Kashima have gone over 2.5 goals in 6 of 20 league games this season (30%) — 20% at home, 40% away. They've scored 31 and conceded 14, so their matches average 2.25 goals, and both teams have scored in 35% of them. Record: 14-4-2 in the J1 League, where the division average is 47% over 2.5.
Full Kashima season view in the app →They are on the tighter end of the division: 30% over 2.5 against a league average of 47%, 17 points below it. That ranks them 19th of 20 for goals in their matches, 5th for scoring (1.55 a game) and 20th for goals conceded (0.70). They've kept 12 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in 20 games — a defence that shuts games down more often than the attack goes missing.
Across 20 matches with half-time data, 60% of the goals in their games have come after the break (18 before, 27 after). Kashima themselves have scored 11 in first halves and 20 in second — a distinctly second-half team.
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | O2.5 | O3.5 | BTTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 14 | 30% | 10% | 35% |
| Home | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 20% | 0% | 20% |
| Away | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 40% | 20% | 50% |
Home/away splits are small samples — our 30,582-match study found ~94% of such gaps are indistinguishable from chance, which is why the app's ratings pool them rather than trusting the split.
Their most common result this season is 2–0 (5 times). Biggest win: 3–0 at home to Mito Hollyhock (Wed 6 May). Heaviest defeat: 0–5 away at Vissel Kobe. 2 of their 20 games have produced five goals or more.
In 38 league games last season Kashima's matches went over 2.5 goals 47% of the time. This season they're running tighter at 30%, down 17 points on 20 games.