Sam welcomes Jonny Nicol to the co-hosts chair on this week's episode, for a comprehensive roundup of both continental and domestic action.

Urawa are running roughshod over their ACL opponents, but Kobe's conquerors Jeonbuk loom large in the East final on Thursday (to 31:20).

Then J1 takes centre stage, after another abbreviated matchday (A.C.L., not C.O.V.I.D.-related) that still saw plenty of drama - Hiroshima surge to second as Kawasaki lurk with intent, while down the other end an eight-way #RelegationDogfight looks set to puzzle and confound the rest of the way.