Last year's champion Yokohama has started this season in a very good way and they are tied for first place with Kobe for almost half of the championship. Thanks to a slightly better goal difference, Kobe is in first place, but already in this round it can change, because Kobe has a potentially difficult away game against Cerezo Osaka. Yokohama, at least on paper, should have an easy job because they welcome the second-to-last team from the table, Kashiwa. 3 days ago, Yokohama played a cup match against Urayasu in which they won 2-0, but they played that match without most of the main players, who will be fully prepared for this match. The greatest threat to the opponent's goal will certainly be Anderson Lopes, who is the team's top scorer with 11 goals. He is playing great this season and already after 16 rounds he equaled the performance he achieved last season in 28 games. The difference in quality between these two teams is really big and we should expect a sure win for Yokohama, who play great on their home field. So far they have played 7 games and have no defeats with 5 wins and 2 draws.

As for Kashiwa, they have carried over the bad game from last season's finish to this one and according to what they are currently showing, they have a fight for survival ahead of them. They have the same number of points as the last team in the table, but due to the lower number of goals conceded, they are above them. After 16 games played, they have only 2 wins and with 13 goals scored, they are the most ineffective team in the league. It sounds really incredible, but the 2 wins they have achieved this season are the only league wins they have achieved in the last 24 games, including last season. In the cup game, they achieved a convincing victory against Yamanashi, who do not play league games, and I really don't think they should take that victory as an indication of their capabilities against a team like Yokohama.

去年的冠军横滨本赛季开局不错，他们与科比并列第一，几乎占据了总冠军的一半。由于净胜球的优势，科比排名第一，但在本轮比赛中，情况可能会发生变化，因为科比客场对阵大阪Cerezo的比赛可能会很艰难。横滨，至少在纸面上，应该是一件容易的事，因为他们欢迎的是积分榜倒数第二的球队——柏西。3天前，横滨与浦安进行了一场杯赛，他们以2比0获胜，但他们在那场比赛中没有大部分主力球员，他们将为这场比赛做好充分的准备。对手进球的最大威胁当然是安德森·洛佩斯，他是球队的头号射手，有11个进球。本赛季他的表现非常出色，16轮过后，他已经在28场比赛中达到了上赛季的水平。这两支球队的实力差距真的很大，我们应该期待横滨队的胜利，他们在主场表现出色。到目前为止，他们已经打了7场比赛，5胜2平，没有失败。

至于柏和，他们已经把上赛季的糟糕表现延续到了这个赛季，根据他们目前的表现，他们将为生存而战。他们的积分与积分榜上最后一支球队相同，但由于丢球数较少，他们在积分榜上排名靠前。16场比赛过后，他们只赢了2场，进了13个球，是联赛中效率最低的球队。这听起来真的很不可思议，但他们本赛季取得的2场胜利是他们在过去24场比赛中唯一取得的联赛胜利，包括上赛季。在杯赛中，他们对山梨队取得了令人信服的胜利，山梨队不参加联赛，我真的不认为他们应该把这场胜利作为他们对抗横滨队的能力的标志。