Kashima Antlers vs V-Varen Nagasaki, 2018
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Overview
Match Preview
Kashima Antlers vs V-Varen Nagasaki — J. League .
- Kashima Antlers 18 games · 45 pts (2026/26)
- V-Varen Nagasaki 18 games · 21 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Ryuji Sato
- Referee Toru Sagara
- Referee Hiroshi Yamauchi
- Referee Kazuo Takeda
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Kashima Antlers 18 45 2 FC Tokyo 18 37 3 FC Machida Zelvia 18 37 4 Vissel Kobe 18 35 5 Cerezo Osaka FC 18 31 6 Nagoya Grampus 18 31 7 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 18 30 8 Gamba Osaka 18 28 9 Kawasaki Frontale 18 28 10 Tokyo Verdy 18 28 11 Fagiano Okayama FC 18 26 12 Urawa Red Diamonds 18 25 13 Shimizu S-Pulse 18 24 14 Kyoto Sanga FC 18 23 15 V-Varen Nagasaki 18 21 16 Avispa Fukuoka 18 21 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 V-Varen Nagasaki H 2–1 W 29 Apr V-Varen Nagasaki A 1–0 W 28 Apr Yokohama F.Marinos A 0–3 L 25 Apr Vissel Kobe H 1–1 D 23 Apr FC Tokyo H 5–1 W 21 Apr Kawasaki Frontale A 1–4 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 02 May Kashima Antlers A 1–2 L 29 Apr Kashima Antlers H 0–1 L 28 Apr Sanfrecce Hiroshima H 0–2 L 25 Apr Jubilo Iwata A 2–1 W 22 Apr Kashiwa Reysol H 1–0 W 20 Apr Jubilo Iwata A 0–2 L Season Stats
Kashima Antlers V-Varen Nagasaki #1 Position #15 45 Points 21 18 Played 18 15 / 0 / 3 W / D / L 7 / 0 / 11 40 Scored 25 20 Conceded 33 +20 GD -8 2.50 PPG 1.17 83% Win % 39% Key Stats
60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)40% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history61% Clean Sheets
Kashima Antlers this season17% Clean Sheets
V-Varen Nagasaki this seasonKashima Antlers are 1st (45 pts). V-Varen Nagasaki are 15th (21 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Kashima Antlers0-15–/–16-301/–31-452/346-603/261-752/–76+6/–■ Scored ■ ConcededV-Varen Nagasaki0-15–/316-304/331-453/346-601/461-751/276+1/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' KICK OFF: Kashima Antlers gets underway.
- 5' 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.
- 10' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. V-Varen Nagasaki needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 15' Hijiri Onaga has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 13 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 20' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 25' Kashima Antlers started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 25.
- 30' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 30 minutes.
- 35' V-Varen Nagasaki is showing some good football. However, V-Varen Nagasaki are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 40' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 45' It’s high time Takuya Takagi made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 50' 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.
- 55' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 60' Supporters expect more eagerness from Daichi Tagami, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 65' It looks like no one’s ball. V-Varen Nagasaki is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 70' The travelling V-Varen Nagasaki supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 75' Kento Misao needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 80' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering V-Varen Nagasaki that had 183 games and scored 42 goals.
- 85' V-Varen Nagasaki is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 90' 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.
- With this win, Kashima Antlers is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.
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Lineups
Kashima Antlers Lineups
Starting XI
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- 10
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- 21
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- 32
- 40
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25
Yasushi Endo ↓ Daigo Nishi 85'
- 13
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9
Yuma Suzuki ↓ Kazuma Yamaguchi 89'
Bench
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22
Daigo Nishi ↑ 85'
- 39
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6
Ryota Nagaki ↑ 73'
- 4
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19
Kazuma Yamaguchi ↑ 89'
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Coach Go OiwaV-Varen Nagasaki Lineups
Starting XI
- 30
- 5
- 4
- 39
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20
Keita Nakamura ↓ Hijiri Onaga 58'
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23
Shunya Yoneda ↓ Shogo Nakahara 74'
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- 10
- 19
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11
Musashi Suzuki ↓ Juanma 68'
Bench
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- 6
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28
Hijiri Onaga ↑ 58'
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Shogo Nakahara ↑ 74'
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Juanma ↑ 68'
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Coach Takuya Takagi -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Mu Kanazaki 1 Yuma Suzuki 1 Musashi Suzuki 1 Mu Kanazaki 1 Yuma Suzuki 1 Ryota Takasugi 1 Yasushi Endo 1 Leo Silva 1 Head to Head
Kashima Antlers Form
V-Varen Nagasaki Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 42.1 Kashima Antlers xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.83 V-Varen Nagasaki xGI would bet for: Kashima Antlers to win 66% + Over 2.5 goals 55%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Kashima Antlers winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.93Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 93% 7% ± 1.5 79% 21% ± 2.5 55% 45% ± 3.5 34% 66% ± 4.5 18% 82% Double Chance
Kashima Antlers or Draw 87%Draw or V-Varen Nagasaki 34%Kashima Antlers or V-Varen Nagasaki 79%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Kashima Antlers win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 122 – 0 11.6%1 – 0 10.6%1 – 1 10%2 – 1 Actual3 – 0 7.9%0 – 0 7%3 – 1 6.6%4 – 0 4.2%2 – 2 3.9%1 – 2 3.7%0 – 1 3.7%4 – 1 3.6%Asian Handicap — Kashima Antlers
Handicap Kashima Antlers covers Push V-Varen Nagasaki covers -2.5 22% — 78% -2 22% 20% 58% -1.5 42% — 58% -1 42% 23% 35% -0.5 65% — 35% +0.5 87% — 13% +1 87% 9% 4% +1.5 96% — 4% +2 96% 3% 1% +2.5 99% — 1% Clean Sheet
Kashima Antlers keeps clean sheet 44% ✓V-Varen Nagasaki keeps clean sheet 13% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.