September 17th features a match where Kashiwa Reysol and Kawasaki Frontale will play a match in Kashiwa in a meeting of these two closely matched J-League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 28 degrees, which may be tiring for the players. In their last match, 6th placed Kashiwa Reysol, recorded a 1-4 loss against Urawa Reds. Yusuke Matsuo struck first for Urawa Reds in the 7th minute on a feed from Tomoaki Okubo, then Alex Schalk added another in the 24th minute. Kashiwa Reysol is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while 2nd placed Kawasaki Frontale is fresh off their 4-0 shutout win against Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Ienaga struck first for Kawasaki Frontale in the 34th minute, then Yasuto Wakizaka added another in the 59th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Sanfrecce Hiroshima couldn’t manage to score, and Kawasaki Frontale took the shutout win. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Kawasaki Frontale should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match on Apr 9th, Kawasaki Frontale was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. da Silva dos Santos struck first for Kawasaki Frontale in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Kashiwa Reysol couldn’t manage to score, and Kawasaki Frontale took the shutout win.
Kawasaki Frontale has been fortunate! In the last 5 matches, both Marcinho and Akihiro Ienaga are on scoring streaks. They have each scored 4 goals for Kawasaki Frontale and look to continue their dominance.. Kashiwa Reysol’s most prolific scorer has been Yuki Muto. He has netted three goals over the last five matches.