On the 7th of August, Sagan Tosu plays host to Júbilo Iwata in a meeting of these two J-League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 31 degrees, which hopefuly doesnt affect the pace of the match. Sagan Tosu is fresh off their 3-3 draw against Shimizu S-Pulse. Yuto Iwasaki scored the first goal for Sagan Tosu in the 4th minute, then Yoichi Naganuma added another in the 30th minute on a feed from Taisei Miyashiro. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10, while 16th placed Júbilo Iwata is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Shonan Bellmare. Shota Kaneko scored the first goal for Júbilo Iwata in the 77th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Shonan Bellmare couldn’t muster any offence and Júbilo Iwata ran away with the shutout win. Júbilo Iwata looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
In their last match together, in Yamaha Stadium, Júbilo Iwata won by a score of 3 to 1. Fabian Andres Gonzalez Lasso struck first for Júbilo Iwata in the 8th minute on a feed from Ricardo Graça, then Fabian Andres Gonzalez Lasso added another in the 13th minute. For Sagan Tosu, their top scorers are Yuki Kakita and Yuto Iwasaki, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches.