In this week 4 match on the 12th of March, Shonan Bellmare and Kyoto Sanga will play a match in Hiratsuka in a meeting of these two J-League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Shonan Bellmare recorded a 1-1 draw against Kawasaki Frontale. Taiyo Hiraoka scored the first goal for Shonan Bellmare in the 64th minute, but Yusuke Segawa got the equalizer for Kawasaki Frontale in the 81st minute squeezing out at least the one point for Kawasaki Frontale. Shonan Bellmare is looking for direction having 1 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches, while 11th placed Kyoto Sanga is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Tokyo. Sota Kawasaki struck first for Kyoto Sanga in the 75th minute, then Patric added another in the 1st minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a penalty shot In the end, Tokyo couldn’t muster any offence and Kyoto Sanga ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 2 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Shonan Bellmare won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Kyoto Sanga is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Patric and Kawasaki each only have 1 goal in their last five. Shuto Machino has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored 4 goals for Shonan Bellmare.