In a weekend match on Saturday Oct 8th, in week 32, Tokyo hosts Shonan Bellmare at Ajinomoto Stadium in a clash of the J-League. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 20 degrees, a perfect day for football. 6th placed Tokyo is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Kashima Antlers. Abe struck first for Tokyo in the 84th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Kashima Antlers couldn’t manage to score, and Tokyo took the shutout win. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Tokyo should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, Shonan Bellmare recorded a 1-1 draw against Cerezo Osaka. Jean Patric scored the first goal for Cerezo Osaka in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a penalty shot, then M. Kato tied it up for Shonan Bellmare on an own goal in the 6th minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a penalty shot squeezing out at least the one point for Shonan Bellmare. Shonan Bellmare looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on the 18th of June, Shonan Bellmare won by a score of 2 to 0. Masaki Ikeda struck first for Shonan Bellmare in the 26th minute, then Shuto Machino added another in the 70th minute In the end, Tokyo was frustrated by Shonan Bellmare’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Shonan Bellmare ended the match with the shutout victory.
Hiroyuki Abe and Shuto Machino are the top scorers for Shonan Bellmare in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Tokyo is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Koki Tsukagawa and Leandro each having 2 goals in their last five.