Vegalta Sendai vs Kawasaki Frontale, J. League 2020 REGULAR SEASON

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Kawasaki Frontale

Wed 22 Jul 2020 · 10:30 UTC Yurtec Stadium Sendai HT 45+3' · FT 45+6'

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Vegalta Sendai vs Kawasaki Frontale — J. League at Yurtec Stadium Sendai.

Vegalta Sendai 0 games · 0 pts (2026/26)
Kawasaki Frontale 18 games · 28 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Yuichi Nishimura
Referee Ryo Hirama
Referee Hironobu Kikawada
Referee

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

Vegalta Sendai 16 games · Avg 2.9 goals Kawasaki Frontale

Last 5 meetings

2020-07-22 Vegalta Sendai 2–3 Kawasaki Frontale 2019-08-17 Vegalta Sendai 2–2 Kawasaki Frontale 2019-05-03 Kawasaki Frontale 3–1 Vegalta Sendai 2018-08-25 Kawasaki Frontale 1–0 Vegalta Sendai 2018-04-14 Vegalta Sendai 0–0 Kawasaki Frontale

Recent Form

Vegalta Sendai

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Jul	Kawasaki Frontale	H	2–3	L
18 Jul	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	H	2–2	D
12 Jul	Yokohama FC	A	1–1	D
08 Jul	Urawa Red Diamonds	H	1–2	L
04 Jul	Shonan Bellmare	A	1–0	W
22 Feb	Nagoya Grampus	H	1–1	D

Kawasaki Frontale

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Jul	Vegalta Sendai	A	3–2	W
18 Jul	Yokohama FC	A	5–1	W
11 Jul	Kashiwa Reysol	H	3–1	W
08 Jul	FC Tōkyō	A	4–0	W
04 Jul	Kashima Antlers	H	2–1	W
22 Feb	Sagan Tosu FC	H	0–0	D

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

11% Clean Sheets
Kawasaki Frontale this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Kawasaki Frontale

0-15

2/1

16-30

–/–

31-45

–/3

46-60

1/4

61-75

1/3

76+

7/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Vegalta Sendai is hosting Kawasaki Frontale for another epic battle.
5' Tatsuya Hasegawa, a Japan , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
10' Both keepers have barely been tested. Vegalta Sendai and Kawasaki Frontale are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
15' Jakub Slowik has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
20' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Toru Oniki will be considering his options from the bench.
25' Vegalta Sendai have won 158 goals from 275 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
30' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Shun Nagasawa makes it 1-0.
35' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
38' Goal! Ryohei Michibuchi scores his 6 goal in 275 matches.
43' 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.
45' The crowd applauds Tatsuya Hasegawa as he leaves the pitch. Kaoru Mitoma steps in for Kawasaki Frontale.
46' Fresh legs for Kawasaki Frontale! Yu Kobayashi comes on to replace Leandro Damiao.
51' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
56' Kawasaki Frontale fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
58' Yu Kobayashi has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 58 minutes.
59' GOAL! Miki Yamane fires home to make it 2-2!
62' Vegalta Sendai make a change. Takuma Nishimura trudges off to be replaced by Alexandre Guedes on 62 minutes.
67' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
68' Yu Kobayashi puts Kawasaki Frontale on the lead.
73' Vegalta Sendai manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Shogo Nakahara is hanging Kunimitsu Sekiguchi on the field on 73 minute.
78' It’s high time Toru Oniki made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
82' The supporters are chanting for Koji Hachisuka. He replaces Takayoshi Ishihara on 82 minute.
84' The crowd applauds Ryota Ohshima as he leaves the pitch. Hokuto Shimoda steps in for Kawasaki Frontale.
88' The Kawasaki Frontale bench stirs into life. Akihiro Ienaga is withdrawn and Hidemasa Morita gets his opportunity.
Kawasaki Frontale celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

Lineups

Vegalta Sendai Lineups

Starting XI

13
Yasuhiro Hiraoka
5
Keiya Shiihashi ↓ Takuma Hamasaki 82'
7
Kunimitsu Sekiguchi ↓ Shogo Nakahara 73'
19
Ryo Germain
36
Takahiro Yanagi
15
Takuma Nishimura ↓ Alexandre Guedes 62'
16
Kyohei Yoshino
20
Shun Nagasawa C ↓ Hiroto Yamada 62'
18
Ryohei Michibuchi
14
Takayoshi Ishihara ↓ Koji Hachisuka 82'
27
Jakub Slowik

Bench

4
Koji Hachisuka ↑ 82'
39
Kim Jungya
37
Shogo Nakahara ↑ 73'
29
Alexandre Guedes ↑ 62'
42
Hiroto Yamada ↑ 62'
24
Yuma Obata
26
Takuma Hamasaki ↑ 82'

Coach Takashi Kiyama

Kawasaki Frontale Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

11
Yu Kobayashi ↑ 46'
24
Shunsuke Ando
6
Hidemasa Morita ↑ 88'
22
Hokuto Shimoda ↑ 84'
34
Kazuya Yamamura
18
Kaoru Mitoma ↑ 45'
30
Reo Hatate ↑ 46'

Coach Toru Oniki

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Yu Kobayashi	9
Shun Nagasawa	3
Koji Hachisuka	2
Kazuki Oiwa	2
Tatsuya Hasegawa	2
Kaoru Mitoma	2
Rikiya Uehara	1
Kengo Nakamura	1

Head to Head

Vegalta Sendai Form

2020-07-22 Vegalta Sendai 2–3 Kawasaki Frontale L 2020-07-18 Vegalta Sendai 2–2 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo D 2020-07-12 Yokohama FC 1–1 Vegalta Sendai D 2020-07-08 Vegalta Sendai 1–2 Urawa Red Diamonds L 2020-07-04 Shonan Bellmare 0–1 Vegalta Sendai W 2020-02-22 Vegalta Sendai 1–1 Nagoya Grampus D

Kawasaki Frontale Form

2020-07-22 Vegalta Sendai 2–3 Kawasaki Frontale W 2020-07-18 Yokohama FC 1–5 Kawasaki Frontale W 2020-07-11 Kawasaki Frontale 3–1 Kashiwa Reysol W 2020-07-08 FC Tōkyō 0–4 Kawasaki Frontale W 2020-07-04 Kawasaki Frontale 2–1 Kashima Antlers W 2020-02-22 Kawasaki Frontale 0–0 Sagan Tosu FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.29 Vegalta Sendai xG

Expected Goals

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

1.87 Kawasaki Frontale xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 61% + Over 2.5 goals 60%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Vegalta Sendai26% Draw25% Kawasaki Frontale49%

Actual: Kawasaki Frontale win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes61% 0% No39%

Avg goals/match: 3.16

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	82%	18%
± 2.5	60%	40%
± 3.5	39%	61%
± 4.5	22%	78%

Double Chance

Vegalta Sendai or Draw

51%

Draw or Kawasaki Frontale

74%

Vegalta Sendai or Kawasaki Frontale

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Vegalta Sendai21% Draw43% Kawasaki Frontale36%

Actual: Vegalta Sendai win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.1%

1 – 2

9.2%

0 – 2

7.3%

0 – 1

7.2%

2 – 1

6.4%

2 – 2

5.9%

0 – 0

5.9%

1 – 3

5.7%

1 – 0

4.7%

0 – 3

4.5%

2 – 3

Actual

2 – 0

3.5%

Asian Handicap — Vegalta Sendai

Handicap	Vegalta Sendai covers	Push	Kawasaki Frontale covers
-2.5	4%	—	96%
-2	4%	7%	89%
-1.5	11%	—	89%
-1	11%	14%	75%
-0.5	25%	—	75%
+0.5	50%	—	50%
+1	50%	21%	28%
+1.5	72%	—	28%
+2	72%	15%	13%
+2.5	87%	—	13%

Clean Sheet

Vegalta Sendai keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

Kawasaki Frontale keeps clean sheet

28% ✓

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