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Kashima Antlers and Urawa Red Diamonds play in a J League match (Championship – Final). The history of recent direct clashes is favorable to the visiting team, which has 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in the last 8 games. The last direct confrontation between these two teams, on 23-07-2016, ended Urawa Red Diamonds’ (1-2) win. In this match the home factor may play an important role, as Kashima Antlers presents significant differences in the results achieved at home and as a visitor.
Kashima Antlers
The home team arrives at this stage of the J League (Championship – Final) after a (0-1) away win with Kawasaki Frontale. This is a team that curiously has more positive results than at home, since in the last 30 matches it has 8 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses as a visitor, with 25 goals scored and 18 goals conceded, against 8 wins, 1 draw and 6 Defeats at home, with 24 goals scored and 14 conceded. For the championship, Kashima Antlers won 12 points out of a possible 30 after 4 wins and 6 losses in their last 10 games at their home stadium. His attack has scored regularly as he has scored goals in 7 of the last 10 games in this competition. In 35 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 12 times and only got 2 turns on the scoreboard. In the last 17 home games in this competition there are 1 highlights: 6 of his 15 goals between minutes (61′-75 ‘).
Kashima Antlers made an excellent first-round campaign in the Japanese Championship where they were the first to reach 76% of the points, but in the second round the team fell and was only the eleventh place, having fallen much both in the offensive system and in the defensive. In the game against Kawasaki Frontale, the team had only 37% possession of the ball, but knew better take advantage of the chances created to score a goal and still the defense behaved very well to hold the pressure of the client and secure a place in the final. Playing at home, as the match he will make this Tuesday, Kashima has 59% and averages of 1.53 goals scored and 0.83 goals conceded per game. Overall, the team used to score more often in the second half, as 37 of the 54 goals they made came in the second stage, especially in the 45-60 minutes with 16 goals.
Urawa Red Diamonds
The visiting team arrives at this stage of the J League (Championship – Final) after finishing the previous phase in first place, with 41 points won. This is a team little affected by the house factor, that is, presents similar results at home and away, since in the last 30 games has 10 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses as a visitor, with a total of 25 goals scored and 16 conceded. Already inside the home, won 10 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses, with a total of 33 goals scored and 12 conceded. The team arrives in this match after a defeat out with Kawasaki Frontale by (4-1) in the tiebreak through penalties. In the championship, Urawa Red Diamonds had 24 points out of 30, after 8 wins and 2 losses in their last 10 away games. In his league games as a visitor, the most frequent result at half-time was 0-0 (8 out of 17 matches). His attack has scored regularly, as he has scored at least one goal in each of the last 10 games for this competition. In their games away to this competition there is a tendency to have few goals, since 7 of the last 17 that disputed finished with Less than 1.5 goals. In 34 games for the J League, he suffered the first goal 10 times but managed to turn the score in 4. In the last 17 away games for this competition there is a period that stands out: he scored 9 of his 25 goals between the minutes (76’- 90 ‘).
Urawa Red Diamonds made a great Japanese Championship where they finished the first phase in third place with 65% of the points played and in the second phase was the first placed with 80% of the points played, which shows great regularity throughout the Competition. Urawa has been characterized by a very efficient offensive system and a solid defensive system, so much that it was the team that scored the most and conceded the most in the second phase of the championship. Playing away from home, as the match that will do this Tuesday, Urawa Red Diamonds has 74% and averages of 1.41 goals scored and 0.71 goals conceded, which shows the great strength of the team even acting away from their domains where they lost Only 3 games in 17 played. Overall, the team usually scores more in the second half, as 42 of the 61 goals scored during the competition took place in the second stage, especially between the 75 and 90 minutes where they scored 42 goals.
Prediction: over 1.5 goals @ 1.30