CHōFU. Kawasaki Frontale overcame Tokyo. Tokyo was truly superior in terms of ball possession (72%).
Kawasaki Frontale remained with 10 players after Jung Sung-Ryong received a red card in the 29′. Anyhow, Kawasaki Frontale still was able to win this encounter competing only with 10 players.
The match was played at the Ajinomoto Stadium stadium in Chōfu on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Yudai Yamamoto with the collaboration of Hiroshi Yamauchi and Koji Morikawa. The 4th official was Junichi Kabasawa. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 16.8 degrees Celsius or 62.28 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 42%.
Match Statistics
- ! 72 Ball Possession 28
Shots
- 19 Total 5
- 5 On Target 5
- 14 Off Target 0
- 3 Shots blocked 0
- 139 Attack 74
- 75 Dangerous attack 35
- 87 Ball safe 69
- 0 Penalties 0
- 8 Corners 2
- 3 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 16 Total 5
- 1 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 1
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Tokyo had a strong ball possession 72% while Kawasaki Frontale was struggling with a 28% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Tokyo was putting more pressure with 75 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, Kawasaki Frontale was able to find the solution to win this match.
Tokyo shot 19 times, 5 on target, 14 off target. On the opposite side, Kawasaki Frontale shot 5 times, 5 on target, 0 off target.
Cards
Tokyo received 1 yellow card (Y. Kimoto). On the other side, Kawasaki Frontale didn’t receive any yellow card.
Also, Kawasaki Frontale didn’t end the match with 11 players after Jung Sung-Ryong (Kawasaki Frontale) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (29′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Tokyo will stay with 49 points to hold in the 6th place. Regarding the opposition, Kawasaki Frontale will have 66 points to remain in the 2nd place.
Next matches
Tokyo – Formation
Tokyo
66'
85'
47', 74'
Tokyo adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Albert Puig Ortoneda decided to play with the following team: Jakub Słowik , Hotaka Nakamura , Yasuki Kimoto , Masato Morishige , Yuto Nagatomo , Koki Tsukagawa , Keigo Higashi , Kuryu Matsuki , Ryoma Watanabe , Luiz Phellype and Adailton .
The home team had on the bench: Leandro , Akihiro Hayashi, Hirotaka Mita , Seiji Kimura, Junya Suzuki, Shuto Abe and Kazuya Konno .
Substitutions
Tokyo made 4 changes: K. Tsukagawa for H. Mita (66′), Y. Nagatomo for K. Konno (66′), R. Watanabe for Leandro (80′) and K. Matsuki for S. Abe (80′).
Best player: Adailton
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Tokyo was Adailton.
His rating is with 2 goals, 43 passes (79% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 14. He performed 2 crosses.
Kawasaki Frontale – Formation
Kawasaki Frontale
29'
Also Kawasaki Frontale adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Toru Oniki played with: Sung-Ryong Jung , Miki Yamane , Jesiel , Shogo Taniguchi , Kyohei Noborizato , Yasuto Wakizaka , João Schmidt , Kento Tachibanada , Akihiro Ienaga , Yu Kobayashi and Marcinho .
They had on the bench: Kei Chinen , Kazuya Yamamura , Kazuki Kozuka, Kenta Tanno , Daiya Tono, Ryota Oshima and Shintaro Kurumaya .
Substitutions
Kawasaki Frontale made 5 changes: K. Noborizato for K. Tanno (33′), Y. Wakizaka for S. Kurumaya (46′), Y. Kobayashi for K. Chinen (59′), J. Schmidt for R. Oshima (59′) and Marcinho for K. Yamamura (81′).
Best player: Marcinho
The player that probably impressed the most for Kawasaki Frontale was Marcinho.
His rating is with 1 goal, 18 passes (61% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 12.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the J-League.
- Sagan Tosu – Sanfrecce Hiroshima – 2-2
- Vissel Kobe – Yokohama F. Marinos – 1-3
- Cerezo Osaka – Nagoya Grampus – 0-1
- Júbilo Iwata – Kyoto Sanga – 0-0
- Tokyo – Kawasaki Frontale – 2-3
- Kashiwa Reysol – Shonan Bellmare – 1-2
- Urawa Reds – Avispa Fukuoka – 1-1
- Kashima Antlers – Gamba Osaka – 0-0
- Consadole Sapporo – Shimizu S-Pulse – 4-3
