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Kashima Antlers v Nagoya Grampus Eight : J-League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Fri 25th Apr, 11:00 BST, Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima

Kashima Antlers and their manager Toru Oniki will be looking to get one over on Kenta Hasegawa and his Nagoya Grampus Eight side on Friday morning, as the pair clash at the Kashima Soccer Stadium in the J-League. We want you to make a smart bet on this match, so we've sifted through our 20+ year database and pulled out the stats that matter the most. Head to head (H2H) and recent form are included, and the KickOff predictions are produced from them. Odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers are there to make sure you get the best return.


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Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
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Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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Kashima
65%
--
Draw
20%
--
Nagoya
15%
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Kashima 2-0
11%
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Kashima 1-0
11%
--
Kashima 2-1
10%
--
Draw 1-1
10%
--
Kashima 3-0
8%
--
Kashima 3-1
7%
--
Draw 0-0
5%
--
Nagoya 1-0
5%
--
Draw 2-2
4%
--
Nagoya 2-1
4%
--
Kashima 4-0
4%
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Kashima 4-1
4%
--
Kashima 3-2
3%
--
Nagoya 2-0
2%
--
Kashima 5-0
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
56%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
44%
--
Home 1st Goal
58%
--
Away 1st Goal
39%
--
No 1st Goal
3%
--
BTTS - Yes
51%
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BTTS - No
49%
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BTTS - Home Win
29%
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BTTS - Draw
15%
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BTTS - Away Win
7%
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Home/draw
85%
--
Away/draw
35%
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Home/away
80%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
79%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
21%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
34%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
66%
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Over 4.5 Goals
18%
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Under 4.5 Goals
82%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
8%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
92%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
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Under 0.5 Goals
5%
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Home DNB
79%
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Away DNB
29%
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Kashima win to nil
37%
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Nagoya win to nil
7%
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Win / draw / win J-League table

Kashima have played 10 matches so far this season and lay in 8th place in the J-League league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 7 games against teams below in the table, having won 4, drawn 1 and lost 2 matches. They have kept 3 clean sheets and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. Kashima have outscored their opponents by 16 goals to 11 goals.

Home League Performance

Kashima have played 6 games at home winning 4, drawing 1 and losing 1 game. They have scored 13 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 6 goals at home.

Nagoya are in 20th position in the J-League on 8 points having played 10 matches so far this season. Nagoya are having a poor run against away teams, having not won a match so far this season. They have also not scored in 2 of those games.

Away League Performance

5 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 14 goals and kept no clean sheets. They have scored 4 goals in total and failed to score in 2 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

10 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 6 games, drawn 2 and won 2. Nagoya have conceded 19 goals, scored 11, failed to score in 2 fixtures and have kept 1 clean sheet.

Won
Draw
Lost
Kashima
Nagoya
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Avispa10613319 
Aug 16
May 6
Dec 6
May 17
2
Kyoto Sanga11533218 
l
 
3-4F
Oct 25
Aug 10
May 11
3
Kawasaki11452817 
May 11
Jul 5
Aug 23
l
 
4-0A
4
Fagiano10523417 
Jun 28
Apr 20
May 6
Sep 13
5
Kashiwa10451317 
Jul 20
w
 
1-3F
Apr 29
Nov 8
6
Hiroshima9522317 
Jun 14
l
 
1-0A
Apr 20
Jun 28
7
Machida10523217 
May 3
Jun 21
l
 
1-2A
Nov 30
8
Kashima Home10514616 
-
-
Sep 27
Apr 25
9
Urawa Reds11443116 
d
 
1-1A
Sep 20
May 24
Aug 16
10
Shimizu11434215 
May 17
Aug 31
Jun 21
May 3
11
Vissel Kobe10433115 
w
 
