In a weekend match in week 14, on Sat May 21st, Kashiwa Reysol will travel to Chōfu to battle Tokyo in a clash of these two closely matched J-League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 20 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 7th placed Tokyo, recorded a 1-2 loss against Júbilo Iwata. Rikiya Uehara struck first for Júbilo Iwata in the 43rd minute, then Adailton got the equalizer for Tokyo in the 79th minute on a feed from Kazuya Konno. Tokyo is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while kashiwa Reysol is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Gamba Osaka. Dawhan scored the first goal for Gamba Osaka in the 71st minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Kashiwa Reysol couldn’t muster any offence and Gamba Osaka ran away with the shutout win. Kashiwa Reysol is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 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. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Kashiwa Reysol’s top weapon lately has been Kaito Mori, who has 2 goals in the last 5 matches. Adailton has been the most prolific scorer on Tokyo in his last five matches with two goals.