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Kashima vs Newcastle Jets
Tue 15 Sept · 19:00Mercari Stadium, Kashima
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KashimaHomeNewcastle JetsAwayHome side first and left in every table.
In short
In short
- The call
- Kashima to win. A 138-point Elo edge, eight wins in their last 10 at home, and a Jets side 56 days without a competitive match.
- The one stat
- Newcastle Jets last played a competitive match on 21 July. Kashima played four days ago.
- The risk
- Kashima have lost three straight J1 matches and top scorer Léo Ceará was left out of the last one with a physical issue.
- The calls
- Safer: Kashima to win at 1.38. Riskier: Kashima -1 at 1.56. Four more leans on the board.
The situation
Any Kashima vs Newcastle Jets prediction has to start with a wobble. Kashima opened the 2026/27 J1 League with four straight wins, then lost three in a row: 4-2 at Mito Hollyhock on 2 September, 0-1 at home to Urawa on 6 September, 2-1 at Vissel Kobe on 11 September. That leaves 12 points from seven played. It is a slump, not a crisis. Toru Oniki, appointed in December 2024 and in his second season, faces no sacking talk, no public row and no squad sale; the group that won the first four is intact, and the three defeats came against J1 opposition, two of them away.
Newcastle Jets are not in crisis either, but their calendar is a problem. They won the 2025/26 A-League Premiership, a first in the club's history, and the Australia Cup under Mark Milligan, appointed on 6 May 2025 in his first head-coaching job. Since then: one competitive match. On 21 July they led Preston Lions 2-0 in the Australia Cup and lost 3-2. Their A-League season does not begin until October. That is 56 days of rest against Kashima's four, and no competitive rhythm to draw on.
The structural point is the one that decides this. Japan's top flight sits a tier above the A-League, and the Elo scale puts Kashima 1650 against Newcastle 1511 before home advantage is added. A lower-tier side's numbers are earned against lower-tier opponents, so the Jets' 1.8 goals a game and 80% both-teams-scored rate in their last 10 away matches are context, not evidence against a J1 side at home. Max Burgess was named captain on 11 September, Joe Shaughnessy vice-captain, and the squad flew to Japan on Friday.
The markets
Match result
Kashima
Kashima have won eight of their last 10 at home, 21 scored and 5 conceded, against a side that has played one competitive match since May; we make it 64% against the market's 67%.
EvidenceGoals tableQualityHead-to-head
Asian handicap
Kashima -1
Kashima average 2.1 goals and concede 0.5 a game in their last 10 at home, and a one-goal win is void on this line, which covers the doubt over Léo Ceará's fitness.
EvidenceGoals tableTeam news
Result & goals
Double chance
Kashima or drawPrice 1.09
5/5The floor on the same story: Kashima have lost once in their last 10 at home, and we give Newcastle 15% to win against the market's 14%.
EvidenceGoals tableQuality
Both teams to score
NoPrice 2.15
3/5Both teams scored in only 30% of Kashima's last 10 home matches and they kept a clean sheet in 60%; we make the no side about 53% against the market's 43%.
EvidenceGoals tableQuality
Total goals
Under 3.5Price 1.69
3/5Kashima conceded 5 in their last 10 at home and Newcastle's 1.8 goals a game away were earned in the A-League; we make under 3.5 about 62% against the market's 55%.
EvidenceGoals tableQuality
1st-half Total goals
Under 1.5Price 1.67
3/5Kashima's first-half goals momentum is 1.02 a match to Newcastle's 1.27, and Kashima's weighted first-half output is 0.43 scored, 0.51 conceded; we make it about 63% against the market's 56%.
EvidenceQualityGoals table
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Match sheet
- Kick-off
- 19:00 Kashima time
- Tuesday
- Stage
- League phase, matchday 1
- Weather
- 24 °C, humid, cloudy
- 25% chance of showers
- Rest
- 4 days vs 56
- Newcastle Jets last played competitively on 21 July
- Travel
- Jets flew in Friday
- Four days in Japan before kick-off
Part one
Analysis
Where the goals come from, what the quality numbers say, and why one meeting in 2019 settles nothing.
