Alan Gibson of JSoccer Magazine joined Jonny and Ben in Part 1 of this new episode, after a great weekend for the four Kansai clubs.

We begin with wins for Gamba Osaka and Kobe, before previewing their 3rd vs 4th clash this upcoming weekend (to 28:45), then discuss victories for Cerezo Osaka and Kyoto (to 51:30).

We kick off Part 2 with the leaders Machida passing another test with their win away at Yokohama F.Marinos (to 1:03:00), discuss comfortable wins for Hiroshima and Fukuoka, and wrap up our Matchday 18 review with the three 1-1 draws (to 1:29:40), before we finish the episode with a look ahead to two key games from the Matchday 19 slate.

Please do check out JSoccer Magazine, it's a terrific publication available in both physical and digital versions, and comes highly recommended by Jonny and Ben. Get in touch with Alan via Twitter/X, the website or through email [email protected].