Week 1 features a match on Saturday Feb 19th, where Sagan Tosu will travel to Hiroshima to battle Sanfrecce Hiroshima in a meeting of these two evenly matched J-League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 2 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Sanfrecce Hiroshima has not played yet this season, and neither has Sagan Tosu.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima is starting their season after ending last season at 11th place, while Sagan Tosu is opening up their season after finishing last season 7th in the tables.