2026-2027 Japan J1-League Table

2026-2027 Japan J1-League
Pos	Team	P	HW	HD	HL	HF	HA	AW	AD	AL	AF	AA	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	PPG	Last 6 Last 10
1	Machida Zelvia	6	2	0	0	5	2	3	1	0	13	3	5	1	0	18	5	+13	16	2.67	WWWDWW DWDWWWWDWW
2	Vissel Kobe	6	2	1	0	6	3	2	0	1	3	1	4	1	1	9	4	+5	13	2.17	WDLWWW DWWLWDLWWW
3	Kashima Antlers	6	2	0	1	5	4	2	0	1	8	7	4	0	2	13	11	+2	12	2.00	WWWWLL WWLWWWWWLL
4	Kashiwa Reysol	6	2	0	1	6	5	2	0	1	4	3	4	0	2	10	8	+2	12	2.00	WWWWLL WWWLWWWWLL
5	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	6	2	1	0	7	1	1	1	1	6	4	3	2	1	13	5	+8	11	1.83	WWDdWL WWWWWWDdWL
6	FC Tokyo	6	2	0	1	5	5	1	2	0	6	3	3	2	1	11	8	+3	11	1.83	LDWWDW dLDLLDWWDW
7	Yokohama FM	6	1	1	1	5	5	2	0	1	5	3	3	1	2	10	8	+2	10	1.67	LWWLDW LWDWLWWLDW
8	Okayama	6	2	1	0	4	2	1	0	2	4	5	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10	1.67	LWdLWW WLDWLWdLWW
9	Cerezo Osaka	6	3	1	0	5	1	0	0	2	0	4	3	1	2	5	5	0	10	1.67	WLWLWd WWDWWLWLWd
10	Kawasaki Frontale	6	2	1	0	9	5	0	2	1	3	4	2	3	1	12	9	+3	9	1.50	DDDWLW DWLLDDDWLW
11	Mito Hollyhock	6	1	2	0	6	4	1	1	1	5	4	2	3	1	11	8	+3	9	1.50	LDWDWD LLLLLDWDWD
12	Urawa Red Diamonds	6	1	0	1	4	6	2	0	2	8	9	3	0	3	12	15	-3	9	1.50	LLLWWW dLDLLLLWWW
13	Gamba Osaka	6	1	1	0	4	3	0	2	2	4	8	1	3	2	8	11	-3	6	1.00	WDLdDL LWDWWDLdDL
14	Nagoya Grampus Eight	6	2	0	2	6	6	0	0	2	1	5	2	0	4	7	11	-4	6	1.00	LLWWLL LLDLLLWWLL
15	Kyoto Sanga	6	1	0	1	3	4	0	2	2	4	7	1	2	3	7	11	-4	5	0.83	LDLWDL LWLWLDLWDL
16	Fukuoka	6	1	1	2	6	5	0	0	2	3	5	1	1	4	9	10	-1	4	0.67	LWLLLD DLDWLWLLLD
17	Shimizu S-Pulse	6	0	1	2	1	3	1	0	2	2	4	1	1	4	3	7	-4	4	0.67	WLLLDL LLDLWLLLDL
18	V-Varen Nagasaki	6	1	1	1	4	6	0	0	3	3	8	1	1	4	7	14	-7	4	0.67	WLLLDL DLWWWLLLDL
19	Tokyo Verdy	6	0	1	3	2	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	8	-6	3	0.50	DLdLLd WLDLDLdLLd
20	JEF United Chiba	6	1	0	2	3	6	0	0	3	2	9	1	0	5	5	15	-10	3	0.50	LLLLLW LLDLLLLLLW

