Kashima Antlers vs Kawasaki Frontale Prediction: The Antlers May Be Caught Off Guard

Kashima Antlers vs Kawasaki Frontale: Prediction for the Match on May 11, 2025

Prediction for the J League 1 game between league leaders Kashima Antlers and Kawasaki Frontale, the recent penultimate of the AFC Champions League Competition. A preview of the game team statistics, emerging lineup, and several betting options are available below.

🏠 Kashima Antlers: Form and Statistics

Last Five Matches: WWWWW

The Antlers understood the assignment by seizing all points last week against Avispa Fukuoka in a game that could have gone either way. Leo Ceara was on everyone’s lips as he began the game with so much pressure on the visitors, eventually conceding and scoring a penalty to give them the solitary winning goal.

Since Kashima plays at home, we will be seeing them play in their red and black outfit, and the presence of very familiar faces in the stands.

Victory against Fukuoka gave Kashima a five-game unbeaten streak, with a four-point lead in first place, which may not be enough to hold out, considering the tense nature of the rivalry in the first five spots.

Kashima Antlers: Lineup

Fans will be expecting Leo Ceara to repeat last week’s outstanding performance, as he remains one of the team’s most valuable players this season. He leads the league scoring tally, with nine goals on his slate. Coach Oniki will be looking to play him full-time, seeing how his substitute last match, K. Tagawa, was injured.

🔖 Predicted Lineup(4-4-2): Hayakawa, Anzai-H.Kim-Ueda-Koike, Suzuki-Funabashi-Chinem-Čavrič, Leo-Bremer

👤 Head Coach: Toru Oniki

Out: K. Tagawa

🏠 Kawasaki Frontale: Form and Statistics

Last Five Matches: DDDLD

With the rigours of the AFC behind them, Kawasakai has finally returned to the league full-time, with a handful of games to indicate interest in the next AFC - a feat which seems incredibly out of sight, seeing how deep they are down the table with an approximate six-point gap away from relegation scare.

With three games in hand on the league, they will be expected to be on fire as they bring experience from the AFC back to the league.

This fixture makes perfect sense as the whole of Japan would be eager to see what they learnt from the Asian tournament.

They are currently in the fourteenth spot, with four wins, six stalemates, and two losses.

Kawasaki: Lineup

Yamaguchi was a blessing in the finals last week, despite the closing 2-0 scoreline. Coach Shigatoshi will be sure to increase the intensity of enthusiasm between the sides, who will play their return game like wounded lions.

🔖 Predicted Lineup: Yamaguchi, Sasaki-Takai-Maruyama-Miura, Ienaga-Yamamoto-Kawahara-Marcinho, Wakizaka-Erison

👤 Head Coach: Shigatoshi Hasebe

🤝 Shimizu S-Pulse vs Machida Zelvia Head-to-Head Statistics

As regular players of the J1 League, they have clashed thirty-six times since 2008. However, we will focus on the last ten recent meetings between the sides (since 2010), which produced two wins for Kashima, seven wins for Kawasaki Frontale, and one stalemate.

📉Kashima Antlers vs Kawasaki Frontale:Betting Trends (Since 2010)

• Since 2010, seven of ten meetings between the sides produced a BTTS scoreline. It is easy to pick the BTTS option as a probable outcome for this clash at odds of 1.75 from the Bet365 bookmaker.
• Kawasaki Frontale has seven victories against Kashima Antlers. The bold ones can pick a win for Kawasaki at 2.36 odds from 1xbet.
• The last five meetings between the sides produced more than two goals. Hence, the O2.5 option is considered noteworthy at 1.88 odds from Betway.
• Kashima has scored at least two goals in the last two games against Kawasaki Frontale. We can infer that there is a latent possibility of the host to score two goals. The 1xbet bookmaker tips this at 2.50 odds.

💣 Kashima Antlers vs Kawasaki Frontale match prediction 10 MAY 2025

This is expected to be a very explosive game, with high-profile Kashima forcing their way through Kawasakii, who are bent on receiving lost time. The odds are against the visitors, who are assumed to have lost touch with the local league, as against Kashima, whose enthusiasm has been from victories in five recent weeks.

Below are my best picks:

🔥 My prediction is for a BTTS-YES game at a coefficient of 1.70 odds from the Betway bookmaker.

🔥 Our betting tip is the Total Over 2.5 goal scoring option at 1.95 odds from Bet365

🔥 Lastly, we will consider a correct scoreline of 2-1 at a coefficient of 10.00 odds from the 1xbet bookmaker.