Week 33 features a match on Sat Oct 29th, where Shonan Bellmare and Sagan Tosu will play a match in Hiratsuka in a meeting of these two closely matched J-League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Shonan Bellmare recorded a 0-1 loss against Vissel Kobe. Yuya Osako scored the first goal for Vissel Kobe in the 66th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Shonan Bellmare couldn’t muster any offence and Vissel Kobe ran away with the shutout win. Shonan Bellmare looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10, while 9th placed Sagan Tosu is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Urawa Reds. Kasper Junker struck first for Urawa Reds in the 40th minute, then Yoshio Koizumi added another in the 50th minute. Sagan Tosu is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
On Sat Feb 26th, Sagan Tosu hosted Shonan Bellmare in their last match together. Sagan Tosu and Shonan Bellmare battled to a 1-1 draw. Yuta Fujiwara struck first for Sagan Tosu in the 24th minute on a feed from Yuki Horigome, but Shuto Machino got the equalizer for Shonan Bellmare in the 68th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Shonan Bellmare.
Sagan Tosu’s most prolific scorer has been Taisei Miyashiro. The Japaneese attacker has netted three goals over the last five matches. Wellington and M. Kato are the top scorers for Shonan Bellmare in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.