Kashiwa Win Six-Goal Thriller to Go Top; Kashima Return to Winning Ways [Summary: MEIJI YASUDA J1 Matchweek 9]

Two Matchweek 9 fixtures in the MEIJI YASUDA J1 LEAGUE were played on 9 October, with Kashiwa moving to the top of the table after a 4-2 win over Kobe.
 
Kashiwa took the lead through Shota Fujio in the 27th minute before Hinata Yamauchi doubled their advantage eight minutes after the restart. Tojiro Kubo added a third in the 64th minute, and although Kobe pulled one back in the 81st minute, substitute Yusuke Segawa responded just three minutes later to make it 4-1. Kobe struck again late on, but Kashiwa saw out the 4-2 win to leapfrog their opponents and move top.
 
Kashima, meanwhile, claimed their first win in five matches with a 2-0 victory over Gamba Osaka. Leo Ceara broke the deadlock shortly before half-time, before Yuma Suzuki doubled the lead on the hour mark with his first goal of the season. The defeat was Gamba Osaka's fourth in a row.

MEIJI YASUDA J1 LEAGUE Standings

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