The J-League will present four matches on Wednesday night with a direct impact on this season’s title race. Yokohama F. Marinos lead the league with 55 points but Kawaski Frontale are just three points behind them. Can Yokohama F. Marinos take a major step toward the title with a win this week?
Yokohama F. Marinos will visit Kyoto Sanga FC with the aim of doing the J-League double over the home team. Kyoto Sanga fell 2-0 away to Yokohama F. Marinos earlier in the campaign.
Kyoto are 13th in the table and well-off form. Just six points were picked up from the last six matches. Goals were hard to come by with six scored and six conceded in Kyoto’s last six games.
Yokohama F. Marinos are on a two-match winning streak in the league. Eleven points were picked up from the last 18 points on offer. Yokohama outscored their last six opponents 11-6.
FC Tokyo have a record of 4W-1D-1L versus Vissel Kobe in the teams’ last six encounters. FC Tokyo are unbeaten in four straight matches with Vissel Kobe, and they claimed a 3-1 home win earlier this season.
Kobe are near the bottom of the table and battling relegation. The home side are just two points off the bottom of the league standings. Vissel Kobe to five points from the last six matches. Their last two matches ended without a win.
FC Tokyo are unbeaten in three straight J-League matches. The capital club is eighth in the table ahead of this fixture in midweek.
Nagoya Grampus Eight host Kawasaki Frontale hoping to dent the second-place team’s chances of winning the league title. Grampus won just one of the last six matches versus Frontale. The visitors are on a four-match winning streak against Nagoya Grampus Eight.
Kawasaki Frontale are three points off league leaders Yokohama. Five of their last six J-League matches ended as wins. Frontale have struggled away from home. Just one of their last six away games ended as a win.
Nagoya took 11 points from the last 18 points on offer. They have a solid 6W-4D-3L record at home. Could this be the end of Grampus’ losing streak to Kawasaki Frontale?
Cerezo Osaka claimed a 2-0 home win against Urawa Red Diamonds in the teams’ reverse fixture. Now, Cerezo Osaka are aiming for a fourth win from the last seven matches with Urawa.
The Red Diamonds are ninth in the standings. Draws have been an issue for Urawa this season with 12 draws from 27 matches. Urawa Red Diamonds are in form with 13 points from the last 18 points on offer in the division.
Cerezo Osaka are fifth in the league ahead of this match-up. They too are in good form having picked up 12 points from the last 18 points on offer. Just two of their last six matches on the road in the J-League ended as wins.