Aiming to bounce back from a recent defeat and narrow the gap to the top three in the J1 League table , FC Tokyo will travel to the Kashiwa Hitachi Stadium to take on Kashiwa Reysol on Saturday. The visitors dropped to eighth spot after seeing an unbeaten streak come to an end on Sunday, while their hosts sit 13th after making an important return to winning ways at the weekend. © Imago Kashiwa Reysol return to action at the weekend aiming to make it back-to-back victories in the J1 League and climb up the table after ending a rut last Sunday.
Following a tough campaign last year, in which they finished four points clear of the drop, Kashiwa Reysol enjoyed an improved start to the 2024 term, only for four consecutive defeats between late May and late June to leave them on just 22 points from 19 outings. The Sun King did then end that streak in a trip to Kyoto Sanga, earning a share of the spoils from a 2-2 draw thanks to Matheus Savio 's leveller deep into injury time, before most recently setting out to put a sixth three-point haul of the campaign on the board in a trip to Sagan Tosu on Sunday. Masami Ihara 's side succeeded in impressive fashion, dishing out a 4-1 beating despite trailing until the hour mark, as Savio turned the game on its head with a brace before Kosuke Kinoshita wrapped up the victory with a double of his own in the last 20 minutes.
Thanks to that triumph, Kashiwa Reysol now find themselves back in 13th spot in the J1 League after 21 fixtures, only trail.
