Kawasaki Frontale vs FC Tōkyō, J. League 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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J. League · 2021

Kawasaki Frontale

1 – 0

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FC Tōkyō

Sat 2 Oct 2021 · 08:00 UTC Todoroki Athletics Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Marcinho 13' Y

Overview

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

Kawasaki Frontale 18 games · 28 pts (2026/27)
FC Tokyo 18 games · 37 pts (2026/27)

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

Kawasaki Frontale 26 games · Avg 2.6 goals FC Tōkyō

Last 5 meetings

2021-10-02 Kawasaki Frontale 1–0 FC Tōkyō 2021-04-11 FC Tōkyō 2–4 Kawasaki Frontale 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

Recent Form

Kawasaki Frontale

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Oct	FC Tōkyō	H	1–0	W
29 Sep	Vissel Kobe	H	3–1	W
26 Sep	Shonan Bellmare	H	2–1	W
22 Sep	Kashima Antlers	A	2–1	W
18 Sep	Tokushima Vortis	A	3–1	W
28 Aug	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	A	2–0	W

FC Tōkyō

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Oct	Kawasaki Frontale	A	0–1	L
25 Sep	Urawa Red Diamonds	H	1–2	L
22 Sep	Nagoya Grampus	H	1–1	D
18 Sep	Yokohama FC	H	4–0	W
12 Sep	Kashiwa Reysol	H	0–1	L
28 Aug	Vissel Kobe	A	1–0	W

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' What a night it is going to be! Kawasaki Frontale welcome FC Tokyo for this crunch clash at Todoroki Athletics Stadium.
5' Masato Morishige is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Kawasaki Frontale tonight.
10' FC Tokyo 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.
13' Poor challenge from Marcinho. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
18' A quiet spell here at Todoroki Athletics Stadium. FC Tokyo seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
23' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
28' The 31-year-old Marcinho has been sensational this season — 2 goals and 1 assists is a remarkable return.
33' It looks surprising FC Tokyo does not make any changes. Kento Tachibanada has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
38' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
43' It is a cagey affair so far. Kawasaki Frontale in their trying to find a way past FC Tokyo's compact .
46' Leandro Damiao doubles the advantage! 1-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
46' Fresh legs for FC Tokyo! Kensuke Nagai comes on to replace Kyosuke Tagawa.
51' Jesiel is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for FC Tokyo so far.
56' The energy levels are beginning to show. Kenta Hasegawa might look to freshen things up shortly.
61' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
63' The whistle greets Leandro Damiao as he departs to be replaced by Kei Chinen.
68' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Kawasaki Frontale needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
69' It is a substitution in FC Tokyo team. Takuya Aoki is replaced by Hirotaka Mita on 69 minute.
74' Miki Yamane, a Japan , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
79' FC Tokyo ring the changes. Yojiro Takahagi has done his job and it is now time for Ryoma Watanabe to step up.
81' Fresh legs for Kawasaki Frontale! Kazuya Yamamura comes on to replace Kyohei Noborizato.
86' 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.
Kawasaki Frontale celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

Lineups

Kawasaki Frontale Lineups

Starting XI

4
Jesiel
7
Shintaro Kurumaya
1
Jung Sungryong
2
Kyohei Noborizato ↓ Kazuya Yamamura 81'
41
Akihiro Ienaga
8
Yasuto Wakizaka ↓ Shogo Taniguchi 63'
9
Leandro Damiao ↓ Kei Chinen 63'
13
Miki Yamane
23
Marcinho ↓ Yu Kobayashi 63'
47
Reo Hatate
22
Kento Tachibanada

Bench

11
Yu Kobayashi ↑ 63'
5
Shogo Taniguchi ↑ 63'
20
Kei Chinen ↑ 63'
27
Kenta Tanno
28
Kazuya Yamamura ↑ 81'
17
Kazuki Kozuka
24
Ten Miyagi

Coach Toru Oniki

FC Tokyo Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Kenta Hasegawa

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Leandro Damiao	4
Shin Yamada	4
Akihiro Ienaga	3
Tatsuya Hasegawa	3
Adailton	3
Kaoru Mitoma	2
Yasuto Wakizaka	2
Marcinho	2

Head to Head

Kawasaki Frontale Form

2021-10-02 Kawasaki Frontale 1–0 FC Tōkyō W 2021-09-29 Kawasaki Frontale 3–1 Vissel Kobe W 2021-09-26 Kawasaki Frontale 2–1 Shonan Bellmare W 2021-09-22 Kashima Antlers 1–2 Kawasaki Frontale W 2021-09-18 Tokushima Vortis 1–3 Kawasaki Frontale W 2021-08-28 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 0–2 Kawasaki Frontale W

FC Tokyo Form

2021-10-02 Kawasaki Frontale 1–0 FC Tōkyō L 2021-09-25 FC Tōkyō 1–2 Urawa Red Diamonds W 2021-09-22 FC Tōkyō 1–1 Nagoya Grampus D 2021-09-18 FC Tōkyō 4–0 Yokohama FC L 2021-09-12 FC Tōkyō 0–1 Kashiwa Reysol W 2021-08-28 Vissel Kobe 0–1 FC Tōkyō W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.28 Kawasaki Frontale xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.77 FC Tokyo xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 76% + Both teams to score 74%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Kawasaki Frontale56% Draw20% FC Tokyo24%

Actual: Kawasaki Frontale win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes74% 0% No26%

Avg goals/match: 4.05

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	91%	9%
± 2.5	76%	24%
± 3.5	57%	43%
± 4.5	38%	62%

Double Chance

Kawasaki Frontale or Draw

76%

Draw or FC Tokyo

44%

Kawasaki Frontale or FC Tokyo

80%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Kawasaki Frontale38% Draw37% FC Tokyo25%

Actual: Kawasaki Frontale win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

7.8%

2 – 1

7.8%

2 – 2

6.8%

1 – 2

6.1%

3 – 1

5.9%

3 – 2

5.1%

2 – 0

4.7%

2 – 3

1 – 0

Actual

1 – 3

3.6%

3 – 0

3.4%

4 – 1

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Kawasaki Frontale

Handicap	Kawasaki Frontale covers	Push	FC Tokyo covers
-2.5	15%	—	85%
-2	15%	15%	70%
-1.5	30%	—	70%
-1	30%	19%	51%
-0.5	49%	—	51%
+0.5	70%	—	30%
+1	70%	15%	15%
+1.5	85%	—	15%
+2	85%	9%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Kawasaki Frontale keeps clean sheet

18% ✗

FC Tokyo keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

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