Saturday , 14 November 2026

Kawasaki Frontale vs FC Tokyo, J. League 2020 REGULAR SEASON

J. League · 2020
Kawasaki Frontale
2 – 1
Full Time
FC Tokyo
Sat 31 Oct 2020 · 09:00 UTC Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium HT 45+3' · FT 45+8'
Y 23' Tsuyoshi Watanabe

Overview

Match Preview

Kawasaki Frontale vs FC Tokyo — J. League at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium.

Match Details

  • Referee Tadashi Baba
  • Referee Hirokazu Otsubo
  • Referee Hajime Matsuo
  • Referee Hironobu Kikawada

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

16
4
6
Kawasaki Frontale 26 games · Avg 2.6 goals FC Tokyo
Last 5 meetings
2020-10-31 Kawasaki Frontale 2–1 FC Tokyo 2020-07-08 FC Tokyo 0–4 Kawasaki Frontale 2019-07-14 FC Tokyo 0–3 Kawasaki Frontale 2019-02-23 Kawasaki Frontale 0–0 FC Tokyo 2018-11-24 FC Tokyo 0–2 Kawasaki Frontale

Recent Form

Kawasaki Frontale
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
31 Oct FC Tokyo H 2–1 W
18 Oct Nagoya Grampus H 3–0 W
14 Oct Sanfrecce Hiroshima A 2–0 W
10 Oct Vegalta Sendai H 1–0 W
03 Oct Cerezo Osaka FC A 3–1 W
27 Sep Shonan Bellmare A 1–0 W
FC Tokyo
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
31 Oct Kawasaki Frontale A 1–2 L
28 Oct Kashiwa Reysol H 1–3 L
24 Oct Yokohama F.Marinos H 0–4 L
18 Oct Yokohama FC A 0–1 L
14 Oct Shimizu S-Pulse H 3–1 W
10 Oct Gamba Osaka H 0–1 L

Season Stats

Kawasaki Frontale FC Tokyo
#14 Position #12
28 Points 37
18 Played 18
10 / 0 / 8 W / D / L 13 / 0 / 5
38 Scored 55
40 Conceded 42
-2 GD +13
1.56 PPG 2.06
56% Win % 72%

Key Stats

38% Both Teams to Score
H2H (26 games)
54% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
8% Clean Sheets
Kawasaki Frontale this season
85% Clean Sheets
FC Tokyo this season

Kawasaki Frontale are 14th (28 pts). FC Tokyo are 12th (37 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Kawasaki Frontale
0-15
5/2
16-30
–/3
31-45
8/5
46-60
5/5
61-75
4/6
76+
5/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded
FC Tokyo
0-15
–/–
16-30
–/–
31-45
7/1
46-60
8/1
61-75
10/–
76+
7/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Kawasaki Frontale
Marcinho 8 G 3 A
Yasuto Wakizaka 4 G 4 A
Tatsuya Ito 3 G 3 A
Pedro Romano 3 G
Lazar Romanic 2 G
FC Tokyo
Motoki Nagakura 8 G 3 A
Marcelo Ryan 5 G 2 A
Dani Gomez 5 G
Soma Anzai 5 G
Teruhito Nakagawa 4 G 2 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' We are underway at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
  • 5' fc tokyo is showing some good football. However, fc tokyo are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 10' fc tokyo started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 10.
  • 15' The 37-year-old Leandro Damiao has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
  • 20' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 23' Tsuyoshi Watanabe picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 24' GOAL! Akihiro Ienaga scores on 24.
  • 29' The energy levels are beginning to show. Kenta Hasegawa might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 34' With 0 assists to his name this season, Go Hatano is clearly more than just a goal scorer for kawasaki frontale.
  • 39' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
  • 44' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 46' The supporters are chanting for Takumi Nakamura. He replaces Hirotaka Mita on 46 minute.
  • 51' fc tokyo fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 56' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Kenta Hasegawa will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 57' Magnificent from Diego Oliveira! That is 87 goals in 450 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
  • 62' Shuto Abe has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 67' It looks surprising kawasaki frontale does not make any changes. Hidemasa Morita has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 72' It is a cagey affair so far. kawasaki frontale in their trying to find a way past fc tokyo's compact .
  • 74' What a moment for Kengo Nakamura! That strike on 74 puts his side firmly in control.
  • 76' FC Tokyo manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Adailton is hanging Diego Oliveira on the field on 76 minute.
  • 77' A change in the Kawasaki Frontale ranks — Kengo Nakamura exits the field as Yasuto Wakizaka enters on 77.
  • 82' 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.
  • 87' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
  • 89' Fresh legs for FC Tokyo! Takuya Uchida comes on to replace Hotaka Nakamura.
  • 90' FC Tokyo ring the changes. Leandro has done his job and it is now time for Taichi Hara to step up.
  • Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 2-1 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Kawasaki Frontale Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Toru Oniki

