Công An Nhân Dân vs Kashima Prediction & Betting Tips

Recent domestic form

Kashima's last 20 domestic and continental outings show 15 wins, three draws and only two defeats, scoring 42 goals while conceding just 13. That's a strong return however you slice it.

Công An Nhân Dân: 20 completed matches; Kashima: 20 completed matches.

Công An Nhân Dân

20 matches

Win

70% 14 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

15% 3 / 20

Scored

44

Conceded

23

Difference

+21

Kashima

20 matches

Win

75% 15 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

10% 2 / 20

Scored

42

Conceded

13

Difference

+29

Công An Nhân Dân's own recent run in the V.League reads 14 wins from 20, with 44 scored and 23 conceded. They're clearly no strangers to winning either, though they've leaked more goals along the way than Kashima have.

Both sides arrive with healthy domestic numbers, but neither sample tells us much about how they'll perform in this specific continental competition.

Comparative Team Statistics: Công An Nhân Dân vs Kashima

Group table snapshot

In this competition specifically, Kashima sit top after one game, having beaten Newcastle Jets 7-1. Công An Nhân Dân are bottom after a single match, having lost 4-1 away to Gamba Osaka.

It's a tiny sample from which to judge anything meaningful, but it does show the gap in early continental momentum between the two sides right now.

Who's carried the threat so far

Kashima's rout of Newcastle Jets was built on individual quality, with Čavrić scoring three and Tokuda adding two in that single outing. It's a small sample, but it shows what they're capable of when things click.

Công An Nhân Dân:

Best scorers:

B. Perea - 1

Penalty cards:

A. Leygley x 1

S. Mauk x 1

F. Nguyen x 1

Kashima:

Best scorers:

A. Čavrić - 3

H. Tokuda - 2

K. Tagawa - 1

Best assist providers:

H. Tokuda - 1

Y. Matsumura - 1

H. Hayashu - 1

For Công An Nhân Dân, Perea has been the main source of goals in their two continental appearances so far. A handful of their players have also picked up their first yellow cards of the campaign in those two games, which is worth noting even if it doesn't confirm anyone will actually miss this one.

How each side arrives here

Kashima will come into this with plenty of continental confidence after that big win, though a 7-1 scoreline against one opponent doesn't guarantee anything against another.

Công An Nhân Dân, meanwhile, will want to put that heavy defeat behind them. Their domestic form suggests they're capable of responding, even if their continental campaign hasn't got going yet. With the match still a few weeks off from when this is being written, there's time for team news and momentum to shift further.