On Sat Jun 18th, in week 17, Kashima Antlers hosts Kyoto Sanga in a J-League match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 24 degrees, a perfect day for football. Kashima Antlers sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-3 loss against Tokyo. Ryoma Watanabe scored the first goal for Tokyo in the 33rd minute, then Ryoma Watanabe added another in the 42nd minute on a feed from Diego Queiroz de Oliveira. Kashima Antlers is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while 9th placed Kyoto Sanga is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Kawasaki Frontale. Asahi Sasaki scored the first goal for Kyoto Sanga on an own goal in the 60th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Kawasaki Frontale couldn’t manage to score, and Kyoto Sanga took the shutout win. Kyoto Sanga is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season.
Kosuke Taketomi and Asahi Sasaki are the top scorers for Kyoto Sanga in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Ayase Ueda has been the most prolific scorer on Kashima Antlers in the last 5 matches with three goals.