FC Tokyo vs Kawasaki Frontale, J. League 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
FC Tokyo vs Kawasaki Frontale — J. League at Ajinomoto Stadium.
- FC Tokyo 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 Tokyo 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 Tokyo 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 Tokyo 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 Tokyo this season11% Clean Sheets
Kawasaki Frontale this seasonFC Tokyo are 12th (37 pts). Kawasaki Frontale are 14th (28 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
FC Tokyo0-15–/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 stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against FC Tokyo and Kawasaki Frontale has kicked off!
- 5' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with FC Tokyo winning 100% of all matches.
- 10' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 15' FC Tokyo is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 20' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Teruhito Nakagawa suffering a number of foals already.
- 25' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 30' Kawasaki Frontale is showing some good football. However, Kawasaki Frontale are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 35' It looks surprising FC Tokyo does not make any changes. Kento Tachibanada has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 40' Kawasaki Frontale started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 40.
- 41' GOAL! Kein Sato scores on 41.
- 46' FC Tokyo looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Leon Nozawa scoring 1 goals.
- 51' Supporters expect more eagerness from Takahiro Ko, as he is very good at scoring at Ajinomoto Stadium with 4 goals in the last 4 games.
- 56' GOAL! Leon Nozawa scores on 56. Assisted by Teruhito Nakagawa
- 61' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Sei Muroya made 416 appearances and scored 6 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 66' Erison was booked on 66.
- 71' Reon Yamahara needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 76' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 81' Rio Omori has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 14 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 86' 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.
- 88' FC Tokyo receives a card for a hard tackle on 88.
- Another three points for FC Tokyo.
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Lineups
FC Tokyo Lineups
4-4-2Starting XI
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- 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 Shin Yamada 4 Leandro Damiao 4 Akihiro Ienaga 3 Tatsuya Hasegawa 3 Adailton 3 Kaoru Mitoma 2 Yasuto Wakizaka 2 Marcinho 2 Head to Head
FC Tokyo Form
Kawasaki Frontale Form
2026-05-02 FC Tokyo 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 Tokyo 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 Tokyo 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 Tokyo or Draw 80%Draw or Kawasaki Frontale 39%FC Tokyo or Kawasaki Frontale 81%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: FC Tokyo 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 Tokyo
Handicap FC Tokyo 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 Tokyo 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.