Week 7 brings us a match on Apr 5th, where Cerezo Osaka will play host to Kashiwa Reysol in a clash of these two closely matched J-League teams. In their last match, 9th placed Cerezo Osaka, recorded a 2-2 draw against Consadole Sapporo. Hiroto Yamada struck first for Cerezo Osaka in the 25th minute on a feed from Takashi Inui, then Daihachi Okamura tied it up for Consadole Sapporo in the 30th minute on a feed from Lucas Fernandes . Cerezo Osaka is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while kashiwa Reysol is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Nagoya Grampus. Mao Hosoya struck first for Kashiwa Reysol in the 6th minute on a feed from Tomoya Koyamatsu, then Mateus got the equalizer for Nagoya Grampus in the 18th minute on a feed from Mu Kanazaki earning them at least the one point. Kashiwa Reysol is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Both Tomoya Koyamatsu and Matheus Savio have been the hottest scorers for Kashiwa Reysol in the last five each having scored 2 goals. Cerezo Osaka hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Hiroshi Kiyotake and Ryosuke Shindo, and they each have 1 goal.