FC Tōkyō vs Kawasaki Frontale, J. League 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2021

FC Tōkyō

2 – 4

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Kawasaki Frontale

Sun 11 Apr 2021 · 05:00 UTC Ajinomoto Stadium HT 45+5' · FT 45+7'

Keigo Higashi 74' Y

Overview

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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 Futoshi Nakamura
Referee Koichiro Fukushima
Referee Masahiro Horikoshi
Referee Yuki Tsukakoshi
Referee Tetsuro Yoshida

8 games this season 🟨 1.1/game ⚽ 11.0 goals/game

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	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

FC Tōkyō 26 games · Avg 2.6 goals Kawasaki Frontale

Last 5 meetings

2021-04-11 FC Tōkyō 2–4 Kawasaki Frontale 2020-10-31 Kawasaki Frontale 2–1 FC Tōkyō 2020-07-08 FC Tōkyō 0–4 Kawasaki Frontale 2019-07-14 FC Tōkyō 0–3 Kawasaki Frontale 2019-02-23 Kawasaki Frontale 0–0 FC Tōkyō

Recent Form

FC Tōkyō

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
11 Apr	Kawasaki Frontale	H	2–4	L
07 Apr	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	H	2–1	W
03 Apr	Nagoya Grampus	A	0–0	D
21 Mar	Vegalta Sendai	H	2–1	W
17 Mar	Shonan Bellmare	H	3–2	W
14 Mar	Oita FC Trinita	A	1–1	D

Kawasaki Frontale

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
11 Apr	FC Tōkyō	A	4–2	W
07 Apr	Sagan Tosu FC	H	1–0	W
03 Apr	Oita FC Trinita	H	2–0	W
21 Mar	Urawa Red Diamonds	A	5–0	W
17 Mar	Vissel Kobe	A	1–1	D
13 Mar	Kashiwa Reysol	H	1–0	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

22% Clean Sheets
FC Tōkyō this season

11% 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

–/1

16-30

–/2

31-45

8/–

46-60

2/–

61-75

4/4

76+

3/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Kawasaki Frontale

0-15

2/1

16-30

–/–

31-45

–/3

46-60

1/4

61-75

1/3

76+

7/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — FC Tōkyō and Kawasaki Frontale get this one started.
5' 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.
8' A stunning finish from Akihiro Ienaga — that came from absolutely nowhere!
13' The home supporters are growing impatient. FC Tōkyō must find a spark to ignite this game.
17' What a strike from Akihiro Ienaga! The score is 0-2.
22' FC Tōkyō has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 2 of the last 2 meetings.
23' GOAL! Kaoru Mitoma fires home to make it 0-3!
28' It looks surprising Kawasaki Frontale does not make any changes. Takumi Nakamura has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
33' Masato Morishige has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 18 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
38' FC Tōkyō currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
43' Miki Yamane is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Kawasaki Frontale tonight.
46' Fresh legs for FC Tokyo! Adailton comes on to replace Shuto Abe.
51' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
56' 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.
59' GOAL! Adailton scores on 59.
61' What a strike from Kaoru Mitoma! The score is 0-5.
63' The FC Tokyo bench stirs into life. Kensuke Nagai is withdrawn and Kyosuke Tagawa gets his opportunity.
64' Yojiro Takahagi gets the nod from FC Tokyo. He replaces Hirotaka Mita and will look to change the dynamic.
69' Kawasaki Frontale started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 69.
70' Yasuto Wakizaka has so much to prove this time. He replaces Daiya Tono on 70 minute.
74' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Keigo Higashi.
75' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Leandro Damiao makes no mistake. 0-6!
79' FC Tokyo manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Arthur is hanging Keigo Higashi on the field on 79 minute.
84' Takuya Uchida is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
84' A change in the Kawasaki Frontale ranks — Kaoru Mitoma exits the field as Tatsuya Hasegawa enters on 84.
85' The Kawasaki Frontale bench stirs into life. Leandro Damiao is withdrawn and Yu Kobayashi gets his opportunity.
90' Another substitution for Kawasaki Frontale to replace Ao Tanaka by Kento Tachibanada on 90 minute.
With this win, Kawasaki Frontale is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

FC Tōkyō Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Kenta Hasegawa

Kawasaki Frontale Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

11
Yu Kobayashi ↑ 85'
21
Shunsuke Ando
2
Kyohei Noborizato
16
Tatsuya Hasegawa ↑ 84'
8
Yasuto Wakizaka ↑ 70'
20
Kei Chinen ↑ 84'
22
Kento Tachibanada ↑ 90'

Coach Toru Oniki

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

2021-04-11 FC Tōkyō 2–4 Kawasaki Frontale L 2021-04-07 FC Tōkyō 2–1 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo W 2021-04-03 Nagoya Grampus 0–0 FC Tōkyō D 2021-03-21 FC Tōkyō 2–1 Vegalta Sendai W 2021-03-17 FC Tōkyō 3–2 Shonan Bellmare W 2021-03-14 Oita FC Trinita 1–1 FC Tōkyō D

Kawasaki Frontale Form

2021-04-11 FC Tōkyō 2–4 Kawasaki Frontale W 2021-04-07 Kawasaki Frontale 1–0 Sagan Tosu FC W 2021-04-03 Kawasaki Frontale 2–0 Oita FC Trinita W 2021-03-21 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–5 Kawasaki Frontale W 2021-03-17 Vissel Kobe 1–1 Kawasaki Frontale D 2021-03-13 Kawasaki Frontale 1–0 Kashiwa Reysol W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.45 FC Tōkyō xG

Expected Goals

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

2.52 Kawasaki Frontale xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 86% + Both teams to score 83%

Match Result

✓ Correct

FC Tōkyō36% Draw21% Kawasaki Frontale43%

Actual: Kawasaki Frontale win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes83% 0% No17%

Avg goals/match: 4.97

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	99%	1%
± 1.5	96%	4%
± 2.5	86%	14%
± 3.5	72%	28%
± 4.5	54%	46%

Double Chance

FC Tōkyō or Draw

58%

Draw or Kawasaki Frontale

64%

FC Tōkyō or Kawasaki Frontale

79%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

FC Tōkyō32% Draw34% Kawasaki Frontale34%

Actual: Kawasaki Frontale win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 2

6.4%

1 – 2

5.4%

2 – 3

5.3%

2 – 1

5.3%

3 – 2

5.2%

1 – 1

1 – 3

4.5%

3 – 3

4.3%

3 – 1

4.2%

2 – 4

Actual

4 – 2

3.2%

1 – 4

2.8%

Asian Handicap — FC Tōkyō

Handicap	FC Tōkyō covers	Push	Kawasaki Frontale covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	11%	77%
-1.5	23%	—	77%
-1	23%	16%	61%
-0.5	39%	—	61%
+0.5	59%	—	41%
+1	59%	16%	25%
+1.5	75%	—	25%
+2	75%	12%	13%
+2.5	87%	—	13%

Clean Sheet

FC Tōkyō keeps clean sheet

9% ✓

Kawasaki Frontale keeps clean sheet

9% ✓

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