📊 Form Guide

Kashima Antlers

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Kashima Antlers fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being a 0-2 J1 100 Year Vision League victory vs JEF United Chiba.

In that game, Kashima Antlers managed 61% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 5 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Kashima Antlers was Ryotaro Araki (43'). JEF United Chiba had 10 shots at goal with 4 on target.

Kashima Antlers haven’t had any problems with scoring, hitting the target in each and every one of their last 6 matches.

They have hit an aggregate of 9 during that period and have conceded a total of 4.

FC Tokyo

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In the game prior to this, FC Tokyo drew 0-0 in the J1 100 Year Vision League match with Urawa Red Diamonds.

In that game, FC Tokyo managed 45% possession and 20 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. At the other end, Urawa Red Diamonds had 9 shots on goal with 2 on target. FC Tokyo ran out winners after a 10-9 penalty shootout.

Rikizo Matsuhashi's FC Tokyo have managed to stick the ball in the net a total of 12 times throughout their most recent 6 matches. The total of goals that have been scored against them during those matches comes to 7.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at their prior head-to-head meetings stretching back to 16/07/2023 shows that Kashima Antlers have won 4 of these games and FC Tokyo 1, with the tally of drawn games being 1.

In all, 14 goals were produced between them in this period, with 9 from Antlers and 5 netted by FC Tokyo. That’s an average goals per game of 2.33.

The last league clash between these sides was J1 100 Year Vision League match day 1 on 07/02/2026 when it ended FC Tokyo 1-1 Kashima Antlers.

That time, FC Tokyo managed 58% possession and 22 shots at goal with 8 on target. The scorer was Keita Endo (44').

For their opponents, Kashima Antlers got 12 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Tae-hyeon Kim (45') scored.

📋 Team News: FC Tokyo

FC Tokyo boss Rikizo Matsuhashi has a number of players out of action. Kashif Bangnagande (Torn thigh muscle) and Yuta Arai (Cruciate ligament injury) can’t be considered.

🧠 Prediction

Our assessment is that FC Tokyo and Kashima Antlers could both end up scoring in what appears to be a good match-up, with little separating these two teams.

We’ll see, but this looks like it could end up all-square. With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a tight encounter with a 1-1 score draw at the end of the match.

Andre Moura, 01:03 23/05/2026