Week 23 brings us a match on Jul 30th, where Sanfrecce Hiroshima will host Tokyo at Edion Stadium 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 29 degrees, which hopefuly doesnt affect the pace of the match. Sanfrecce Hiroshima is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Kyoto Sanga. Morishima scored the first goal for Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the 54th minute, but Genki Omae got the equalizer for Kyoto Sanga in the 77th minute earning them at least the one point. Sanfrecce Hiroshima should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches, while 7th placed Tokyo is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Júbilo Iwata. Yasuki Kimoto struck first for Tokyo in the 4th minute, then Ryoma Watanabe added another in the 14th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Júbilo Iwata couldn’t manage to score, and Tokyo took the shutout win. Tokyo is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on the 12th of March, Tokyo was victorious by a score of 2 to 1. Morishige scored the first goal for Tokyo in the 60th minute, then Adailton added another in the 61st minute.
For Tokyo, their top scorers are Adailton and Leandro, each having 2 goals in their last five matches. Sanfrecce Hiroshima’s most prolific scorer has been Tsukasa Morishima. The Japaneese midfielder has netted 2 goals over the last five matches.