📏 Form Guide

Kawasaki Frontale

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Kawasaki Frontale, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 1-2 J1 100 Year Vision League triumph over Yokohama F. Marinos.

In that match, Kawasaki Frontale managed 49% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. For Kawasaki Frontale, goals were scored by Lazar Romanić (15') and Erison (90'). On the other side, Yokohama F. Marinos had 11 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Jun Amano (45') was the scorer for Yokohama F. Marinos.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent times that Kawasaki Frontale have kept a clean sheet. The facts show that Kawasaki Frontale have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 11 goals on the way. Such a pattern might not follow through into this next game, of course.

JEF United Chiba

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Since being defeated in their last game at the hands of Tokyo Verdy in J1 100 Year Vision League competition, JEF United Chiba and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that match, JEF United Chiba had 53% possession and 3 shots at goal with 0 on target. For their opponents, Tokyo Verdy got 15 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Shimon Teranuma (51') was the scorer for Tokyo Verdy.

Looking at their form, and JEF United Chiba have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, conceding 10 goals overall. Defensively, JEF United Chiba have clearly had some problems.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An inspection of their past head to head results stretching back to 11/08/2007 tells us that these encounters have not been fruitful for JEF United Chiba. They’ve not been able to get themselves any wins whatsoever while Kawasaki Frontale have managed to find a way, running out winners in 67% of those matches played.

A combined sum of 14 goals were produced between them in this period, with 10 for Frontale and 4 netted by JEF Utd. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.33.

The previous league game between these sides was J1 100 Year Vision League match day 2 on 15/02/2026 which ended up with the score at JEF United Chiba 0-0 Kawasaki Frontale.

That time, JEF United Chiba managed 48% possession and 22 attempts on goal with 4 on target.

At the other end, Kawasaki Frontale got 17 attempts on goal with 4 on target.

📋 Team News: Kawasaki Frontale

Hiroto Taniguchi (Hamstring injury), Akihiro Ienaga (Calf injury), Yu Kobayashi (Calf injury), Kazuya Konno (Calf injury), Asahi Sasaki (Hamstring injury), Yuto Ozeki (Torn ankle ligaments), Ryuki Osa (Inflammation of pubic bone) and Shuto Yamaichi (Ill) aren’t available for Kawasaki Frontale gaffer Shigetoshi Hasebe.

It’s our opinion that Kawasaki Frontale will probably use a 4-2-3-1 formation for the game featuring Svend Brodersen, Reon Yamahara, Yuto Matsunagane, Yuichi Maruyama, Sota Miura, Kento Tachibanada, Yuki Yamamoto, Tatsuya Ito, Yasuto Wakizaka, Ten Miyagi and Lazar Romanic.

ℹ️ Team News: JEF United Chiba

From our viewpoint, JEF United Chiba seem likely to elect for a 4-4-2 lineup, giving starts to Jose Suarez, Issei Takahashi, Ryota Kuboniwa, Takashi Kawano, Rikuto Ishio, Zain Issaka, Yusuke Kobayashi, Takuya Yasui, Takumi Tsukui, Daichi Ishikawa and Carlinhos Junior.

🧠 Prediction

Our feeling is that Kawasaki Frontale will more than likely score more than once when they come up against JEF United Chiba, who may well struggle to get a goal of their own.

Therefore, we are anticipating a 2-0 win for Kawasaki Frontale by the time that the referee blows the final whistle.

Peter Guest, 05:01 25/04/2026