KASHIMA. Kashima Antlers and Urawa Reds didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday..
The match was played at the Kashima Soccer Stadium stadium in Kashima on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Takafumi Mikuriya who had the assistance of Isao Nishihashi and Ryosuke Murai. The 4th official was Genki Tawara. The weather was heavy intensity rain. The temperature was extremely hot at 30.67 degrees Celsius or 87.21 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 91%.
Match Statistics
- 51 Ball Possession 49
Shots
- 13 Total 9
- 6 On Target 2
- 5 Off Target 3
- 2 Shots blocked 4
- 113 Attack 69
- 50 Dangerous attack 14
- 75 Ball safe 99
- 0 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 1
- 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 15 Total 16
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 2 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Kashima Antlers was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Urawa Reds that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Kashima Antlers was more pushing with 50 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 6 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Kashima Antlers to win the match.
Kashima Antlers shot 13 times, 6 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Urawa Reds shot 9 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Kashima Antlers received 1 yellow card (Kento Misao). Regarding the opposition, Urawa Reds received 1 yellow card (Marius Høibråten).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Kashima Antlers has 48 points to hold in the 3rd place. On the other side, Urawa Reds will has 35 points like Albirex Niigata and Tokyo Verdy to remain in the 10th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the J-League, Kashima Antlers will play away against Tokyo Verdy on the 25th of August with a 3-1 head to head in favor of Kashima Antlers (1 draw).
Urawa Reds will host Kawasaki Frontale on the 24th of August with a 15-11 head to head record in favor of Kawasaki Frontale (11 draws).
Kashima Antlers – Formation
Kashima Antlers adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Ranko Popović decided to play with the following team: Tomoki Hayakawa , Kimito Nono , Naomichi Ueda , Ikuma Sekigawa , Koki Anzai , Kento Misao , Gaku Shibasaki , Shu Morooka , Shintaro Nago , Hayato Nakama and Yuma Suzuki .
The home team had on the bench: Radomir Milosavljevic, Kyosuke Tagawa , Yuta Higuchi, Tomoya Fujii, Hidehiro Sugai, Taiki Yamada and Homare Tokuda.
Substitutions
Kashima Antlers made 2 changes: Shu Morooka for Kyosuke Tagawa (70′) and Hayato Nakama for Yuta Higuchi (90′).
Player of the match: Ikuma Sekigawa
The player that probably impressed the most for Kashima Antlers was Ikuma Sekigawa.
His rating is with 53 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 6.
Urawa Reds – Formation
Also Urawa Reds adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Per-Mathias Høgmo played with: Ayumi Niekawa , Hirokazu Ishihara , Rikito Inoue , Marius Høibråten , Ayumu Ohata , Samuel Gustafson , Kaito Yasui , Tomoaki Okubo , Ryoma Watanabe , Takahiro Sekine and Bryan Linssen .
They had on the bench: Shoya Nakajima , Thiago , Yota Sato, Yusuke Matsuo , Shun Yoshida, Hidetoshi Takeda and Yoichi Naganuma .
Substitutions
Urawa Reds made 5 changes: Samuel Gustafson for Yoichi Naganuma (83′), Ryoma Watanabe for Hidetoshi Takeda (84′), Bryan Linssen for Yusuke Matsuo (61′), Tomoaki Okubo for Shoya Nakajima (46′) and Takahiro Sekine for Thiago (87′).
Player of the match: Ayumi Niekawa
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Urawa Reds was the goalkeeper: Ayumi Niekawa. His rating is 8.16. He performed 6 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the J-League.
- Kashima Antlers – Urawa Reds – 0-0
- Machida Zelvia – Júbilo Iwata – 4-0
- FC Tokyo – Tokyo Verdy – 0-0
- Kawasaki Frontale – Yokohama F. Marinos – 1-3
- Shonan Bellmare – Kashiwa Reysol – 1-2
- Nagoya Grampus – Sanfrecce Hiroshima – 1-2
- Cerezo Osaka – Kyoto Sanga – 3-5
- Vissel Kobe – Gamba Osaka – 2-2
- Avispa Fukuoka – Albirex Niigata – 0-1