In this week 24 match, on Sunday Aug 7th, Kawasaki Frontale will host Yokohama F. Marinos in a meeting of these two J-League teams. In their last match, 5th placed Kawasaki Frontale, recorded a 1-3 loss against Urawa Reds. Atsuki Ito struck first for Urawa Reds in the 4th minute, then Yusuke Matsuo added another in the 17th minute. Kawasaki Frontale is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while yokohama F. Marinos is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Kashima Antlers. Élber struck first for Yokohama F. Marinos in the 37th minute on a feed from Anderson Lopes, then Tomoki Iwata added another in the 51st minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Kashima Antlers couldn’t manage to score, and Yokohama F. Marinos took the shutout win. Yokohama F. Marinos is on a hot streak lately, with 7 wins in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Yokohama F. Marinos won by a score of 4 to 2. Akihiro Ienaga scored the first goal for Kawasaki Frontale in the 32nd minute, then Élber tied it up for Yokohama F. Marinos in the 57th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 58th minute on a goal by Nakagawa.
Yokohama F. Marinos is fortunate enough to have Léo Ceará in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored six goals. Ienaga has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the midfielder has scored 4 goals for Kawasaki Frontale.