Kawasaki Frontale secured a 4:2 victory over JEF United Chiba at Yuvas Todoroki Stadium by Fujitsu in the fourth round of the J-League 1 regular season on August 29th, 2026. The hosts moved to seventh place with 6 points from four matches, while the visitors remain bottom of the table with nothing from four games.
Derik Lacerda opened the scoring in the tenth minute, and Kazuki Tanaka equalised six minutes later. Tatsuya Ito then restored the home side's advantage in the thirty-seventh minute before Tanaka struck again in the thirty-eighth. Marcinho extended the lead in the forty-second minute, and Yasuto Wakizaka added a late consolation goal for JEF United in the forty-fifth minute of stoppage time.
And here's the thing — Kawasaki Frontale had 43 per cent possession yet scored four goals from six shots on target, while JEF United controlled 57 per cent of the ball and managed only two goals from nine attempts. The visitors made 132 attacks and created just one big chance compared to the home side's five, but their efficiency was markedly lower.
Kawasaki Frontale made five substitutions during the match, bringing on Taishi Taguchi and Kazuki Tanaka in the sixty-fourth minute, Takumi Tsukui and Takahiro Iida in the seventy-ninth, and Pedro Romano and Reon Yamahara in the eighty-third. JEF United's changes came earlier, with Derik Lacerda and Marcinho both replaced in the fifty-seventh minute.
The result leaves Kawasaki Frontale with a positive run, having previously drawn three of their first four league matches before beating Tochigi 3:1 last time out. JEF United's form has been difficult — they had not won any game and had taken just one point from their opening four fixtures before this defeat.