Top 3 Champions League, bottom 3 relegated

2026-2027 Japan J1-League (Home)
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	MG	%D	Pts	PPG	Last 6
1	Cerezo Osaka	4	3	1	0	5	1	+4	6	25	10	2.50	WDWWWd
2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	8	33	7	2.33	DWWWDW
3	Kawasaki Frontale	3	2	1	0	9	5	+4	14	33	7	2.33	WDLDWW
4	Vissel Kobe	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	9	33	7	2.33	LWWDWW
5	Okayama	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	6	33	7	2.33	WLDWdW
6	Machida Zelvia	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	7	0	6	3.00	WdWWWW
7	Kashiwa Reysol	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	11	0	6	2.00	WWLWWL
8	Kashima Antlers	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	9	0	6	2.00	WWWWWL
9	Nagoya Grampus Eight	4	2	0	2	6	6	0	12	0	6	1.50	WDLWWL
10	FC Tokyo	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	10	0	6	2.00	LWLLWW
11	Mito Hollyhock	3	1	2	0	6	4	+2	10	67	5	1.67	LLLDDW
12	Fukuoka	4	1	1	2	6	5	+1	11	25	4	1.00	LDLWLD
13	Gamba Osaka	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	7	50	4	2.00	LWLDWd
14	Yokohama FM	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	10	33	4	1.33	DLWLWD
15	V-Varen Nagasaki	3	1	1	1	4	6	-2	10	33	4	1.33	WDWWLD
16	Kyoto Sanga	2	1	0	1	3	4	-1	7	0	3	1.50	LLWLLW
17	Urawa Red Diamonds	2	1	0	1	4	6	-2	10	0	3	1.50	WWdLLW
18	JEF United Chiba	3	1	0	2	3	6	-3	9	0	3	1.00	LLLLLW
19	Shimizu S-Pulse	3	0	1	2	1	3	-2	4	33	1	0.33	DLDLLD
20	Tokyo Verdy	4	0	1	3	2	8	-6	10	25	1	0.25	LLDLLL

2026-2027 Japan J1-League (Away)
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	MG	%D	Pts	PPG	Last 6
1	Machida Zelvia	4	3	1	0	13	3	+10	16	25	10	2.50	DDWWDW
2	Yokohama FM	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	8	0	6	2.00	LWDWLW
3	Vissel Kobe	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	4	0	6	2.00	DWLWLW
4	Kashima Antlers	3	2	0	1	8	7	+1	15	0	6	2.00	DWLWWL
5	Kashiwa Reysol	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	7	0	6	2.00	LWWWWL
6	Urawa Red Diamonds	4	2	0	2	8	9	-1	17	0	6	1.50	LDLLWW
7	FC Tokyo	3	1	2	0	6	3	+3	9	67	5	1.67	dLDDWD
8	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	10	33	4	1.33	WWWWdL
9	Mito Hollyhock	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	9	33	4	1.33	DLLLWD
10	Okayama	3	1	0	2	4	5	-1	9	0	3	1.00	LWWLLW
11	Shimizu S-Pulse	3	1	0	2	2	4	-2	6	0	3	1.00	WLLWLL
12	Tokyo Verdy	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	100	2	1.00	LdWDdd
13	Kawasaki Frontale	3	0	2	1	3	4	-1	7	67	2	0.67	LWLDDL
14	Kyoto Sanga	4	0	2	2	4	7	-3	11	50	2	0.50	LWLDDL
15	Gamba Osaka	4	0	2	2	4	8	-4	12	50	2	0.50	WWDLDL
16	Fukuoka	2	0	0	2	3	5	-2	8	0	0	0.00	LDDWLL
17	Nagoya Grampus Eight	2	0	0	2	1	5	-4	6	0	0	0.00	WLLLLL
18	Cerezo Osaka	2	0	0	2	0	4	-4	4	0	0	0.00	dDWWLL
19	V-Varen Nagasaki	3	0	0	3	3	8	-5	11	0	0	0.00	LLWLLL
20	JEF United Chiba	3	0	0	3	2	9	-7	11	0	0	0.00	WLDLLL

