In a weekend match on Saturday Nov 5th, in week 34, Tokyo and Kawasaki Frontale will play a match in Chōfu in a meeting 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 14 degrees, which is great football weather. 6th placed Tokyo is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Nagoya Grampus. Noriyoshi Sakai struck first for Nagoya Grampus in the 10th minute on a feed from Ryota Nagaki, then Yasuki Kimoto tied it up for Tokyo in the 49th minute. Tokyo is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while kawasaki Frontale sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Vissel Kobe. Marcinho struck first for Kawasaki Frontale in the 20th minute, then Yuki Kobayashi tied it up for Vissel Kobe in the 51st minute. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Kawasaki Frontale should be reasonably happy with their performance.
On the 18th of February, Kawasaki Frontale hosted Tokyo at the Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium in their last match together. Kawasaki Frontale won by a score of 1 to 0. Leandro Damiao da Silva dos Santos struck first for Kawasaki Frontale in the 81st minute on a feed from Daiya Tono, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Tokyo was frustrated by Kawasaki Frontale’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Kawasaki Frontale ended the match with the shutout victory.
Yu Kobayashi has been the most prolific scorer on Kawasaki Frontale in his last 5 matches with three goals. Ryoma Watanabe has been the most prolific scorer on Tokyo in his last five matches with 3 goals.