Week 4 brings us a match on Mar 13th where Urawa Reds will travel to Tosu to battle Sagan Tosu in a meeting of these two J-League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, which is great football weather. 12th placed Sagan Tosu is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Nagoya Grampus. Akito Fukuta struck first for Nagoya Grampus on an own goal in the 2nd minute, but Akito Fukuta got the equalizer for Sagan Tosu in the 30th minute earning Sagan Tosu a comeback draw. Sagan Tosu looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Urawa Reds recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Shonan Bellmare. Ataru Esaka struck first for Urawa Reds in the 16th minute on a feed from Ayumu Ohata, then Kazuaki Mawatari added another in the 87th minute on a feed from T. Akimoto In the end, Shonan Bellmare couldn’t muster any offence and Urawa Reds ran away with the shutout win. Urawa Reds looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 3 of their last 10.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
Urawa Reds hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Kai Shibato and M. Kai, and they each have 1 goal. Fujiwara and Akito Fukuta are the top scorers for Sagan Tosu in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.