Kashiwa Reysol 4–2 Vissel Kobe

Six goals, five of them Kashiwa's, turned this into a goal fest at Kashiwa's expense of the league's form team. Vissel Kobe arrived unbeaten in five, sitting first in J1 League, but Kashiwa Reysol tore through that run from the first half. Shota Fujio opened it in the 27th minute, Hinata Yamauchi doubled the lead early in the second half, and Tojiro Kubo made it three in the 64th before Vissel even found an answer. Ren Komatsu pulled one back in the 81st, but Yusuke Segawa restored the three-goal cushion three minutes later, and Diego Jara Rodrigues's late reply in the 88th was no more than a consolation. The head-to-head read like an omen for neither side, with the two clubs level at a win apiece and a draw in their last two meetings, but Kashiwa settled that argument emphatically, climbing to second while handing Kobe their first loss of the season. Four goals, a stunned league leader, and a Kashiwa side suddenly very much in the conversation, catch every one of those six goals in the highlights below.