01Goals
Kashima's home record is the anchor. Over their last 10 matches at Mercari Stadium they have won eight, drawn one and lost one, scoring 21 and conceding 5, with a clean sheet in 60% of them and both teams scoring in only 30%. That is 2.1 goals a game for and 0.5 against. Across all competitions their last 10 read 7W 0D 3L, 24 scored and 13 conceded, 2.1 points a game.
Newcastle's away figures look healthier than they are: 5W 3D 2L in their last 10 on the road, 18 scored and 14 conceded, 1.8 points a game. Every one of those matches was A-League football, and 80% of them had both teams scoring. Against a J1 side, in Japan, after eight weeks without a competitive fixture, that scoring rate is the first thing to go. The weighted season averages say the same about the defence: Kashima concede 0.90 expected goals a game, Newcastle 1.47, and Newcastle face 5.27 shots on target a game to Kashima's 3.42.
The shape we expect is a controlled home win rather than a shootout. Kashima's first-half goals momentum is 1.02 a match against Newcastle's 1.27, and Kashima's weighted first-half output is 0.43 scored and 0.51 conceded: they start slowly and settle matches after the interval, where their second-half strength index reads 59% against Newcastle's 37%. We make Kashima 64% to win, the draw 21% and Newcastle 15%, against a market that prices them 67%, 19% and 14%.
Kashima have won 8 of their last 10 at home, 21 scored and 5 conceded; Newcastle have one clean sheet in their last 10.
Sample: last 10 competitive matches, all competitions; splits are Kashima at home, Newcastle Jets away
| Metric | KashimaHome | Newcastle JetsAway |
|---|---|---|
| Goals scored per game | 2.42.1 at home | 1.81.8 away |
| Goals conceded per game | 1.30.5 at home | 1.51.4 away |
| Points per game | 2.12.5 at home | 1.31.8 away |
| Clean sheets | 40%60% at home | 10%20% away |
| Both teams scored | 50%30% at home | 90%80% away |
| Over 2.5 goals | 70%50% at home | 70%70% away |
Bold marks the better figure in each row. Small numbers are the venue split: the home side at home, the away side away.
Kashima concede 0.90 expected goals a game to Newcastle's 1.47, and face 3.42 shots on target a game against Newcastle's 5.27.
Sample: weighted season averages, all competitions
| Metric | KashimaHome | Newcastle JetsAway |
|---|---|---|
| Expected goals created per game | 1.65 | 1.55 |
| Expected goals conceded per game | 0.9 | 1.47 |
| Shots on target against per game | 3.42 | 5.27 |
| Goalkeeper saves per game | 2.27 | 3.87 |
| Possession | 59% | 53% |
Bold marks the better figure in each row.
One competitive meeting: Kashima won 4-1 at home in the 2019 AFC Champions League play-off, 2-1 up at half-time with 21 shots to 6. Different squads, different coaches, pattern only.
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Kashima
0
Draws
0
Newcastle Jets
19 Feb 2019·AFC Champions League
Kashima4–1Newcastle Jets
Home side listed first. Winner in bold.
What this supports
Full board ↑Match result
KashimaSafer
Price 1.384/5Asian handicap
Kashima -1Riskier
Price 1.563/5Double chance
Kashima or draw
Price 1.095/5Both teams to score
No
Price 2.153/5Total goals
Under 3.5
Price 1.693/51st-half Total goals
Under 1.5
Price 1.673/5
02The numbers that matter
- 56
- days since the Jets' last competitive match
- They led Preston Lions 2-0 on 21 July and lost 3-2; nothing since, and no A-League football until October.
- 21-5
- Kashima's goals in their last 10 at home
- Eight wins, one draw, one defeat, and a clean sheet in 60% of them. The home record is the strongest number on either side.
