawasaki Frontale does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 5' Kento Hashimoto has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 10' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Kawasaki Frontale that had 439 games and scored 556 goals.
- 15' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 15 minutes.
- 20' Kawasaki Frontale seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 25' FC Tōkyō is showing some good football. However, FC Tōkyō are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 30' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. FC Tōkyō needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 35' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 40' Supporters expect more eagerness from Leon Nozawa, as he is very good at scoring at Ajinomoto Stadium with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
- 41' Kein Sato puts FC Tokyo on the lead.
- 46' Kawasaki Frontale is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 51' Kawasaki Frontale started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 51.
- 56' GOAL! Leon Nozawa scores on 56. Assisted by Teruhito Nakagawa
- 61' The travelling Kawasaki Frontale supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 66' The referee shows Kawasaki Frontale player a card on 66.
- 71' FC Tōkyō looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Leon Nozawa scoring 1 goals.
- 76' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 81' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Ten Miyagi made 439 appearances and scored 7 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 86' It looks like no one’s ball. FC Tōkyō is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 88' It’s a booking for FC Tokyo player. Marcelo Ryan gets a card.
- Full Time. FC Tōkyō beats Kawasaki Frontale
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Lineups
FC Tōkyō Lineups
4-4-2Starting XI
- 2
- 39
- 8
- 15
- 81
- 42
- 23
- 28
- 17
- 16
- 27
Bench
- 3
- 10
- 18
- 22
- 9
- 71
- 55
- 1
- 44
Coach Rikizo MatsuhashiKawasaki Frontale Lineups
4-4-2Starting XI
- 17
- 28
- 8
- 24
- 29
- 9
- 5
- 19
- 13
- 38
- 1
Bench
- 14
- 22
- 23
- 6
- 2
- 21
- 91
- 32
- 34
Coach Shigetoshi Hasebe -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Leandro Damiao 4 Shin Yamada 4 Akihiro Ienaga 3 Tatsuya Hasegawa 3 Adailton 3 Yasuto Wakizaka 2 Marcinho 2 Kaoru Mitoma 2 Head to Head
FC Tōkyō Form
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 accuracy2 / 42.67 FC Tōkyō xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.55 Kawasaki Frontale xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 78% + Both teams to score 73%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: FC Tōkyō winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 4.22Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line 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
✓ CorrectActual: FC Tōkyō win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 122 – 1 8%3 – 1 7%1 – 1 6.8%2 – 2 6.1%2 – 0 Actual3 – 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.