Albirex Niigata vs Kawasaki Frontale Prediction and Betting Tips | October 9th 2024

Albirex Niigata will host Kawasaki Frontale at the Denka Big Swan Stadium on Wednesday in the first leg of their 2024 J League Cup semifinal clash. The home side have endured a poor run of results in their league duties in recent games and will hope they can find better luck elsewhere this week.

They locked horns with Machida Zelvia last time out in the cup competition, carrying out a 5-0 thrashing of their opponents in their first-leg clash before losing 2-0 on the road in the second leg four days later.

Meanwhile, Kawasaki Frontale faced Ventforet Kofu in the quarterfinals of the competition last month, picking up a 1-0 win in the first leg via a first-half strike from Daiya Tono. They held on for a 1-1 draw in the return leg, with Tono once again getting on the scoresheet to help secure a semifinal spot for Azzurro Nero.

The visitors last appeared at this stage of the J League Cup back in 2020, when they lost 2-0 to eventual champions Tokyo, and they will be targeting victory this time around.

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Albirex Niigata vs Kawasaki Frontale Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• There have been 36 meetings between Albirex and Kawasaki. The home side have won 14 of those games while the visitors have won four more, with their other four matchups ending in draws.
• The hosts have won just one of their last four games in this fixture and two of their last 12.
• The visitors are without a clean sheet in their last five games in this fixture.
• Kawasaki have scored 54 goals in the Japanese top flight this season. Only Sanfrecce Hiroshima (65) have scored more.

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Albirex Niigata vs Kawasaki Frontale Prediction

Albirex Niigata are on a four-game losing streak and have lost five of their last six matches. They have lost their last two home matches and will be desperate to snap that streak this week.

Meanwhile, Kawasaki have won two of their last three games and four of their last six. They have been the better side in this fixture in recent times and should secure a first-leg advantage on Wednesday.

Prediction: Albirex Niigata 1-2 Kawasaki Frontale

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Albirex Niigata vs Kawasaki Frontale Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: Kawasaki Frontale to win

Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Over 2.5 goals (Four of the last five matches between the two teams have produced more than 2.5 goals)

Tip 3 - Both teams to score: YES (Both sides have found the back of the net in four of their last five matchups)