In this week 11 match on May 3rd, Júbilo Iwata and Kashima Antlers will play a match in Kashima in a clash of the J-League. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. 1st placed Kashima Antlers is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Cerezo Osaka. Yuma Suzuki scored the first goal for Kashima Antlers in the 6th minute, then Matsumura added another in the 14th minute on a feed from Yuma Suzuki At the end of 90 a dissapointed Cerezo Osaka couldn’t manage to score, and Kashima Antlers took the shutout win. Kashima Antlers looks to continue their winning ways, having won 7 of their last 10, while 12th placed Júbilo Iwata is fresh off their 2-1 win against Nagoya Grampus. Mateus struck first for Nagoya Grampus in the 43rd minute, then Otsu got the equalizer for Júbilo Iwata in the 84th minute on a feed from Yasuhito Endo Finally they completed the comback victory in the 85th minute on a goal by Otsu to cap off a wild match. Júbilo Iwata is looking for direction having 2 win and 3 losses 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.
Júbilo Iwata’s top weapon lately has been Yuki Otsu, who has 2 goals in the last five matches. Both Ayase Ueda and Yuma Suzuki have been the hottest scorers for Kashima Antlers in the last five each having scored 2 goals.