Kashima Antlers Tokushima Vortis betting prediction

The home team is currently in the 5^th position of the league, with 38 points won, after 11 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in an away match against Gamba Osaka, by (0‑1). In the last match, they won in an away match against Shonan Bellmare, by (1‑2). For the league, Kashima Antlers won 21 points out of 30 possible points, after 6 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss in the last 10 home matches.

In this competition, they haven’t lost any of the last 7 home matches. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half‑time was the 0‑0 (5 out of 11 matches). Their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 23 matches for this competition, they have conceded the first goal 10 times and have only turned the score around in 2. there is 1 period that stands out in the last 11 home matches for this competition: they have suffered 5 of their 12 goals between minutes (76'‑90').

Kashima arrives for this match knowing that they will find difficulties to overcome the opponent, however, the team plays as home team and needs to impose itself on the field, with good football and ball possession to control the actions of the match. The opponent should not be content to play only defensively, and will probably look for the attack, so a solid and well-placed defense is essential, as well as strong marking in midfield.

Confirmed Lineup: Yuya Oki, Keigo Tsunemoto, Tomoya Inukai, Koki Machida, Katsuya Nagato, Ryuji Izumi, Shoma Doi, Kento Misao, R. Araki, Léo Silva, Everaldo.
Coach: R. Weiler.