Johor FC vs Kashima Antlers
The match to close the AFC Champions League match day 5 will present a match from group E, which presents a match between Johor FC acting as the host to host Kashima Antlers at Tan Sri Dato ‘Hj Hassan Yunos Stadium. Against a strong team of Kashima Antlers, of course for the Malaysian team this is very hard because the visiting team is experienced at this Asian highest event.
In the first round match when playing in Japan, Kashima Antlers headquarters, Johor FC had to be forced to go home with a 2-1 defeat. Actually, in possession of the ball both Johor FC and Kashima Antlers are quite balanced, but Kashima Antlers who are more favored from the start are able to realize that trust. Winning 2-0 first thanks to goals from T. Hirato and Serginho on 43 and 56 minutes then the entertaining goal from Johor FC was scored by Diogo on 80 minutes.
As a result of the 4 matches they have been through, Johor FC became the only team that had not tasted victory. Johor FC’s best results only drew 1-1 when entertaining Gyeongnam and then the other 3 games were defeated. Indeed, Johor FC has no hope of qualifying so that in the remaining 2 qualifying matches, their closest hope is to shift Gyeongnam in position 3.
Instead, Kashima Antlers has 7 points and is still competing with Gyeongnam and Shandong Luneng in the top 2 of the standings. These three teams still have the same potential unlike Johor FC, the worst team pinned to Johor FC because opponents Diogo et al are an opportunity for the other 3 teams to get full points including Kashima Antlers. Most likely Kashima Antlers beat Johor FC.
Our Prediction: 2
Odds: 1.20