Week 2 features a match on Sun Feb 27th, where Kashiwa Reysol will host Yokohama F. Marinos at Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium in a J-League match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, Kashiwa Reysol recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Shonan Bellmare. Matheus Savio scored the first goal for Kashiwa Reysol in the 68th minute from the penalty spot, then Tomoya Koyamatsu added another in the 75th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Shonan Bellmare couldn’t manage to score, and Kashiwa Reysol took the shutout win. Kashiwa Reysol is looking for direction having 1 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches, while yokohama F. Marinos is fresh off their 4-2 win against Kawasaki Frontale. Akihiro Ienaga scored the first goal for Kawasaki Frontale in the 32nd minute, then Élber tied it up for Yokohama F. Marinos in the 57th minute Finally they completed the comback in the 58th minute on a goal by Nakagawa to cap off a wild match. Yokohama F. Marinos is looking for direction having 1 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Yokohama F. Marinos won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Yokohama F. Marinos is fortunate enough to have Nakagawa in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored four goals. Kashiwa Reysol’s top weapon lately has been Matheus Savio, who has 2 goals in the last 5 matches.