KAMEOKA, Japan (Interstat) — Kyoto defeated Newcastle Jets (Aus) 5-2 at Sanga Stadium by Kyocera and remained unbeaten in this competition. Souza Alex led Kyoto with two goals and an assist in 44 minutes, while Patrick Wood scored both Newcastle Jets goals in 60 minutes. Kyoto broke through in first-half stoppage time when Hisashi Tawiah scored. Souza Alex added his first in the 56th minute, Marco Tulio scored in the 60th, Rafael Elias struck in the 67th and Souza Alex capped the scoring in the 84th. Masaya Okugawa and Haruki Arai each provided an assist, and Takaaki Shichi also assisted while receiving a yellow card. Joao Pedro was booked for Kyoto, as were Newcastle Jets’ Recchia J., Shaughnessy J. and Schreiber Z. Kyoto made five substitutions, and Newcastle Jets made four. Kyoto improved to 2-0 in the competition and 2-2-2 across all competitions. Newcastle Jets fell to 0-2 in the competition and 0-2-2 overall.