In a mid week match on Wednesday Sep 14th, in week 26, Kyoto Sanga hosts Yokohama F. Marinos in a clash of the J-League. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 26 degrees, a perfect day for football. Kyoto Sanga is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Kashima Antlers. Ryogo Yamasaki scored the first goal for Kyoto Sanga in the 20th minute, then Diego Pituca tied it up for Kashima Antlers in the 76th minute on a feed from Koki Anzai earning Kashima Antlers a comeback draw. Kyoto Sanga looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10, while yokohama F. Marinos sits at 1st place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Avispa Fukuoka. Anderson Lopes struck first for Yokohama F. Marinos in the 14th minute on a feed from Takuma Nishimura, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Avispa Fukuoka 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. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Yokohama F. Marinos should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match together, Yokohama F. Marinos won by a score of 2 to 0. Ryuta Koike struck first for Yokohama F. Marinos in the 41st minute, then Matsubara added another in the 72nd minute In the end, Kyoto Sanga couldn’t muster any offence and Yokohama F. Marinos ran away with the shutout win.
Both Teruhito Nakagawa and Tomoki Iwata have been the hottest scorers for Yokohama F. Marinos in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. Genki Omae and Takeda are the top scorers for Kyoto Sanga in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.