On Sunday Feb 26th, Tokyo and Kashiwa Reysol will play a match in Kashiwa in a clash 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 9 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. 10th placed Kashiwa Reysol is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Gamba Osaka. Eiichi Katayama scored the first goal for Kashiwa Reysol in the 42nd minute, then in the 49th minute, Dawhan sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Usami . They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches, while tokyo sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Urawa Reds. Yoshio Koizumi struck first for Tokyo on an own goal in the 66th minute, then Ryoma Watanabe added another in the 74th minute on a feed from Queiroz de Oliveira At the end of 90 a dissapointed Urawa Reds couldn’t manage to score, and Tokyo took the shutout win. Tokyo is looking for direction having 1 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Tokyo won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Ryoma Watanabe has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the midfielder has scored 4 goals for Tokyo. Kashiwa Reysol is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Sachiro Toshima and Tomoya Koyamatsu each only have 1 goal in their last 5.