It was a decent weekend for teams in the bottom half of the table, with four of them winning, so we flipped the script and Part 1 features Kobe's thumping of Sapporo, Yusuke Matsuo's triumphant homecoming in Yokohama FC's superb away win at Urawa, Oita's impressive month continuing with a gutsy triumph at Kashima, and Tosu belting FC Tokyo for the second time this season (to 27:45).

 

Part 2 begins with Gamba Osaka's win at Hiroshima, moves on to Yokohama F.Marinos' late show at Kashiwa - in a game marred by Sachiro Toshima's broken leg - and also includes Nagoya's home cruise over Shimizu before wrapping up with wins for the top two and a look ahead to Saturday's top of the table clash.