In this week 30 match on the 18th of September, Tokyo plays host to Kyoto Sanga in a meeting of these two J-League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 24 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Tokyo is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Vissel Kobe. Yamaguchi struck first for Vissel Kobe in the 11th minute on a feed from Koya Yuruki, then Ryuho Kikuchi added another in the 25th minute. Tokyo is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while kyoto Sanga is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Yokohama F. Marinos. Eduardo struck first for Yokohama F. Marinos in the 25th minute on a feed from Katsuya Nagato, then Élber added another in the 50th minute. Kyoto Sanga looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on the 19th of March, Tokyo took the match by a score of 1 to 0. Diego Queiroz de Oliveira struck first for Tokyo in the 68th minute on a feed from Kazuya Konno, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Kyoto Sanga couldn’t manage to score, and Tokyo took the shutout win.
Kyoto Sanga is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Shohei Takeda and Yuta Toyokawa each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Both Adailton and Koki Tsukagawa have been the hottest scorers for Tokyo in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals.