On May 29th, Júbilo Iwata will host Yokohama F. Marinos at Yamaha Stadium in a clash of the J-League. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 22 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. Júbilo Iwata is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Vissel Kobe. Neither Vissel Kobe nor Júbilo Iwata could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 14 and 3 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Júbilo Iwata looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while in their last match, 3rd placed Yokohama F. Marinos, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Kyoto Sanga. Ryuta Koike struck first for Yokohama F. Marinos in the 41st minute on a feed from Ryo Miyaichi, then Ken Matsubara added another in the 72nd minute In the end, Kyoto Sanga was frustrated by Yokohama F. Marinos’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Yokohama F. Marinos ended the match with the shutout victory. Yokohama F. Marinos should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points 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.
Yokohama F. Marinos’s most prolific scorer has been Anderson Lopes. He has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches. Fabian Andres Gonzalez Lasso has been the most prolific scorer on Júbilo Iwata in the last five matches with 2 goals.