Wednesday , 30 September 2026

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

J. League · 2020
Kawasaki Frontale
2 – 1
Full Time
FC Tōkyō
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 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

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

Recent Form

Kawasaki Frontale
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
31 Oct FC Tōkyō 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 Tōkyō
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 Tōkyō
#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
14% Clean Sheets
Kawasaki Frontale this season
71% Clean Sheets
FC Tōkyō this season

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

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

Kawasaki Frontale
Marcinho 6 G 1 A
Yasuto Wakizaka 2 G 3 A
Tatsuya Ito 2 G 1 A
Lazar Romanic 2 G
FC Tōkyō
Motoki Nagakura 5 G 2 A
Marcelo Ryan 3 G 2 A
Soma Anzai 3 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' That's the starting whistle at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium. Ninety minutes of football awaits between Kawasaki Frontale and FC Tōkyō.
  • 5' FC Tōkyō 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.
  • 10' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Kawasaki Frontale side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 15' Manabu Saito needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 20' Kaoru Mitoma has been relatively quiet despite scoring 56 goals in his last 444 appearances.
  • 23' Tsuyoshi Watanabe is having his name booked by the referee on 23.
  • 24' Brilliant from the ! Akihiro Ienaga makes it 1-0 with a superb finish on 24.
  • 29' Kawasaki Frontale are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 34' Japan international Ao Tanaka has been a key figure this campaign — 1 goals and 1 assists in the Array this season.
  • 39' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
  • 44' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 46' A change in the FC Tokyo ranks — Hirotaka Mita exits the field as Takumi Nakamura enters on 46.
  • 51' With 0 assists to his name this season, Masato Morishige is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Kawasaki Frontale.
  • 56' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Kenta Hasegawa will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 57' Diego Oliveira is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
  • 62' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Shuto Abe made 442 appearances and scored 14 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 67' 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 Tsuyoshi Watanabe suffering a number of foals already.
  • 72' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 74' Kengo Nakamura makes no mistake. The score reads 2-1 and Kawasaki Frontale are in front.
  • 76' FC Tokyo make a change. Diego Oliveira trudges off to be replaced by Adailton on 76 minutes.
  • 77' The whistle greets Kengo Nakamura as he departs to be replaced by Yasuto Wakizaka.
  • 82' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
  • 87' FC Tōkyō come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 89' It is a substitution in FC Tokyo team. Hotaka Nakamura is replaced by Takuya Uchida on 89 minute.
  • 90' The crowd applauds Leandro as he leaves the pitch. Taichi Hara steps in for FC Tokyo.
  • The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Kawasaki Frontale to claim maximum points.

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
Tatsuya Hasegawa 3
Adailton 3
Akihiro Ienaga 3
Kaoru Mitoma 2
Yasuto Wakizaka 2
Marcinho 2

Head to Head

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

Kawasaki Frontale Form

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

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.