Kashima Antlers vs Albirex Niigata, J. League 2025 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Kashima Antlers vs Albirex Niigata — J. League at Kashima Soccer Stadium.
- Kashima Antlers 18 games · 45 pts (2026/26)
- Albirex Niigata 0 games · 0 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 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 26 Feb Albirex Niigata H 2–1 W 22 Feb Tokyo Verdy H 4–0 W 15 Feb Shonan Bellmare A 0–1 L 08 Dec FC Machida Zelvia H 3–1 W 30 Nov Cerezo Osaka FC A 2–0 W 17 Nov Kyoto Sanga FC A 0–0 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 26 Feb Kashima Antlers A 1–2 L 22 Feb Shimizu S-Pulse A 0–2 L 15 Feb Yokohama F.Marinos A 1–1 D 08 Dec Urawa Red Diamonds A 0–0 D 30 Nov Gamba Osaka H 0–1 L 09 Nov Kashiwa Reysol A 1–1 D Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history61% Clean Sheets
Kashima Antlers this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Kashima Antlers0-15–/–16-301/–31-452/346-603/261-752/–76+6/–■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' In just a few seconds Kashima Soccer Stadium will turn into a battlefield for Kashima Antlers and Albirex Niigata.
- 5' Gaku Shibasaki needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 10' Kashima Antlers is taking the lead after the goal scored by Ryuta Koike on 10.
- 15' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 20' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 20 minutes.
- 25' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 30' Kashima Antlers 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' It looks like no one’s ball. Kashima Antlers is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 40' 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.
- 44' GOAL! Ken Yamura scores on 44. Assisted by Jin Okumura
- 49' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 54' Albirex Niigata is showing some good football. However, Albirex Niigata are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 59' Kashima Antlers started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 59.
- 62' Another substitution for Albirex Niigata to replace Ken Yamura by Miguel Silveira on 62 minute.
- 67' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 71' A meaty challenge results in booking for Eiji Miyamoto on 71.
- 73' The supporters are chanting for Danilo. He replaces Shusuke Ota on 73 minute.
- 76' The supporters are chanting for Yu Funabashi. He replaces Gaku Shibasaki on 76 minute.
- 78' Sensational shot from Hayato Inamura. Albirex Niigata is back in the lead.
- 83' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 85' The supporters are chanting for Jason Geria. He replaces Eiji Miyamoto on 85 minute.
- 90' The whistle greets Leo Ceara as he departs to be replaced by Homare Tokuda.
- Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Kashima Antlers players.
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Lineups
Kashima Antlers Lineups
Starting XI
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9
Leo Ceara ↓ Homare Tokuda 90'
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10
Gaku Shibasaki ↓ Yu Funabashi 76'
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- 2
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40
Yuma Suzuki ↓ Tae-hyeon Kim 90'
- 25
- 5
- 14
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27
Yuta Matsumura ↓ Shu Morooka 62'
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22
Kimito Nono ↓ Kei Chinen 76'
Bench
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13
Kei Chinen ↑ 76'
- 77
- 29
- 71
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20
Yu Funabashi ↑ 76'
- 23
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19
Shu Morooka ↑ 62'
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3
Tae-hyeon Kim ↑ 90'
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34
Homare Tokuda ↑ 90'
Coach Toru OnikiAlbirex Niigata Lineups
Starting XI
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- 19
- 25
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31
Yuto Horigome ↓ Riku Ochiai 85'
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28
Shusuke Ota ↓ Danilo 73'
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- 41
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30
Jin Okumura ↓ Kaito Taniguchi 62'
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8
Eiji Miyamoto ↓ Jason Geria 85'
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9
Ken Yamura ↓ Miguel Silveira 62'
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Bench
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20
Miguel Silveira ↑ 62'
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2
Jason Geria ↑ 85'
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11
Danilo ↑ 73'
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7
Kaito Taniguchi ↑ 62'
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13
Riku Ochiai ↑ 85'
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Coach Daisuke Kimori -
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Yuma Suzuki 4 Yuki Kakita 2 Yuta Higuchi 2 Leo Ceara 1 Matheus Moraes 1 Tomoya Fujii 1 Yota Komi 1 Kazuhiko Chiba 1 Head to Head
Kashima Antlers Form
Albirex Niigata Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.77 Kashima Antlers xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.81 Albirex Niigata xGI would bet for: Kashima Antlers to win 61%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Kashima Antlers winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.58Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 90% 10% ± 1.5 73% 27% ± 2.5 47% 53% ± 3.5 26% 74% ± 4.5 13% 87% Double Chance
Kashima Antlers or Draw 85%Draw or Albirex Niigata 39%Kashima Antlers or Albirex Niigata 76%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 0 12.6%1 – 1 11.6%2 – 0 11.6%0 – 0 9.5%2 – 1 Actual3 – 0 6.7%3 – 1 5.5%0 – 1 5.2%1 – 2 4.2%2 – 2 3.8%4 – 0 3%4 – 1 2.5%Asian Handicap — Kashima Antlers
Handicap Kashima Antlers covers Push Albirex Niigata covers -2.5 16% — 84% -2 16% 18% 66% -1.5 34% — 66% -1 34% 25% 41% -0.5 59% — 41% +0.5 84% — 16% +1 84% 11% 5% +1.5 95% — 5% +2 95% 4% 1% +2.5 99% — 1% Clean Sheet
Kashima Antlers keeps clean sheet 45% ✓Albirex Niigata keeps clean sheet 18% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.