In a weekend match on Sat Mar 18th, in week 5, Yokohama plays host to Kyoto Sanga in a meeting of these two J-League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 18th placed Yokohama is fresh off their 1-3 loss against Tokyo. Queiroz de Oliveira struck first for Tokyo in the 5th minute, then Teruhito Nakagawa added another in the 27th minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 8th placed Kyoto Sanga, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Shonan Bellmare. Kosuke Kinoshita struck first for Kyoto Sanga in the 55th minute, then Yamada added another in the 74th minute In the end, Shonan Bellmare couldn’t muster any offence and Kyoto Sanga ran away with the shutout win. Kyoto Sanga is looking for direction having 2 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Patric and Kawasaki are the top scorers for Kyoto Sanga in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Ogawa has been the most prolific scorer on Yokohama in the last 5 matches with 3 goals.