GolVolt — FC Tokyo vs Kashima Antlers: preview, line-ups, chances

What to watch for

Facts from our data worth knowing before kick-off. After the match we check them ✓ / ✗.

Streak

FC Tokyo unbeaten in 12 matches

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All competitions, friendlies excluded: 9 wins and 3 draws. Last defeat: 8 August, 1:5 against Machida Zelvia.

What's at stake

FC Tokyo: a match for the title

13%after a loss 26%after a win

Title chances: 13% after a defeat, 26% after a win (10,000 simulations of the rest of the season).

Last time

Last meeting, 10 August 2025: FC Tokyo – Kashima Antlers 0:1

DWLWWW

Kashima Antlers have won the last 3 meetings.

Defence

Kashima Antlers concede 1.2 goals per match

FC Tokyo0.0 Kashima Antlers1.2

Last 5 matches in all competitions. FC Tokyo concede 0.0.

Streak

Kashima Antlers have scored in 7 matches in a row

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All competitions, friendlies excluded: 16 goals in those matches.

Player in form

Léo Ceará: 4 goals and 1 assist in 5 league matches

Goals4

The most goals and assists in the squad over recent league matches.

Players to watch

J1 League, this season.

Motoki Nagakura

FC Tokyo · forward

7goals 4assists 7.37avg rating

Last match, Fagiano Okayama: rating 7.4.

Léo Ceará

Kashima Antlers · forward

12goals 1assist 7.60avg rating

Last match, Cerezo Osaka: 1 assist, rating 6.4.

Who is out

Injuries and suspensions

The list usually arrives about 48 hours before kick-off. There is none for this match yet.

Recent matches

Bar height is the goal difference. Hover or tap a bar for the details.

“This set-up” is FC Tokyo at home and Kashima Antlers away, as in this match.

FC Tokyo

at home · 10

6W2D2L2.1scored per match1.0conceded per match

Kashima Antlers

away · 10

4W4D2L2.0scored per match1.5conceded per match

Head to head

38 meetings since 2005. The last 5 below.

Last time · 10 Aug 2025 · J1 League FC Tokyo 0:1 Kashima Antlers Tagawa 81'. Kashima Antlers: 3 wins in a row in this fixture.

1wins

0 draws2.4 goals per match · both scored in 2 of 5

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Expected lineups

For now, the last starting XI: FC Tokyo (4-4-2, last: Fagiano Okayama) · Kashima Antlers (4-4-2, last: Cerezo Osaka).

Official around 06:00, Sat 7 Nov

SKKim KBBangnagande HIInamura ASScholz HIIshihara SAAnzai TKKo SNNagano KSSato MNNagakura TNNakagawa THHayakawa KTTsukui NUUeda ISSekigawa ROOgawa YMMatsumura YHHiguchi MBBueno ÉLÉlber LCCeará YSSuzuki

FC TokyoKashima Antlers

When the provider publishes the expected XI (usually a day before the match), it replaces the last one. A player on the absence list stays on the pitch as a pale, dashed “ghost”.

Coaches

Rikizo MatsuhashiFC Tokyo Toru OnikiKashima Antlers

Who wins?

The provider's forecast usually arrives a few days before kick-off.

What this match changes in the season

Title chance after each result.

today after a defeat after a draw after a win

FC Tokyo today 20%

after a defeat: 13%
after a draw: 18%
after a win: 26%

Kashima Antlers today 4%

after a defeat: 2%
after a draw: 3%
after a win: 6%

FC Tokyo: 12 percentage points of title chance between a win and a defeat.

From 10,000 simulations of the rest of the season. How we count

Pro analysisGolVolt ProPro extends the free match profile with its own goals model, lineup stability and results from similar fixtures. Coverage depends on the available data.

Pro analysis

GolVolt Pro

Pro extends the free match profile with its own goals model, lineup stability and results from similar fixtures. Coverage depends on the available data.

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