The upturn in Sagan's fortunes and performance levels looks over, they were pretty awful in Hiroshima at the weekend and back to early season standard, they had just one attempt ITB on Saturday and looked worn out. Since September 19th , that's 18 days they will have played Marinos, Kobe, FC Tokyo, Marinos (again), Sanfrecce and now Gamba, all are amongst the top 8 clubs in the country and playing catch up fixture wise has caught up with and found out Tosu.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kawasaki Frontale    +59 (92-33) 25-4

Gamba Osaka          +1 ( 59-58) 11-9

*Nagoya Grampus     -2  (39-41)  10-4

FC Tokyo                  -10 (48-58) 17-14

 

 

 

Japan was the latest league to announce its schedule for a return to action, setting out the crammed fixture list earlier this week.

 

 

 

 

 

For my money J-L1 is the best or should I say most reliable league, you pretty much know how many games each season are going to end 1X2 and the number of goals that will be scored and even, when they are likely to come, all of which helps  !