Hiroshima Go Top with Fourth Straight Win; FC Tokyo Make It Five in a Row [Summary: MEIJI YASUDA J1 Matchweek 10]

Eight matches in Matchweek 10 of the MEIJI YASUDA J1 LEAGUE were played on 17 October, with Hiroshima moving top after beating Kyoto.

Daiki Suga broke the deadlock for Hiroshima in the 48th minute before Akito Suzuki doubled the lead in the 78th. Mutsuki Kato added a third four minutes later to seal a 3-0 win. The result lifted Hiroshima to 23 points and the top of the table.

Nagoya beat Kashiwa 3-1 away from home. Takuya Uchida opened the scoring in the sixth minute and, after Kashiwa equalised, Yudai Kimura restored the lead in the 36th. Yuya Yamagishi added a third in the 79th as Nagoya made it back-to-back wins. Kashiwa’s three-match winning run ended as they slipped from the summit.

FC Tokyo extended their winning streak to five matches with a 4-0 victory over Tokyo Verdy in the derby. Verdy were reduced to 10 men in the 18th minute, and Alexander Scholz opened the scoring in the 41st. Marcelo Ryan doubled the lead after the break before Motoki Nagakura and Dani Gómez completed the scoring. The result lifted FC Tokyo to second, while Verdy remain without a win this season.

Kashima beat Nagasaki 2-0 through goals from Leo Ceara and Aleksandar Cavric, while Kawasaki Frontale defeated Cerezo Osaka 4-2, with Pedro Romano among the scorers.

Shimizu S-Pulse let a two-goal lead slip in a 2-2 draw with Gamba Osaka. Yuki Honda and Kai Matsuzaki put the hosts in control, but Gamba pulled one back in the 84th minute before Issam Jebali struck a stoppage-time equaliser.

Urawa edged Mito 1-0 thanks to Shuta Sasa’s 90+4th-minute winner, while Chiba and Yokohama F. Marinos played out a goalless draw.

MEIJI YASUDA J1 LEAGUE Standings

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