- 138
- Elo points between the two sides
- Kashima 1650, Newcastle Jets 1511, before home advantage worth roughly 60 to 80 points is added.
Three defeats in a row is the one number that argues the other way, and we have not ignored it: it is why the verdict's confidence is not higher and why the second scenario carries 21%. But those defeats were J1 matches against J1 sides, two of them away. This is a home tie against opposition from a division below, with a squad that has trained together for eight weeks and played once.
Part two
Who plays, and how
One doubtful striker on one side, eight weeks without a match on the other.
03Team news
Léo Ceará, 8 J1 goals and August player of the month, missed the Kobe defeat; Kashima scored 3 in their 3 defeats after 11 in 4 wins.
KashimaHome
Léo CearáST
physical condition, left out at Vissel Kobe on 11 September
GoalsResult
DoubtfulKoki AnzaiLB
cruciate ligament injury in July
Result
OutYuta HiguchiCM
fractured right fibula in training
Result
Out
Newcastle JetsAway
Alex BadolatoAM
cruciate ligament rupture in January, back in the 2026/27 squad
Goals
Returning
Dots = impact on the starting XI (1 squad depth, 3 key starter); tags name the markets the absence moves. Club and national reporting up to Monday. Neither side had published a lineup; Kashima gave no return date for Ceará.
04Expected XI
With Léo Ceará doubtful, Yuma Suzuki leads the Kashima line; the Jets start summer arrivals Joe Lolley, Nikos Vergos and Zane Schreiber.
KashimaHome
Toru Oniki
Newcastle JetsAway
Mark Milligan
Predicted from the confirmed 2026/27 squads and the most recent selections. Neither club had published a lineup.
05Shape and plan
Rhythm against rust
Four days versus 56. Kashima have played seven J1 matches plus a cup tie since early August; Newcastle have played once since May. Eight weeks of training cannot replicate the speed of a competitive first 20 minutes, and away sides who have not played tend to sit deep and concede territory. Expect Kashima to have the ball and Newcastle to defend a low block early.
The second half is Kashima's
Kashima's second-half strength index reads 59% against Newcastle's 37%, and their weighted second-half output is 1.28 goals scored to 0.69 conceded. Newcastle's second-half numbers fall away: 1.0 scored, 0.93 conceded. If this is level at the break, the hour mark is where the tie usually turns.
Who finishes for Kashima
Léo Ceará has 8 J1 goals and is doubtful. Aleksandar Čavrić has stepped in with four league goals, including the consolation at Kobe, and Yuma Suzuki leads the line. Kashima created 1.65 expected goals a game across the weighted season averages, so the chances arrive; the question is only who converts them.
Slow starts on both sides
Kashima's first-half goals momentum is 1.02 a match and their weighted first-half output is 0.43 scored, 0.51 conceded. Newcastle's first-half momentum is 1.27. Two sides that build slowly, one of them with no competitive rhythm, points to a quiet opening 45 minutes.
06Three duels
Yuma Suzuki
Kashima · ST
Leads the line with Ceará doubtful, and drops between the lines to drag a centre-back out of a back four that has not defended competitively since July.
Kashima create 1.65 expected goals a game
Aleksandar Čavrić
Kashima · LW
The man who has carried the scoring in Ceará's absence, cutting in from the left against a full-back short of match sharpness.
4 J1 goals this season
Max Burgess
Newcastle Jets · CM
Named captain on 11 September; everything the Jets build runs through him, and Kashima's double pivot will try to cut the line to his feet.
Newcastle concede 1.47 expected goals a game
Joe Shaughnessy
Newcastle Jets · CB
Vice-captain and the organiser of a back line that must hold its shape for 90 minutes against a side that scored 21 in its last 10 at home.
Newcastle face 5.27 shots on target a game
Part three
The call
Our verdict: how the match most likely goes, the score we would write down, and what would change our mind.