2026-2027 Japan J1-League (Overall)
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	MG	%D	Pts	PPG	Last 6
1	Machida Zelvia	6	5	1	0	18	5	+13	23	17	16	2.67	WWWDWW
2	Vissel Kobe	6	4	1	1	9	4	+5	13	17	13	2.17	WDLWWW
3	Kashima Antlers	6	4	0	2	13	11	+2	24	0	12	2.00	WWWWLL
4	Kashiwa Reysol	6	4	0	2	10	8	+2	18	0	12	2.00	WWWWLL
5	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	6	3	2	1	13	5	+8	18	33	11	1.83	WWDdWL
6	FC Tokyo	6	3	2	1	11	8	+3	19	33	11	1.83	LDWWDW
7	Yokohama FM	6	3	1	2	10	8	+2	18	17	10	1.67	LWWLDW
8	Okayama	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	15	17	10	1.67	LWdLWW
9	Cerezo Osaka	6	3	1	2	5	5	0	10	17	10	1.67	WLWLWd
10	Kawasaki Frontale	6	2	3	1	12	9	+3	21	50	9	1.50	DDDWLW
11	Mito Hollyhock	6	2	3	1	11	8	+3	19	50	9	1.50	LDWDWD
12	Urawa Red Diamonds	6	3	0	3	12	15	-3	27	0	9	1.50	LLLWWW
13	Gamba Osaka	6	1	3	2	8	11	-3	19	50	6	1.00	WDLdDL
14	Nagoya Grampus Eight	6	2	0	4	7	11	-4	18	0	6	1.00	LLWWLL
15	Kyoto Sanga	6	1	2	3	7	11	-4	18	33	5	0.83	LDLWDL
16	Fukuoka	6	1	1	4	9	10	-1	19	17	4	0.67	LWLLLD
17	Shimizu S-Pulse	6	1	1	4	3	7	-4	10	17	4	0.67	WLLLDL
18	V-Varen Nagasaki	6	1	1	4	7	14	-7	21	17	4	0.67	WLLLDL
19	Tokyo Verdy	6	0	3	3	2	8	-6	10	50	3	0.50	DLdLLd
20	JEF United Chiba	6	1	0	5	5	15	-10	20	0	3	0.50	LLLLLW

1st Half
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	MG	%D	Pts	PPG
1	Machida Zelvia	6	3	3	0	7	3	4	10	50	12	2.00
2	Yokohama FM	6	3	3	0	5	2	3	7	50	12	2.00
3	Kawasaki Frontale	6	3	2	1	6	3	3	9	33	11	1.83
4	Mito Hollyhock	6	3	2	1	6	3	3	9	33	11	1.83
5	Vissel Kobe	6	3	2	1	5	2	3	7	33	11	1.83
6	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	6	3	2	1	5	3	2	8	33	11	1.83
7	Cerezo Osaka	6	2	3	1	3	3	0	6	50	9	1.50
8	Fukuoka	6	2	2	2	5	4	1	9	33	8	1.33
9	Kashiwa Reysol	6	2	2	2	4	3	1	7	33	8	1.33
10	FC Tokyo	6	1	4	1	4	3	1	7	67	7	1.17
11	Okayama	6	1	4	1	5	5	0	10	67	7	1.17
12	Shimizu S-Pulse	6	1	4	1	1	1	0	2	67	7	1.17
13	Kashima Antlers	6	2	1	3	4	6	-2	10	17	7	1.17
14	Gamba Osaka	6	1	3	2	3	4	-1	7	50	6	1.00
15	Urawa Red Diamonds	6	1	2	3	6	8	-2	14	33	5	0.83
16	V-Varen Nagasaki	6	1	2	3	2	5	-3	7	33	5	0.83
17	JEF United Chiba	6	1	2	3	4	8	-4	12	33	5	0.83
18	Kyoto Sanga	6	1	2	3	1	5	-4	6	33	5	0.83
19	Tokyo Verdy	6	0	4	2	1	3	-2	4	67	4	0.67
20	Nagoya Grampus Eight	6	0	3	3	2	5	-3	7	50	3	0.50

