Kashima Antlers 2
Kyoto Sanga F.C. 1
The Antlers narrowly escaped with a 2-1 victory against Kyoto Sanga. Kashima was clearly the aggressor in the match however lacked in finishing. Newly capped Japan international Shinzo Koroki opened the scoring nineteen minutes into the match to give the Antlers the lead before Yutaka Tahara tied the match two minutes before the break. However six minutes after the break, displaying some slick ball handling through defense, Marquinhos scored the winning strike.
Kashima Antlers
Hitoshi SOGAHATA,Atsuto UCHIDA,Daiki IWAMASA,Masahiko INOHA,Toru ARAIBA,Takeshi AOKI,Masaki CHUGO,Masashi MOTOYAMA (Takuya NOZAWA 74'),DANILO (Yuzo TASHIRO 88'),Shinzo KOROKI (Chikashi MASUDA 83'),MARQUINHOS
Kyoto Sanga
Yuichi MIZUTANI,Makoto KAKUDA,Tatsuya MASUSHIMA,Hiroki MIZUMOTO,Kazuki TESHIMA (Takaaki TOKUSHIGE 82'),SIDICLEI,Yuto SATO,Daigo WATANABE,Yusuke NAKATANI (Jun ANDO 72'),Atsushi YANAGISAWA,Yutaka TAHARA (Yasumasa NISHINO 72')
Yokohama F･Marinos 0
Nagoya Grampus 0
The storyline of this match is definitely Grampus 'keeper Seigo Narazaki holding constant attacking pressure from Yokohama F･Marinos
Shimizu S-Pulse 2
Kawasaki Frontale 0
S-Pa may have spoiled Kawasaki Frontale's championship hopes with a dominating performance. The attacking trident of Renatinho, Kazuki Ganaha and Juninho were held in check as twenty-one year old Takuma Edamura found the back of the net for S-Pa twenty-four minute into the match after being set up Shinji Okazaki. Fifteen minutes after the break S-Pa doubled the lead as Shinji Okazaki was once-again the set-up man this time serving up Kazuki Hara.
Oita Trinita 1
F.C.Tokyo 0
In the battle of the weekend Ōita came out on top 1-0 on Shingo Suzuki's goal twenty-four minutes into the match. The Gas Men attempted to apply offensive pressure but couldn't break through the best defense in the league and their five match unbeaten streak came to an end.
Oita
Seigo SHIMOKAWA,Yuki FUKAYA,Masato MORISHIGE,Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI,ROBERTO,EDMILSON,Mu KANAZAKI (Hiroshi KIYOTAKE 76'),Shingo SUZUKI,Daisuke TAKAHASHI,Yasuhito MORISHIMA (Daiki TAKAMATSU 61'),UESLEI (Teppei NISHIYAMA 86')
F.C. Tokyo
Hitoshi SHIOTA,Ryuji FUJIYAMA (Yuto NAGATOMO 84'),Hideki SAHARA,Teruyuki MONIWA,Yuhei TOKUNAGA,Satoru ASARI (Naotake HANYU 45'),Yohei KAJIYAMA,Yasuyuki KONNO,EMERSON (Naohiro ISHIKAWA 68'),Yasuhito MORISHIMA,Shingo AKAMINE
Urawa Red Diamonds 0
Vissel Kobe 1
Stunning loss for the Red Diamonds as after a very attacking match in which both clubs were held off the score sheet until the eighty-second minute when Yoshito Okubo fed Leandro for the winning strike. Winless in four consecutive matches the Red Diamonds are slowly seeing their championship hopes fade away.
Gamba Osaka 2
Jubilo Iwata 1
Takuya Matsuura gave Jubilo Iwata the lead thirteen minutes after the start however Gamba found the leveler three minutes later with Tomokazu Myojin's goal. With only a minute left on the clock, Gamba was applying constant pressure as Masato Yamazaki struck the winning goal.
Consadole Sapporo 0
Kashiwa Reysol 2
Although on the losing end, Consadole Sapporo played one of its best matches in quite some time. The match was scoreless until eight minutes before the break when Minoru Suganuma gave Reysol the lead. Playing for honour, Consadole Sapporo threw everyone forward and Alex doubled the lead with two minutes remaining.
Tokyo Verdy 1
Omiya Ardija 0
The match appeared to be heading for a scoreless draw Diego have Verdy the lead with eight minutes remaining. Ōmiya poured forward looking to level but were unable to break through Verdy 'keeper Yoichi Doi
JEF United Chiba 0
Albirex Niigata 0
Still one of the great stories of late season JEF unbeaten streak grows to seven matches as they now have miraculously moved out of the relegation battle. Alex Miller has unquestionably turned this club around and will be a hot commodity in the market this off-season.
| J-League week 28 | P | W | D | L | GS | GA | Pts |
| Kashima Antlers 鹿島アントラーズ | 29 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 51 | 27 | 53 |
| Nagoya Grampus 名古屋グランパス | 29 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 41 | 30 | 51 |
| Oita Trinita 大分トリニータ | 29 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 22 | 51 |
| Kawasaki Frontale 川崎フロンターレ | 29 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 51 | 39 | 48 |
| Urawa Red Diamonds 浦和レッズ | 29 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 45 | 32 | 47 |
| Gamba Osaka ガンバ大阪 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 41 | 36 | 47 |
| FC Tokyo ＦＣ東京 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 40 | 38 | 45 |
| Shimizu S-Pulse 清水エスパルス | 29 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 39 | 36 | 43 |
| Vissel Kobe ヴィッセル神戸 | 29 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 35 | 31 | 40 |
| Kashiwa Reysol 柏レイソル | 29 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 40 | 36 | 39 |
| Albirex Niigata アルビレックス新潟 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 40 | 37 |
| Yokohama F Marinos 横浜Ｆ・マリノス | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 27 | 36 |
| Kyoto Purple Sanga 京都サンガF.C. | 29 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 30 | 38 | 36 |
| Tokyo Verdy 1969 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 37 | 43 | 35 |
| JEF United Ichihara-Chiba ジェフユナイテッド千葉 | 29 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 29 | 43 | 34 |
| Jubilo Iwata ジュビロ磐田 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 36 | 43 | 32 |
| Omiya Ardija 大宮アルディージャ | 29 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 28 | 40 | 32 |
| Consadole Sapporo コンサドーレ札幌 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 32 | 60 | 17 |