FC Tokyo Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Kenta Hasegawa

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
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

2020-10-31 Kawasaki Frontale 2–1 FC Tokyo 2020-07-08 FC Tokyo 0–4 Kawasaki Frontale 2019-07-14 FC Tokyo 0–3 Kawasaki Frontale 2019-02-23 Kawasaki Frontale 0–0 FC Tokyo 2018-11-24 FC Tokyo 0–2 Kawasaki Frontale

Kawasaki Frontale Form

2020-10-31 Kawasaki Frontale 2–1 FC Tokyo W 2020-10-18 Kawasaki Frontale 3–0 Nagoya Grampus W 2020-10-14 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–2 Kawasaki Frontale W 2020-10-10 Kawasaki Frontale 1–0 Vegalta Sendai W 2020-10-03 Cerezo Osaka FC 1–3 Kawasaki Frontale W 2020-09-27 Shonan Bellmare 0–1 Kawasaki Frontale W

FC Tokyo Form

2020-10-31 Kawasaki Frontale 2–1 FC Tokyo L 2020-10-28 FC Tokyo 1–3 Kashiwa Reysol L 2020-10-24 FC Tokyo 0–4 Yokohama F.Marinos L 2020-10-18 Yokohama FC 1–0 FC Tokyo L 2020-10-14 FC Tokyo 3–1 Shimizu S-Pulse W 2020-10-10 FC Tokyo 0–1 Gamba Osaka L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
2.33 Kawasaki Frontale xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.7 FC Tokyo xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 75% + Both teams to score 73%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Kawasaki Frontale58% Draw20% FC Tokyo22%
Actual: Kawasaki Frontale win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes73% 0% No27%
Avg goals/match: 4.03
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 97%
3%
± 1.5 91%
9%
± 2.5 75%
25%
± 3.5 56%
44%
± 4.5 37%
63%

Double Chance

Kawasaki Frontale or Draw
78%
Draw or FC Tokyo
42%
Kawasaki Frontale or FC Tokyo
80%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Kawasaki Frontale39% Draw37% FC Tokyo24%
Actual: Kawasaki Frontale win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 1
Actual
1 – 1
7.8%
2 – 2
6.7%
3 – 1
6.1%
1 – 2
5.9%
3 – 2
5.2%
2 – 0
4.9%
2 – 3
3.8%
1 – 0
3.8%
3 – 0
3.7%
4 – 1
3.6%
1 – 3
3.3%

Asian Handicap — Kawasaki Frontale

Handicap Kawasaki Frontale covers Push FC Tokyo covers
-2.5 17% — 83%
-2 17% 15% 68%
-1.5 32% — 68%
-1 32% 19% 49%
-0.5 51% — 49%
+0.5 72% — 28%
+1 72% 14% 14%
+1.5 86% — 14%
+2 86% 8% 6%
+2.5 94% — 6%

Clean Sheet

Kawasaki Frontale keeps clean sheet
19% ✓
FC Tokyo keeps clean sheet
11% ✓

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