2nd Half
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	MG	%D	Pts	PPG
1	Machida Zelvia	6	5	1	0	11	2	9	13	17	16	2.67
2	Kashima Antlers	6	3	3	0	9	5	4	14	50	12	2.00
3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	6	3	2	1	8	2	6	10	33	11	1.83
4	FC Tokyo	6	3	2	1	7	5	2	12	33	11	1.83
5	Vissel Kobe	6	2	4	0	4	2	2	6	67	10	1.67
6	Kashiwa Reysol	6	3	0	3	6	5	1	11	0	9	1.50
7	Okayama	6	2	3	1	3	2	1	5	50	9	1.50
8	Kyoto Sanga	6	2	3	1	6	6	0	12	50	9	1.50
9	Kawasaki Frontale	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	12	33	8	1.33
10	Cerezo Osaka	6	2	2	2	2	2	0	4	33	8	1.33
11	Urawa Red Diamonds	6	2	2	2	6	7	-1	13	33	8	1.33
12	Nagoya Grampus Eight	6	2	2	2	5	6	-1	11	33	8	1.33
13	Yokohama FM	6	2	2	2	5	6	-1	11	33	8	1.33
14	Mito Hollyhock	6	1	4	1	5	5	0	10	67	7	1.17
15	Gamba Osaka	6	1	3	2	5	7	-2	12	50	6	1.00
16	Fukuoka	6	1	3	2	4	6	-2	10	50	6	1.00
17	JEF United Chiba	6	1	1	4	1	7	-6	8	17	4	0.67
18	Tokyo Verdy	6	0	3	3	1	5	-4	6	50	3	0.50
19	V-Varen Nagasaki	6	0	2	4	5	9	-4	14	33	2	0.33
20	Shimizu S-Pulse	6	0	2	4	2	6	-4	8	33	2	0.33

For column heading definitions, see the Key at the bottom of the table.

2026-2027 Japan J1-League (Expected Goals)
Pos	Team	P	GF	GA
1	Machida Zelvia	6	3.00	0.83
2	Vissel Kobe	6	1.50	0.67
3	Kashima Antlers	6	2.17	1.83
4	Kashiwa Reysol	6	1.67	1.33
5	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	6	2.17	0.83
6	FC Tokyo	6	1.83	1.33
7	Yokohama FM	6	1.67	1.33
8	Okayama	6	1.33	1.17
9	Cerezo Osaka	6	0.83	0.83
10	Kawasaki Frontale	6	2.00	1.50
11	Mito Hollyhock	6	1.83	1.33
12	Urawa Red Diamonds	6	2.00	2.50
13	Gamba Osaka	6	1.33	1.83
14	Nagoya Grampus Eight	6	1.17	1.83
15	Kyoto Sanga	6	1.17	1.83
16	Fukuoka	6	1.50	1.67
17	Shimizu S-Pulse	6	0.50	1.17
18	V-Varen Nagasaki	6	1.17	2.33
19	Tokyo Verdy	6	0.33	1.33
20	JEF United Chiba	6	0.83	2.50

Key to column names

GF - Actual goals "for" per game
xGF - Expected Goals "for" (scored) per game
GF v XGF - Compares actual goals vs expected goals per game (a positive number means over-performance; negative indicates under-performance)
GA - Actual goals "against" per game
xGA - Expected Goals "against" (conceded) per game
GA v XGA - Compares actual goals conceded vs expected goals conceded per game (a positive number means over-performance; negative indicates under-performance)

For column heading definitions, see the Key at the bottom of the table.

2026-2027 Japan J1-League (Expected GD)2026-2027 Japan J1-League (Expected Goal Difference [GD])
Pos	Team	P	GD
1	Machida Zelvia	6	+2.17
2	Vissel Kobe	6	+0.83
3	Kashima Antlers	6	+0.33
4	Kashiwa Reysol	6	+0.33
5	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	6	+1.33
6	FC Tokyo	6	+0.50
7	Yokohama FM	6	+0.33
8	Okayama	6	+0.17
9	Cerezo Osaka	6	0.00
10	Kawasaki Frontale	6	+0.50
11	Mito Hollyhock	6	+0.50
12	Urawa Red Diamonds	6	-0.50
13	Gamba Osaka	6	-0.50
14	Nagoya Grampus Eight	6	-0.67
15	Kyoto Sanga	6	-0.67
16	Fukuoka	6	-0.17
17	Shimizu S-Pulse	6	-0.67
18	V-Varen Nagasaki	6	-1.17
19	Tokyo Verdy	6	-1.00
20	JEF United Chiba	6	-1.67

