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Vegalta Sendai Kawasaki Frontale betting prediction


Betting suggestion:

This clash tends to be balanced, given that Vegalta Sendai has a lower squad, but has been campaigning well, while Kawasaki Frontale has higher-quality players, but still needs to adjust to fight among the top-ranked. Vegalta have a solid defense, but their attackers find it difficult to swing the net, while Kawasaki is not having good offensive play in the away games and need to have a better quality of play. Given these factors, we believe in a strong marking game, few opportunities and a scoreless goal.
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Preview
Vegalta Sendai and Kawasaki Frontale meet , in a match for the 5th round of the J1 League. The recent head‑to‑head record favours the away team, since they have a record of 7 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss in the last 12 matches. The last head‑to‑head between these two teams was played on 02‑07‑2016, and ended in a (0‑3) win by Kawasaki Frontale. The home advantage may play an important role in this match , since Vegalta Sendai presents significant differences between home and away results.

Analysis Vegalta

After 3 wins and 1 loss, the home team is in the 4th position, havinf won 9 points so far. In the last match, they have won in an away match against Kashiwa Reysol by (0‑1), after in the previous match they have lost (0‑2) at home, against Vissel Kobe. This is a team that, oddly enough, has had better results in away matches than at home, since in the last 30 matches they register 7 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses in away matches; against 6 wins and 9 losses at their stadium. Vegalta Sendai has won 4 and lost 6 of the last 10 home matches. Defensive consistency has been one of their best features, as they have only conceded goals in 1 of the last 4 matches, and their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 3 of the last 4 matches for this competition. In 12 matches, they have conceded the first goal 7 times and have never been able to turn the score around. In the last 7 home matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have conceded 3 of their 6 goals between minutes (46'‑60').

Vegalta Sendai has been performing well at this start of the Japanese Championship and is among the first placed to take advantage of 75% of the points so far and it is worth mentioning that they are only 3 points behind the leader Vissel Kobe and tied in points with the second and third place. The team scored 3 goals, being the fourth worst attack of the competition, and conceded 2 goals, having the second defense less leaked and these figures demonstrate a great imbalance between the offensive and defensive sectors, being necessary to adjust offensively to score more goals, since the defense has behaved in a solid and efficient manner. Playing at home, as this match on Saturday, Vegalta Sendai has 1 win and 1 loss in 2 games, having averages of 0.50 goals scored and 1 goal conceded, evidencing that they still need to be more solid in the matches in front of their fans . In the overall competition, counting the games at home and away, the team tends to be more efficient offensively in the second half, since all 3 goals happened in the second stage, especially between the 75 and 90 minutes where there were 2 goals scored.

Confirmed Lineup: Kentaro Seki, Katsuya Nagato, Naoki Ishikawa, Yasuhiro Hiraoka, Kazuki Oiwa, Naoki Sugai, Shingo Tomita, Hirotaka Mita, Ryang Yong-Gi, Hiroaki Okuno, Naoki Ishihara.

Analysis Kawasaki

The away team is currently in the 8th position of the league, with 7 points won, after 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. In the penultimate match, they won in a home match against Kashiwa Reysol, by (2‑1). In the last match, they lost in an away match against Tokyo, by (3‑0). This is a team that usually maintains its competitive level in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses in away matches, with 20 goals scored and 18 conceded; against 8 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses at their stadium, with 30 goals scored and 21 conceded. In the last 10 away matches Kawasaki Frontale has won 4, tied 2 and lost 4. Defensive consistency hasn’t been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 3 of the last 4 matches, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 3 of the last 4 matches for this competition. In 15 matches, they have conceded the first goal 6 times and have only turned the score around in 1. In the last 20 away matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have conceded 8 of their 21 goals between minutes (76'‑90').

Kawasaki Frontale has been starting irregularly in the Japanese Championship and is in the middle of the qualifying table with 58% of the points played so far and it is worth mentioning that they are 5 points behind the leader Vissel Kobe, so a victory in the next match puts the team among the first place of the national. The team scored 5 goals, being the sixth best attack of the national, and conceded 5 goals, having the seventh defense more leaked and these figures show a certain imbalance between the offensive and defensive sectors, being necessary to adjust in the defense to suffer less goals, since that the attack has behaved efficiently. Kawasaki Frontale won 1 match and lost 1 game in 2 games, averaging a goal scored and 1.50 goals conceded, which shows that their attack has not worked well in this type of situation. In the overall competition, counting the games as hosts and as visitor, the team usually scores more in the second half, since 3 of their 5 goals happened in the second stage, one between 45 and 60 minutes, another between 60 and 75 minutes and another one between 75 and 90 minutes.

Confirmed Lineup: Jung Sung-Ryong, Kyohei Noborizato, Shintaro Kurumaya, Tatsuki Nara, Shogo Taniguchi, Eduardo Neto, Ryota Oshima, Kengo Nakamura, Tatsuya Hasegawa, Rhayner, Yu Kobayashi.
Coach: T. Oniki.

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The tip and bet suggestion for the Vegalta vs Kawasaki match, on 1 April 2017, of the preview written by the editors of Betting Academy Kenya, goes to: Under 3,5 goals ⇒ bet available on betfair.

The Vegalta vs Kawasaki on 1 April 2017 will be played at Sendai, Yurtec Stadium Sendai.

 

J1 League - 2017

  • 100% 306 / 306 Games

  • Home team wins 41.18%
  • Draws 23.86%
  • Away team wins 34.97%
  • Over 1.5 71.57%
  • Over 2.5 47.71%
  • Over 3.5 24.84%
  • Goals 793
  • Goals /match 2.59
  • Goals /match home 1.37
  • Goals /match away 1.22
  • Both teams score 50%
  • Goals after 80' 18.79%
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