In a weekend match on Sat Aug 6th, in week 24, Kyoto Sanga hosts Kashiwa Reysol at Kyōto Nishikyogoku Stadium in a meeting of these two mismatched J-League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 29 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. 11th placed Kyoto Sanga is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Gamba Osaka. Ryotaro Meshino struck first for Gamba Osaka in the 57th minute, then Genki Omae tied it up for Kyoto Sanga in the 7th minute of the second half’s stoppage time squeezing out at least the one point for Kyoto Sanga. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches, while 3rd placed Kashiwa Reysol is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Vissel Kobe. Mao Hosoya struck first for Kashiwa Reysol in the 17th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Vissel Kobe was frustrated by Kashiwa Reysol’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Kashiwa Reysol ended the match with the shutout victory. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Kashiwa Reysol should be reasonably happy with their performance.
Kashiwa Reysol and Kyoto Sanga last played eachother at the Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium on Sun Apr 17th. Kyoto Sanga won by a score of 2 to 0. Takuya Ogiwara struck first for Kyoto Sanga in the 13th minute on a feed from Temma Matsuda, then Peter Utaka added another in the 48th minute In the end, Kashiwa Reysol was frustrated by Kyoto Sanga’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Kyoto Sanga ended the match with the shutout victory.
Yuki Muto has been the most prolific scorer on Kashiwa Reysol in the last five matches with two goals. Genki Omae has been the most effective weapon for Kyoto Sanga lately. The Japaneese attacker has netted two goals in his last five matches.