Kawasaki Frontale

Match report

Kawasaki Frontale saw off Shimizu S-Pulse 3-1 at the National Stadium on Saturday, taking all three points in the J-League 1 regular season round six. The visitors went down to a red card in the fortieth minute, and Kawasaki never looked back despite a spirited second-half response. Oh Se-hun and Marcio Augusto da Silva Barbosa both found the net for the hosts, while Shimizu's Brazilian attacker scored twice in vain.

Kyosuke Mochiyama opened the scoring in the first minute, catching Shimizu cold before they had settled into a rhythm. By then the visitors were already under pressure, and things turned ugly in the fortieth minute when Jelani Reshaun Sumiyoshi was sent off. Kawasaki had the numerical advantage and went on to control the game, though Shimizu never stopped trying.

Oh Se-hun doubled the lead from the penalty spot in the sixty-eighth minute after a stoppage that followed the earlier dismissal. Kawasaki were clinical when it mattered, creating five big chances compared to Shimizu's two. The hosts passed with purpose, completing 426 out of 488 attempts while Shimizu managed 291 from 365.

Marcio Augusto da Silva Barbosa pulled one back in the seventy-seventh minute and added another in the ninetieth, but it was too little too late. Shimizu had seven tackles compared to Kawasaki's eleven, but they lacked the cut-through in the final third. The visitors created less with 61 passes into the final third against Kawasaki's 178.

Kawasaki remain in tenth place with nine points from six games, while Shimizu sit seventeenth on four. The hosts had lost their previous match 2-1 to Machida Zelvia, but this result extends their unbeaten run to five across all competitions. Shimizu's away form remains a concern with only one victory in six league matches this season.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 56.00 – 44

Shots on target 7 – 4

Shots off target 7 – 4

Big chances 5 – 2

⚽ 1' Kyosuke Mochiyama — Goal 🟨 27' Tomoya Fujii — Yellow card 🟥 40' Jelani Reshaun Sumiyoshi — Red card ⇄ 44' Kai Matsuzaki — Substitution ⇄ 45' Kazuya Konno — Substitution ⇄ 45' Kyosuke Mochiyama — Substitution ⇄ 57' Kosuke Kinoshita — Substitution ⇄ 57' Tomoya Fujii — Substitution ⇄ 58' Yutaka Yoshida — Substitution ⚽ 68' Oh Se-hun — Penalty 🟨 72' Marcio Augusto da Silva Barbosa — Yellow card ⇄ 73' Kento Tachibanada — Substitution ⚽ 77' Marcio Augusto da Silva Barbosa — Goal 🟨 80' Mateus Brunetti Valor — Yellow card ⇄ 82' Asahi Sasaki — Substitution 🟨 83' Yuji Takahashi — Yellow card ⇄ 86' Yudai Shimamoto — Substitution ⚽ 90' Marcio Augusto da Silva Barbosa — Goal ⇄ 90+3' Tatsuya Ito — Substitution

Match events

1' 1:0 Kawasaki Frontale Goal Kyosuke Mochiyama assist: Asahi Sasaki
27' 1:0 Shimizu S-Pulse Yellow card Tomoya Fujii
40' 1:0 Shimizu S-Pulse Red card Jelani Reshaun Sumiyoshi
44' 1:0 Shimizu S-Pulse Substitution Kai Matsuzaki off: Park Seung-Wook
45' 1:0 Kawasaki Frontale Substitution Kazuya Konno off: Marcio Augusto da Silva Barbosa
45' 1:0 Kawasaki Frontale Substitution Kyosuke Mochiyama off: Derik Lacerda
57' 1:0 Shimizu S-Pulse Substitution Kosuke Kinoshita off: Oh Se-hun
57' 1:0 Shimizu S-Pulse Substitution Tomoya Fujii off: Kenta Inoue
58' 1:0 Shimizu S-Pulse Substitution Yutaka Yoshida off: Mateus Brunetti Valor
68' 1:1 Shimizu S-Pulse Penalty Oh Se-hun
72' 1:1 Kawasaki Frontale Yellow card Marcio Augusto da Silva Barbosa
73' 1:1 Kawasaki Frontale Substitution Kento Tachibanada off: Yuto Ozeki
77' 2:1 Kawasaki Frontale Goal Marcio Augusto da Silva Barbosa assist: Derik Lacerda
80' 2:1 Shimizu S-Pulse Yellow card Mateus Brunetti Valor
82' 2:1 Kawasaki Frontale Substitution Asahi Sasaki off: Sota Miura
83' 2:1 Shimizu S-Pulse Yellow card Yuji Takahashi
86' 2:1 Shimizu S-Pulse Substitution Yudai Shimamoto off: Kazuki Kozuka
90' 3:1 Kawasaki Frontale Goal Marcio Augusto da Silva Barbosa assist: Yasuto Wakizaka
90+3' 3:1 Kawasaki Frontale Substitution Tatsuya Ito off: Shuto Yamaichi

Statistics

56.00 Possession, % 44

7 Shots on target 4

7 Shots off target 4

5 Big chances 2

84 Attacks 81

8 Corners 5

16 Fouls 11

11 Free kicks 18

4 Offsides 0

1 Yellow cards 3

0 Red cards 1

5 Goal kicks 9

8 Throw-ins 27

All statistics

12/2941% Aerial duels 17/2959%

93 Backward passes 66

9 Blocked shots 2

22 Clearances 19

5/1242% Crosses 7/1839%

9/1369% Dribbles 3/933%

62 Failed passes 74

3 Goalkeeper saves 5

13 Interceptions 4

23 Key passes 8

12/3832% Long passes 24/5246%

178 Passes into the final third 61

347 Passes in the opposition half 215

153 Passes in own half 168

0.30 Shot accuracy 0.40

10 Shots from outside the box 4

15 Shots inside the box 9

11/1861% Tackles 6/1060%

488 Total passes 365

Line-ups

Starting XI
#	Player	number
49	Svend Brodersen	49
5	Asahi Sasaki	5
22	Filip Uremović	22
28	Yuichi Maruyama	28
29	Reon Yamahara	29
6	Yuki Yamamoto	6
8	Kento Tachibanada	8
14	Yasuto Wakizaka	14
17	Tatsuya Ito	17
18	Kazuya Konno	18
20	K. Mochiyama	20

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	Louis Yamaguchi	1
3	Hiroto Taniguchi	3
4	Pedro Romano	4
13	Sota Miura	13
16	Yuto Ozeki	16
19	So Kawahara	19
25	Shuto Yamaichi	25
23	Marcinho	23
97	Derik Gean Severino Lacerda	97

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Shimizu S-Pulse

Starting XI
#	Player	number
16	Togo Umeda	16
3	Y. Takahashi	3
24	Hidehiro Sugai	24
28	Yutaka Yoshida	28
51	Jelani Reshaun Sumiyoshi	51
13	Ryo Germain	13
17	Masaki Yumiba	17
47	Yudai Shimamoto	47
19	Kosuke Kinoshita	19
21	Kai Matsuzaki	21
50	Tomoya Fujii	50

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	Yuya Oki	1
14	Seung-Wook Park	14
25	Mateus Brunetti	25
70	Sen Takagi	70
6	Won Du-Jae	6
7	João Victor da Vitória Fernandes	7
8	Kenta Inoue	8
81	Kazuki Kozuka	81
9	Se-Hun Oh	9

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