The Battle For The J1 League Title

At the moment, Kawasaki Frontale are holding the top spot with 19 points, only one point ahead of the second team, Nagoya Grampus, who are doing their best to surpass Kawasaki Frontale. And they can do so very soon if they win in their delayed match. And at the same time, these two teams started taking a tangible advantage over the others who are still too close to each others in terms of points. And that’s natural given that we are still at the early stages of the J1 League.

In fact, Kawasaki Frontale have already won 6 games and did not lose any, and the same applies for Nagoya Grampus. And if both teams keep their good form going, we’ll see a continuous battle between those two teams over the league title throughout the season.

One of the reasons that allowed Kawasaki Frontale to have a great start of the season is having an excellent “goal machine” like Leandro Damião. This player scored 6 goals and made 2 assists in 6 matches and this helped the team a lot from an offensive perspective. But at the same time, the team have been solid at the back as well and they did only concede 4 goals since the start of the season.

These details make of Kawasaki Frontale definitely a team to bet on if you are a fan of betting or of New Casino stuff. Moreover, this team was able to perform very well when playing away and they even did better than at home. In other words, Kawasaki Frontale scored 11 goals when playing away and scored only 8 goals when hosting their opponents, and this highlights the strong character and the winning mentality of this team, which enabled them to excel until now.

Nagoya Grampus are no weaker than Kawasaki Frontale in terms of attacking depth and ability in winning matches. This team has won 2 home games and 4 away games, which again shows that Nagoya are also powerful when playing away. It is true though that they scored less than Kawasaki, with 9 goals overall, yet they are better than Kawaski on a defensive level since they only conceded one goal in 6 matches. And on the long run, this aspect could serve Nagoya a lot and favour them
over Kawasaki Frontale because defensive compactness will be so fundamental when facing strong teams.

In addition to that, Nagoya Grampus were able to keep a clean sheet during all their home fixtures, which means that they did not concede any goals at home. And at the same time, they are now having an average of 1.5 scored goals per match, which means that they were able to score continuously and that they have been powerful in terms of chance creation and finishing.

And having players like Mateus dos Santos Castro in the squad helped a lot in terms of finishing since he contributed with 3 goals in 6 matches, while at the same time Yuki Soma made 2 assists and was very important in the build-up phase and in playmaking.

Nevertheless, the season is still very long and some teams could create the surprise by reaching or surpassing Kawasaki Frontale and Nagoya Grampus. Teams like Sagan Tosu and Urawa Reds can improve in the course of the season and reach the top of the standings if they succeed in winning regularly in the upcoming fixtures, knowing that they have the abilities to do so and that they have been used to doing such performances.

But at the same time, teams like Yokohama FC and Gamba Osaka are now at the bottom of the standing with 0 points and 0 wins, and this is worrying for their fans because failing to gain points in 6 matches is risky and could lead to further losses especially when considering the psychological effects this can have on the players’ and on the whole clubs’ atmosphere. Therefore, both teams will need to start getting some points to overcome this difficult situation and avoid worsening their results
before it becomes too late.