Week 18 brings us a match on Jun 26th where Tokyo will travel to Tosu to battle Sagan Tosu in a clash of these two evenly matched J-League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 27 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 8th placed Sagan Tosu is fresh off their 1-3 loss against Júbilo Iwata. Fabian Andres Gonzalez Lasso scored the first goal for Júbilo Iwata in the 8th minute, then Fabian Andres Gonzalez Lasso added another in the 13th minute on a feed from Kanuma. Sagan Tosu is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while tokyo is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Shonan Bellmare. Masaki Ikeda struck first for Shonan Bellmare in the 26th minute on a feed from Yusuke Segawa, then Shuto Machino added another in the 70th minute on a feed from Daiki Sugioka In the end, Tokyo was frustrated by Shonan Bellmare’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Shonan Bellmare ended the match with the shutout victory. Tokyo is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on the 8th of May, Sagan Tosu was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Yuki Horigome struck first for Sagan Tosu in the 81st minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Tokyo was frustrated by Sagan Tosu’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Sagan Tosu ended the match with the shutout victory.
For Tokyo, their top scorers are Ogawa and Ryoma Watanabe, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches. For Sagan Tosu, their top scorers are Masaya Tashiro and Taisei Miyashiro, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches.