Kashima Antlers vs Kawasaki Frontale Best odds and tips

Kashima Antlers have won their last five matches in a row to sit top of the J League 2025 table with 31 points from 15 games and they look capable of upsetting the bookies when they face Kawasaki Frontale on Sunday. Toru Oniki took over as head coach in February 2025 and his pragmatic set-up has produced five straight wins, two of them from two at the Kashima Soccer Stadium. Antlers have won six of their eight home games in the J League this season and conceded only six goals in the process. The most recent two wins have been 1-0 at home to Machida Zelvia and away to Avispa Fukuoka, so Oniki’s side are not just a one-trick pony. They have the defensive discipline to keep the ball out of their own net and the clinical finish to nick games like those.

Kawasaki Frontale are in the middle of the J League 2025 table in 14th place after taking 18 points from 12 games, and they recorded a 3-2 win at Al-Nassr Riyadh in the AFC Champions League last time out. Shigetoshi Hasebe was appointed as their head coach in February and his youthful, high-pressing style of play has taken them to a famous victory in Saudi Arabia. They were not so good in their previous away game, a 2-0 defeat to Al Ahli Jeddah, and their last five results are W2, D1, L2.

Marcinho has scored two goals in his last five games for Frontale and is a key attacking threat, but they will be up against Leo, who has nine in 12 for Antlers. Kashima have a good record against Kawasaki, beating them 3-1 away in J League 2024, and they are in red-hot form in the league. Frontale are a good team, but they are inconsistent and have lost two of their last three away games. Kashima are averaging 1.5 goals per game at home against Kawasaki, who are averaging 1.5 goals per game away to Antlers, so we can expect some fireworks when these two meet. But the home record of Antlers is too good to ignore and the visitors’ recent away form suggests they can be beaten. Take the home side to win or draw in the double chance market at 2.90 and ignore the 2.40 about the visitors.