Key to column names

GD - Actual goal difference per game
xGD - Expected goal difference (expected goals "for" minus expected goals "against") per game
GD v xGD - Compares actual GD vs expected GD per game (a positive number means over-performance; negative indicates under-performance)

For column heading definitions, see the Key at the bottom of the table.

2026-2027 Japan J1-League (Expected Points)
Pos	Team	P	Pts	xPts	Pts v xPts
1	Machida Zelvia	6	16	14.1	+1.9
2	Vissel Kobe	6	13	11.9	+1.1
3	Kashima Antlers	6	12	9.5	+2.5
4	Kashiwa Reysol	6	12	9.3	+2.7
5	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	6	11	11.8	-0.8
6	FC Tokyo	6	11	9.5	+1.5
7	Yokohama FM	6	10	10.5	-0.5
8	Okayama	6	10	8.7	+1.3
9	Cerezo Osaka	6	10	8.4	+1.6
10	Kawasaki Frontale	6	9	9.4	-0.4
11	Mito Hollyhock	6	9	9.6	-0.6
12	Urawa Red Diamonds	6	9	7.7	+1.3
13	Gamba Osaka	6	6	6.2	-0.2
14	Nagoya Grampus Eight	6	6	6.1	-0.1
15	Kyoto Sanga	6	5	6.9	-1.9
16	Fukuoka	6	4	7.2	-3.2
17	Shimizu S-Pulse	6	4	5.1	-1.1
18	V-Varen Nagasaki	6	4	4.5	-0.5
19	Tokyo Verdy	6	3	4.0	-1.0
20	JEF United Chiba	6	3	4.3	-1.3

Key to column names

Pts - Actual points total during the season
xPts - Expected points total during the season based upon aggregated statistical analysis of the xG for and against in every game
Pts v xPts - Compares actual Pts vs expected Pts (a positive number means over-performance; a negative indicates under-performance)

For column heading definitions, see the Key at the bottom of the table.

Numbers of Players
Pos	Team	P	SP	Pl	SPG	PM	SM
1	Machida Zelvia	6	16	23	5.0	80	9
2	Vissel Kobe	6	19	27	5.2	82	2
3	Kashima Antlers	6	14	24	6.6	73	17
4	Kashiwa Reysol	6	11	24	4.8	72	19
5	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	6	16	25	5.0	70	17
6	FC Tokyo	6	17	25	6.0	77	13
7	Yokohama FM	6	12	24	5.2	82	10
8	Okayama	6	20	29	6.8	77	11
9	Cerezo Osaka	6	17	26	6.8	81	12
10	Kawasaki Frontale	6	15	25	6.0	78	12
11	Mito Hollyhock	6	15	25	6.2	77	14
12	Urawa Red Diamonds	6	17	25	6.6	74	10
13	Gamba Osaka	6	20	27	4.6	77	15
14	Nagoya Grampus Eight	6	15	26	6.2	78	14
15	Kyoto Sanga	6	19	29	6.8	84	8
16	Fukuoka	6	19	27	7.0	76	17
17	Shimizu S-Pulse	6	19	27	5.8	76	14
18	V-Varen Nagasaki	6	18	29	4.8	68	22
19	Tokyo Verdy	6	17	29	6.0	73	17
20	JEF United Chiba	6	19	28	6.6	79	11

Key to column names

P - Games played this season
SP - Total number of starting players used over last 10 games
Pl - Total number of players (starting + substitutes) used over last 10 games
SPG - Mean number of substitutes per game
PM - Median number of minutes played for substituted players
SM - Median number of minutes played for substitutes

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