JEF United Ichihara Chiba vs Kashima Antlers, J. League 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
JEF United Ichihara Chiba vs Kashima Antlers — J. League at Fukuda Denshi Arena.
- JEF United Ichihara Chiba 18 games · 12 pts (2026/26)
- Kashima Antlers 18 games · 45 pts (2026/26)
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
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 17 May Kashima Antlers H 0–2 L 10 May FC Machida Zelvia H 0–2 L 06 May FC Tōkyō A 3–0 W 02 May Urawa Red Diamonds A 0–2 L 29 Apr Yokohama F·Marinos H 2–3 L 25 Apr Kawasaki Frontale A 1–2 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 17 May JEF United Ichihara Chiba A 2–0 W 10 May Yokohama F·Marinos A 6–5 W 06 May FC Mito Holly Hock H 3–0 W 03 May FC Machida Zelvia H 1–1 D 29 Apr Tokyo Verdy A 1–2 L 24 Apr Kashiwa Reysol A 1–0 W Season Stats
JEF United Ichihara Chiba Kashima Antlers #20 Position #11 12 Points 45 18 Played 18 3 / 0 / 15 W / D / L 15 / 0 / 3 29 Scored 40 46 Conceded 20 -17 GD +20 0.67 PPG 2.50 17% Win % 83% Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history6% Clean Sheets
JEF United Ichihara Chiba this season61% Clean Sheets
Kashima Antlers this seasonJEF United Ichihara Chiba are 20th (12 pts). Kashima Antlers are 11th (45 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
JEF United Ichihara Chiba0-151/216-302/–31-452/646-60–/461-752/376+5/4■ Scored ■ ConcededKashima Antlers0-15–/–16-301/–31-452/346-603/261-752/–76+6/–■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' We are underway at Fukuda Denshi Arena. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
- 5' 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 Carlinhos suffering a number of foals already.
- 10' Takayuki Mae has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 18 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 15' It looks like no one’s ball. Kashima Antlers is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 20' It’s high time Toru Oniki made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 25' Kashima Antlers is showing some good football. However, Kashima Antlers are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 30' JEF United Ichihara Chiba 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.
- 35' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 40' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 40 minutes.
- 43' Ryotaro Araki puts Kashima Antlers on the lead.
- 45' JEF United Ichihara Chiba receives a card for a hard tackle on 45.
- 50' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 53' That looks like a foul for a card for Zain Issaka.
- 58' It looks surprising Kashima Antlers does not make any changes. Takashi Kawano has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 61' A meaty challenge results in booking for Carlinhos on 61.
- 66' 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.
- 71' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Kashima Antlers that had 447 games and scored 468 goals.
- 76' Kashima Antlers started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 76.
- 81' Kashima Antlers looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Ryotaro Araki scoring 1 goals.
- 86' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Kashima Antlers winning 100% of all matches.
- 88' What a strike from Shu Morooka! The score is 0-2.
- That’s it! Another goalless match for JEF United Ichihara Chiba and Kashima Antlers (для сухой ничьи).
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Lineups
JEF United Ichihara Chiba Lineups
4-4-2Starting XI
- 44
- 19
- 8
- 10
- 42
- 15
- 67
- 28
- 3
- 37
- 2
Bench
- 23
- 11
- 41
- 4
- 9
- 6
- 7
- 18
- 33
Coach Yoshiyuki KobayashiKashima Antlers Lineups
4-4-2Starting XI
- 9
- 10
- 55
- 6
- 2
- 40
- 77
- 71
- 1
- 22
- 3
Bench
- 13
- 25
- 14
- 29
- 27
- 20
- 23
- 19
- 24
Coach Toru Oniki -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Ryotaro Araki 1 Shu Morooka 1 Head to Head
JEF United Ichihara Chiba Form
2026-05-17 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 0–2 Kashima Antlers L 2026-05-10 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 0–2 FC Machida Zelvia L 2026-05-06 FC Tōkyō 0–3 JEF United Ichihara Chiba W 2026-05-02 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 JEF United Ichihara Chiba L 2026-04-29 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 2–3 Yokohama F·Marinos L 2026-04-25 Kawasaki Frontale 2–1 JEF United Ichihara Chiba LKashima Antlers Form
2026-05-17 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 0–2 Kashima Antlers W 2026-05-10 Yokohama F·Marinos 5–6 Kashima Antlers W 2026-05-06 Kashima Antlers 3–0 FC Mito Holly Hock W 2026-05-03 Kashima Antlers 1–1 FC Machida Zelvia D 2026-04-29 Tokyo Verdy 2–1 Kashima Antlers L 2026-04-24 Kashiwa Reysol 0–1 Kashima Antlers W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 40.95 JEF United Ichihara Chiba xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo2.46 Kashima Antlers xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 65% + Kashima Antlers to win 62%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Kashima Antlers winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 3.41Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 95% 5% ± 1.5 85% 15% ± 2.5 65% 35% ± 3.5 44% 56% ± 4.5 26% 74% Double Chance
JEF United Ichihara Chiba or Draw 38%Draw or Kashima Antlers 83%JEF United Ichihara Chiba or Kashima Antlers 79%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Kashima Antlers win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 120 – 2 Actual1 – 2 9.2%1 – 1 8.5%0 – 3 8%0 – 1 7.8%1 – 3 7.5%0 – 4 4.9%1 – 4 4.7%0 – 0 4.7%2 – 2 4.3%2 – 3 3.6%2 – 1 3.6%Asian Handicap — JEF United Ichihara Chiba
Handicap JEF United Ichihara Chiba covers Push Kashima Antlers covers -2.5 1% — 99% -2 1% 3% 96% -1.5 4% — 96% -1 4% 8% 88% -0.5 12% — 88% +0.5 31% — 69% +1 31% 21% 48% +1.5 52% — 48% +2 52% 20% 27% +2.5 73% — 27% Clean Sheet
JEF United Ichihara Chiba keeps clean sheet 9% ✓Kashima Antlers keeps clean sheet 39% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.