Match Report
Kashima Antlers, 1st with 76 points, sat 52 points above Albirex Niigata (20th, 24). Per game in the league, Albirex Niigata were scoring 0.95 and conceding 1.76, Kashima Antlers 1.53 and 0.82, against a competition average of 1.2 goals per team per game.
Albirex Niigata's winless run stood at 8. Kashima Antlers carried a 5-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Recent form was uneven: 1/15 points for Albirex Niigata, 13/15 for Kashima Antlers.
The sides have met 6 times in the GioScore results database: 0 wins for Albirex Niigata, 2 draws and 4 for Kashima Antlers, at 3.17 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 33% of the meetings went to the host. 67% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 67%.
Denka Big Swan Stadium in Niigata, capacity 42,300, hosted the game. It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Albirex Niigata: Matheus Moraes (17') · Kashima Antlers: Y. Suzuki (4'), Léo Ceará (87')