1-0F
Oct 18
d
 
2-2F
Jun 15
12
Shonan10424-414 
Sep 13
l
 
1-0A
Sep 20
l
 
2-1A
13
Gamba Osaka10415-413 
Oct 4
May 31
Oct 25
l
 
2-0A
14
Cerezo10334012 
Sep 23
l
 
1-0A
Oct 4
d
 
1-1A
15
Yokohama10325-111 
Nov 8
Apr 29
w
 
2-1F
Oct 18
16
Tokyo Verdy10244-510 
w
 
4-0F
Nov 30
Jul 5
l
 
2-1F
17
Tokyo10235-59 
w
 
2-0F
Aug 10
Aug 31
l
 
3-1A
18
Albirex10154-48 
w
 
2-1F
Aug 23
May 31
Sep 23
19
Yokohama FM11155-48 
Dec 6
May 25
w
 
2-0F
Jul 20
20
Nagoya Away10226-88 
Apr 25
Sep 27
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Afc Champions League
Afc Champions League Qualifiers
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
3
Nagoya have lost 3 consecutive away league games
6
Nagoya have not won in 6 consecutive away league games
Kashima 8TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
16
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
9 / 20
Clean sheets
11 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
10
Draw
9
L
1
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Kashima3 - 4Kyoto Sanga
Kashima1 - 0Vissel Kobe
Kashima1 - 1Urawa Reds
Kashima2 - 0Tokyo
Kashima2 - 1Albirex
Kashima4 - 0Tokyo Verdy
Kashima3 - 1Machida
Kashima0 - 0Nagoya
Kashima0 - 0Avispa
Kashima0 - 0Kashiwa
Kashima2 - 2Hiroshima
Kashima0 - 0Urawa Reds
Kashima3 - 0Sagan Tosu
Kashima2 - 1Tokyo
Kashima2 - 0Sapporo
Kashima0 - 0Gamba Osaka
Kashima1 - 1Albirex
Kashima3 - 2Yokohama FM
Kashima1 - 0Vissel Kobe
Kashima3 - 3Tokyo Verdy
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
17
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
9
Draw
6
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AKashima0 - 1Cerezo
HKashima3 - 4Kyoto Sanga
AKashima0 - 1Hiroshima
HKashima1 - 0Vissel Kobe
HKashima1 - 1Urawa Reds
AKashima3 - 1Kashiwa
HKashima2 - 0Tokyo
HKashima2 - 1Albirex
HKashima4 - 0Tokyo Verdy
AKashima0 - 1Shonan
HKashima3 - 1Machida
AKashima2 - 0Cerezo
AKashima0 - 0Kyoto Sanga
HKashima0 - 0Nagoya
AKashima3 - 1Kawasaki
HKashima0 - 0Avispa
AKashima4 - 0Albirex
AKashima2 - 3Shonan
HKashima0 - 0Kashiwa
HKashima2 - 2Hiroshima
Nagoya 20TH
20 league games
Away
3
Overall
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
36
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
W
4
D
3
Lost
13
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Gamba Osaka2 - 0Nagoya
Shonan2 - 1Nagoya
Tokyo Verdy2 - 1Nagoya
Cerezo1 - 1Nagoya
Tokyo3 - 1Nagoya
Kawasaki4 - 0Nagoya
Yokohama FM0 - 2Nagoya
Kashima0 - 0Nagoya
Gamba Osaka3 - 2Nagoya
Avispa1 - 0Nagoya
Tokyo4 - 1Nagoya
Shonan0 - 1Nagoya
Kyoto Sanga3 - 2Nagoya
Vissel Kobe3 - 3Nagoya
Machida1 - 0Nagoya
Cerezo2 - 1Nagoya
Tokyo Verdy1 - 0Nagoya
Kawasaki2 - 1Nagoya
Sagan Tosu0 - 2Nagoya
Hiroshima2 - 3Nagoya
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
6
D
3
Lost
11
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ANagoya0 - 2Gamba Osaka
ANagoya1 - 2Shonan
HNagoya2 - 0Yokohama FM
HNagoya2 - 1Yokohama
ANagoya1 - 2Tokyo Verdy
ANagoya1 - 1Cerezo
HNagoya1 - 2Machida
ANagoya1 - 3Tokyo
HNagoya2 - 2Vissel Kobe
ANagoya0 - 4Kawasaki
ANagoya2 - 0Yokohama FM
HNagoya0 - 3Sagan Tosu
ANagoya0 - 0Kashima
ANagoya2 - 3Gamba Osaka
HNagoya0 - 2Sapporo
ANagoya0 - 1Avispa
HNagoya2 - 0Jubilo Iwata
HNagoya2 - 0Kawasaki
HNagoya3 - 0Albirex
ANagoya1 - 4Tokyo
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
3
Kashima have kept a clean sheet in 3 consecutive home league meetings with Nagoya
League games at Kashima since 2018
Kashima
Nagoya
Goals: Scored
6
4
Games: Scored
3 / 7
3 / 7
Clean sheets
4 / 7
4 / 7
KAS
3
D
2
NAG
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Kashima
Draw0 - 0Draw
Kashima2 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 1Nagoya
0 - 2Nagoya
Kashima2 - 1
Kashima2 - 0
League games at Nagoya since 2018
Nagoya
Kashima
Goals: Scored
7
12
Games: Scored
4 / 7
6 / 7
Clean sheets
1 / 7
3 / 7
KAS
4
D
1
NAG
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Nagoya
0 - 3Kashima
Nagoya1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 2Kashima
1 - 3Kashima
0 - 1Kashima
Nagoya4 - 2
Goal Statistics
Kashima 8th Nagoya 20th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.1
goals
0.9
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
13%
1
26%
2
27%
3
19%
4+
16%
There is a 61% probability that Kashima will score 2 or more goals in this match
0
42%
1
36%
2
16%
3
4+
There is a 78% probability of Nagoya scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+12
Kashima have scored 12% more goals at home than predicted
-6
Nagoya’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.7
average goals scored
1.1
average goals scored
0.8
conceded
1.8
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
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Kashima
PG (predicted goals)
Nagoya
2.1
0.9
Attack rating
11%
better
KAS
NAG
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Games scored7
8
Failed to score3
2
Scored first6
4
Goals scored16
11
Avg. goals scored1.6
1.1
Avg. shots per game8
8
Avg. shots per goal5
7
Conversion rate for21
15
Avg. XG for1.1
1.1
KickOff rating
+11%
Defence rating
37%
better
KAS
NAG
view stats
Games conceded7
9
Clean sheets3
1
Conceded first4
6
Goals conceded10
19
Avg. goals conceded1
1.9
Avg. shots/game conceded9
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded9
5
Conversion rate against12%
19%
Avg. XG against1.3
1.5
KickOff rating
+37%

