Week 3 brings us a match on Mar 4th where Kashima Antlers will travel to Yokohama to battle Yokohama in a meeting of these two J-League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, a perfect day for football. 13th placed Yokohama is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Shonan Bellmare. Ogawa scored the first goal for Yokohama in the 1st minute, then Shuto Machino got the equalizer for Shonan Bellmare in the 17th minute on a feed from Ohashi . Yokohama looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 1 of their last 10, while 7th placed Kashima Antlers is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Kawasaki Frontale. Kei Chinen struck first for Kashima Antlers in the 5th minute on a feed from Yuma Suzuki, then in the 89th minute, Ienaga sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Shin Yamada Finally they completed the comback in the 101st minute on a penalty goal by Ienaga to cap off a wild match. Kashima Antlers is looking for direction having 1 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
Kei Chinen has been the most prolific scorer on Kashima Antlers in his last 5 matches with two goals.