Match Report
25 points separated the sides: Kashiwa Reysol 2nd on 75, FC Tokyo 11th on 50. FC Tokyo's recent output outran their position: 5th on form over five rounds, 11th in the table. Per game in the league, Kashiwa Reysol were scoring 1.58 and conceding 0.89, FC Tokyo 1.08 and 1.26, against a competition average of 1.2 goals per team per game.
6 meetings are on record — 3 won by Kashiwa Reysol, 1 by FC Tokyo, 2 drawn, at 3.33 goals per meeting. Clean sheets are rare between these two — both scored in 67% of the meetings.
The match was played at SANKYO FRONTIER Kashiwa Stadium in Kashiwa (capacity 15,349). On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-0.
Goal scorers
Kashiwa Reysol: Tojiro Kubo (73')