07How it could go
Three ways this match goes
Chance of each, out of 100 — most likely first
- 64%chanceMost likely
Kashima's level tells
A cagey half, Newcastle deep and compact, 0-0 or 1-0 at the break. Kashima's fitness and possession grind the Jets back, the second half opens up as it has all season, and Kashima add a second inside the last half-hour. 2-0 or 2-1, and the margin only looks comfortable late.
- 21%chance
Rust holds the line
Newcastle defend the box for 70 minutes, Delianov makes four or five saves and Kashima's finishing stays where it has been for three weeks, three goals in three matches. Milligan's side steal a set-piece goal or hang on for 0-0 and fly home with a point that would be the story of matchday one.
- 15%chance
The slump follows them
Kashima concede first, as they did against Urawa and Kobe, and the doubts about Ceará's replacement become real. Newcastle counter into space, Vergos or Lolley punishes a high line, and a fourth straight defeat turns a slump into something Oniki has to answer for.
The chances are the desk's judgement, not market prices; together they add up to 100.
Three defeats in a row is a wobble. Fifty-six days without a competitive match is a condition. Kashima at home, against a side a tier below, is still the safest thing on matchday one.
08The verdict
Kashima's level beats the Jets' rust
We make it Kashima 64%, the draw 21%, Newcastle Jets 15%, close to the market's 67-19-14 and for the same reasons. Neither club is in crisis: Kashima's three straight J1 defeats came against J1 opposition with no sacking talk, no squad sale and Toru Oniki secure in his second season, while Newcastle are reigning A-League premiers under Mark Milligan. The gap is structural. Kashima are 1650 on Elo to Newcastle's 1511, they are the higher-tier side, and they have won eight of their last 10 at home with 21 goals scored and 5 conceded. Against that, Newcastle have played one competitive match since May and lost it 3-2 to a semi-professional side after leading 2-0. The one real caution is Léo Ceará: Kashima's 8-goal top scorer missed the Kobe defeat with a physical problem, and Kashima have three goals in the three matches of their losing run against eleven in the four wins that opened the season. That is why we stop at 2-0 rather than reach for a wider margin.
What would change our mind
- If Léo Ceará is named in the XI, the -1 handicap gets stronger, not weaker.
- If Kashima rotate heavily four days after Kobe, drop the riskier call to the straight win.
- If the forecast showers arrive and the pitch slows, the first-half goals lean firms up.
Quick answers
- Who is favourite for Kashima vs Newcastle Jets?
- Kashima. They are rated 1650 on Elo against Newcastle Jets' 1511, a 138-point gap before home advantage, and they have won eight of their last 10 matches at home, scoring 21 and conceding 5. The market makes them 67% to win; our own number is 64%.
- Is Léo Ceará playing for Kashima?
- It is doubtful. Kashima's leading scorer, with 8 J1 goals and the August player of the month award, was left out of the 2-1 defeat at Vissel Kobe on 11 September with a physical condition problem and no return date has been given. Aleksandar Čavrić, with four league goals, has deputised.
- What is the head-to-head between Kashima and Newcastle Jets?
- One competitive meeting. Kashima won 4-1 at home in the AFC Champions League play-off on 19 February 2019, leading 2-1 at half-time and having 21 shots to Newcastle's 6. Both squads and both coaches have changed completely since, so it is pattern only.
- What is the predicted score for Kashima vs Newcastle Jets?
- Kashima 2-0. Kashima have kept a clean sheet in 60% of their last 10 home matches, and Newcastle Jets have played once competitively since May, a 3-2 Australia Cup defeat at Preston Lions on 21 July. Our probabilities are Kashima 64%, draw 21%, Newcastle Jets 15%.
- Why are Newcastle Jets in the AFC Champions League Elite?
- They won the 2025/26 A-League Premiership, the first in the club's history, under first-time head coach Mark Milligan, and added the Australia Cup. That earned direct entry to the 2026/27 ACL Elite league phase, where Kashima away is their opening fixture.
Written 14 Sept 2026, 19:00 · Updated 14 Sept 2026, 19:00 UTC.
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