Kashima v Nagoya J-League lLine ups will show here when available.

Kashima J-League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
9832
T HayakawaL CearáK AnzaiR Koike
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T Hayakawa GLK91
1
-
R Koike DEF912
2
-
K Anzai DEF93
-
I Sekigawa DEF9
-
K. Nono DEF91
2
-
N Ueda DEF92
-
Y Matsumura MID91
2
-
Y Higuchi MID91
1
-
L Ceará FWD98
1
-
Y Suzuki FWD931
1
-
S Morooka FWD92
-
Y Funabashi MID7
-
G Shibasaki MID7
1
-
K Chinen MID51
-
H. Tokuda FWD5
-
K Tagawa FWD5
-
K Tae-Hyeon DEF4
-
A Cavric FWD4
-
R Araki MID3
-
K Misao MID3
-
S Mizoguchi DEF1
-
Nagoya J-League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
9313
S Inagaki S Inagaki Y AsanoS Inagaki 
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
Y Asano MID91
1
-
S Inagaki  MID931
3
-
R Izumi MID91
1
-
K Shiihashi MID911
1
-
Mateus FWD911
1
-
K Nagai FWD91
2
-
T Morishima MID811
1
-
A Kawazura DEF71
1
-
Y Takeda GLK6
-
Y Sato DEF62
1
-
Y Nogami DEF6
-
K Mikuni DEF5
-
S Tokumoto DEF51
-
T Uchida MID5
-
K Nakayama MID5
1
-
Y Yamagishi FWD51
-
D Miya DEF4
1
-
T Hara DEF4
-
D Schmidt GLK3
-
G. Kato MID3
-
M Ono MID3
-
T Kikuchi MID3
-
R Yamanaka DEF2
-
S. Sugiura MID2
-
K Junker FWD1
-