In this 8th week match, on Sunday Apr 10th, Kashima Antlers and Yokohama F. Marinos will play a match in Kashima in a clash 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 will be a great treat for players. Kashima Antlers sits at 1st place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Avispa Fukuoka. Ueda scored the first goal for Kashima Antlers in the 71st minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Avispa Fukuoka couldn’t manage to score, and Kashima Antlers took the shutout win. Kashima Antlers should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 21 points in their last 10 matches, while 4th placed Yokohama F. Marinos is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Morishima struck first for Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the 34th minute, then Morishima added another in the 58th minute In the end, Yokohama F. Marinos was frustrated by Sanfrecce Hiroshima’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Sanfrecce Hiroshima ended the match with the shutout victory. Yokohama F. Marinos is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Kashima Antlers won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Kaina Yoshio and Ryuta Koike are the top scorers for Yokohama F. Marinos in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Kashima Antlers’s top weapon lately has been Ueda, who has three goals in the last five matches.