On the 1st of October, in this week 31 match, Kashima Antlers and Tokyo will play a match in Kashima in a meeting of these two evenly matched J-League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Kashima Antlers sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Sagan Tosu. Taisei Miyashiro scored the first goal for Sagan Tosu in the 34th minute, then Arthur Caíke tied it up for Kashima Antlers in the 59th minute on a feed from Rikuto Hirose earning Kashima Antlers at least a draw. Kashima Antlers looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 3 of their last 10, while 7th placed Tokyo is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Kyoto Sanga. Leandro scored the first goal for Tokyo in the 28th minute, then Adailton added another in the 78th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Kyoto Sanga couldn’t manage to score, and Tokyo took the shutout win. Tokyo should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches.
Kashima Antlers and Tokyo last played eachother at the Ajinomoto Stadium on May 29th. Tokyo won by a score of 3 to 1. Ryoma Watanabe scored the first goal for Tokyo in the 33rd minute, then Ryoma Watanabe added another in the 42nd minute.
Tokyo’s most prolific scorer has been Adailton. He has netted three goals over the last five matches. Kashima Antlers’s top weapon lately has been Arthur Caíke, who has three goals in the last five matches.