Sensational Sanfrecce stole the headlines with a stomping of top flight leaders Kashima on Saturday, a superb win for Michael Skibbe's side as their intriguing mix of dynamic youngsters and grizzled veterans continue to thrive, and top billing on this week's episode is their reward.

Next we move on to the results for the four ACL clubs who returned to J1 action last weekend, try to make sense of the spell Tosu hold over FC Tokyo, and round up the rest of the Matchday 12 action, finishing up with Robson's Rant on the late game shenanigans at Cerezo Osaka.